2015 WCS Season 3 Premier League

[e][h]2015 WCS Season 3 Premier League

League Information

Series:

World Championship Series

Organizer(s):

ESL
Blizzard Entertainment

Game Version:

Heart of the Swarm
Patch 2.1.10 – Patch 2.1.12

Type:

Offline

Location:

Cologne

Burbank

Katowice

Kraków

Venue:

ESL America Studio
ESL Cologne Studio
ESL Katowice Studio
Stara Zajezdnia

Format:

1v1
2 Group Stages
Single-elimination Playoffs

Prize Pool:

$217,000 USD

Start Date:

2015-08-13

End Date:

2015-09-13

Liquipedia Tier:

Premier

Links

Player Breakdown

Number of Players:

32

10

9

13

Maps

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

Chronology

2015 WCS S2 Premier

2016 WCS Winter

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 ESL Katowice Studio in Katowice, Poland.
Playoffs: Single-elimination bracket.
- Quarterfinals are Bo5.
- Semifinals are Bo5.
- Finals are Bo7.
- Played at the Stara Zajezdnia in Kraków, Poland.

Talents[edit]

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

English Commentator ^[1]s
- Apollo (Shaun Clark)
- Artosis (Dan Stemkoski)
- BlinG (Samayan Kay)
- HuK (Chris Loranger)
- Kaelaris (James Carrol)
- Nathanias (Nathan Lawrence Fabrikant)
- PiG (Jared Krensel)
- RotterdaM (Kevin van der Kooi)
- Tasteless (Nicolas Plott)
- ToD (Yoan Merlo)
- iNcontroL (Geoffrey John Vincent Robinson)

Observer
- Funka (Alexandre Verrier)

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	Lilbow	Millenium
2nd	$15,000	1,250	MaNa	Team Liquid
3rd-4th	$10,000	900	Zanster	Team Property
3rd-4th	$10,000	900	ForGG	Millenium
5th-8th	$8,000	600	GunGFuBanDa	Planetkey Dynamics
			Hydra	ROOT Gaming
			Polt	CM Storm
			Petraeus	ZZZZZ
9th-12th	$6,000	400	MarineLorD	Millenium
			Snute	Team Liquid
			Elazer	Extreme Supremacy
			Jaedong	Evil Geniuses
13th-16th	$6,000	300	elfi	ZZZZZ
			Sen	Hong Kong Attitude
			viOLet	Team EnVyUs
			iaguz	ROOT Gaming
17th-24th	$4,500	150	Harstem	Invasion eSport
			Kelazhur	ROOT Gaming
			ShoWTimE	ZZZZZ
			Has	yoe Flash Wolves
			Neeb	ZZZZZ
			iAsonu	Invictus Gaming
			Hitman	ZZZZZ
			TLO	Team Liquid
25th-32nd	$4,500	100	MajOr	ZZZZZ
			Starbuck	Team MiA
			HeRoMaRinE	mousesports
			MaSa	ROOT Gaming
			Shana	X-Team
			Kane	ZZZZZ
			Jim	Invictus Gaming
			XiGua	Invictus Gaming

Hitman forfeited his place in WCS Season 3 Finals due to personal reasons and was replaced by Elazer.^[2] 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.

Participants[edit]

2015 WCS Season 2 Champion (1)
Protoss (10)	Terran (9)	Zerg (13)
		Hydra
2015 WCS Season 3 Challenger (31)
Jim	Shana	XiGua
Has	Kelazhur	iAsonu
Neeb	MajOr	Petraeus
Hitman	iaguz	Sen
MaNa	MaSa	Jaedong
ShoWTimE	Polt	Kane
Lilbow	MarineLorD	viOLet
GunGFuBanDa	HeRoMaRinE	Snute
Harstem	ForGG	Starbuck
elfi	~~uThermal~~^[3]^[4]	TLO
		Elazer
		Zanster

Results[edit]

Group Stage #1 (Ro32)[edit]

Group A[edit]

Group A
August 13, 2015 - 12:00 PDT
1.	Polt	2-0	4-1
2.	Petraeus	2-1	5-4
3.	Harstem	1-2	3-4
4.	MajOr	0-2	1-4

Group A Matches
Harstem	2	0	MajOr
Coda Cactus Valley Iron Fortress
Polt	2	1	Petraeus
Coda Bridgehead Terraform
MajOr	1	2	Petraeus
Bridgehead Cactus Valley Terraform
Harstem	0	2	Polt
Iron Fortress Terraform Cactus Valley
Petraeus	2	1	Harstem
Coda Dash and Terminal Terraform

Group B[edit]

Group B
August 14, 2015 - 12:00 PDT
1.	Hydra	2-0	4-0
2.	elfi	2-1	4-3
3.	Kelazhur	1-2	2-4
4.	Starbuck	0-2	1-4

