2015 WCS Global Finals

[e][h]2015 WCS Global Finals

League Information

Series:

World Championship Series

Organizer:

Blizzard Entertainment

Game Version:

Heart of the Swarm
Patch 2.1.12 – Patch 3.0.3

Server:

North America

Type:

Offline

Location:

Anaheim

Format:

Single-elimination Bracket

Prize pool:

$250,000 USD

Start Date:

2015-11-01

End Date:

2015-11-07

Liquipedia Tier:

Premier

Links

Winners

sOs

Life

Classic

Rogue

Player Breakdown

Number of Players:

16

7

5

4

Maps

Bridgehead LE • Cactus Valley LE • Coda LE • Dash and Terminal LE • Iron Fortress LE • Moonlight Madness LE • Terraform LE

Chronology

2014 WCS Global Finals

2016 WCS Global Playoffs and Finals

About[edit]

The 2015 WCS Global Finals are the conclusion of the 2015 StarCraft II World Championship Series. Sixteen players, after qualifying by earning WCS points throughout 2015 in official WCS tournaments and in a multitude of non-WCS events, compete for the most prestigious trophy in 2015. Like the year before, the Round of 16 is played at ESL's studio in Burbank, CA (on November 1).^[1] The remainder of the bracket is played in Anaheim, CA at BlizzCon 2015 on November 6-7.

Talents[edit]

English Broadcast
Remote Broadcast
Show All

Hosts:
- Chobra (William Cho)
- Apollo (Shaun Clark)

Observers:
- flo (Florence Chee-Yun Yao)
- FunKa (Alexandre Verrier)

Commentators:
- iNcontroL (Geoffrey John Vincent Robinson)
- Nathanias (Nathan Lawrence Fabrikant)
- RotterdaM (Kevin van der Kooi)
- TLO (Dario Wünsch)

Round of 16 Commentators:
- Kaelaris (James Carrol)
- ToD (Yoan Merlo)

BlizzCon Commentators:
- Artosis (Dan Stemkoski)
- Day(9) (Sean Plott)
- Maynarde (Leigh Mandalov)
- mOOnGLaDe (Andrew Pender)
- Tasteless (Nicolas Plott)

French Commentator:
- TBD

Other Language Commentators:
- NarutO (Silvano Bovo)
- Alex007 (Oleksii Trushliakov)
- kabyraGe (Vladislav Perchik)
- Zedd (Michał Bogacz)
- Sefirofe (Renan Luz Mesquita)

Format[edit]

Single-elimination Bracket.
All matches are Bo5 except Finals which are Bo7.
Seeding:
- Global Finals seeding pits players ranked 1st and 16th against each other, 2nd vs. 15th, and so on.
Tiebreakers:
- Ties within the top 16 WCS players are decided by cumulated points earned only in official, regional WCS events (namely WCS, GSL, SSL).
  - If a tie remains, it is settled through points earned in WCS Tier 1 events.
  - If the players in question are still tied, seeding is decided by a coin toss.
- The tie for the 16th spot is decided by a Bo5 series at Freec Up Studio (formerly Gom eXP Studio) on October 6th.^[2]

Map Pool[edit]

Participants[edit]

Races and Teams[edit]

Protoss (7)	Terran (5)	Zerg (4)
herO	Maru	Life
PartinG	Dream	Hydra
Rain	INnoVation	ByuL
Classic	Polt	Rogue
Zest	FanTaSy
Lilbow
sOs

HyuN and FanTaSy were tied for 16th place. A Bo5 tie-breaker, played at the former GSL Studio in Seoul, South Korea, on October 6th, determined the sixteenth seed.^[2]

Tie-Breaker Match[edit]

Best of 5

FanTaSy

3

HyuN

2

WCS Points and Standings[edit]

Current Standings
#			ID	Points
1	kr	p	herO	7900
2	kr	t	Maru	6050
3	kr	p	PartinG	5850
4	kr	z	Life	5475
5	kr	t	INnoVation	5325
6	kr	p	Rain	5175
7	kr	z	Hydra	5000
8	kr	z	ByuL	4975
9	kr	p	Classic	4550
10	kr	t	Dream	4275
11	kr	t	Polt	3875
12	kr	p	Zest	3675
13	fr	p	Lilbow	3625
14	kr	p	sOs	3525
15	kr	z	Rogue	3325
16	kr	t	FanTaSy	3025

