2015 WCS Season 3 Challenger League

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[e][h]2015 WCS Season 3 Challenger League
League Information
Series:
Type:
Online/Offline
Location:
World World
Format:
1v1
Bo5 Matches
Prize Pool:
$62,000 USD
Start Date:
2015-05-29
End Date:
2015-07-29
Liquipedia Tier:
Links
Participants
Number of Players:
62
Protoss 19
Terran 17
Zerg 26
Maps
Chronology


Format[edit]

  • The Challenger League consists of:
  • Each returning player faces a qualified player from their region in a single Bo5 match.
    • The winner advances to Premier Leagueremier League.
    • The loser is eliminated and may requalify next season.
  • For America and Europe regions only: Premier Pick allows the Premier League players to choose their opponents. The order of picking is determined by 2015 WCS Season 2 rank followed by WCS Points.

Prize Pool[edit]

Each of the 31 seeds into Premier League award at least $4,500 USD and 100 WCS Points after future participation. In addition, $62,000 and 1,550 WCS Points are divided among participants as follows:

  • uThermal forfeited his place in Premier League due to illness and was replaced by elfi.[1] As stated in the 2015 WCS Player Handbook (15.0.B), after a 48 hours notice prior to the scheduled match, the player's placement and all applicable prize money and WCS points are swapped with the replacement player.

Europe[edit]

Seedings[edit]

# ID S2 Rank Points Pick
1 frFrance p Lilbow 2 1425 seSweden z SortOf[3]
2 dkDenmark t Bunny 3-4 1900 siSlovenia z Starbuck[4]
3 deGermany z TLO 5-8 1200 uaUkraine z Bly[5]
4 frFrance t MarineLorD 5-8 650 ruRussia p DmC[6]
5 frFrance z FireCake 9-12 650 seSweden z Zanster[7]
6 deGermany p GunGFuBanDa 9-12 400 frFrance p DnS[8]
7 krSouth Korea t ForGG 13-16 1275 frFrance t Dayshi[9]
8 nlNetherlands p Harstem 13-16 725 plPoland z Nerchio[10]
9 nlNetherlands z Ret 13-16 425 deGermany t HeRoMaRinE[11]
10 fiFinland p elfi 17-24 250 nlNetherlands t uThermal[12]
11 plPoland z Elazer 17-24 150 fiFinland p Welmu[13]
12 noNorway z Snute 25-32 1075 fiFinland z Serral[14]
13 plPoland p MaNa 25-32 525 ruRussia t Happy[15]
14 deGermany p ShoWTimE 32-62 950 seSweden p NaNiwa

Seedings are based on WCS Season 2 Rankings, followed by
WCS Points and random draw if they are tied.

Results[edit]

Day 1[edit]

Day 1
July 27, 2015 - 17:10 CEST
July 27, 2015 - 18:05 CEST
July 27, 2015 - 19:20 CEST
July 27, 2015 - 20:10 CEST
NetherlandsZergRet
1
3
GermanyTerranHeRoMaRinE
July 27, 2015 - 21:40 CEST
GermanyProtossShoWTimE
3
2
SwedenProtossNaNiwa

Day 2[edit]

Day 2
July 28, 2015 - 17:10 CEST
South KoreaTerranForGG
3
0
FranceTerranDayshi
July 28, 2015 - 17:50 CEST
July 28, 2015 - 18:50 CEST
July 28, 2015 - 19:50 CEST
FranceProtossLilbow
3
0
SwedenZergSortOf
July 28, 2015 - 20:40 CEST

Day 3[edit]

Day 3
July 29, 2015 - 17:00 CEST
PolandZergElazer
3
0
FinlandProtossWelmu
July 29, 2015 - 18:00 CEST
July 29, 2015 - 19:35 CEST
July 29, 2015 - 21:00 CEST
FranceZergFireCake
0
3
SwedenZergZanster

Talents[edit]

  • English Commentators:

America[edit]

Participants[edit]

Seedings[edit]

# ID S2 Rank Points Pick
1 krSouth Korea t Polt 3-4 3150 usUnited States z JonSnow[16]
2 krSouth Korea z Jaedong 5-8 1225 caCanada t Semper[17]
3 krSouth Korea p StarDust 5-8 600 usUnited States p Neeb[18]
4 krSouth Korea z viOLet 17-24 300 usUnited States t qxc[19]
5 caCanada t MaSa 17-24 200 usUnited States p Bails[20]
6 usUnited States t Xenocider 17-24 200 usUnited States p Hitman[21]
7 caCanada z Kane 25-32 700 caCanada p HuK

Seedings are based on WCS Season 2 Rankings, followed by
WCS Points and random draw if they are tied.

