2017 Global StarCraft II League Season 3: Code S

[e][h]2017 Global StarCraft II League Season 3: Code S

League Information

Series:

GSL

Organizers:

AfreecaTV
Blizzard Entertainment

Sponsor(s):

Hot6iX

Game version:

Legacy of the Void
Patch Patch 3.15.1 – Patch Patch 3.17.1

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:

2017-07-05

End Date:

2017-09-16

Liquipedia Tier:

Premier

Player breakdown

Number of players:

32

9

13

10

32

Maps

Abyssal Reef • Ascension to Aiur • Frost • Newkirk Precinct TE • Odyssey • Proxima Station • Whirlwind • Acolyte • Mech Depot

Chronology

2017 GSL Season 2

2018 GSL Season 1

The 2017 Global StarCraft II League Season 3 is the third of three of the 2017 StarCraft II World Championship Series Korea.

Format[edit]

Qualifier[edit]

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[edit]

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 and finals: Best-of-seven.

Talents[edit]

Prize Pool[edit]

₩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 2017-06-01. [₩1,000 KRW ≈ $0.8914 USD]