2015 WCS Season 1 Premier League

[e][h]2015 WCS Season 1 Premier League

League Information

Series:

WCS

Organizers:

ESL
Blizzard Entertainment

Game version:

Heart of the Swarm
Patch 2.1.8 – Patch 2.1.9

Type:

Offline

Location:

Cologne

Burbank

Poitiers

Venue:

ESL America Studio
ESL Cologne Studio
Gamers Assembly

Format:

1v1
2 Group Stages
Single-elimination Playoffs

Prize pool:

$217,000 USD

Start Date:

2015-02-14

End Date:

2015-04-05

Liquipedia tier:

Premier

Links

Player breakdown

Number of players:

32

10

9

13

Maps

Catallena LE • Deadwing LE • Expedition Lost • Overgrowth LE • Inferno Pools • Secret Spring • Vaani Research Station

Chronology

2014 WCS S3 America Premier

2015 WCS S2 Premier

2014 WCS S3 Europe Premier

Stage at Poitiers for the Ro16 and Playoffs

Format[edit]

Group Stage #1 (Round of 32): Dual Tournament Format.
- All matches are Bo3.
- Groups A–D are played at the ESL America Studio in Burbank, California, USA.
- Groups E–H are played at the ESL Cologne Studio in Cologne, Germany.
Group Stage #2 (Round of 16): Dual Tournament Format.
- All matches are Bo3.
- Played at the Gamers Assembly in Poitiers, France. ^[1]
Playoffs: Single-elimination bracket.
- Quarterfinals are Bo5.
- Semifinals are Bo5.
- Finals are Bo7.
- Played at the Gamers Assembly in Poitiers, France.

Talents[edit]

Hosts
- Frodan (Dan Chou)
- Smix (Sue Min Lee)

English Commentators
- Apollo (Shaun Clark)
- Fenner (Daniel Fenner)
- Kaelaris (James Carrol)
- Nathanias (Nathan Lawrence Fabrikant)
- RotterdaM (Kevin van der Kooi)
- ToD (Yoan Merlo)
- iNcontroL (Geoffrey John Vincent Robinson)

Observer
- Flo (Florence Chee-Yun Yao)

Other Language Commentator
- Sefirofe (Renan Luz Mesquita)

Prize Pool[edit]

$217,000 USD and 12,250 WCS Points are divided among participants.

Place

$USD

WCS Points

Player

Team

1st

$30,000

2,000

Polt

CM Storm

CM

2nd

$15,000

1,250

Hydra

ROOT Gaming

ROOT

3rd–4th

$10,000

900

Bunny

place 5 to 32

5th–8th

$8,000

600

TLO

Kane

Snute

ForGG

9th–12th

$6,000

400

Serral

MacSed

Has

13th–16th

$6,000

300

XiGua

PiG

MaNa

Welmu

17th–24th

$4,500

150

viOLet

Happy

puCK

Flipsid3 Tactics

F3

NaNiwa

MorroW

iaguz

25th–32nd

$4,500

100

Astrea

Jim

MajOr

TargA

Sen

Suppy

iAsonu

HuK

Champion Polt with his trophy

Participants[edit]

2015 WCS Season 1 Challenger (32)
Protoss (10)	Terran (9)	Zerg (13)
Jim	iaguz	iAsonu
MacSed	MajOr	XiGua
Welmu	Kelazhur	PiG
MaNa	Happy	Serral
Has	uThermal	Sen
ShoWTimE	MorroW	TLO
NaNiwa	ForGG	TargA
puCK	Bunny	Snute
Astrea	Polt	FireCake
HuK		Kane
		Hydra
		viOLet
		Suppy

Results[edit]

Group Stage #1 (Ro32)[edit]

Group A[edit]

Group A
February 14, 2015 - 15:00 PST
1.	Snute	2-0	4-0
2.	XiGua	2-1	4-4
3.	uThermal	1-2	3-4
4.	Astrea	0-2	1-4

Group A Matches

Group B[edit]

Group B
February 15, 2015 - 15:00 PST
1.	Polt	2-0	4-2
2.	TLO	2-1	4-3
3.	Kelazhur	1-2	4-4
4.	Jim	0-2	1-4

Group B Matches

Group C[edit]

Group C
February 19, 2015 - 18:00 CET
1.	MaNa	2-0	4-0
2.	Bunny	2-1	4-3
3.	viOLet	1-2	2-5
4.	MajOr	0-2	2-4

Group C Matches

Group D[edit]

Group D
February 20, 2015 - 18:00 CET
1.	Kane	2-0	4-2
2.	PiG	2-1	4-4
3.	Happy	1-2	4-4
4.	TargA	0-2	2-4

Group D Matches

Group E[edit]

Group E
February 21, 2015 - 18:00 CET
1.	ForGG	2-0	4-1
2.	FireCake	2-1	5-2
3.	puCK	1-2	2-4
4.	Sen	0-2	0-4

Group E Matches

Group F[edit]

Group F
February 22, 2015 - 18:00 CET
1.	Serral	2-0	4-0
2.	Has	2-1	5-3
3.	NaNiwa	1-2	2-5
4.	Suppy	0-2	1-4

Group F Matches

Group G[edit]

Group G
February 27, 2015 - 15:00 PST
1.	ShoWTimE	2-0	4-2
2.	Hydra	2-1	5-2
3.	MorroW	1-2	3-5
4.	iAsonu	0-2	1-4

Group G Matches

Group H[edit]

Group H
February 28, 2015 - 15:00 PST
1.	Welmu	2-0	4-0
2.	MacSed	2-1	4-3
3.	iaguz	1-2	3-4
4.	HuK	0-2	0-4

Group H Matches