2013 WCS Season 1 Europe

• Overview
• Qualifiers
• Challenger League
• Premier League
• Challenger Statistics
• Premier Statistics

[e][h]2013 WCS Season 1 Europe

League Information

Series:

World Championship Series Europe

Organizer(s):

Electronic Sports League
Blizzard Entertainment

Game Version:

Heart of the Swarm
Patch 2.0.7 – Patch 2.0.8 BU

Server:

Europe

Type:

Offline

Location:

Cologne

Venue:

ESL Studio One

Format:

remier League
2 Group Stages
Single-elimination Playoffs
hallenger League
Single-elimination Bracket
Group Stage

Prize Pool:

$104,800 USD

Start Date:

2013-04-14

End Date:

2013-06-05

Liquipedia Tier:

Premier

Links

Player Breakdown

Number of Players:

32 40

Number of Players:

48

21

15

12

Maps

ESL Akilon Wastes • ESL Bel'Shir Vestige • ESL Daybreak • ESL Neo Planet S • ESL Newkirk Precinct • ESL Star Station • ESL Whirlwind

Chronology

 2012 WCS Europe

2013 WCS S2 Europe 

The 2013 WCS Season 1 Europe is the first European event of the 2013 StarCraft II World Championship Series. 48 players across two tournament leagues compete for a prize pool of $104,800, seeds to the 2013 WCS Season 1 Finals, and points for the 2013 StarCraft II World Championship Series.

Format

Premier League

• The Premier League consists of:
  • 24 players invited based on their overall performance in 2012.
  • 8 players from the Premier League Qualifier.
• Group Stage #1 (Round of 32): Dual Tournament Format.
  • Bottom 16 fall to Ro40.
• Group Stage #2 (Round of 16): Dual Tournament Format.
  • Bottom 8 fall to Ro16.
• Playoffs: Single-elimination bracket.
• Seeds:
  • Top 8 are seeded into next season's .
  • Top 5 are invited to the 2013 WCS Season 1 Finals.

Challenger League

• The Challenger League consists of:
  • 16 players from the Challenger League Qualifier.
  • 16 losing players from Ro32.
  • 8 losing players from Ro16.
• Bracket Stage: 40 player single-elimination bracket.
  • Top 8 players advance to next season's .
  • Bottom 32 players continue in the Group Stage.
• Group Stage: Dual Tournament Format.
  • Top 16 advance to next season's .
  • Next 8 are seeded into next season's .
  • Bottom 8 drop out of and may requalify next season.

Qualifiers

• Premier League Qualifier: 4 single-elimination qualifiers.
  • Top 2 from each qualifier advance to remier League.
• Challenger League Qualifier: 4 single-elimination qualifiers.
  • Top 4 from each qualifier advance to hallenger League.

Racial Distribution

	Protoss	Terran	Zerg
hallenger League Bracket Stage	20 11 9
hallenger League Group Stage	18 8 6
hallenger League Dropouts	7 1
remier League	11 12 9
To Season 1 Finals	2 3