2017 Global StarCraft II League Season 3: Code S

• Overview
• Qualifier
• Code S
• Code S Statistics

Participants

Protoss (9)	Terran (13)	Zerg (10)
2017 GSL Season 2 Semifinals (4)
Classic	GuMiho	soO
	Maru
From Qualifier (28)
Dear	aLive	Curious
herO	Bunny	Dark
Hurricane	ByuN	Elazer
Hush	Forte	Leenock
Patience	INnoVation	Losira
sOs	jjakji	NoRegreT
Stats	KeeN	Rogue
Trap	SpeCial	Scarlett
	Ryung	Solar
	TIME
	TY

Format

• 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.

Prize Pool

₩170,000,000 KRW (≈ $152,100 USD *) and 25,000 WCS Korea Points are divided among participants.

Place	$USD	₩  KRW	WCS KR Pts	Player	Team
1st	$35,656	₩ 40,000,000	4,000	INnoVation	ZZZZZ
2nd	$13,371	₩ 15,000,000	2,800	sOs	Jin Air Green Wings
3rd-4th	$6,685	₩ 7,500,000	1,900	Stats	Splyce
				Dark	ZZZZZ
5th-8th	$4,457	₩ 5,000,000	1,200	Solar	Splyce
				Rogue	Jin Air Green Wings
				ByuN	Team expert
				TY	Splyce
9th-12th	$3,565	₩ 4,000,000	800	GuMiho	PSISTORM Gaming
				herO	ROOT Gaming
				soO	ZZZZZ
				Hurricane	ZZZZZ
13th-16th	$3,565	₩ 4,000,000	600	aLive	mYinsanity
				Bunny	ZZZZZ
				Classic	ZZZZZ
				Patience	Dead Pixels
17th-24th	$2,674	₩ 3,000,000	300	Elazer	ZZZZZ
				Ryung	Next Gaming
				Leenock	ZZZZZ
				Forte	ZZZZZ
				jjakji	Team RevolutioN
				Trap	Jin Air Green Wings
				Dear	ZZZZZ
				SpeCial	ZZZZZ
25th-32nd	$2,674	₩ 3,000,000	200	KeeN	ZZZZZ
				Scarlett	Team expert
				Hush	DuSt Gaming
				Losira	ZZZZZ
				Maru	Jin Air Green Wings
				NoRegreT	N3rd Street Gamers
				TIME	X-Team
				Curious	ZZZZZ

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]

Group Stage #1 (Ro32)

Group A

Group A
July 5, 2017 - 18:30 KST
1.	Rogue			2-0	4-1
2.	GuMiho			2-1	5-3
3.	Elazer			1-2	3-4
4.	KeeN			0-2	0-4

Group A Matches
GuMiho	2	1	Elazer
Ascension to Aiur   Abyssal Reef   Odyssey
KeeN	0	2	Rogue
Abyssal Reef   Newkirk Precinct TE     Ascension to Aiur
GuMiho	1	2	Rogue
Abyssal Reef   Newkirk Precinct TE   Odyssey
Elazer	2	0	KeeN
Ascension to Aiur   Abyssal Reef     Newkirk Precinct TE
GuMiho	2	0	Elazer
Frost   Odyssey     Abyssal Reef

Group B

Group B
July 8, 2017 - 13:00 KST
1.	INnoVation			2-0	4-1
2.	Hurricane			2-1	4-3
3.	Ryung			1-2	3-4
4.	Scarlett			0-2	1-4

Group B Matches
Ryung	2	0	Hurricane
Ascension to Aiur   Abyssal Reef     Whirlwind
Scarlett	1	2	INnoVation
Abyssal Reef   Proxima Station   Newkirk Precinct TE
Ryung	0	2	INnoVation
Whirlwind   Proxima Station     Ascension to Aiur
Hurricane	2	0	Scarlett
Newkirk Precinct TE   Abyssal Reef     Ascension to Aiur
Ryung	1	2	Hurricane
Proxima Station   Whirlwind   Ascension to Aiur

