2016 WCS Global Playoffs and Finals

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

League Information

Series:

WCS

Organizer:

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

Expert

2nd

$100,000

Dark

3rd–4th

$30,000

Elazer

Stats

place 5 to 16

5th–8th

$15,000

Neeblet

TY

Zest

9th–12th

$10,000

Dear

Nerchio

13th–16th

$10,000

Snute

TRUE

viOLet

Solar

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 - 15:30UTC

October 27, 2016 - 16:50UTC

October 27, 2016 - 20:35UTC

October 29, 2016 - 15:30UTC

October 30, 2016 - 16:40UTC

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 - 18:30UTC

October 27, 2016 - 19:35UTC

October 27, 2016 - 21:40UTC

October 29, 2016 - 16:50UTC

October 30, 2016 - 17:30UTC

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 - 15:30UTC

October 28, 2016 - 16:55UTC

October 28, 2016 - 20:20UTC

October 29, 2016 - 18:10UTC

October 30, 2016 - 18:30UTC

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 - 17:30UTC

October 28, 2016 - 19:10UTC

October 28, 2016 - 21:35UTC

October 29, 2016 - 19:20UTC

October 30, 2016 - 19:15UTC

Global Finals[edit]

Quarterfinals (Bo5)

Semifinals (Bo5)

Finals (Bo7)

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%