2015 WCS Season 1 Premier League
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Participants[edit]
 Protoss (10)
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 Terran (9)
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 Zerg (13)
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| 2015 WCS Season 1 Challenger (32) | ||
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  Jim
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  iaguz
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iAsonu
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| MacSed
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  MajOr
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XiGua
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 Welmu
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  Kelazhur
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 PiG
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  MaNa
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 Happy
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 Serral
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  Has
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  uThermal
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 Sen
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  ShoWTimE
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  MorroW
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TLO
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| NaNiwa
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  ForGG
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  TargA
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  puCK
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 Bunny
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Snute
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| Astrea
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 Polt
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  FireCake
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  HuK
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Kane
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| Hydra
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 viOLet
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| Suppy
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Format[edit]
- All 32 players, whatever their results, will start the next season in the WCS
hallenger.
- The Champion is the exception and will be seeded in next season
remier League.
- The Champion is the exception and will be seeded in next season
- Group Stage #1 (Round of 32): Dual Tournament format.
- Best-of-three.
- The 4 players of each group are split into two pairs and play each other.
- The winners of these matches will then face each other in the Winners' match.
- The winner places first in the group and advances to the Round of 16.
- The losers of the initial matches face each other in the Losers' match.
- The loser places fourth in the group and is eliminated.
- The loser of the Winners' match and the winner of the Losers' match will face each other in a fifth match.
- The winner places second place in the group and advances to the Round of 16.
- The loser places third in the group and is eliminated.
- Four groups are played in the ESL Burbank studio in the US, and four groups are played in the ESL Cologne studio in Germany.
- The 16 Players advancing from the RO32 will compete onsite at a live venue location for the Season Finals event
- On February 27th, ESL announced that the Season 1 Finals would take place at Gamers Assembly in Poitiers, France from April 3rd to April 5th.[1]
- Group Stage #2 (Round of 16): Dual Tournament format.
- Best-of-three.
- The 4 players of each group in Round of 16 will face off similar to Round of 32.
- Quarterfinals: Single-elimination playoffs.
- Quarterfinals: Best-of-five.
- Semifinals: Best-of-five.
- Finals: Best-of-seven.
Prize Pool[edit]
$217,000 USD and 12,250 WCS Points are divided among participants.
| Place | $USD | WCS Points | Player | Team |
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 1st | $30,000 | 2,000 | Polt | CM Storm |
 2nd | $15,000 | 1,250 | Hydra | ROOT Gaming |
 3rd-4th | $10,000 | 900 | ShoWTimE | Team ALTERNATE |
| Bunny | Team Liquid | |||
| 5th-8th | $8,000 | 600 | TLO | Team Liquid |
| Kane | mYinsanity | |||
| Snute | Team Liquid | |||
| ForGG | Millenium | |||
| 9th-12th | $6,000 | 400 | Serral | mYinsanity |
| MacSed | Invictus Gaming | |||
| FireCake | Punchline ESC | |||
| Has | yoe Flash Wolves | |||
| 13th-16th | $6,000 | 300 | XiGua | Invictus Gaming |
| PiG | Team Exile5 | |||
| MaNa | Team Liquid | |||
| Welmu | ||||
| 17th-24th | $4,500 | 150 | uThermal | AT Gaming |
| Kelazhur | Try Again | |||
| viOLet | Team EnVyUs | |||
| Happy | ||||
| puCK | Flipsid3 Tactics | |||
| NaNiwa | | |||
| MorroW | Team Property | |||
| iaguz | ROOT Gaming | |||
| 25th-32nd | $4,500 | 100 | Astrea | ROOT Gaming |
| Jim | Invictus Gaming | |||
| MajOr | ||||
| TargA | Imaginary Gaming | |||
| Sen | Hong Kong Attitude | |||
| Suppy | Evil Geniuses | |||
