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2016 WCS Global Playoffs and Finals

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[e][h]2016 WCS Global Playoffs and Finals
League Information
Organizer(s):
Blizzard
Server:
Americas
Type:
Offline
Location:
United States Anaheim
Format:
1v1
Group stage
Single-elimination
Prize Pool:
$500,000 USD
Start Date:
2016-10-27
End Date:
2016-11-05
Liquipedia Tier:
Premier
Links
Player Breakdown
Number of Players:
16
7
2
7
Maps
Chronology


The 2016 WCS Global Playoffs and Finals are the conclusion of the 2016 StarCraft II World Championship Series. Sixteen players (eight from WCS Korea, eight from WCS Circuit) compete for the most prestigious trophy in 2016. They qualify either by winning one of the seven tournaments providing a direct spot, or by earning WCS points throughout 2016 in multiple leagues and events. The players will first go through the Global Playoffs, a group stage. The eight remaining players will participate in the Global Finals, the culmination of the World Championship Series.

Casters, Hosts and Observers[edit]

  • English Broadcast
  • Remote Broadcast
  • Show All
  • Observers
    • France FunKa (Alexandre Verrier)
    • France Koka (Thibault Le Gall)
  • French Commentator
    • TBD
  • Other Language Commentators

Format[edit]

2016 WCS Format overview

Qualification[edit]

At the end of the year, eight players from each region qualify to the Playoffs:

  • WCS Korea: 4 seeds from the GSL and SSL events, 4 seeds from the standings
  • WCS Circuit: 3 seeds from the Circuit Championships, 5 seeds from the standings

If a player has won multiple GSL/SSL events, or multiple Circuit Championships, then there will be one more seed from the standings.

Main event[edit]

  • Global Playoffs (Round of 16)
    • Four groups of four players (two players from WCS Korea, two players from WCS Circuit)
    • Players seeded by their WCS Korea/Circuit points.
    • Dual tournament format
    • Matches are Bo3.
    • Top 2 players of each group advance to the Global Finals.
  • Global Finals (Round of 8)
    • Single-elimination Bracket.
    • All matches are Bo5 except Finals which are Bo7.

Map Pool[edit]

Participants[edit]

Races and Teams[edit]

Protoss (7) Terran (2) Zerg (7)
WCS Korea (8)
KT RolsterKT Rolster
South Korea Zest
Team expertTeam expert
South Korea ByuN
South Korea Dark
KT RolsterKT Rolster
South Korea Stats
KT RolsterKT Rolster
South Korea TY
Samsung GalaxySamsung Galaxy
South Korea Solar
Samsung GalaxySamsung Galaxy
South Korea Dear
Afreeca FreecsAfreeca Freecs
South Korea Patience
WCS Circuit (8)
TingTing
United States Neeblet
Team EnVyUsTeam EnVyUs
South Korea Polt2
EURONICS GamingEURONICS Gaming
Poland Nerchio
MilleniumMillenium
Germany ShoWTimE
Team LiquidTeam Liquid
Norway Snute
mYinsanitymYinsanity
France PtitDrogo2
ROOT GamingROOT Gaming
South Korea Hydra1
PSISTORM GamingPSISTORM Gaming
South Korea TRUE
Team EnVyUsTeam EnVyUs
South Korea viOLet1
True eSportTrue eSport
Poland Elazer1

Korea Points and Standings[edit]

Current Standings
# ID Points
1 krSouth Korea z Dark 9400
2 krSouth Korea z Solar 6825
3 krSouth Korea t ByuN 6325
4 krSouth Korea p Zest 6250
5 krSouth Korea p Stats 6075
6 krSouth Korea t TY 5875
7 krSouth Korea p Dear 4800
8 krSouth Korea p Patience 4450

Circuit Points and Standings[edit]

Current Standings
# ID Points
1 usUnited States p Neeblet 5900
2 deGermany p ShoWTimE 4935
3 plPoland z Nerchio 4625
4 noNorway z Snute 4405
5 krSouth Korea z TRUE 3225
6 krSouth Korea z viOLet 2610
7 plPoland z Elazer 2610
8 frFrance p PtitDrogo 2545

1 Hydra was unable to attend the Global Playoffs due to a scheduling conflict with his wedding. This resolved the tie that existed for the final WCS Circuit qualifying spot between viOLet and Elazer.[1] The tie for the groups' seeding was broken by a coin flip on October 8, 2016[2] with viOLet gaining the 7th spot.[3]

2 Polt was unable to attend the Global Playoffs due to entering the Korean military.[4] His spot was taken by the next player in the WCS Circuit rankings, PtitDrogo.

