2017 Global StarCraft II League Season 2

• Overview
• Qualifier
• Code S
• Code S Statistics

[e][h]2017 Global StarCraft II League Season 2

League Information

Series:

Global StarCraft II League

Organizer(s):

AfreecaTV
Blizzard Entertainment

Sponsor(s):

Hot6iX

Game Version:

Legacy of the Void
Patch 3.12.0 – Patch 3.15.1

Server:

South Korea

Type:

Offline

Location:

Seoul

Format:

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

Prize Pool:

₩170,000,000 (≃ $152,100 USD)

Start Date:

2017-04-19

End Date:

2017-06-24

Liquipedia Tier:

Premier

Player Breakdown

Number of Players:

32

Number of Players:

32

12

10

10

Maps

Abyssal Reef • Ascension to Aiur LE • Daybreak • Deadwing • Frost • Newkirk Precinct TE • Odyssey LE • Proxima Station • Whirlwind

Chronology

 2017 GSL Season 1

2017 GSL Season 3 

Information

The 2017 Global StarCraft II League Season 2 is the second of three of the 2017 StarCraft II World Championship Series Korea.

Format

Qualifier

• Offline open qualifier.
  • Players are divided into 14 groups.
  • Single-elimination until round of 4, then double elimination with top two advancing to Code .
  • All rounds are best-of-3.

Code S

• 4 players qualified from the top 4 of last season.
• 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.

• Commentators
  • Artosis (Dan Stemkoski)
  • Tasteless (Nicolas Plott)

Prize Pool

Code S

Place	Prize (KRW)	≈ USD	Points	Seed
1st	₩40,000,000	$35,820	4,000	2017 WCS Global Finals
2nd	₩15,000,000	$13,430	2,800
3rd-4th	₩7,500,000	$6,720	1,900
5th-8th	₩5,000,000	$4,480	1,200
9th-12th	₩4,000,000	$3,580	800
13th-16th	₩4,000,000	$3,580	600
17th-24th	₩3,000,000	$2,680	300
25th-32nd	₩3,000,000	$2,680	200
Total	₩170,000,000	$152,100	25,000

View Games

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See Also

• Premier Tournaments
• AfreecaTV
• 2017 StarCraft II World Championship Series Korea