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2017 WCS Global Finals
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2017 WCS Global Finals
League Information
Series:
Organizer:
Game version:
Server:
Americas
Type:
Offline
Location:
AnaheimFormat:
1v1
Group stage
Single-elimination Playoffs
Group stage
Single-elimination Playoffs
Prize pool:
$700,000 USD
Start Date:
2017-10-27
End Date:
2017-11-04
Liquipedia Tier:
Links
Player Breakdown
Number of Players:
16
3
5
8Maps
Chronology
The 2017 WCS Global Finals are the conclusion of the 2017 StarCraft II World Championship Series. Sixteen players (seven from WCS Korea, eight from WCS Circuit, and the IEM World Champion) compete for the most prestigious trophy in 2017. They qualify either by winning one of the seven tournaments providing a direct spot, or by earning WCS points throughout 2017 in multiple leagues and events. The players will first go through the Global Playoffs, a group stage. The eight remaining players will participate in the Global Finals, the culmination of the World Championship Series.
Casters, Hosts and Observers[edit]
- Commentators:
- Artosis (Dan Stemkoski)
- iNcontroL (Geoffrey John Vincent Robinson)
Maynarde (Leigh Mandalov)- PiG (Jared Krensel)
RotterdaM (Kevin van der Kooi)- Tasteless (Nicolas Plott)
ToD (Yoan Merlo)
TotalBiscuit (John Bain)- ZombieGrub (Jessica Chernega)
Format[edit]
Qualification[edit]
At the end of the year, eight players from each region qualify to the Playoffs:
- IEM World Championship: 1 seed for the winner of the tournament.
- WCS Korea: 3 seeds from the GSL events, 4 seeds from the standings
- WCS Circuit: 4 seeds from the Circuit Championships, 4 seeds from the standings
If a player has won multiple GSL events, or multiple Circuit Championships, then there will be one more seed from the standings.
Main event[edit]
- Global Playoffs (Round of 16)
- Four groups of four players (two players from WCS Korea, two players from WCS Circuit)
- Players seeded by their WCS Korea/Circuit points.
- Dual tournament format
- Matches are Bo3.
- Top 2 players of each group advance to the Global Finals.
- Global Finals (Round of 8)
- Single-elimination Bracket.
- All matches are Bo5 except Finals which are Bo7.
Map Pool[edit]
Participants[edit]
Races and Teams[edit]
| Protoss (3)
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Terran (5)
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Zerg (8)
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| IEM World Champion (1) | ||
|---|---|---|
  TY
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| WCS Korea (7) | ||
| Stats
|
 GuMiho
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 Dark
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 herO
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INnoVation
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soO
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 Rogue
| ||
| WCS Circuit (8) | ||
 Neeb
|
 Kelazhur
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  Elazer
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  SpeCial
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 Nerchio
| |
  Serral
| ||
   Snute
| ||
| TRUE
| ||
Korea Points and Standings[edit]
| Final Standings | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | ID | Points | |||
| 1 | |
|
Stats | 12875 | |
| 2 | |
|
INnoVation | 11050 | |
| 3 | |
|
Dark | 7950 | |
| 4 | |
|
soO | 7750 | |
| 5 | |
|
TY | 7500 | |
| 6 | |
|
GuMiho | 6800 | |
| 7 | |
|
herO | 6775 | |
| 8 | |
|
Rogue | 5600 | |
Prize pool[edit]
The base prize pool for the WCS Global Finals is 500,000 USD.
In addition, it has been increased by a further 200,000 USD from War Chest purchases, totaling 700,000 USD in 2017.[1]
1st 
2nd 
3rd-4th  | This is a legacy prize pool. Please use {{Template:SoloPrizePool}}, {{Template:TeamPrizePool}}, {{Template:DuoPrizePool}}, {{ArchonPrizePool}}, {{TrioPrizePool}}, {{QuadPrizePool}} or {{Template:AwardPrizePool}} instead. |
Global Playoffs[edit]
[edit]
 Group A
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 27, 2017 - 9:00 PDT | ||||||
| 1. | SpeCial
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2-0 | 4-1 | |||
| 2. | TY
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2-1 | 4-3 | |||
| 3. | Stats
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1-2 | 4-5 | |||
| 4. | Snute
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0-2 | 1-4 | |||
Group A Matches
October 27, 2017 - 09:25 PDT
October 27, 2017 - 10:45 PDT
October 27, 2017 - 14:45 PDT
October 29, 2017 - 09:25 PDT
October 29, 2017 - 12:35 PDT
| This is a legacy matchlist! Please use the new matchlist instead. |
[edit]
| Group B
| ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 27, 2017 - 12:10 PDT | ||||||
| 1. | soO
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2-0 | 4-1 | |||
| 2. | Rogue
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2-1 | 5-2 | |||
| 3. | Neeb
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1-2 | 2-5 | |||
| 4. | Nerchio
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0-2 | 1-4 | |||
Group B Matches
October 27, 2017 - 12:10 PDT
October 27, 2017 - 13:00 PDT
October 27, 2017 - 15:55 PDT
October 29, 2017 - 10:15 PDT
October 29, 2017 - 13:35 PDT
| This is a legacy matchlist! Please use the new matchlist instead. |
[edit]
| Group C
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 28, 2017 - 9:20 PDT | ||||||
