2012 StarCraft II World Championship Series: Europe Finals
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The StarCraft II World Championship Series is the culmination of more than 30 eSports events run by Blizzard and tournament organizers. The goal of the StarCraft II World Championship Series is to identify a true global champion, as players enter and qualify through open tournaments starting at the national level. It will take place in the Ericsson Globe, in Stockholm.
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About[edit]
Rachel "Seltzer" Quirico[1] & Paul "ReDeYe" Chaloner will host the event. Artosis, Tasteless, Apollo, and Kaelaris will broadcast, while Adebisi acts as the events main observer.
Format[edit]
- Double-elimination
- All rounds best-of-three.
- In the Grand Finals, the player coming from the Lower Bracket has to win two best-of-three series.
Map Pool[edit]
- WCS Cloud Kingdom LE
- WCS Daybreak LE
- WCS Ohana LE
- WCS Antiga Shipyard
- WCS Entombed Valley
- WCS Shakuras Plateau
- WCS Tal'Darim Altar LE
Prize Pool[edit]
$60,000, and six seeds* for the 2012 Battle.net World Championship is spread among the players as seen below:
| Place | $USD | Seed | Player | Team |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 1st | $24,000 | - |  Stephano |  Evil Geniuses |
 2nd | $9,000 | Seed |  VortiX |  Karont3 e-Sports Club |
 3rd | $3,600 | Seed | LucifroN | Karont3 e-Sports Club |
 4th | $1,800 | Seed |  LoWeLy |  FXOpen e-Sports |
| 5th-6th | $1,200 | Seed |  BabyKnight | FXOpen e-Sports |
 Grubby |  Team Grubby | |||
| 7th | $1,200 | Seed |  Nerchio |  Team Acer |
| 8th | $1,200 | - |  Happy |  Team Empire |
| 9th-12th | $900 | - | SortOf |  Western Wolves |
 Socke |  Team ALTERNATE | |||
| Ret |  Team Liquid | |||
 Bly | Team Acer | |||
| 13th-16th | $900 | - |  StarEagle |  Team Redbyte Italia |
| TitaN |  RoX | |||
| MaNa |  mousesports | |||
 DeMusliM | Evil Geniuses | |||
| 17th-24th | $600 | - | sLivko |  Virtus.pro |
| JonnyREcco |  Team Dignitas | |||
| HasuObs | mousesports | |||
| White-Ra |  Tt eSPORTS | |||
| Seiplo |  Alien Invasion | |||
| DarKFoRcE | Team ALTERNATE | |||
| ThorZaIN | Evil Geniuses | |||
| Dayshi |  Eclypsia | |||
| 25th-32nd | $600 | - |  NightEnD |  Fnatic |
| KrasS |  WinFakt! | |||
 Orly |  LowLandLions | |||
 Naama | Fnatic | |||
| Ziktomini | Western Wolves | |||
| Eeel |  Sparte Legion | |||
| JeaL |  inFerno eSports | |||
 Noticimus |  Team GamersLeague |
* Because Stephano previously won the French National and thus a direct seed into the World Championship, an extra match at this tournament was played so as to determine the 7th place player, the winner of which receives the 6th seed to the World Championship.
Qualifiers[edit]
Full Qualifier List: 2012 StarCraft II World Championship Series Europe Nationals
The participants are seeded from the different National Finals tournaments and one Combined European Continental Final.[2][3]
| Country | # of seeds | Representatives | |||
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| Belgium
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1 | Orly
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| Denmark
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1 | BabyKnight
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| Finland
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1 | Naama
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| France
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3 | Stephano
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Dayshi
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Eeel
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| Germany
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4 | Socke
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HasuObs
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DarKFoRcE
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KrasS
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| Italy
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2 | JeaL
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StarEagle
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| Netherlands
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2 | Grubby
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Ret
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| Norway
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1 | Noticimus
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| Poland
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2 | Nerchio
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MaNa
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| Russian Federation
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3 | TitaN
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Happy
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sLivko
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| Spain
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2 | LucifroN
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VortiX
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| Sweden
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3 | ThorZaIN
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SortOf
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Seiplo
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| Ukraine
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2 | Bly
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White-Ra
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| United Kingdom
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3 | Ziktomini
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DeMusliM
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JonnyREcco
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 Combined Europe
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2 | LoWeLy
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NightEnD
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Participants[edit]
| Protoss (11)
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Terran (8)
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Zerg (13)
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| Qualified through National Championships | ||
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| JeaL
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StarEagle
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Nerchio
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| MaNa
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LucifroN
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Orly
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| Grubby
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KrasS
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Ret
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| HasuObs
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DeMusliM
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VortiX
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| Socke
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Dayshi
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DarKFoRcE
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| White-Ra
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Happy
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Ziktomini
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| TitaN
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ThorZaIN
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JonnyREcco
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| Seiplo
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Naama
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Stephano
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| Noticimus
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Eeel
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| BabyKnight
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Bly
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| sLivko
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| SortOf
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| Qualified through Combined European Nationals | ||
| NightEnD
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LoWeLy
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Results[edit]
Winners Bracket
KrasS Bly MaNa DeMusliM VortiX Noticimus SortOf Nerchio sLivko Grubby Ret JeaL White-Ra Orly BabyKnight Seiplo Ziktomini DarKFoRcE LucifroN Happy Socke Eeel TitaN StarEagle Naama Dayshi Stephano HasuObs ThorZaIN NightEnD LoWeLy JonnyREcco Bly MaNa VortiX SortOf sLivko Ret White-Ra BabyKnight DarKFoRcE LucifroN Socke StarEagle Dayshi Stephano ThorZaIN LoWeLy Bly VortiX Ret BabyKnight LucifroN Socke Stephano LoWeLy VortiX BabyKnight LucifroN StephanoLosers Bracket
KrasS DeMusliM Noticimus Nerchio Grubby JeaL Orly Seiplo Ziktomini Happy Eeel TitaN Naama HasuObs NightEnD JonnyREcco Dayshi DeMusliM ThorZaIN Nerchio DarKFoRcE Grubby StarEagle Seiplo sLivko Happy White-Ra TitaN MaNa HasuObs SortOf JonnyREcco DeMusliM Nerchio Grubby StarEagle Happy TitaN MaNa SortOf Bly Nerchio Ret Grubby Socke Happy LoWeLy SortOf Nerchio Grubby Happy LoWeLyFinal Bracket
VortiX Stephano LucifroN LoWeLy VortiX LucifroN Stephano VortiX7th Place Consolation Match[edit]
Nerchio HappyRacial Distribution[edit]
| Protoss | Terran | Zerg | Random | ||||
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| Round of 32 |
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| Round of 16 |
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| Round of 8 |
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| Round of 4 |
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| Grand Finals |
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| Winner |
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View Games[edit]
Streams[edit]English[edit]
Other Languages[edit]
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Replays[edit] |
Additional Coverage[edit]
Gallery[edit]
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Crowd and Stage on Day 1
Hosts Seltzer and ReDeYe
Casters Tasteless and Artosis
Casters Apollo and Kaelaris
Observer Adebisi
The European Champion - Stephano
See Also[edit]
- Blizzard Entertainment
- 2012 StarCraft II World Championship Series
- 2012 Battle.net World Championship
- Leagues Portal
External Links[edit]
- Official Website
- Official Bracket
- World Championship Series: Europe Finals Overview on Battle.net
- Official Announcement on Battle.net
- Announcement Thread on TL.net
References[edit]
- ↑ Hellspawnlord (2012-09-13). "@Hellspawnlord". Retrieved 15 September 2012.
- ↑ Blizzard Entertainment (2012-04-12). "World Championship Series: Europe Nationals".
- ↑ otacon (2012-04-25). "Combined European National & Qualifiers".
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 DreamHack (2012-09-16). "DreamHack confirmation for Round 6 matchups".