2014 WCS Season 3 Europe Premier League

[e][h]2014 WCS Season 3 Europe Premier League

League Information

Series:

WCS EU

Organizers:

ESL
Blizzard Entertainment

Game version:

Heart of the Swarm
Patch 2.1.3 BU – Patch 2.1.5

Server:

Europe

Type:

Offline

Location:

Cologne

Venue:

ESL Studio One

Format:

1v1
2 Group Stages
Single-elimination Playoffs

Prize pool:

$131,000 USD

Start Date:

2014-08-19

End Date:

2014-10-05

Liquipedia Tier:

Premier

Links

Player Breakdown

Number of Players:

32

12

11

9

Maps

Catallena LE • Deadwing LE • Foxtrot Labs LE • King Sejong Station LE • Merry Go Round LE • Nimbus LE • Overgrowth LE

Chronology

2014 WCS S2 Europe Premier

2015 WCS Season 1 Premier

Format[edit]

Group Stage #1 (Round of 32): Dual Tournament Format.
- All matches are Bo3.
- ~~Bottom 16 fall to next season's hallenger League.~~
Group Stage #2 (Round of 16): Dual Tournament Format.
- All matches are Bo3.
- ~~All 16 players who make it to this round are seeded in next season's remier League.~~
Playoffs: Single-elimination bracket.
- Quarterfinals are Bo5.
- Semifinals are Bo5.
- Finals are Bo7.
Due to changes to the tournament structure in the 2015 StarCraft II World Championship Series, the Premier and Challenger spots are reset. Players will need to requalify for 2015 WCS Season 1. ^[1]

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]

Catallena LE	Deadwing LE	Foxtrot Labs LE	King Sejong Station LE	Merry Go Round LE	Nimbus LE	Overgrowth LE

Talents[edit]

English Commentators:
- Apollo (Shaun Clark)
- DeMusliM (Benjamin James Baker)
- HasuObs (Dennis Schneider)
- Kaelaris (James Carrol)
- ToD (Yoan Merlo)

Prize Pool[edit]

$131,000 USD and 10,500 WCS Points are divided among participants as follows:

Participants[edit]

2014 WCS Season 2 Europe: Premier League Ro16 (16)
Protoss (12)	Terran (11)	Zerg (9)
Welmu	YoDa	Nerchio
MaNa	ForGG	Snute
Harstem		Golden
San		LiveZerg
ToD		VortiX
First
StarDust
MC
Grubby
From the hallenger League (16)
BlinG	uThermal	TLO
ShoWTimE	jjakji	Miniraser
Patience	Bunny	Serral
	MMA	Bly
	KrasS
	MorroW
	Happy
	Kas
	Dayshi

Results[edit]

Group Stage #1 (Ro32)[edit]

Group A[edit]

Group A
August 19, 2014 - 18:00 CEST
1.	Miniraser	2-0	4-1
2.	StarDust	2-1	5-3
3.	Snute	1-2	2-5
4.	Patience	0-2	2-4

Group A Matches

Group B[edit]

Group B
August 20, 2014 - 18:00 CEST
1.	San	2-0	4-2
2.	Bunny	2-1	5-3
3.	MorroW	1-2	3-4
4.	ToD	0-2	1-4

Group B Matches

Group C[edit]

Group C
August 23, 2014 - 18:00 CEST
1.	MMA	2-0	4-1
2.	YoDa	2-1	5-4
3.	First	1-2	3-4
4.	ShoWTimE	0-2	1-4

Group C Matches

Group D[edit]

Group D
August 26, 2014 - 18:00 CEST
1.	TLO	2-0	4-1
2.	Welmu	2-1	4-3
3.	uThermal	1-2	3-4
4.	LiveZerg	0-2	1-4

Group D Matches

Group E[edit]

Group E
September 3, 2014 - 18:00 CEST
1.	Harstem	2-0	4-1
2.	VortiX	2-1	5-3
3.	Kas	1-2	2-5
4.	jjakji	0-2	2-4

Group E Matches

Group F[edit]

Group F
September 4, 2014 - 18:00 CEST
1.	ForGG	2-0	4-1
2.	MaNa	2-1	5-3
3.	Bly	1-2	3-5
4.	BlinG	0-2	1-4

Group F Matches

Group G[edit]

Group G
September 6, 2014 - 18:00 CEST
1.	Golden	2-0	4-1
2.	Dayshi	2-1	5-2
3.	Nerchio	1-2	2-5
4.	KrasS	0-2	1-4

Group G Matches

Group H[edit]

Group H
September 9, 2014 - 18:00 CEST
1.	MC	2-0	4-0
2.	Happy	2-1	5-3
3.	Grubby	1-2	3-5
4.	Serral	0-2	0-4

Group H Matches