Group C

Group C
July 12, 2017 - 18:30 KST
1.	aLive			2-0	4-0
2.	soO			2-1	4-2
3.	Leenock			1-2	2-5
4.	Hush			0-2	1-4

Group D

Group D
July 15, 2017 - 13:00 KST
1.	Stats			2-0	4-1
2.	ByuN			2-1	4-2
3.	Forte			1-2	3-5
4.	Losira			0-2	1-4

Group D Matches
Stats	2	1	Forte
Odyssey   Proxima Station   Abyssal Reef
Losira	0	2	ByuN
Abyssal Reef   Proxima Station     Newkirk Precinct TE
Stats	2	0	ByuN
Newkirk Precinct TE   Abyssal Reef     Odyssey
Forte	2	1	Losira
Odyssey   Abyssal Reef   Newkirk Precinct TE
ByuN	2	0	Forte
Proxima Station   Odyssey     Frost

Group E

Group E
July 18, 2017 - 18:30 KST
1.	Patience			2-0	4-0
2.	Solar			2-1	4-2
3.	jjakji			1-2	2-4
4.	Maru			0-2	0-4

Group E Matches
Maru	0	2	jjakji
Odyssey   Abyssal Reef     Newkirk Precinct TE
Patience	2	0	Solar
Abyssal Reef   Odyssey     Ascension to Aiur
jjakji	0	2	Patience
Abyssal Reef   Odyssey     Proxima Station
Maru	0	2	Solar
Newkirk Precinct TE   Frost     Whirlwind
jjakji	0	2	Solar
Frost   Newkirk Precinct TE     Odyssey

Group F

Group F
July 19, 2017 - 18:30 KST
1.	herO			2-0	4-0
2.	Dark			2-1	5-2
3.	Trap			1-2	2-5
4.	NoRegreT			0-2	0-4

Group G

Group G
July 20, 2017 - 18:30 KST
1.	Classic			2-0	4-1
2.	Bunny			2-1	5-3
3.	Dear			1-2	3-5
4.	TIME			0-2	1-4

Group G Matches
Classic	2	0	TIME
Ascension to Aiur   Proxima Station     Odyssey
Dear	0	2	Bunny
Odyssey   Ascension to Aiur     Proxima Station
Classic	2	1	Bunny
Proxima Station   Odyssey   Ascension to Aiur
TIME	1	2	Dear
Abyssal Reef   Proxima Station   Odyssey
Bunny	2	1	Dear
Abyssal Reef   Proxima Station   Ascension to Aiur

Group H

Group H
July 22, 2017 - 13:00 KST
1.	sOs			2-0	4-2
2.	TY			2-1	5-3
3.	SpeCial			1-2	3-4
4.	Curious			0-2	1-4

Group Stage #2 (Ro16)

• Groups selections were held on August 9, 2017 - 18:30 KST. VOD: Part I, Part II - TL Thread

Group A

Group A
August 16, 2017 - 18:30 KST
1.	Solar			2-0	4-0
2.	INnoVation			2-1	5-4
3.	GuMiho			1-2	3-5
4.	aLive			0-2	1-4

Group A Matches
GuMiho	2	1	INnoVation
Newkirk Precinct TE   Odyssey   Ascension to Aiur
aLive	0	2	Solar
Acolyte   Mech Depot     Newkirk Precinct TE
GuMiho	0	2	Solar
Whirlwind   Mech Depot     Ascension to Aiur
INnoVation	2	1	aLive
Ascension to Aiur   Mech Depot   Newkirk Precinct TE
GuMiho	1	2	INnoVation
Ascension to Aiur   Odyssey   Whirlwind