Results[edit]

Day 1[edit]

Day 1
July 22, 2015 - 15:00 EDT
July 22, 2015 - 16:20 EDT
South KoreaZergJaedong
3
0
CanadaTerranSemper
July 22, 2015 - 17:25 EDT
South KoreaProtossStarDust
2
3
United StatesProtossNeeb

Day 2[edit]

Day 2
July 23, 2015 - 15:00 EDT
July 23, 2015 - 16:30 EDT
July 23, 2015 - 17:20 EDT
July 23, 2015 - 18:30 EDT

Talents[edit]

  • English Commentators:
    • United States Lycan (Jared Williams-DeBolt)
    • United States Nathanias (Nathan Lawrence Fabrikant)
  • Observer:
    • United States Flo (Florence Chee-Yun Yao)

View Games[edit]

Streams[edit]

China[edit]

See also: GPL 2015 Season 2 Premier League

Participants[edit]

Protoss Protoss (2)
Terran Terran (2)
Zerg Zerg (4)

Results[edit]

May 29, 2015 - 16:00 CST
May 29, 2015 - 19:50 CST
May 29, 2015 - 18:40 CST
May 29, 2015 - 17:30 CST

Latin America[edit]

See also: Copa América 2015 Season 2

Participants[edit]

Protoss Protoss (0)
Terran Terran (2)
Zerg Zerg (2)

Results[edit]

Copa América 2015 Season 2 Semifinal Matches
July 8, 2015 - 19:00 CDT
July 8, 2015 - 20:40 CDT

Oceania & South East Asia[edit]

Participants[edit]

Protoss Protoss (1)
Terran Terran (1)
Zerg Zerg (2)

Results[edit]

Matches
July 12, 2015 - 13:15 AEST
AustraliaZergNXZ
0
3
New ZealandZergPetraeus
July 12, 2015 - 13:15 AEST
July 12, 2015 - 13:50 AEST
AustraliaTerraniaguz
3
0
SingaporeProtossBlysk

Talents[edit]

  • Commentators:
  • Observer:

View Games[edit]

Streams[edit]

Taiwan, Hong Kong & Macau[edit]

Participants[edit]

Protoss Protoss (1)
Terran Terran (0)
Zerg Zerg (3)
TaiwanHas 
yoe Flash Wolvesyoe Flash Wolves
TaiwanSen 
Hong Kong AttitudeHong Kong Attitude
TaiwanIan 
yoe Flash Wolvesyoe Flash Wolves

Results[edit]

Matches
July 19, 2015 - 20:00 TST
July 19, 2015 - 21:10 TST

Talents[edit]

  • Taiwanese Commentators:

View Games[edit]

Streams[edit]

Distribution[edit]

References[edit]

  1. @ESLSC2 (August 13, 2015). "Efli will replace uThermal due to illness in Group B August 14th!". Twitter.com. Retrieved August 13, 2015.
  2. @mYiPetraeus. "Petraeus forfeits his spot in WCS EU challenger to qualify through SEA". Twitter.com. Retrieved July 2, 2015.
  3. @LilbowSC (July 11, 2015). "Lilbow picks SortOf". Twitter.com. Retrieved July 11, 2015.
  4. @Liquid_Bunny (July 11, 2015). "Bunny picks Starbuck". Twitter.com. Retrieved July 11, 2015.
  5. @LiquidTLO (July 11, 2015). "TLO picks Bly". Twitter.com. Retrieved July 11, 2015.
  6. @M_Marinelord (July 11, 2015). "MarineLorD picks DmC". Twitter.com. Retrieved July 11, 2015.
  7. @pLineFireCake (July 11, 2015). "FireCake picks Zanster". Twitter.com. Retrieved July 11, 2015.
  8. @GunGFuBanDa (July 11, 2015). "GunGFuBanDa picks DnS". Twitter.com. Retrieved July 11, 2015.
  9. @ForGG1 (July 11, 2015). "ForGG picks Dayshi". Twitter.com. Retrieved July 11, 2015.
  10. @messioso (July 11, 2015). "Harstem picks Nerchio". Twitter.com. Retrieved July 11, 2015.
  11. @LiquidRet (July 11, 2015). "Ret picks HeRoMaRinE". Twitter.com. Retrieved July 11, 2015.
  12. @elfiSC2 (July 11, 2015). "elfi picks uThermal". Twitter.com. Retrieved July 11, 2015.
  13. @ElazerSC2 (July 11, 2015). "Elazer picks Welmu". Twitter.com. Retrieved July 11, 2015.
  14. @Liquid_MaNa (July 11, 2015). "Snute picks Serral". Twitter.com. Retrieved July 11, 2015.
  15. @LiquidSnute (July 11, 2015). "MaNa picks Happy". Twitter.com. Retrieved July 11, 2015.
  16. @CMStormPolt (July 11, 2015). "Polt picks JonSnow". Twitter.com. Retrieved July 11, 2015.
  17. @EGJaedong (July 11, 2015). "Jaedong picks Semper". Twitter.com. Retrieved July 11, 2015.
  18. @StardustSC2 (July 11, 2015). "Stardust picks Neeb". Twitter.com. Retrieved July 11, 2015.
  19. @nV_Violet (July 11, 2015). "viOLet picks qxc". Twitter.com. Retrieved July 11, 2015.
  20. @ROOTMaSa (July 11, 2015). "MaSa picks Bails". Twitter.com. Retrieved July 11, 2015.
  21. @EGXeno (July 11, 2015). "Xenocider picks Hitman". Twitter.com. Retrieved July 11, 2015.