Prize pool[edit]

The prize pool has been doubled compared to the previous WCS Global Finals for a total of 500,000 USD.

Global Playoffs[edit]

Group A[edit]

Group A
October 27, 2016 - 8:30 PDT
1. South Korea  Dark 2-0 4-1
2. South Korea  Stats 2-1 5-3
3. France  PtitDrogo 1-2 2-5
4. Norway  Snute 0-2 2-4
This is a legacy matchlist! Please use the new matchlist instead.

Group B[edit]

Group B
October 27, 2016 - 11:30 PDT
1. South Korea  Zest 2-0 4-2
2. United States  Neeblet 2-1 5-4
3. South Korea  Patience 1-2 4-4
4. South Korea  TRUE 0-2 1-4
This is a legacy matchlist! Please use the new matchlist instead.

Group C[edit]

Group C
October 28, 2016 - 8:30 PDT
1. Germany  ShoWTimE 2-0 4-0
2. South Korea  ByuN 2-1 4-2
3. South Korea  Dear 1-2 2-5
4. South Korea  viOLet 0-2 1-4
This is a legacy matchlist! Please use the new matchlist instead.

Group D[edit]

Group D
October 28, 2016 - 10:30 PDT
1. South Korea  TY 2-0 4-1
2. Poland  Elazer 2-1 4-3
3. Poland  Nerchio 1-2 3-5
4. South Korea  Solar 0-2 2-4
This is a legacy matchlist! Please use the new matchlist instead.

Global Finals[edit]

This is a legacy bracket! Please use the new bracket instead.
Quarterfinals (Bo5)
Semifinals (Bo5)
Finals (Bo7)
GermanyShoWTimE
1
PolandElazer
3
ShoWTimE
Elazer
November 4, 2016 - 20:00
Frozen Temple
The King Sejong Station
Galactic Process LE
Dasan Station LE
Frost
preview lrthread Watch VOD Head-to-head statistics
South KoreaDark
3
United StatesNeeblet
0
Dark
Neeblet
November 4, 2016 - 21:30
Frozen Temple
New Gettysburg LE
The King Sejong Station
Galactic Process LE
Dasan Station LE
preview lrthread Watch VOD Head-to-head statistics
PolandElazer
0
South KoreaDark
3
Elazer
Dark
November 5, 2016 - 19:30
The King Sejong Station
Frozen Temple
Galactic Process LE
Dasan Station LE
Apotheosis LE
lrthread Watch VOD Head-to-head statistics
South KoreaTY
1
South KoreaByuN
3
TY
ByuN
November 4, 2016 - 22:35
Frozen Temple
The King Sejong Station
Apotheosis LE
Galactic Process LE
New Gettysburg LE
preview lrthread Watch VOD Head-to-head statistics
South KoreaZest
2
South KoreaStats
3
Zest
Stats
November 5, 2016 - 00:00
New Gettysburg LE
Galactic Process LE
The King Sejong Station
Frozen Temple
Dasan Station LE
preview lrthread Watch VOD Head-to-head statistics
South KoreaByuN
3
South KoreaStats
1
ByuN
Stats
November 5, 2016 - 20:40
Frozen Temple
Frost
New Gettysburg LE
Apotheosis LE
Galactic Process LE
lrthread Watch VOD Head-to-head statistics
South KoreaDark
2
South KoreaByuN
4
Dark
ByuN
November 5, 2016 - 22:30
Galactic Process LE
New Gettysburg LE
Frozen Temple
Apotheosis LE
The King Sejong Station
Frost
Dasan Station LE
lrthread Watch VOD Recap Head-to-head statistics

Distribution[edit]

  • Race
  • WCS Region
  • Show All
  Protoss TerranZerg
Round of 16
727
Quarterfinals
422
Semifinals
112
Finals
11
Champion
1
  Americas EuropeKoreaOther
Round of 16
358
Quarterfinals
125
Semifinals
13
Finals
2
Champion
1

