2016 WCS Global Playoffs and Finals

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

League Information

Series:

World Championship Series

Organizer:

Blizzard

Sponsor:

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

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

• Hosts:
  •  Apollo (Shaun Clark)
  •  Smix (Sue Min Lee)

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

• Observers:
  •  FunKa (Alexandre Verrier)
  •  Koka (Thibault Le Gall)

Format

2016 WCS Format overview

Qualification

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

• 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

Apotheosis

Dasan Station

Frost

Frozen Temple

Galactic Process

King Sejong Station

New Gettysburg

Participants

Races and Teams

Protoss (7)	Terran (2)	Zerg (7)
WCS Korea (8)
Zest	ByuN	Dark
Stats	TY	Solar
Dear
Patience
WCS Circuit (8)
Neeblet	Polt2	Nerchio
ShoWTimE		Snute
PtitDrogo2		Hydra1
		TRUE
		viOLet1
		Elazer1

Korea Points and Standings

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

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. The tie for the groups' seeding was broken by a coin flip on October 8, 2016 with viOLet gaining the 7th spot.

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

Prize pool

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

Global Playoffs

Group A

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

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

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

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

Quarterfinals (Bo5)

  ShoWTimE

1

ShoWTimE 

 Elazer

November 4, 2016 - 13:00 PDT

 

Frozen Temple

 

King Sejong Station

 

Galactic Process

 

Dasan Station

 

 

Frost

  Elazer

3

  Dark

3

Dark 

 Neeblet

November 4, 2016 - 14:30 PDT

 

Frozen Temple

 

New Gettysburg

 

King Sejong Station

 

 

Galactic Process

 

 

Dasan Station

  Neeblet

0

  TY

1

TY 

 ByuN

November 4, 2016 - 15:35 PDT

 

Frozen Temple

 

King Sejong Station

 

Apotheosis

 

Galactic Process

 

 

New Gettysburg

  ByuN

3

  Zest

2

Zest 

 Stats

November 4, 2016 - 17:00 PDT

 

New Gettysburg

 

Galactic Process

 

King Sejong Station

 

Frozen Temple

 

Dasan Station

  Stats

3

Semifinals (Bo5)

  Elazer

0

Elazer 

 Dark

November 5, 2016 - 12:30 PDT

 

King Sejong Station

 

Frozen Temple

 

Galactic Process

 

 

Dasan Station

 

 

Apotheosis

  Dark

3

  ByuN

3

ByuN 

 Stats

November 5, 2016 - 13:40 PDT

 

Frozen Temple

 

Frost

 

New Gettysburg

 

Apotheosis

 

 

Galactic Process

  Stats

1

Finals (Bo7)

  Dark

2

Dark 

 ByuN

November 5, 2016 - 15:30 PDT

 

Galactic Process

 

New Gettysburg

 

Frozen Temple

 

Apotheosis

 

King Sejong Station

 

Frost

 

 

Dasan Station

  ByuN

4

Distribution

• Race
• WCS Region
• Show All

	Protoss	Terran	Zerg	Random
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

		vs.				vs.				vs.				Mirrors
Map	#	Σ			%	Σ			%	Σ			%
Apotheosis	6	1	1	-	100.0%	2	2	-	100.0%	1	-	1	0.0%	1	1	-
Dasan Station	6	2	2	-	100.0%	2	2	-	100.0%	-	-	-	-	-	1	1
Frost	7	1	1	-	100.0%	2	-	2	0.0%	2	-	2	0.0%	-	1	1
Frozen Temple	18	1	1	-	100.0%	7	4	3	57.1%	3	1	2	33.3%	1	1	5
Galactic Process	14	2	2	-	100.0%	4	1	3	25.0%	-	-	-	-	1	3	4
New Gettysburg	10	2	-	2	0.0%	5	3	2	60.0%	2	2	-	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

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%

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VODs

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Replays

Replay pack(10.0mb)

Viewers Statistics

Data about number of viewers:

• 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

• Official Site