Group B

Group B
August 19, 2017 - 13:00 KST
1.	ByuN			2-0	4-1
2.	sOs			2-1	4-3
3.	herO			1-2	4-5
4.	Bunny			0-2	1-4

Group C

Group C
August 23, 2017 - 18:30 KST
1.	Rogue			2-0	4-1
2.	Dark			2-1	5-3
3.	soO			1-2	4-5
4.	Classic			0-2	0-4

Group D

Group D
August 26, 2017 - 13:00 KST
1.	TY			2-0	4-0
2.	Stats			2-1	4-4
3.	Hurricane			1-2	4-4
4.	Patience			0-2	0-4

Group D Matches
Stats	2	1	Hurricane
Abyssal Reef   Odyssey   Ascension to Aiur
TY	2	0	Patience
Ascension to Aiur   Abyssal Reef     Odyssey
Stats	0	2	TY
Abyssal Reef   Newkirk Precinct TE     Ascension to Aiur
Hurricane	2	0	Patience
Abyssal Reef   Ascension to Aiur     Odyssey
Stats	2	1	Hurricane
Ascension to Aiur   Mech Depot   Odyssey

Playoffs

Quarterfinals (Bo5)

  Solar

2

Solar 

 sOs

August 30, 2017 - 18:30 KST

 

Mech Depot

 

Ascension to Aiur

 

Odyssey

 

Abyssal Reef

 

Newkirk Precinct TE

  sOs

3

  Rogue

2

Rogue 

 Stats

August 30, 2017 - 20:45 KST

 

Acolyte

 

Abyssal Reef

 

Odyssey

 

Ascension to Aiur

 

Whirlwind

  Stats

3

  INnoVation

3

INnoVation 

 ByuN

September 2, 2017 - 13:00 KST

 

Odyssey

 

Whirlwind

 

Ascension to Aiur

 

Acolyte

 

Abyssal Reef

  ByuN

2

  Dark

3

Dark 

 TY

September 2, 2017 - 15:10 KST

 

Ascension to Aiur

 

Acolyte

 

Mech Depot

 

 

Abyssal Reef

 

 

Newkirk Precinct TE

  TY

0

Semifinals (Bo7)

  sOs

4

sOs 

 Stats

September 6, 2017 - 18:30 KST

 

Abyssal Reef

 

Odyssey

 

Whirlwind

 

Ascension to Aiur

 

Newkirk Precinct TE

 

 

Mech Depot

 

 

Acolyte

  Stats

1

  INnoVation

4

INnoVation 

 Dark

September 9, 2017 - 13:00 KST

 

Newkirk Precinct TE

 

Ascension to Aiur

 

Acolyte

 

Odyssey

 

Whirlwind

 

Mech Depot

 

Abyssal Reef

  Dark

3

Finals (Bo7)

  sOs

3

sOs 

 INnoVation

September 16, 2017 - 17:00 KST

 

Mech Depot

 

Abyssal Reef

 

Newkirk Precinct TE

 

Whirlwind

 

Odyssey

 

Ascension to Aiur

 

Acolyte

  INnoVation

4

Racial Distribution

	Protoss	Terran	Zerg	Random
Round of 32	9 13 10
Round of 16	6 6 4
Quarterfinals	2 3 3
Semifinals	2 1 1
Finals	1 1
Champion	1

VODs

• Spoiler-free VODs on SC2Links.com
• Spoiler-Free Official YouTube VODs at SC2Casts.com

Viewers Stats

Data about number of viewers:

• The tournament's Overall peak was 175,018 viewers.
• The tournament's peak Without Chinese viewers was 26,638 viewers.
• English streams peak was 21,344 viewers.
• Russian streams peak was 824 viewers.
• Chinese streams peak was 148,380 viewers.
• Twitch.tv peak was 21,434 viewers.
  

The total time watched was 1,461,022 hours.
The average concurrent viewership was 57,824 viewers.

External Links

• Ro32 Groups Announcement

See also

• Premier Tournaments