2016 WCS Circuit: Winter Circuit Championship

[e][h]2016 WCS Circuit: Winter Circuit Championship

League Information

Series:

World Championship Series

Organizer:

Blizzard
ESL

Game Version:

Legacy of the Void
Patch 3.1.3 – Patch 3.1.4

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:

Premier

Links

Winners

Polt

Snute

Nerchio

Hydra

Player Breakdown

Number of Players:

32

10

8

14

Maps

Central Protocol • Dusk Towers • Lerilak Crest • Orbital Shipyard • Prion Terraces • Ruins of Seras • Ulrena

Chronology

2016 WCS Spring

IEM gamescom

IEM Shanghai

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]

Paul "ReDeYe" Chaloner
Shaun "Apollo" Clark
Geoff "iNcontroL" Robinson
Kevin "RotterdaM" van der Kooi
Nathan "Nathanias" Fabrikant
Brendan Valdes
Benjamin "DeMusliM" Baker
Leigh "Maynarde" Mandalov
Alex "Funka" Verrier

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
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
3rd-4th	$10,000	-	900	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	ZZZZZ
				MarineLorD	Millenium
				MaSa	Team eLevate
				Neeb
				iAsonu	Invictus Gaming

Participants[edit]

Regional Challengers (8)
Protoss (10)	Terran (8)	Zerg (14)
Has	Dayshi	XiGua
puCK	Kelazhur	~~JonSnow~~²
PtitDrogo		PiG
PiLiPiLi²
EU Server Qualifiers (8)
Harstem	Happy	~~VortiX~~³
ShoWTimE		FireCake
		SortOf
		Lambo
		Serral
		Bly³
NA Server Qualifiers (6)
Neeb	MaSa	~~Petraeus~~¹
HuK¹	MajOr	iAsonu
		viOLet
Poland National Qualifiers (2)
		Nerchio
		Elazer
2015 WCS Standings Invites (8)
Lilbow	Polt	Hydra
MaNa	Bunny	Snute
	MarineLorD	TLO

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)

Polt

3

Lambo

1

PtitDrogo

0

Dayshi

3

Serral

0

FireCake

3

Bunny

2

Has

3

MaNa

3

PiLiPiLi

1

HuK

3

PiG

0

ShoWTimE

2

Nerchio

3

Lilbow

2

SortOf

3

puCK

0

MarineLorD

3

XiGua

1

viOLet

3

MaSa

3

Harstem

1

MajOr

1

Snute

3

Happy

2

Hydra

3

Kelazhur

2

Neeb

3

Bly

2

Elazer

3

iAsonu

3

TLO

1

Round of 16 (Bo5)

Polt

3

Dayshi

0

FireCake

3

Has

1

MaNa

0

HuK

3

Nerchio

3

SortOf

0

MarineLorD

2

viOLet

3

MaSa

1

Snute

3

Hydra

3

Neeb

2

Elazer

3

iAsonu

1

Quarterfinals (Bo5)

Polt

3

FireCake

1

HuK

0

Nerchio

3

viOLet

1

Snute

3

Hydra

3

Elazer

1

Semifinals (Bo5)

Polt

3

Nerchio

0

Snute

3

Hydra

1

Finals (Bo7)

Polt

4

Snute

2

Distribution[edit]

Race
Region
Country
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Protoss

Terran

Zerg

Random

Round of 32

10

8

14

Round of 16

4

8

Quarterfinals

1

6

Semifinals

1

3

Finals

1

Champion

1

Western Europe

Eastern Europe

North America

Latin America

Asia

Oceania

Round of 32

12

6

4

2

7

1

Round of 16

5

3

5

Quarterfinals

2

1

3

Semifinals

1

2

Finals

1

Champion

1

Western Europe

Eastern Europe

North America

Latin America

Asia

Oceania

Round of 32

1

5

3

1

3

1

2

1

2

3

1

Round of 16

1

3

1

2

1

3

Quarterfinals

1

2

1

3

Semifinals

1

2

Finals

1

Champion

1

View Games[edit]

Streams[edit]

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]

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.

[1] @LorangerChris (February 6, 2016). www.twitter.com. https://twitter.com/LorangerChris/status/696136592151310336.

[2] @ESL_Shawn (February 23, 2016). www.twitter.com. https://twitter.com/ESL_Shawn/status/701750764541231104.

[3] @IEM (February 28, 2016). www.twitter.com. https://twitter.com/IEM/status/704040554040946688.

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Contents

2016 WCS Circuit: Winter Circuit Championship

Contents

About[edit]

Qualifiers[edit]

Format[edit]

Casters, Hosts and Observers[edit]

Prize Pool[edit]

Participants[edit]

Results[edit]

Distribution[edit]

View Games[edit]

Streams[edit]

VODs[edit]

Replays[edit]

External Links[edit]

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