2013 WCS Season 3 Europe: Premier League

[e][h]2013 WCS Season 3 Europe: Premier League

League Information

Series:

WCS EU

Organizers:

Electronic Sports League
Blizzard Entertainment

Game version:

Heart of the Swarm
Patch 2.0.12

Server:

Europe

Type:

Offline

Location:

Cologne

Venue:

[ESL Cologne Studio|ESL Studio One]

Format:

1v1
2 Group Stages
Single-elimination Playoffs

Prize pool:

$100,000 USD

Start Date:

2013-09-03

End Date:

2013-10-06

Liquipedia tier:

Premier

Links

Player breakdown

Number of players:

32

21

13

14

Maps

Akilon Wastes • Bel'Shir Vestige • Derelict Watcher • Frost • Polar Night • Whirlwind • Yeonsu

Chronology

2013 WCS S2 Europe Premier

2014 WCS S1 Europe Premier

Format[edit]

Group Stage #1 (Round of 32): Dual Tournament Format.
- All matches are Bo3.
- Bottom 16 fall to Ro40.
Group Stage #2 (Round of 16): Dual Tournament Format.
- All matches are Bo3.
- Bottom 8 fall to Ro16.
Playoffs: Single-elimination bracket.
- Quarterfinals are Bo5.
- Semifinals are Bo5.
- Finals are Bo7.
Seeds:
- Top 8 are seeded into next season's .
- Top 5 are invited to the 2013 WCS Season 3 Finals.

Round of 32 matches are played online. Matches from the Round of 16 and onwards are held onsite at ESL Studio One in Cologne, Germany.

Map Pool[edit]

Akilon Wastes	Bel'Shir Vestige	Derelict Watcher	Frost	Polar Night	Whirlwind	Yeonsu

Talents[edit]

Hosts
- ReDeYe (Paul Chaloner)
- iNcontroL (Geoffrey John Vincent Robinson)

English Commentators
- Apollo (Shaun Clark)
- Grubby (Manuel Schenkhuizen)
- Kaelaris (James Carrol)

Participants[edit]

2013 WCS Season 2 Europe: Premier League Quarterfinalists (8)
Protoss (15)	Terran (10)	Zerg (7)
HasuObs	MMA	VortiX
Grubby
Welmu
duckdeok
NaNiwa
MC
From the 2013 WCS Season 2 Europe: Challenger League Bracket Stage (8)
TitaN	Mvp	sLivko
StarDust	Happy	Starbuck
ToD
BabyKnight
From the 2013 WCS Season 2 Europe: Challenger League Group Stage (16)
ShoWTimE	Noname	Nerchio
SaSe	Shuttle	TargA
TAiLS	Kas	TLO
BlinG	LucifroN	FireCake
Genius	ThorZaIN
	ForGG
	KrasS

Prize Pool[edit]

$100,000 USD and 10,000 WCS Points are divided among participants. The top five players qualify for the Season 3 Finals.

Results[edit]

Group Stage #1 (Ro32)[edit]

Group A[edit]

Group A
September 3, 2013 - 18:00 CEST
1.	ForGG	2-0	4-1
2.	TargA	2-1	4-4
3.	NaNiwa	1-2	4-4
4.	ToD	0-2	1-4

Group A Matches

Group B[edit]

Group B
September 4, 2013 - 18:00 CEST
1.	Happy	2-0	4-0
2.	duckdeok	2-1	4-3
3.	TLO	1-2	3-4
4.	SaSe	0-2	0-4

Group B Matches

Group C[edit]

Group C
September 5, 2013 - 18:00 CEST
1.	VortiX	2-0	4-0
2.	ShoWTimE	2-1	4-4
3.	Mvp	1-2	4-4
4.	Noname	0-2	0-4

Group C Matches

Group D[edit]

Group D
September 10, 2013 - 18:00 CEST
1.	Genius	2-0	4-1
2.	Starbuck	2-1	4-3
3.	LucifroN	1-2	3-4
4.	Grubby	0-2	1-4

Group D Matches

Group E[edit]

Group E
September 11, 2013 - 18:00 CEST
1.	Welmu	2-0	4-1
2.	ThorZaIN	2-1	5-2
3.	sLivko	1-2	2-4
4.	BlinG	0-2	0-4

Group E Matches

Group F[edit]

Group F
September 12, 2013 - 18:00 CEST
1.	TitaN	2-0	4-2
2.	Nerchio	2-1	5-2
3.	HasuObs	1-2	3-4
4.	Shuttle	0-2	0-4

Group F Matches

Group G[edit]

Group G
September 17, 2013 - 18:00 CEST
1.	MMA	2-0	4-0
2.	BabyKnight	2-1	4-3
3.	TAiLS	1-2	3-4
4.	KrasS	0-2	0-4

Group G Matches

Group H[edit]

Group H
September 18, 2013 - 18:00 CEST
1.	MC	2-0	4-0
2.	StarDust	2-1	4-2
3.	Kas	1-2	2-4
4.	FireCake	0-2	0-4

Group H Matches