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2017 GSL vs. the World
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2017 GSL vs the World
League Information
Series:
Organizers:
Game version:
Server:
South Korea
Type:
Offline
Location:
SeoulFormat:
1v1
Single-elimination Bracket
Single-elimination Bracket
Prize pool:
₩108,000,000 KRW
(≃ $96,000 USD)
(≃ $96,000 USD)
Start Date:
2017-08-03
End Date:
2017-08-06
Liquipedia tier:
Player breakdown
Number of players:
16
5
5
6Maps
Chronology
GSL vs the World is the second WCS Global Event of the year 2017 held on August 3-6 in Seoul, South Korea.
The event features an individual tournament as well as a team tournament in which the 16 top players from the WCS Korea and WCS Circuit face each other.
Format[edit]
- Single Elimination Bracket:
- All matches are Bo5.
- Finals are Bo7.
- Captains for the two team are:
Casters and Host[edit]
- Host
- Commentators
Prize Pool[edit]
₩108,000,000 KRW (≈ $96,000 USD *) are spread among the players as seen below:
1st
2nd 
3rd-4th  | This is a legacy prize pool. For non award prize pools please use {{Template:SoloPrizePool}}, {{Template:TeamPrizePool}}, {{DuoPrizePool}}, {{ArchonPrizePool}}, {{TrioPrizePool}} or {{QuadPrizePool}} instead. |
Participants[edit]
| Protoss (5)
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Terran (5)
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Zerg (6)
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| GSL Allstars Invites (4) | ||
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| Stats
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 INnoVation
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| TY
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| GSL Allstars Vote Winners (3) | ||
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 ByuN
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Dark
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| GSL Allstars Wildcard (1) | ||
 sOs
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| World Allstars Invites (4) | ||
  Neeb
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 SpeCial
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  Nerchio
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  Serral
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| World Allstars Vote Winners (3) | ||
  ShoWTimE
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 Kelazhur
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 Scarlett
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| World Allstars China Representative (1) | ||
  iAsonu
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Voting[edit]
A public voting was conducted to elect one champion of each race to both GSL and World teams. Links to the voting pages can be found at wcs.starcraft2.com. Team World received three players by popular vote while team GSL received four players with the fourth being the most voted second place from any of the race specific votes. The voting ended on July 19, 2017 - 10:00 PDT.
Results[edit]
| This is a legacy bracket! Please use the new bracket instead. |
Round of 16 (Bo5)
Quarterfinals (Bo5)
Semifinals (Bo5)
Finals (Bo7)
3
0
StatsherO
3
0
SpeCialKelazhur 3
2
StatsSpeCialAugust 5, 2017 - 15:00 KST
3
0
INnoVationiAsonu 2
3
SerralByuN 3
1
INnoVationByuN 0
3
StatsINnoVation 3
1
NeebsOs 3
0
TYScarlettAugust 4, 2017 - 19:25 KST
2
3
NeebTYAugust 5, 2017 - 17:40 KST
1
3
NerchioDark 3
2
soOShoWTimEAugust 4, 2017 - 21:40 KST
1
3
DarksoOAugust 5, 2017 - 19:15 KST
3
1
TYsoO 4
0
INnoVationTYAugust 6, 2017 - 18:45 KST
Racial Distribution[edit]
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| Champion |
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View Games[edit]
Streams[edit]
VODs[edit]
Viewers Stats[edit]
Data about number of viewers[1]:
- The tournament's Overall peak was 261 795 viewers
- The tournament's peak Without Chinese viewers was 23 507 viewers
- English streams peak was 18 178 viewers
- Russian streams peak was 2 076 viewers
- Chinese streams peak was 239 228 viewers
- Twitch.tv peak was 20 952 viewers
External Links[edit]
References[edit]
- ↑ Esports Charts (2017-22-08). "GSL vs the World 2017 detailed stats". esc.watch.