Group B Matches
elfi	2	1	Starbuck
Bridgehead Coda Cactus Valley
Hydra	2	0	Kelazhur
Cactus Valley Coda Iron Fortress
Starbuck	0	2	Kelazhur
Dash and Terminal Cactus Valley Iron Fortress
elfi	0	2	Hydra
Coda Cactus Valley Iron Fortress
Kelazhur	0	2	elfi
Coda Cactus Valley Terraform

Group C[edit]

Group C
August 15, 2015 - 12:00 PDT
1.	Jaedong	2-0	4-1
2.	Sen	2-1	5-4
3.	ShoWTimE	1-2	4-5
4.	HeRoMaRinE	0-2	1-4

Group C Matches
ShoWTimE	2	1	Sen
Iron Fortress Coda Bridgehead
Jaedong	2	0	HeRoMaRinE
Coda Cactus Valley Terraform
Sen	2	1	HeRoMaRinE
Cactus Valley Coda Bridgehead
ShoWTimE	1	2	Jaedong
Coda Cactus Valley Terraform
Sen	2	1	ShoWTimE
Cactus Valley Coda Terraform

Group D[edit]

Group D
August 16, 2015 - 12:00 PDT
1.	MarineLorD	2-0	4-1
2.	iaguz	2-1	5-4
3.	Has	1-2	4-5
4.	MaSa	0-2	1-4

Group D Matches
MarineLorD	2	0	MaSa
Iron Fortress Cactus Valley Coda
Has	2	1	iaguz
Coda Moonlight Madness Iron Fortress
MaSa	1	2	iaguz
Terraform Cactus Valley Coda
MarineLorD	2	1	Has
Moonlight Madness Terraform Cactus Valley
iaguz	2	1	Has
Coda Cactus Valley Moonlight Madness

Group E[edit]

Group E
August 25, 2015 - 18:00 CEST
1.	GunGFuBanDa	2-0	4-0
2.	Lilbow	2-1	4-3
3.	Neeb	1-2	3-4
4.	Shana	0-2	0-4

Group E Matches
Lilbow	2	1	Neeb
Cactus Valley Coda Iron Fortress
Shana	0	2	GunGFuBanDa
Coda Iron Fortress Terraform
Neeb	2	0	Shana
Coda Iron Fortress Cactus Valley
Lilbow	0	2	GunGFuBanDa
Terraform Coda Cactus Valley
Neeb	0	2	Lilbow
Terraform Bridgehead Iron Fortress

Group F[edit]

Group F
August 26, 2015 - 18:00 CEST
1.	ForGG	2-0	4-1
2.	Zanster	2-1	4-2
3.	iAsonu	1-2	3-5
4.	Kane	0-2	1-4

Group F Matches
Zanster	2	0	Kane
Coda Iron Fortress Dash and Terminal
iAsonu	1	2	ForGG
Terraform Cactus Valley Iron Fortress
Kane	1	2	iAsonu
Bridgehead Terraform Dash and Terminal
Zanster	0	2	ForGG
Terraform Coda Cactus Valley
iAsonu	0	2	Zanster
Dash and Terminal Terraform Coda

Group G[edit]

Group G
August 27, 2015 - 18:00 CEST
1.	Snute	2-0	4-0
2.	Hitman^[2]	2-1	5-2
3.	Elazer	1-2	2-5
4.	Jim	0-2	0-4

Group G Matches
Snute	2	0	Jim
Coda Iron Fortress Terraform
Hitman	1	2	Elazer
Terraform Coda Iron Fortress
Jim	0	2	Hitman
Terraform Iron Fortress Cactus Valley
Snute	2	0	Elazer
Cactus Valley Coda Terraform
Hitman	2	0	Elazer
Coda Iron Fortress Terraform

Group H[edit]

Group H
August 28, 2015 - 18:00 CEST
1.	MaNa	2-0	4-2
2.	viOLet	2-1	4-3
3.	TLO	1-2	3-4
4.	XiGua	0-2	2-4

Group H Matches
TLO	2	0	viOLet
Terraform Dash and Terminal Bridgehead
XiGua	1	2	MaNa
Terraform Coda Cactus Valley
viOLet	2	1	XiGua
Bridgehead Moonlight Madness Terraform
TLO	1	2	MaNa
Coda Dash and Terminal Terraform
viOLet	2	0	TLO
Terraform Coda Bridgehead

Group Stage #2 (Ro16)[edit]

Group A[edit]

Group A
September 8, 2015 - 18:00 CEST
1.	Zanster	2-0	4-2
2.	MaNa	2-1	5-3
3.	MarineLorD	1-2	3-4
4.	elfi	0-2	1-4

Group A Matches
September 8, 2015 - 18:00 CEST
MaNa	1	2	Zanster
Terraform Coda Iron Fortress
MarineLorD	2	0	elfi
Terraform Coda Iron Fortress
Zanster	2	1	MarineLorD
Iron Fortress Coda Cactus Valley
September 10, 2015 - 16:00 CEST
MaNa	2	1	elfi
Coda Cactus Valley Terraform
MarineLorD	0	2	MaNa
Terraform Coda Cactus Valley

Group B[edit]

