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2013 WCS Season 2 America
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2013 WCS Season 2 America
League Information
Series:
Organizers:
Game version:
Server:
North America
Type:
Offline
Location:
Santa MonicaVenue:
NASL Studios
Red Bull Studios
Red Bull Studios
Format:
remier League2 Group Stages
Single-elimination Playoffs
hallenger LeagueSingle-elimination Bracket
Group Stage
Prize pool:
$104,800 USD
Start Date:
2013-07-02
End Date:
2013-09-05
Liquipedia Tier:
Links
Player Breakdown
Number of Players:
48
16
17
14
1
32
40Maps
Chronology
The 2013 WCS Season 2 America is the second American 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 2 Finals, and points for the 2013 StarCraft II World Championship Series.
Format[edit]
Premier League[edit]
- Group Stage #1 (Round of 32): Dual Tournament Format.
- Bottom 16 fall to Ro40.
- Bottom 16 fall to
- Group Stage #2 (Round of 16): Dual Tournament Format.
- Bottom 8 fall to Ro16.
- Bottom 8 fall to
- Playoffs: Single-elimination bracket.
- Seeds:
- Top 8 are seeded into next season's .
- Top 5 are invited to the 2013 WCS Season 2 Finals.
- Top 8 are seeded into next season's
Challenger League[edit]
- The Challenger League consists of:
- 8 players from the Qualifiers.
- 8 players from previous season's .
- 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.
- Top 8 players advance to next season's
- 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.
- Top 16 advance to next season's
Qualifiers[edit]
- 4 single-elimination qualifiers.
- Top 2 from each qualifier advance to .
- Top 2 from each qualifier advance to
Trivia[edit]
- Chinese players Jim and MacSed had difficulty acquiring US Visas for their live Round of 16 Premier League matches. This resulted in Jim's disqualification from IEM Season VIII - Shanghai.[1] Both players were eventually able to acquire Visas.[2]
Racial Distribution[edit]
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| hallenger League Dropouts |
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| remier League |
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References[edit]
- ↑ iG.Jim disqualified from IEM - Jim and MacSed possibly fail to acquire US Visas for WCS AM July 15 2013.
- ↑ MacSed and Jim receive Visas for WCS AM August 4, 2013.