2017 Global StarCraft II League Season 1: Code S

League Information

Series:

GSL

Organizers:

AfreecaTV
Blizzard Entertainment

Sponsor(s):

Hot6iX

Game Version:

Legacy of the Void
Patch 3.9.1 – Patch 3.11.0

Server:

South Korea

Type:

Offline

Location:

Seoul

Format:

Code
Ro32 & Ro16 Group play
Ro8 and on Single-elimination

Prize Pool:

₩170,000,000 KRW
(≃ $142,660 USD)

Start Date:

2017-01-04

End Date:

2017-03-26

Liquipedia Tier:

S-Tier

Participants

Number of Players:

32

9

12

11

Maps

Daybreak • Echo • Habitation Station • Overgrowth • Newkirk Precinct TE • Vaani Research Station • Whirlwind • Abyssal Reef • Cactus Valley • Proxima Station

Chronology

2016 GSL Season 2

2017 GSL Season 2

The 2017 Global StarCraft II League Season 1 is the first of the three 2017 StarCraft II World Championship Series Korea seasons.

Format

Qualifier

Offline open qualifier.
- Players are divided into 16 groups.
- Single-elimination until round of 4, then double elimination with top two advancing to Code .
- All rounds are best-of-3.

Code S

Group Stage #1 (Round of 32): Dual Tournament format.
- Best-of-three.
- The 4 players of each group are split into two pairs and play each other.
- The winners of these matches will then face each other in the Winner’s match.
- The victor places first in the group and advances to the Round of 16.
- The losers of the initial matches face each other in the Loser’s match.
  - The loser places fourth in the group, and is eliminated from Code . They may re-qualify through next season's qualifier.
- The loser of the Winner’s match and the winner of the Loser’s match will face each other in a fifth match.
  - The winner gets second place in the group and advances to the Round of 16.
  - The loser places third in the group, and is eliminated from Code . They may re-qualify through next season's qualifier.
Group Stage #2 (Round of 16): Dual Tournament format.
- Group Nominations.
- Best-of-three.
- The 4 players of each group in Round of 16 will face off similar to Round of 32.
- Players who place 3rd and 4th in their group are eliminated from Code . They may re-qualify through next season's qualifier.
Quarterfinals: Single-elimination playoffs.
- Quarterfinals: Best-of-five.
- Semifinals: Best-of-seven.
  - All 4 players who make it to this round are seeded in next season's Code .
- Finals: Best-of-seven.

Map Pool

Daybreak	Echo	Habitation Station	Overgrowth	Newkirk Precinct TE	Vaani Research Station	Whirlwind	Abyssal Reef	Cactus Valley	Proxima Station

Talents

Commentators:
- Artosis (Dan Stemkoski)
- Tasteless (Nicolas Plott)

Interviewer:
- Gyuri (Moon Gyu-ri)

Prize Pool

₩170,000,000 KRW (≈ $152,322 USD *) and 25,000 WCS Korea Points are divided among participants.

The winner is awarded a WCS Global Finals seed.
* Currency conversion is based on the currency exchange rate (taken from xe.com) on 2017-03-26. [₩1,000 KRW ≈ $0.8960172 USD]