2016 WCS Global Playoffs and Finals

[e][h]2016 WCS Global Playoffs and Finals

League Information

Series:

World Championship Series

Organizer(s):

Blizzard

Sponsor(s):

nVidia
T-Mobile
ASUS RoG
Intel

Game Version:

Legacy of the Void
Patch 3.7.1

Server:

Americas

Type:

Offline

Location:

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

Apotheosis • Dasan Station • Frost • Frozen Temple • Galactic Process • King Sejong Station • New Gettysburg

Chronology

2015 WCS Global Finals

2017 WCS Global Finals

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

Hosts
- Apollo (Shaun Clark)
- Smix (Sue Min Lee)

Observers
- FunKa (Alexandre Verrier)
- Koka (Thibault Le Gall)

Commentators
- Artosis (Dan Stemkoski)
- Maynarde (Leigh Mandalov)
- Nathanias (Nathan Lawrence Fabrikant)
- PiG (Jared Krensel)
- RotterdaM (Kevin van der Kooi)
- Tasteless (Nicolas Plott)
- ToD (Yoan Merlo)
- TotalBiscuit (John Bain)
- iNcontroL (Geoffrey John Vincent Robinson)

French Commentator
- TBD

Other Language Commentators
- Emil (Emil Wieczorek)
- Indy (Igor Kaczmarek)
- NarutO (Silvano Bovo)
- Sefirofe (Renan Luz Mesquita)
- Zedd (Michał Bogacz)

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]

WCS Korea (8)
Protoss (7)	Terran (2)	Zerg (7)
Zest	ByuN	Dark
Stats	TY	Solar
Dear
Patience
WCS Circuit (8)
Neeblet	~~Polt~~²	Nerchio
ShoWTimE		Snute
PtitDrogo²		~~Hydra~~¹
		TRUE
		viOLet¹
		Elazer¹

Korea Points and Standings[edit]

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

Circuit Points and Standings[edit]

Current Standings
#			ID	Points
1	us	p	Neeblet	5900
2	de	p	ShoWTimE	4935
3	pl	z	Nerchio	4625
4	no	z	Snute	4405
5	kr	z	TRUE	3225
6	kr	z	viOLet	2610
7	pl	z	Elazer	2610
8	fr	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.

Place	$USD	Player	Team
1st	$200,000	ByuN	Team expert
2nd	$100,000	Dark	ZZZZZ
3rd-4th	$30,000	Elazer	True eSport
3rd-4th	$30,000	Stats	KT Rolster
5th-8th	$15,000	ShoWTimE	Millenium
		Neeblet	Ting
		TY	KT Rolster
		Zest	KT Rolster
9th-12th	$10,000	PtitDrogo	mYinsanity
		Patience	Afreeca Freecs
		Dear	Samsung Galaxy
		Nerchio	EURONICS Gaming
13th-16th	$10,000	Snute	Team Liquid
		TRUE	PSISTORM Gaming
		viOLet	Team EnVyUs
		Solar	Samsung Galaxy

Global Playoffs[edit]

Group A[edit]

Group A
October 27, 2016 - 8:30 PDT
1.	Dark	2-0	4-1
2.	Stats	2-1	5-3
3.	PtitDrogo	1-2	2-5
4.	Snute	0-2	2-4

Group A Matches
October 27, 2016 - 8:30 PDT
Dark	2	0	PtitDrogo
Frozen Temple New Gettysburg King Sejong Station

October 27, 2016 - 9:50 PDT
Stats	2	1	Snute
Apotheosis Frozen Temple New Gettysburg

October 27, 2016 - 13:35 PDT
PtitDrogo	2	1	Snute
Galactic Process Frost Frozen Temple

October 29, 2016 - 8:30 PDT
Dark	2	1	Stats
New Gettysburg Frozen Temple Apotheosis

October 30, 2016 - 9:40 PDT
PtitDrogo	0	2	Stats
Frozen Temple King Sejong Station Galactic Process

Group B[edit]

Group B
October 27, 2016 - 11:30 PDT
1.	Zest	2-0	4-2
2.	Neeblet	2-1	5-4
3.	Patience	1-2	4-4
4.	TRUE	0-2	1-4

Group B Matches
October 27, 2016 - 11:30 PDT
Neeblet	2	1	Patience
King Sejong Station Galactic Process Frost

October 27, 2016 - 12:35 PDT
Zest	2	1	TRUE
King Sejong Station Dasan Station Galactic Process

October 27, 2016 - 14:40 PDT
Patience	2	0	TRUE
Frozen Temple Galactic Process Frost

October 29, 2016 - 9:50 PDT
Neeblet	1	2	Zest
Galactic Process King Sejong Station Frozen Temple

October 30, 2016 - 10:30 PDT
Patience	1	2	Neeblet
Galactic Process King Sejong Station Frozen Temple

Group C[edit]

Group C
October 28, 2016 - 8:30 PDT
1.	ShoWTimE	2-0	4-0
2.	ByuN	2-1	4-2
3.	Dear	1-2	2-5
4.	viOLet	0-2	1-4

Group C Matches
October 28, 2016 - 8:30 PDT
ShoWTimE	2	0	Dear
King Sejong Station Frozen Temple Frost

October 28, 2016 - 9:55 PDT
ByuN	2	0	viOLet
King Sejong Station Dasan Station Frozen Temple

October 28, 2016 - 13:20 PDT
Dear	2	1	viOLet
New Gettysburg Frost King Sejong Station

