2016 Global StarCraft II League Season 1: Code S

League Information

Series:

GSL

Organizers:

AfreecaTV
Blizzard Entertainment

Game Version:

Legacy of the Void
Patch 3.1.3 – Patch 3.2.2

Server:

South Korea

Type:

Offline

Location:

Seoul

Format:

Code
Ro32 & Ro16 Group play
Ro8 and on Single-elimination

Prize Pool:

₩230,000,000 KRW
(≃ $194,480 USD)

Start Date:

2016-02-27

End Date:

2016-05-01

Liquipedia Tier:

Premier

Participants

Number of Players:

32

11

10

11

Maps

Dusk Towers • Lerilak Crest • Orbital Shipyard • Prion Terraces • Rak'Shir • Ruins of Seras • Sky Shield

Chronology

2015 GSL Season 3

2016 GSL Season 2

The 2016 Global StarCraft II League Season 1 is one of the two Korean leagues of the 2016 StarCraft II World Championship Series Korea.

Format[edit]

Code A[edit]

60 players from the Qualifier are matched up against each other.
- The winner of the Bo5 advances to the Code Round of 32.
- The loser of the Bo5 is eliminated and may qualify through next season's qualifiers.

Code S[edit]

2 players qualified from the Pre-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 Winner’s match.

The victor places first in the group and advances to the Round of 16.

The losers of the initial matches face each other in the Loser’s match.

The loser places fourth in the group, will fall to the next season Code Round of 48.

The loser of the Winner’s match and the winner of the Loser’s match will face each other in a fifth match.

The winner gets second place in the group and advances to the Round of 16.
The loser places third in the group, will fall to the next season Code Round of 48.

Group Stage #2 (Round of 16): Dual Tournament format.

Group Nominations.
Best-of-three.
The 4 players of each group in Round of 16 will face off similar to Round of 32.
The winners of these matches will then face each other in the Winner’s match.

The victor places first in the group and advances to the Quarterfinals.

The losers of the initial matches face each other in the Loser’s match.

The loser places fourth in the group, will fall to the next season Code Round of 48.

The loser of the Winner’s match and the winner of the Loser’s match will face each other in a fifth match.

The winner gets second place in the group and advances to the Quarterfinals.
The loser places third in the group, will fall to the next season Code Round of 48.

Quarterfinals: Single-elimination playoffs.
- All 8 players who make it to this round are seeded in next season's Code .

Quarterfinals: Best-of-five.
Semifinals: Best-of-seven.
Finals: Best-of-seven.

Talents[edit]

Prize Pool[edit]

₩182,000,000 KRW (≈ $153,972 USD *) and 24,800 WCS Korea Points are divided among participants.

The winner is awarded a 2016 WCS Global Playoffs and Finals seed.
* Currency conversion is based on the currency exchange rate (taken from xe.com) on 2015-12-19. [₩1,000 KRW ≈ $0,8460 USD]