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.
2012 StarCraft II WCS: Europe Finals
League Information
Series:
Organizer:
Game Version:
Server:
Europe
Type:
Offline
Location:
Stockholm Format:
1v1, Double-elimination
Prize pool:
$60,000
Start Date:
2012-09-15
End Date:
2012-09-16
Liquipedia Tier:
Links
Winners
Player Breakdown
Number of Players:
32
11
8
13Maps
Chronology
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-12nd | $900 | - | SortOf |  Western Wolves |
 Socke |  Team ALTERNATE | |||
| Ret |  Team Liquid | |||
 Bly | Team Acer | |||
| 13rd-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 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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
Round 1
KrasS0
Bly2
MaNa2
DeMusliM1
VortiX2
Noticimus0
SortOf2
Nerchio1
sLivko2
Grubby1
Ret2
JeaL0
White-Ra2
Orly0
BabyKnight2
Seiplo1
Ziktomini1
DarKFoRcE2
LucifroN2
Happy1
Socke2
Eeel0
TitaN0
StarEagle2
Naama1
Dayshi2
Stephano2
HasuObs0
ThorZaIN2
NightEnD0
LoWeLy2
JonnyREcco1
Round 2
Bly2
MaNa1
VortiX2
SortOf1
sLivko1
Ret2
White-Ra0
BabyKnight2
DarKFoRcE0
LucifroN2
Socke2
StarEagle0
Dayshi0
Stephano2
ThorZaIN1
LoWeLy2
Round 3
Bly1
VortiX2
Ret1
BabyKnight2
LucifroN2
Socke0
Stephano2
LoWeLy0
Round 4
VortiX2
BabyKnight1
LucifroN1
Stephano2
Losers Bracket
Losers Round 1
KrasS1
DeMusliM2
Noticimus0
Nerchio2
Grubby2
JeaL1
Orly1
Seiplo2
Ziktomini0
Happy2
Eeel0
TitaN2
Naama1
HasuObs2
NightEnD1
JonnyREcco2
Losers Round 2
Dayshi0
DeMusliM2
ThorZaIN0
Nerchio2
DarKFoRcE0
Grubby2
StarEagle2
Seiplo0
sLivko1
Happy2
White-Ra1
TitaN2
MaNa2
HasuObs1
SortOf2
JonnyREcco0
Losers Round 3
DeMusliM0
Nerchio2
Grubby2
StarEagle1
Happy2
TitaN0
MaNa0
SortOf2
Losers Round 4
Bly0
Nerchio2
Ret1
Grubby2
Socke0
Happy2
LoWeLy2
SortOf1
Losers Round 5
Nerchio1
Grubby2
Happy0
LoWeLy2
Final Bracket
From Winners Bracket
VortiX0
Stephano2
From Losers Bracket
LucifroN2
LoWeLy0
Losers Finals
VortiX2
LucifroN0
Grand Finals
Stephano1
2
VortiX2
0
7th Place Consolation Match[edit]
Bo3
Nerchio2
Happy0
Racial Distribution[edit]
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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 TeamLiquid.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".