October 29, 2016 - 11:10 PDT
ShoWTimE	2	0	ByuN
Frozen Temple New Gettysburg Frost

October 30, 2016 - 11:30 PDT
Dear	0	2	ByuN
Frost Frozen Temple King Sejong Station

Group D[edit]

Group D
October 28, 2016 - 10:30 PDT
1.	TY	2-0	4-1
2.	Elazer	2-1	4-3
3.	Nerchio	1-2	3-5
4.	Solar	0-2	2-4

Group D Matches
October 28, 2016 - 10:30 PDT
TY	2	1	Nerchio
King Sejong Station New Gettysburg Galactic Process

October 28, 2016 - 12:10 PDT
Solar	1	2	Elazer
Dasan Station Galactic Process King Sejong Station

October 28, 2016 - 14:35 PDT
Nerchio	2	1	Solar
King Sejong Station Frost Galactic Process

October 29, 2016 - 12:20 PDT
TY	2	0	Elazer
King Sejong Station Dasan Station New Gettysburg

October 30, 2016 - 12:15 PDT
Nerchio	0	2	Elazer
Apotheosis King Sejong Station

Global Finals[edit]

Quarterfinals (Bo5)

ShoWTimE

1

Elazer

3

Dark

3

Neeblet

0

TY

1

ByuN

3

Zest

2

Stats

3

Semifinals (Bo5)

Elazer

0

Dark

3

ByuN

3

Stats

1

Finals (Bo7)

Dark

2

ByuN

4

Distribution[edit]

Race
WCS Region
Show All

Protoss

Terran

Zerg

Round of 16

7	2	7

Quarterfinals

4	2	2

Semifinals

1	1	2

Finals

1	1

Champion

1

Americas

Europe

Korea

Other

Round of 16

3	5	8

Quarterfinals

1	2	5

Semifinals

1	3

Finals

2

Champion

1

Maps Statistics[edit]

		vs.				vs.				vs.				Mirrors
Map	#	Σ			%	Σ			%	Σ			%
Apotheosis LE	6	1	1	0	100.0%	2	2	0	100.0%	1	0	1	0.0%	1	1	-
Dasan Station LE	6	2	2	0	100.0%	2	2	0	100.0%	-	-	-	-	-	1	1
Frost	7	1	1	0	100.0%	2	0	2	0.0%	2	0	2	0.0%	-	1	1
Frozen Temple	18	1	1	0	100.0%	7	4	3	57.1%	3	1	2	33.3%	1	1	5
Galactic Process LE	14	2	2	0	100.0%	4	1	3	25.0%	-	-	-	-	1	3	4
New Gettysburg LE	10	2	0	2	0.0%	5	3	2	60.0%	2	2	0	100.0%	-	-	1
The King Sejong Station	19	4	3	1	75.0%	4	2	2	50.0%	-	-	-	-	1	4	6
Total Sum (Σ)	80	13	10	3	76.9%	26	14	12	53.8%	8	3	5	37.5%	4	11	18

Players Statistics[edit]

Player					Games		vs.		vs.		vs.
			ID	Team	Record	Win%	Record	Win%	Record	Win%	Record	Win%
1	kr	t	ByuN	Team expert	047414-6	70%	02593-1	75%	03186-2	75%	02975-3	63%
2	kr	z	Dark	ZZZZZ	043512-5	71%	02362-4	33%	02603-0	100%	03397-1	88%
3	pl	z	Elazer	True eSport	03337-7	50%	01980-2	0%	02764-4	50%	02593-1	75%
3	kr	p	Stats	KT Rolster	03729-8	53%	02171-3	25%	02402-0	100%	03156-5	55%
5	us	p	Neeblet	Ting	02935-7	42%	02000-0	-	01970-3	0%	02965-4	56%
5	de	p	ShoWTimE	Millenium	02975-3	63%	02402-0	100%	02171-3	25%	02402-0	100%
5	kr	t	TY	KT Rolster	02965-4	56%	02171-3	25%	02794-1	80%	02000-0	-
5	kr	p	Zest	KT Rolster	03156-5	55%	02000-0	-	02392-1	67%	02764-4	50%
9	kr	p	Dear	Samsung Galaxy	02352-5	29%	01980-2	0%	02392-1	67%	01980-2	0%
9	pl	z	Nerchio	EURONICS Gaming	02553-5	38%	02181-2	33%	02372-3	40%	02000-0	-
9	kr	p	Patience	Afreeca Freecs	02764-4	50%	02000-0	-	02402-0	100%	02362-4	33%
9	fr	p	PtitDrogo	mYinsanity	02352-5	29%	02000-0	-	02372-3	40%	01980-2	0%
13	no	z	Snute	Team Liquid	02362-4	33%	02000-0	-	02000-0	-	02362-4	33%
13	kr	z	Solar	Samsung Galaxy	02362-4	33%	02000-0	-	02362-4	33%	02000-0	-
13	kr	z	TRUE	PSISTORM Gaming	02161-4	20%	02000-0	-	02000-0	-	02161-4	20%
13	kr	z	viOLet	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]

Official Site

References[edit]

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

[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

[WCS_Global_Finals_2016_streams_stats-6] Esports Charts (2017-01-09). "WCS Global Finals 2016 detailed stats". esc.watch.

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2016 WCS Global Playoffs and Finals

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Casters, Hosts and Observers[edit]