17	kr	z	HyuN	3025

Results[edit]

Bracket[edit]

Round of 16 (Bo5)

herO

3

FanTaSy

1

ByuL

0

Classic

3

INnoVation

3

Zest

0

Lilbow

0

Life

3

Rain

3

Polt

2

PartinG

2

sOs

3

Hydra

3

Dream

2

Maru

0

Rogue

3

Quarterfinals (Bo5)

herO

1

Classic

3

INnoVation

1

Life

3

Rain

0

sOs

3

Hydra

1

Rogue

3

Semifinals (Bo5)

Classic

2

Life

3

sOs

3

Rogue

0

Finals (Bo7)

Life

3

sOs

4

Prize Pool[edit]

$250,000 USD are divided among participants as follows:

Place	$USD	Player	Team
1st	$100,000	sOs	Jin Air Green Wings
2nd	$50,000	Life	KT Rolster
3rd-4th	$15,000	Classic	SK Telecom T1
3rd-4th	$15,000	Rogue	Jin Air Green Wings
5th-8th	$7,500	herO	CJ Entus
		INnoVation	SK Telecom T1
		Rain	mYinsanity
		Hydra	ROOT Gaming
9th-16th	$5,000	FanTaSy	Dead Pixels
		ByuL	CJ Entus
		Zest	KT Rolster
		Lilbow	Millenium
		Polt	CM Storm
		PartinG	yoe Flash Wolves
		Dream	SK Telecom T1
		Maru	Jin Air Green Wings

Showmatches[edit]

Two Archon Mode showmatches are programmed after all quarterfinals are played.

The Champions Showmatch is between MC & HuK, winners of the Red Bull Battle Grounds: Washington, and Snute & TLO, winners of the Legacy of the Void showmatch played at the European Road to BlizzCon, to determine the best Archon team.^[3]

The Legends Showmatch features some of the greatest players in StarCraft and StarCraft II history: NesTea & YellOw teaming up to face Mvp & BoxeR in both a reprisal of Lim Jin Rok, the most storied Brood War rivalry, and a matchup of two Incredible Miracle teammates who were the most successful players from Wings of Liberty.^[4]

Champions Showmatch[edit]

MC HuK	3	0	Snute TLO

November 6, 2015 - 20:50 PST
Coda Lerilak Crest Cactus Valley

Legends Showmatch[edit]

NesTea YellOw	0	2	Mvp BoxeR

November 6, 2015 - 19:45 PST
Lerilak Crest Ruins of Seras

Distribution[edit]

Protoss

Terran

Zerg

Random

Round of 16

7	5	4

Quarterfinals

4	1	3

Semifinals

2	2

Finals

1	1

Champion

1

Map Statistics[edit]

		vs.				vs.				vs.				Mirrors
Map	#	Σ			%	Σ			%	Σ			%
Bridgehead	8	-	-	-	-	3	2	1	66.7%	1	1	0	100.0%	-	1	3
Cactus Valley	11	2	1	1	50.0%	2	1	1	50.0%	3	1	2	33.3%	-	1	3
Coda	13	4	1	3	25.0%	5	2	3	40.0%	2	2	0	100.0%	-	-	2
Dash and Terminal	2	-	-	-	-	1	0	1	0.0%	-	-	-	-	-	1	-
Iron Fortress	9	4	0	4	0.0%	3	1	2	33.3%	2	1	1	50.0%	-	-	-
Moonlight Madness	11	4	3	1	75.0%	3	2	1	66.7%	2	0	2	0.0%	-	1	1
Terraform	12	3	1	2	33.3%	4	1	3	25.0%	2	1	1	50.0%	-	-	3
Total Sum (Σ)	66	17	6	11	35.3%	21	9	12	42.9%	12	6	6	50.0%	-	4	12

View Games[edit]

Streams[edit]

These following streams are only available on November 6th & 7th.
- RocketBeans
- DreamHack
- VasaCast
- PGL
- (LatAm) VIU Studio
- (LatAm) VIU Studio
- e-Sports Croatia

VODs[edit]

Spoiler-Free Official YouTube VODs @ SC2Casts
Round of 16 complete VOD on YouTube.com
Round of 8 complete VOD on YouTube.com
Semifinals and Finals complete VOD on YouTube.com
Spoiler-free VODs on SC2Links.com

