2017 Global StarCraft II League Season 2: Code S

League Information

Series:

GSL

Organizers:

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 KRW
(≃ $152,100 USD)

Start Date:

2017-04-19

End Date:

2017-06-24

Liquipedia Tier:

S-Tier

Participants

Number of Players:

32

12

10

Maps

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

Chronology

2017 GSL Season 1

2017 GSL Season 3

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.

Map Pool

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

Talents

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

Interviewer:
- Gyuri (Moon Gyu-ri)

Prize Pool

₩170,000,000 KRW (≈ $152,100 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 2017-04-01. [₩1,000 KRW ≈ $0.8947 USD]