2013 WCS Season 2 Europe: Challenger League

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:

Online

Location:

Cologne

Format:

1v1
Single-elimination Bracket
Group Stage

Prize Pool:

$4,800 USD

Start Date:

2013-08-12

End Date:

2013-08-18

Liquipedia Tier:

Major

Links

Participants

Number of Players:

40

13

14

Maps

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

Chronology

2013 WCS S1 Europe Challenger

2013 WCS S3 Europe Challenger

Format[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.
- All matches are Bo3.
- Top 8 players advance to next season's .
- Bottom 32 players continue in the Group Stage.
Group Stage: Dual Tournament Format.
- All matches are Bo3.
- 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.

Map Pool[edit]

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

Talents[edit]

English Commentators:
- JoRoSaR (John Sargent)
- Madals (Adam Simmons)
- Nathanias (Nathan Lawrence Fabrikant)
- Pengwin (Stefan Mott)
- Small (Everett Coleman)
- Zoia (Jared Eggleston)

Prize Pool[edit]

$4,800 USD and 2,000 WCS Points are divided among participants as follows:

Participants[edit]

hallenger League players (16)
Protoss (7)	Terran (4)	Zerg (5)
2013 WCS Season 1 Europe: Challenger League Group Stage (8)
SaSe	Noname	FireCake
~~Siw~~ *	Strelok	Nerchio
	Kas
	KrasS
Qualified Players (8)
StarDust		Starbuck
BlinG		AlaStOr
San		TargA
Genius
ShoWTimE
remier League players (24)
Protoss (6)	Terran (9)	Zerg (9)
From the Round of 32 (16)
elfi	Beastyqt	sLivko
TAiLS	Shuttle	TLO
BabyKnight	Dayshi	DIMAGA
ToD	ThorZaIN	Bly
	Bunny	Uzer
	ForGG	SortOf
From the Round of 16 (8)
MaNa	Mvp	Ret
TitaN	LucifroN	~~Stephano~~ *
	Happy	Tefel

* Stephano & Siw retired from the competitive scene, so they didn't play their Challenger League matches ^[1]^[2].

Results[edit]

Bracket Stage[edit]

Bracket 1[edit]

Quarterfinals

Quarters

QF

Semifinals

Semis

SF

Grand Final

Final

GF

Bracket 2[edit]

Quarterfinals

Quarters

QF

Semifinals

Semis

SF

Grand Final

Final

GF

Bracket 3[edit]

Quarterfinals

Quarters

QF

Semifinals

Semis

SF

Grand Final

Final

GF

Bracket 4[edit]

Quarterfinals

Quarters

QF

Semifinals

Semis

SF

Grand Final

Final

GF

Bracket 5[edit]

Quarterfinals

Quarters

QF

Semifinals

Semis

SF

Grand Final

Final

GF

Bracket 6[edit]

Quarterfinals

Quarters

QF

Semifinals

Semis

SF

Grand Final

Final

GF

Bracket 7[edit]

Quarterfinals

Quarters

QF

Semifinals

Semis

SF

Grand Final

Final

GF

Bracket 8[edit]

Quarterfinals

Quarters

QF

Semifinals

Semis

SF

Grand Final

Final

GF

Group Stage[edit]

Group A[edit]

Group A
August 15, 2013 18:00 CEST
1.	ShoWTimE	2-0	4-2
2.	TargA	2-1	5-4
3.	San	1-2	4-5
4.	Bly	0-2	2-4

Group A Matches

Group B[edit]

Group B
August 15, 2013 18:00 CEST
1.	Nerchio	2-0	4-1
2.	Noname	2-1	2-2
3.	SortOf	1-2	1-4
4.	~~Stephano~~ ^[1]	0-2	0-0

Group B Matches

Noname

W

L

Stephano

L

W

SortOf

Group C[edit]

Group C
August 16, 2013 18:00 CEST
1.	Kas	2-0	4-1
2.	TAiLS	2-1	5-4
3.	Dayshi	1-2	3-5
4.	elfi	0-2	2-4

Group C Matches

Group D[edit]

Group D
August 16, 2013 18:00 CEST
1.	SaSe	2-0	4-2
2.	Shuttle	2-1	3-3
3.	DIMAGA	1-2	2-4
4.	~~Siw~~ ^[2]	0-2	0-0

Group D Matches

DIMAGA

W

L

Siw

L

W

Shuttle

Group E[edit]

Group E
August 17, 2013 13:00 CEST
1.	LucifroN	2-0	4-1
2.	TLO	2-1	5-2
3.	uzer	1-2	2-5
4.	Strelok	0-2	1-4

Group E Matches

Group F[edit]

Group F
August 17, 2013 18:00 CEST
1.	ThorZaIN	2-0	4-2
2.	BlinG	2-1	5-3
3.	Bunny	1-2	4-5
4.	Ret	0-2	1-4

Group F Matches

Group G[edit]

Group G
August 18, 2013 13:00 CEST
1.	ForGG	2-0	4-1
2.	FireCake	2-1	5-3
3.	MaNa	1-2	3-5
4.	Beastyqt	0-2	1-4

Group G Matches

Group H[edit]

Group H
August 18, 2013 18:00 CEST
1.	KrasS	2-0	4-2
2.	Genius	2-1	5-2
3.	Tefel	1-2	3-5
4.	AlaStOr	0-2	1-4

Group H Matches

Racial Distribution[edit]

Protoss

Terran

Zerg

Bracket Stage: Round of 40

11	10	11

Bracket Stage: Round of 24

5	5	6

Bracket Stage: Round of 16

6	4	6

Bracket Stage: To

4	2	2

Group Stage

9	11	12

Group Stage Dropouts

2	2	4

Group Stage: To

2	2	4

Group Stage: To

5	7	4

View Games[edit]

Streams[edit]

VODs[edit]

External Links[edit]

References[edit]

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Stephano Retires
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 Siw finishes his esports career

[stephanoRetires-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Stephano Retires

[siwRetires-2] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 Siw finishes his esports career

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Results[edit]

Bracket Stage[edit]

Bracket 1[edit]

Bracket 2[edit]

Bracket 3[edit]

Bracket 4[edit]

Bracket 5[edit]

Bracket 6[edit]

Bracket 7[edit]

Bracket 8[edit]

Group Stage[edit]

Group A[edit]

Group B[edit]

Group C[edit]

Group D[edit]

Group E[edit]

Group F[edit]

Group G[edit]

Group H[edit]

Racial Distribution[edit]

View Games[edit]

Streams[edit]

VODs[edit]

External Links[edit]

References[edit]