| iAsonu | Invictus Gaming | |||
| HuK | Evil Geniuses |
Champion Polt with his trophy
Group Stage #1 (Ro32)[edit]
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     Group A
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| February 14, 2015 - 15:00 PST | ||||||
| 1. | Snute
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2-0 | 4-0 | |||
| 2. | XiGua
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2-1 | 4-4 | |||
| 3. | uThermal
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1-2 | 3-4 | |||
| 4. | Astrea
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0-2 | 1-4 | |||
| Group A Matches | |||
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| XiGua | 2 | 1 | Astrea |
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| uThermal | 0 | 2 | Snute |
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| Astrea | 0 | 2 | uThermal |
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| XiGua | 0 | 2 | Snute |
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| uThermal | 1 | 2 | XiGua |
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| Group B
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| February 15, 2015 - 15:00 PST | ||||||
| 1. | Polt
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2-0 | 4-2 | |||
| 2. | TLO
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2-1 | 4-3 | |||
| 3. | Kelazhur
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1-2 | 4-4 | |||
| 4. | Jim
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0-2 | 1-4 | |||
| Group B Matches | |||
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| Kelazhur | 2 | 0 | TLO |
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| Polt | 2 | 1 | Jim |
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| TLO | 2 | 0 | Jim |
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| Kelazhur | 1 | 2 | Polt |
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| TLO | 2 | 1 | Kelazhur |
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 Group C
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| February 19, 2015 - 18:00 CET | ||||||
| 1. | MaNa
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2-0 | 4-0 | |||
| 2. | Bunny
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2-1 | 4-3 | |||
| 3. | viOLet
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1-2 | 2-5 | |||
| 4. | MajOr
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0-2 | 2-4 | |||
| Group C Matches | |||
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| Bunny | 2 | 1 | MajOr |
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| viOLet | 0 | 2 | MaNa |
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| MajOr | 1 | 2 | viOLet |
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| Bunny | 0 | 2 | MaNa |
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| viOLet | 0 | 2 | Bunny |
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| Group D
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| February 20, 2015 - 18:00 CET | ||||||
| 1. | Kane
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2-0 | 4-2 | |||
| 2. | PiG
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2-1 | 4-4 | |||
| 3. | Happy
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1-2 | 4-4 | |||
| 4. | TargA
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0-2 | 2-4 | |||
| Group D Matches | |||
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| Happy | 2 | 0 | PiG |
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| Kane | 2 | 1 | TargA |
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| PiG | 2 | 1 | TargA |
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| Happy | 1 | 2 | Kane |
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| PiG | 2 | 1 | Happy |
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| Group E
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| February 21, 2015 - 18:00 CET | ||||||
| 1. | ForGG
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2-0 | 4-1 | |||
| 2. | FireCake
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2-1 | 5-2 | |||
| 3. | puCK
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1-2 | 2-4 | |||
| 4. | Sen
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0-2 | 0-4 | |||
| Group E Matches | |||
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| puCK | 0 | 2 | FireCake |
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| Sen | 0 | 2 | ForGG |
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| puCK | 2 | 0 | Sen |
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| FireCake | 1 | 2 | ForGG |
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| puCK | 0 | 2 | FireCake |
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| Group F
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| February 22, 2015 - 18:00 CET | ||||||
| 1. | Serral
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2-0 | 4-0 | |||
| 2. | Has
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2-1 | 5-3 | |||
| 3. | NaNiwa
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1-2 | 2-5 | |||
| 4. | Suppy
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0-2 | 1-4 | |||