| 1. | herO
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2-0 | 4-0 | |||
| 2. | Elazer
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2-1 | 4-3 | |||
| 3. | Dark
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1-2 | 3-5 | |||
| 4. | Kelazhur
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0-2 | 1-4 | |||
Group C Matches
October 28, 2017 - 09:20 PDT
October 28, 2017 - 10:35 PDT
October 28, 2017 - 13:45 PDT
October 29, 2017 - 10:55 PDT
October 29, 2017 - 14:20 PDT
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[edit]
| Group D
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 28, 2017 - 11:20 PDT | ||||||
| 1. | INnoVation
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2-0 | 4-1 | |||
| 2. | GuMiho
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2-1 | 4-3 | |||
| 3. | Serral
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1-2 | 3-4 | |||
| 4. | TRUE
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0-2 | 1-4 | |||
Group D Matches
October 28, 2017 - 11:20 PDT
October 28, 2017 - 12:50 PDT
October 28, 2017 - 14:30 PDT
October 29, 2017 - 11:45 PDT
October 29, 2017 - 15:10 PDT
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Global Finals[edit]
| This is a legacy bracket! Please use the new bracket instead. |
Quarterfinals (Bo5)
Semifinals (Bo5)
Finals (Bo7)
3
1
3
1
November 3, 2017 - 12:30 PDT
Vetoes
3
2
3
2
November 3, 2017 - 14:00 PDT
Vetoes
0
3
0
3
November 4, 2017 - 12:45 PDT
Vetoes
1
3
1
3
November 3, 2017 - 15:50 PDT
Vetoes
2
3
2
3
November 3, 2017 - 17:30 PDT
Vetoes
3
2
3
2
November 4, 2017 - 13:55 PDT
Vetoes
2
4
2
4
November 4, 2017 - 16:05 PDT
Distribution[edit]
Maps Statistics[edit]
| vs. | vs. | vs. | Mirrors | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Map | # | Σ | | | % | Σ | | | % | Σ | | | % | | | |
| Abyssal Reef LE | 15 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 28.6% | 3 | 2 | 1 | 66.7% | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 4 |
| Acolyte LE | 9 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 60.0% | 2 | 2 | 0 | 100.0% | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0% | - | - | 1 |
| Ascension to Aiur LE | 19 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 50.0% | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40.0% | 2 | 1 | 1 | 50.0% | - | 3 | 3 |
| Catallena | 5 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 1 | 2 | 33.3% | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0% | - | - | 1 |
| Interloper LE | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 80.0% | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0% | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0% | - | 1 | 1 |
| Mech Depot LE | 13 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 57.1% | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0% | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 3 |
| Odyssey LE | 11 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0% | 2 | 2 | 0 | 100.0% | 1 | 1 | 0 | 100.0% | - | 3 | 3 |
| Total Sum (Σ) | 81 | 32 | 16 | 16 | 50.0% | 18 | 9 | 9 | 50.0% | 6 | 2 | 4 | 33.3% | - | 9 | 16 |
Players Statistics[edit]
| Player | Games | vs.
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vs.
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vs.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ID | Team | Record | Win% | Record | Win% | Record | Win% | Record | Win% | |||
| 1 | |
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Rogue | Jin Air Green Wings
|
68% | 60% | 75% | 67% | ||||
| 2 | |
|
soO | Ballistix
|
63% | 75% | 44% | 100% | ||||
| 3 | |
|
SpeCial | Prophecy E-sports
|
58% | 100% | 43% | 67% | ||||
| 3 | |
|
TY | Splyce
|
53% | 43% | 57% | 67% | ||||
| 5 | |
|
Elazer | Team QLASH
|
45% | 50% | 67% | 0% | ||||
| 5 | |
|
GuMiho | PSISTORM Gaming
|
50% | 0% | 60% | |||||
| 5 | |
|
herO | ROOT Gaming
|
63% | 63% | ||||||
| 5 | |
|
INnoVation | Ballistix
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60% | 57% | 67% | |||||
| 9 | |
|
Dark | Ballistix
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38% | 67% | 33% | 0% | ||||
| 9 | |
|
Neeb | Ting
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29% | 29% | ||||||
| 9 | |
|
Serral | Ence eSports
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43% | 20% | 100% | |||||
| 9 | |
|
Stats | Splyce
|
44% | 33% | 67% | |||||
| 13 | |
|
Kelazhur | ROOT Gaming
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20% | 20% | ||||||
| 13 | |
|
Nerchio | EURONICS Gaming
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20% | 20% | ||||||
| 13 | |
|
Snute | Team Liquid
|
20% | 0% | 33% | |||||
| 13 | |
|
TRUE | PSISTORM Gaming
|
20% | 33% | 0% | |||||
View Games[edit]
Streams[edit]
Official Stream
StarCraftZHTW- Dutch Stream
- OGaming SC2
TakeTV
Italian Stream- ASL Stream
- GSL Stream
- CrankTV
- Polish Stream
- ESL SC2 Polish Stream
- IndyStarcraft
Portuguese Stream
Starladder SC2
StronGer SC2- Spanish Stream 2
Chinese Stream
VODs[edit]
- Spoiler-free VODs on SC2Links.com
- Spoiler-Free Official YouTube VODs on SC2Casts.com
Replays[edit]
- Replay pack[2](10.0mb)
WCS Signature Series[edit]
Viewers' Stats[edit]
Data about number of viewers[3]:
- The tournament's Overall peak was 710 073 viewers
- The tournament's peak Without Chinese viewers was 101 530 viewers
- English streams peak was 88 540 viewers
- Russian streams peak was 4 426 viewers
- Chinese streams peak was 608 543 viewers
- