2012 StarCraft II World Championship Series: Europe Finals

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.

[e][h]2012 StarCraft II WCS: Europe Finals

League Information

Series:

World Championship Series

Organizer(s):

DreamHack
Blizzard Entertainment

Sponsor(s):

Stockholm Globe Arenas
Nöjesbladet
SteelSeries

Game Version:

Wings of Liberty
Patch 1.5.2

Server:

Europe

Type:

Offline

Location:

Stockholm

Format:

1v1, Double-elimination

Prize pool:

$60,000 USD

Start Date:

2012-09-15

End Date:

2012-09-16

Liquipedia Tier:

Premier

Links

Official

Player Breakdown

Number of Players:

32

11

8

13

Maps

WCS Cloud Kingdom LE • WCS Daybreak LE • WCS Ohana LE • WCS Antiga Shipyard • WCS Entombed Valley • WCS Shakuras Plateau • WCS Tal'Darim Altar LE

Chronology

2013 WCS Season 1 Europe

About[edit]

Aerial shot of the packed Globe on day 2

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]

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
5th-6th	$1,200	Seed	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
Belgium	1	Orly
Denmark	1	BabyKnight
Finland	1	Naama
France	3	Stephano	Dayshi	Eeel
Germany	4	Socke	HasuObs	DarKFoRcE	KrasS
Italy	2	JeaL		StarEagle
Netherlands	2	Grubby		Ret
Norway	1	Noticimus
Poland	2	Nerchio		MaNa
Russian Federation	3	TitaN	Happy	sLivko
Spain	2	LucifroN		VortiX
Sweden	3	ThorZaIN	SortOf	Seiplo
Ukraine	2	Bly		White-Ra
United Kingdom	3	Ziktomini	DeMusliM	JonnyREcco
Combined Europe	2	LoWeLy		NightEnD

Participants[edit]

Qualified through National Championships
Protoss (11)	Terran (8)	Zerg (13)
JeaL	StarEagle	Nerchio
MaNa	LucifroN	Orly
Grubby	KrasS	Ret
HasuObs	DeMusliM	VortiX
Socke	Dayshi	DarKFoRcE
White-Ra	Happy	Ziktomini
TitaN	ThorZaIN	JonnyREcco
Seiplo	Naama	Stephano
Noticimus		Eeel
BabyKnight		Bly
		sLivko
		SortOf
Qualified through Combined European Nationals
NightEnD		LoWeLy

Results[edit]

Winners Bracket

Round 1

KrasS

0

Bly

2

MaNa

2

DeMusliM

1

VortiX

2

Noticimus

0

SortOf

2

Nerchio

1

sLivko

2

Grubby

1

Ret

2

JeaL

0

White-Ra

2

Orly

0

BabyKnight

2

Seiplo

1

Ziktomini

1

DarKFoRcE

2

LucifroN

2

Happy

1

Socke

2

Eeel

0

TitaN

0

StarEagle

2

Naama

1

Dayshi

2

Stephano

2

HasuObs

0

ThorZaIN

2

NightEnD

0

LoWeLy

2

JonnyREcco

1

Round 2

Bly

2

MaNa

1

VortiX

2

SortOf

1

sLivko

1

Ret

2

White-Ra

0

BabyKnight

2

DarKFoRcE

0

LucifroN

2

Socke

2

StarEagle

0

Dayshi

0

Stephano

2

ThorZaIN

1

LoWeLy

2

Round 3

Bly

1

VortiX

2

Ret

1

BabyKnight

2

LucifroN

2

Socke

0

Stephano

2

LoWeLy

0

Round 4

VortiX

2

BabyKnight

1

LucifroN

1

Stephano

2

Losers Bracket

Losers Round 1

KrasS

1

DeMusliM

2

Noticimus

0

Nerchio

2

Grubby

2

JeaL

1

Orly

1

Seiplo

2

Ziktomini

0

Happy

2

Eeel

0

TitaN

2

Naama

1

HasuObs

2

NightEnD

1

JonnyREcco

2

Losers Round 2

Dayshi

0

DeMusliM

2

ThorZaIN

0

Nerchio

2

DarKFoRcE

0

Grubby

2

StarEagle

2

Seiplo

0

sLivko

1

Happy

2

White-Ra

1

TitaN

2

MaNa

2

HasuObs

1

SortOf

2

JonnyREcco

0

Losers Round 3

DeMusliM

0

Nerchio

2

Grubby

2

StarEagle

1

Happy

2

TitaN

0

MaNa

0

SortOf

2

Losers Round 4

Bly

0

Nerchio

2

Ret

1

Grubby

2

Socke

0

Happy

2

LoWeLy

2

SortOf

1

Losers Round 5

Nerchio

1

Grubby

2

Happy

0

LoWeLy

2

Losers Round 6

LucifroN

2

Grubby

1

BabyKnight

0

LoWeLy

2

Final Bracket

From Winners Bracket

VortiX

0

Stephano

2

From Losers Bracket

LucifroN

2

LoWeLy

0

Losers Finals

VortiX

2

LucifroN

0

Grand Finals

Stephano

1

2

VortiX

2

0

7th Place Consolation Match[edit]

Bo3

Nerchio

2

Happy

0

Racial Distribution[edit]

Protoss

Terran

Zerg

Round of 32

11	8	13

Round of 16

5	4	7

Round of 8

2	2	4

Round of 4

1	3

Grand Finals

2

Winner

1

View Games[edit]

Streams[edit]

English[edit]

Other Languages[edit]

Replays[edit]

Additional Coverage[edit]

TL.net[edit]

Live Report[edit]

Day 1
Day 2

Write-Ups[edit]

Other[edit]

Gallery[edit]

Crowd and Stage on Day 1
Hosts Seltzer and ReDeYe
Casters Tasteless and Artosis
Casters Apollo and Kaelaris
Observer Adebisi
The European Champion - Stephano

External Links[edit]

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".
↑ DreamHack (2012-09-16). "DreamHack confirmation for Round 6 matchups".

[1] Hellspawnlord (2012-09-13). "@Hellspawnlord". Retrieved 15 September 2012.

[2] Blizzard Entertainment (2012-04-12). "World Championship Series: Europe Nationals".

[3] tacon (2012-04-25). "Combined European National & Qualifiers".

[tweet-4] DreamHack (2012-09-16). "DreamHack confirmation for Round 6 matchups".

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About[edit]

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Map Pool[edit]

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Results[edit]

7th Place Consolation Match[edit]

Racial Distribution[edit]

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Streams[edit]

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Other Languages[edit]

Replays[edit]

Additional Coverage[edit]

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2012 StarCraft II World Championship Series: Europe Finals

Contents

About[edit]

Format[edit]

Map Pool[edit]

Prize Pool[edit]

Qualifiers[edit]

Participants[edit]

Results[edit]

7th Place Consolation Match[edit]

Racial Distribution[edit]

View Games[edit]

Streams[edit]

English[edit]

Other Languages[edit]

Replays[edit]

Additional Coverage[edit]

TL.net[edit]

Live Report[edit]

Write-Ups[edit]

Other[edit]

Gallery[edit]

See Also[edit]

External Links[edit]

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