2013 WCS Season 2 Europe

• Overview
• Qualifier
• Challenger League
• Premier League
• Challenger Statistics
• Premier Statistics

[e][h]2013 WCS Season 2 Europe

League Information

Series:

WCS EU

Organizers:

Electronic Sports League
Blizzard Entertainment

Game version:

Heart of the Swarm
Patch 2.0.9 – Patch 2.0.10

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:

2013-06-25

End Date:

2013-08-18

Liquipedia tier:

Premier

Links

Player breakdown

Number of players:

48

19

14

15

32

40

Maps

Bel'Shir Vestige SE • Derelict Watcher • Neo Planet S • Newkirk Precinct TE|Newkirk Precinct|Newkirk Precinct TE • Red City • Star Station • Whirlwind

Chronology

 2013 WCS S1 Europe

2013 WCS S3 Europe 

The 2013 WCS Season 2 Europe is the second 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 2 Finals, and points for the 2013 StarCraft II World Championship Series.

Format

Premier League

• 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 2 Finals.

Challenger League

• 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.
• 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

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

Racial Distribution

	Protoss	Terran	Zerg
hallenger League Bracket Stage	13 13 14
hallenger League Group Stage	9 11 12
hallenger League Dropouts	2 2 4
remier League	12 10 10
To Season 2 Finals	5 1