| Group F Matches | |||
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| Suppy | 0 | 2 | Serral |
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| Has | 1 | 2 | NaNiwa |
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| Suppy | 1 | 2 | Has |
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| Serral | 2 | 0 | NaNiwa |
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| Has | 2 | 0 | NaNiwa |
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| Group G
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| February 27, 2015 - 15:00 PST | ||||||
| 1. | ShoWTimE
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2-0 | 4-2 | |||
| 2. | Hydra
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2-1 | 5-2 | |||
| 3. | MorroW
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1-2 | 3-5 | |||
| 4. | iAsonu
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0-2 | 1-4 | |||
| Group G Matches | |||
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| MorroW | 2 | 1 | Hydra |
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| ShoWTimE | 2 | 1 | iAsonu |
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| Hydra | 2 | 0 | iAsonu |
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| MorroW | 1 | 2 | ShoWTimE |
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| Hydra | 2 | 0 | MorroW |
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Group Stage #2 (Ro16)[edit]
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      Group A
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| April 3, 2015 - 15:00 CEST | ||||||
| 1. | ForGG
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2-0 | 4-0 | |||
| 2. | TLO
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2-1 | 4-4 | |||
| 3. | Serral
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1-2 | 3-4 | |||
| 4. | XiGua
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0-2 | 1-4 | |||
| Group A Matches | |||
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| April 3, 2015 - 15:00 CEST | |||
| Serral | 2 | 0 | XiGua |
| ForGG | 2 | 0 | TLO |
| April 4, 2015 - 12:00 CEST | |||
| XiGua | 1 | 2 | TLO |
| Serral | 0 | 2 | ForGG |
| TLO | 2 | 1 | Serral |
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| Group B
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| April 3, 2015 - 17:00 CEST | ||||||
| 1. | Snute
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2-0 | 4-1 | |||
| 2. | ShoWTimE
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2-1 | 4-4 | |||
| 3. | MacSed
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1-2 | 4-4 | |||
| 4. | PiG
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0-2 | 1-4 | |||
| Group B Matches | |||
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| April 3, 2015 - 17:00 CEST | |||
| Snute | 2 | 1 | MacSed |
| ShoWTimE | 2 | 1 | PiG |
| April 4, 2015 - 15:00 CEST | |||
| MacSed | 2 | 0 | PiG |
| Snute | 2 | 0 | ShoWTimE |
| MacSed | 1 | 2 | ShoWTimE |
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| Group C
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| April 3, 2015 - 19:30 CEST | ||||||
| 1. | Hydra
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2-0 | 4-1 | |||
| 2. | Polt
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2-1 | 5-2 | |||
| 3. | FireCake
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1-2 | 2-5 | |||
| 4. | MaNa
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0-2 | 1-4 | |||
| Group C Matches | |||
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| April 3, 2015 - 19:30 CEST | |||
| Polt | 2 | 0 | FireCake |
| MaNa | 0 | 2 | Hydra |
| April 4, 2015 - 18:00 CEST | |||
| FireCake | 2 | 1 | MaNa |
| Polt | 1 | 2 | Hydra |
| FireCake | 0 | 2 | Polt |
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| Group D Matches | |||
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| April 3, 2015 - 21:45 CEST | |||
| Welmu | 1 | 2 | Bunny |
| Kane | 2 | 1 | Has |
| April 4, 2015 - 21:30 CEST | |||
| Welmu | 1 | 2 | Has |
| Bunny | 0 | 2 | Kane |
| Has | 0 | 2 | Bunny |
Playoffs[edit]
Quarterfinals (Bo5)
Hydra3
Hydra
TLO 
TLO0
Kane1
Kane
ShoWTimE ShoWTimE3
Snute1
Snute
Bunny Bunny3
ForGG2
ForGG
Polt Polt3
Semifinals (Bo5)
Hydra3
Hydra
ShoWTimE ShoWTimE0
Bunny2
Bunny
Polt Polt3
Finals (Bo7)
Hydra3
Hydra
PoltApril 5, 2015 - 20:30 CEST
Polt4
Distribution[edit]
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| Round of 32 |
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| Round of 16 |
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| Quarterfinals |
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| Semifinals |
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| Finals |
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| Champion |
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| Quarterfinals |
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| Champion |
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View Games[edit]
VODs[edit]
Replays[edit]
References[edit]
- ↑ Hans O. (February 27, 2015). "Gamers Assembly to host the 2015 WCS Season 1 finals". Eslgaming.com. Retrieved March 2, 2015.