Maps Statistics[edit]

vs. vs. vs. Mirrors
Map#Σ%Σ%Σ%
Apotheosis LE6110100.0%220100.0%1010.0%11-
Dasan Station LE6220100.0%220100.0%-----11
Frost7110100.0%2020.0%2020.0%-11
Frozen Temple18110100.0%74357.1%31233.3%115
Galactic Process LE14220100.0%41325.0%----134
New Gettysburg LE102020.0%53260.0%220100.0%--1
The King Sejong Station1943175.0%42250.0%----146
Total Sum (Σ)801310376.9%26141253.8%83537.5%41118

Players Statistics[edit]

Player Games vs. vs. vs.
ID Team Record Win% Record Win% Record Win% Record Win%
1 krSouth Korea t ByuN Team expertTeam expert Team expert
047414-6
 70%
02593-1
 75%
03186-2
 75%
02975-3
 63%
2 krSouth Korea z Dark ZZZZZ
043512-5
 71%
02362-4
 33%
02603-0
 100%
03397-1
 88%
3 plPoland z Elazer True eSportTrue eSport True eSport
03337-7
 50%
01980-2
 0%
02764-4
 50%
02593-1
 75%
3 krSouth Korea p Stats KT RolsterKT Rolster KT Rolster
03729-8
 53%
02171-3
 25%
02402-0
 100%
03156-5
 55%
5 usUnited States p Neeblet TingTing Ting
02935-7
 42%
02000-0
-
01970-3
 0%
02965-4
 56%
5 deGermany p ShoWTimE MilleniumMillenium Millenium
02975-3
 63%
02402-0
 100%
02171-3
 25%
02402-0
 100%
5 krSouth Korea t TY KT RolsterKT Rolster KT Rolster
02965-4
 56%
02171-3
 25%
02794-1
 80%
02000-0
-
5 krSouth Korea p Zest KT RolsterKT Rolster KT Rolster
03156-5
 55%
02000-0
-
02392-1
 67%
02764-4
 50%
9 krSouth Korea p Dear Samsung GalaxySamsung Galaxy Samsung Galaxy
02352-5
 29%
01980-2
 0%
02392-1
 67%
01980-2
 0%
9 plPoland z Nerchio EURONICS GamingEURONICS Gaming EURONICS Gaming
02553-5
 38%
02181-2
 33%
02372-3
 40%
02000-0
-
9 krSouth Korea p Patience Afreeca FreecsAfreeca Freecs Afreeca Freecs
02764-4
 50%
02000-0
-
02402-0
 100%
02362-4
 33%
9 frFrance p PtitDrogo mYinsanitymYinsanity mYinsanity
02352-5
 29%
02000-0
-
02372-3
 40%
01980-2
 0%
13 noNorway z Snute Team LiquidTeam Liquid Team Liquid
02362-4
 33%
02000-0
-
02000-0
-
02362-4
 33%
13 krSouth Korea z Solar Samsung GalaxySamsung Galaxy Samsung Galaxy
02362-4
 33%
02000-0
-
02362-4
 33%
02000-0
-
13 krSouth Korea z TRUE PSISTORM GamingPSISTORM Gaming PSISTORM Gaming
02161-4
 20%
02000-0
-
02000-0
-
02161-4
 20%
13 krSouth Korea z viOLet Team EnVyUsTeam EnVyUs Team EnVyUs
02161-4
 20%
01980-2
 0%
02000-0
-
02181-2
 33%

View Games[edit]

Streams[edit]

VODs[edit]

Replays[edit]

Replay pack[5](10.0mb)

WCS Signature Series[edit]

Viewers Statistics[edit]

Data about number of viewers[6]:

  • The tournament's peak Without Chinese viewers was 130 453 viewers
  • English streams peak was 108 662 viewers
  • Russian streams peak was 13 119 viewers
  • Chinese streams peak was 204 243 viewers
  • Twitch.tv peak was 133 347 viewers

External Link[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ↑ WCS Global Finals Announcement – Hydra
  2. ↑ WCS Global Finals Announcement – 7th/8th Spot Coin Flip
  3. ↑ WCS Global Finals Announcement – Elazer wins the coin flip
  4. ↑ Polt Departs From Competitive StarCraft To Fulfill Military Duty
  5. ↑ WCS 2016 Global Finals Replays Release
  6. ↑ Esports Charts (2017-01-09). "WCS Global Finals 2016 detailed stats". esc.watch.
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