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Location:

Katowice
Format:
1v1
Single-elimination bracket
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.
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:
- 2 players from National Qualifier
- 8 invites from 2015 WCS Standings
- 32 players in a single-elimination bracket
- Round 32 to Semifinals are Bo5
- Finals are Bo7
Casters, Hosts and Observers[edit]
- English Broadcast
- Remote Broadcast
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- Observer
Funka (Alexandre Verrier)
- Other Language Commentators
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:
Participants[edit]
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]
Distribution[edit]
- Race
- Region
- Country
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Protoss |
Terran | Zerg |
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Round of 32 |
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Round of 16 |
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Quarterfinals |
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Semifinals |
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Finals |
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Champion |
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Western Europe |
Eastern Europe | North America | Latin America | Asia | Oceania |
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Round of 32 |
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Round of 16 |
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Quarterfinals |
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Semifinals |
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Finals |
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Champion |
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Western Europe |
Eastern Europe | North America | Latin America | Asia | Oceania |
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Round of 32 |
 1 |  1 |  5 |  3 |  1 |  1 |  3 |  1 |  1 |  1 |  2 |  2 |  1 |  1 |  1 |  1 |  2 |  3 |  1 |
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Round of 16 |
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Quarterfinals |
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Semifinals |
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Finals |
 1 |  1 |
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Champion |
 1 |
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