Group B
September 8, 2015 - 21:45 CEST
1.	Petraeus	2-0	4-1
2.	GunGFuBanDa	2-1	4-3
3.	Snute	1-2	4-5
4.	Sen	0-2	1-4

Group B Matches
September 8, 2015 - 21:45 CEST
GunGFuBanDa	0	2	Petraeus
Coda Terraform Dash and Terminal
Snute	2	1	Sen
Coda Dash and Terminal Cactus Valley
Petraeus	2	1	Snute
Coda Cactus Valley Dash and Terminal
September 10, 2015 - 18:10 CEST
GunGFuBanDa	2	0	Sen
Coda Cactus Valley Terraform
Snute	1	2	GunGFuBanDa
Coda Dash and Terminal Terraform

Group C[edit]

Group C
September 9, 2015 - 18:00 CEST
1.	Polt	2-0	4-2
2.	Hydra	2-1	5-2
3.	Elazer	1-2	3-5
4.	viOLet	0-2	1-4

Group C Matches
September 9, 2015 - 18:00 CEST
Hydra	1	2	Elazer
Coda Bridgehead Terraform
Polt	2	1	viOLet
Cactus Valley Coda Terraform
Elazer	1	2	Polt
Coda Bridgehead Terraform
September 10, 2015 - 20:45 CEST
Hydra	2	0	viOLet
Terraform Bridgehead Coda
Elazer	0	2	Hydra
Terraform Bridgehead Coda

Group D[edit]

Group D
September 9, 2015 - 21:50 CEST
1.	Lilbow	2-0	4-2
2.	ForGG	2-1	5-2
3.	Jaedong	1-2	3-4
4.	iaguz	0-2	0-4

Group D Matches
September 9, 2015 - 21:50 CEST
Jaedong	1	2	Lilbow
Cactus Valley Coda Terraform
ForGG	2	0	iaguz
Coda Cactus Valley Iron Fortress
Lilbow	2	1	ForGG
Terraform Cactus Valley Coda
September 10, 2015 - 22:15 CEST
Jaedong	2	0	iaguz
Coda Cactus Valley Iron Fortress
ForGG	2	0	Jaedong
Cactus Valley Terraform Iron Fortress

Playoffs[edit]

Quarterfinals (Bo5)

Zanster

3

GunGFuBanDa

1

Lilbow

3

Hydra

2

Polt

1

ForGG

3

Petraeus

2

MaNa

3

Semifinals (Bo5)

Zanster

2

Lilbow

3

ForGG

1

MaNa

3

Finals (Bo7)

Lilbow

4

MaNa

2

View Games[edit]

Streams[edit]

VODs[edit]

Round of 8 Group Nomination: YouTube.com
Spoiler-Free Official YouTube VODs @ SC2Casts

Distribution[edit]

Race
Region
Country
Show All

Protoss

Terran

Zerg

Round of 32

10	9	13

Round of 16

4	4	8

Quarterfinals

3	2	3

Semifinals

2	1	1

Finals

2

Champion

1

Europe

North America

China

Latin America

Taiwan

Oceania

South Korea

Round of 32

13	4	4	2	2	2	5

Round of 16

8	1	2	5

Quarterfinals

4	1	3

Semifinals

3	1

Finals

2

Champion

1

Europe

North America

China

Latin America

Taiwan

Oceania

South Korea

Round of 32

2		1	1	1	2		4				1	1	2		2		4				1	1	2		1	1	5

Round of 16

2		1	1	1	2		1	1	1	1	5

Quarterfinals

1	1	1	1	1	3

Semifinals

1	1	1	1

Finals

1	1

Champion

1

References[edit]

↑ Ella McConnell (2015-09-04). "Announcing the broadcast team for the WCS Season 3 finals!". ESL.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 @ESLSC2 (September 5, 2015). "Hitman can not attend Ro16 and is replaced by Elazer". Twitter.com. Retrieved September 5, 2015.
↑ @uThermal (August 12, 2015). "uThermal won't be able to attend WCS due to sickness". Twitter.com. Retrieved August 13, 2015.
↑ @ESLSC2 (August 13, 2015). "Elfi will replace uThermal due to illness in Group B August 14th!". Twitter.com. Retrieved August 13, 2015.

[1] Ella McConnell (2015-09-04). "Announcing the broadcast team for the WCS Season 3 finals!". ESL.

[hitman_forfeits-2] 2.0 ^2.1 @ESLSC2 (September 5, 2015). "Hitman can not attend Ro16 and is replaced by Elazer". Twitter.com. Retrieved September 5, 2015.

[3] @uThermal (August 12, 2015). "uThermal won't be able to attend WCS due to sickness". Twitter.com. Retrieved August 13, 2015.

[4] @ESLSC2 (August 13, 2015). "Elfi will replace uThermal due to illness in Group B August 14th!". Twitter.com. Retrieved August 13, 2015.

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2015 WCS Season 3 Premier League

Contents

Format[edit]

Talents[edit]

Prize Pool[edit]

Participants[edit]