2016 WCS Circuit: Winter Circuit Championship
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2016 WCS Circuit: Winter Circuit Championship
League Information
Series:
Game Version:
Server:
Europe
Type:
Offline
Location:
Katowice Format:
Single-elimination
Prize pool:
$150,000
Start Date:
2016-03-02
End Date:
2016-03-05
Liquipedia Tier:
Links
Winners
Player Breakdown
Number of Players:
32
10
8
14Maps
Chronology
The 2016 WCS Winter Circuit Championship will take place in the Spodek Arena in Katowice, Poland. This event also doubles as IEM Season X - World Championship - the final event of the Intel Extreme Masters Season 10.
The Winter Championship is the first of three Circuit Championships to take place during the 2016 World Championship Series Circuit, followed by the Spring and Summer Championships.
About[edit]
Qualifiers[edit]
- 8 players from Regional Challengers:
- 2 slots for Europe, Africa and the Middle East
- 2 slots for North America (USA and Canada)
- 1 slot for Latin America
- 1 slot for China
- 1 slot for Oceania, Southeast Asia and Japan
- 1 slot for Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau
- 14 players from Server Qualifiers:
- 8 slots for EU Server Qualifier
- 6 slots for NA Server Qualifier
- 2 players from National Qualifier
- 8 invites from 2015 WCS Standings
Format[edit]
- 32 players in a single-elimination bracket
- Round 32 to Semifinals are Bo5
- Finals are Bo7
Casters, Hosts and Observers[edit]
Prize Pool[edit]
The winner is awarded a WCS Global Playoffs seed. 150,000 USD and 11,000 WCS Circuit Points are spread among the players as seen below:
| Place | $USD | Seed | WCS Circuit Pts | Player | Team |
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 1st | $35,000 | WCS Global Playoffs | 3,000 |  Polt |  CM Storm |
 2nd | $15,000 | - | 1,400 |  Snute |  Team Liquid |
 3rd-4th | $10,000 | - | 900 | Nerchio |  EURONICS Gaming |
| Hydra |  ROOT Gaming | ||||
| 5th-8th | $8,000 | - | 600 |  FireCake | EURONICS Gaming |
 HuK |  Evil Geniuses | ||||
| viOLet |  Team EnVyUs | ||||
| Elazer |  True eSport | ||||
| 9th-16th | $6,000 | - | 300 | Dayshi |  Millenium |
 Has |  yoe Flash Wolves | ||||
| MaNa | Team Liquid | ||||
 SortOf |  | ||||
| MarineLorD | Millenium | ||||
| MaSa |  Team eLevate | ||||
 Neeb | |||||
 iAsonu |  Invictus Gaming |
Participants[edit]
| Protoss (10)
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Terran (8)
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Zerg (14)
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| Regional Challengers (8) | ||
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| Has
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Dayshi
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XiGua
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| puCK
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 Kelazhur
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 JonSnow |
 PtitDrogo
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  PiG
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  PiLiPiLi2
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| EU Server Qualifiers (8) | ||
  Harstem
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 Happy
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 VortiX |
 ShoWTimE
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FireCake
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| SortOf
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| Lambo
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 Serral
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 Bly3
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| NA Server Qualifiers (6) | ||
| Neeb
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MaSa
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 Petraeus |
| HuK1
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 MajOr
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iAsonu
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| viOLet
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| Poland National Qualifiers (2) | ||
| Nerchio
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| Elazer
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| 2015 WCS Standings Invites (8) | ||
| Lilbow
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Polt
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Hydra
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| MaNa
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 Bunny
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Snute
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| MarineLorD
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TLO
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1 Petraeus could not make it to the live event and was replaced by HuK who came in second place in the NA Server Qualifier, Week 1.[1]
2 JonSnow could not make it to the live event and was replaced by PiLiPiLi who placed the highest in the Regional Challengers: North America.[2]
3 VortiX could not make it to the live event and was replaced by Bly who came in second place in the EU Server Qualifier, Week 1.[3]
Results[edit]
Round of 32 (Bo5)
Polt3
Lambo1
PtitDrogo0
Dayshi3
Serral0
FireCake3
Bunny2
Bunny
Has
Has3
MaNa3
MaNa
PiLiPiLi 
PiLiPiLi1
ShoWTimE2
ShoWTimE
Nerchio Nerchio3
Lilbow2
Lilbow
SortOf 
SortOf3
puCK0
MarineLorD3
XiGua1
viOLet3
MaSa3
Harstem1
Happy2
Happy
Hydra Hydra3
Kelazhur2
Kelazhur
Neeb Neeb3
Bly2
Bly
ElazerMarch 3, 2016 - 12:00 CET
Elazer3
iAsonu3
TLO1
Round of 16 (Bo5)
FireCake3
Has1
Nerchio3
SortOf0
MarineLorD2
MarineLorD
viOLet viOLet3
Hydra3
Hydra
Neeb Neeb2
Elazer3
iAsonu1
Quarterfinals (Bo5)
Polt3
FireCake1
viOLet1
Snute3
Hydra3
Elazer1
Semifinals (Bo5)
Snute3
Hydra1
Finals (Bo7)
Polt4
Polt
SnuteMarch 5, 2016 - 15:25 CET
Snute2
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| Champion |
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| Finals |
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| Champion |
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View Games[edit]
Streams[edit]
Official Stream on Twitch.tv- Secondary Official Stream on Twitch.tv
- O'Gaming TV on Twitch.tv
- TaKeTV on Twitch.tv
- ESL PL on Twitch.tv
- ESL RU on Twitch.tv
- ESL NO on Twitch.tv
ITeSPA on Twitch.tv- Copa America ES on Twitch.tv
- ESL Brazil on Twitch.tv
- ZERGTV on Twitch.tv
VODs[edit]
- Spoiler-free VODs on SC2links.com
- Spoiler-free Official YouTube VODs @ SC2Casts
- Spoiler-free YouTube VODs @ ITeSPA
Replays[edit]
- WCS Winter Season Replay pack (55.8 MB)
External Links[edit]
- IEM Katowice: WCS Winter Championship Details
- 2015 WCS Standings Invites Announcement
- WCS Winter Championship 2016 Preview on TL.net
- WCS Winter Championship 2016 Day 1 Thread on TL.net
- WCS Winter Championship 2016 Day 2 Thread on TL.net
- WCS Winter Championship 2016 Day 3 Thread on TL.net
- WCS Winter Championship 2016 Day 4 Thread on TL.net
- IEM/WCS Katowice - SC2 Photo Gallery by OneAboveU on TL.net
References[edit]
- ↑ @LorangerChris (February 6, 2016). www.twitter.com. https://twitter.com/LorangerChris/status/696136592151310336.
- ↑ @ESL_Shawn (February 23, 2016). www.twitter.com. https://twitter.com/ESL_Shawn/status/701750764541231104.
- ↑ @IEM (February 28, 2016). www.twitter.com. https://twitter.com/IEM/status/704040554040946688.