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2013 WCS Season 2 America

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[e][h]2013 WCS Season 2 America
League Information
Series:
Server:
North America
Type:
Offline
Location:
United States Santa Monica
Venue:
NASL Studios
Red Bull Studios
Format:
Premier Leagueremier League
2 Group Stages
Single-elimination Playoffs
Challenger Leaguehallenger League
Single-elimination Bracket
Group Stage
Prize Pool:
$104,800 USD
Start Date:
2013-07-02
End Date:
2013-09-05
Liquipedia Tier:
Links
Participants
Number of Players:
48
Protoss 16
Terran 17
Zerg 14
Random 1
Maps
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]

Challenger League[edit]

  • The Challenger League consists of:
  • Bracket Stage: 40 player single-elimination bracket.
    • Top 8 players advance to next season's Premier League.
    • Bottom 32 players continue in the Group Stage.
  • Group Stage: Dual Tournament Format.

Qualifiers[edit]

  • 4 single-elimination qualifiers.
    • Top 2 from each qualifier advance to Challenger League.

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]

ProtossTerranZergRandom
Challenger Leaguehallenger League Bracket Stage
1314121
Challenger Leaguehallenger League Group Stage
101381
Challenger Leaguehallenger League Dropouts
242
Premier Leagueremier League
12119
To World Championship Series Season 2 Finals
122

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