FPVODs[edit]

WCS 2015 Global Finals

Round of 16
Match			Map	FPVOD
Classic	vs	ByuL	Coda	Classic
Classic	vs	ByuL	Cactus Valley	Classic
Classic	vs	ByuL	Terraform	Classic
-
herO	vs	FanTaSy	Iron Fortress	FanTaSy
herO	vs	FanTaSy	Coda	herO
herO	vs	FanTaSy	Bridgehead	herO
herO	vs	FanTaSy	Cactus Valley	herO
-
INnoVation	vs	Zest	Terraform	INnoVation
INnoVation	vs	Zest	Moonlight Madness	INnoVation
INnoVation	vs	Zest	Cactus Valley	INnoVation
-
Life	vs	Lilbow	Moonlight Madness	Life
Life	vs	Lilbow	Coda	Life
Life	vs	Lilbow	Cactus Valley	Life
-
Rogue	vs	Maru	Moonlight Madness	Rogue
Rogue	vs	Maru	Iron Fortress	Rogue
Rogue	vs	Maru	Coda	Rogue
-
Hydra	vs	Dream	Terraform	Hydra
Hydra	vs	Dream	Moonlight Madness	Dream
Hydra	vs	Dream	Cactus Valley	Dream
Hydra	vs	Dream	Coda	Hydra
Hydra	vs	Dream	Iron Fortress	Hydra
-
Rain (Korean Protoss)	vs	Polt	Moonlight Madness	Polt
Rain (Korean Protoss)	vs	Polt	Terraform	Rain
Rain (Korean Protoss)	vs	Polt	Cactus Valley	Polt
Rain (Korean Protoss)	vs	Polt	Coda	Rain
Rain (Korean Protoss)	vs	Polt	Iron Fortress	Rain
-
sOs	vs	PartinG	Terraform	PartinG
sOs	vs	PartinG	Moonlight Madness	sOs
sOs	vs	PartinG	Coda	PartinG
sOs	vs	PartinG	Cactus Valley	sOs
sOs	vs	PartinG	Bridgehead	sOs

Replays[edit]

Replay pack^[5](7.18 MB)

Gallery[edit]

External Links[edit]

References[edit]

↑ Blizzard eSports (September 17, 2015). "BlizzCon Opening Week – October 28 to November 1". Wcs.battle.net. Retrieved September 24, 2015.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Blizzard eSports (October 4, 2015). "WCS Global Finals – FanTaSy vs. HyuN Tiebreaker". Wcs.battle.net. Retrieved October 4, 2015.
↑ Blizzard Entertainment (October 26, 2015). "Legacy of the Void: Archon Mode Champions Showmatch". Battle.net. Retrieved October 26, 2015.
↑ Blizzard Entertainment (October 27, 2015). "Legacy of the Void: StarCraft Legends Archon Mode Showmatch". Battle.net. Retrieved October 27, 2015.
↑ WCS 2015 Global Finals Replays Release

[1] Blizzard eSports (September 17, 2015). "BlizzCon Opening Week – October 28 to November 1". Wcs.battle.net. Retrieved September 24, 2015.

[tiebreaker-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Blizzard eSports (October 4, 2015). "WCS Global Finals – FanTaSy vs. HyuN Tiebreaker". Wcs.battle.net. Retrieved October 4, 2015.

[3] Blizzard Entertainment (October 26, 2015). "Legacy of the Void: Archon Mode Champions Showmatch". Battle.net. Retrieved October 26, 2015.

[4] Blizzard Entertainment (October 27, 2015). "Legacy of the Void: StarCraft Legends Archon Mode Showmatch". Battle.net. Retrieved October 27, 2015.

[5] WCS 2015 Global Finals Replays Release

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Contents

2015 WCS Global Finals

Contents

About[edit]

Talents[edit]

Format[edit]

Map Pool[edit]

Participants[edit]

Races and Teams[edit]

Tie-Breaker Match[edit]

WCS Points and Standings[edit]

Results[edit]

Bracket[edit]

Prize Pool[edit]

Showmatches[edit]

Champions Showmatch[edit]

Legends Showmatch[edit]

Distribution[edit]

Map Statistics[edit]

View Games[edit]

Streams[edit]

VODs[edit]

FPVODs[edit]

Replays[edit]

Gallery[edit]

See Also[edit]

External Links[edit]

References[edit]

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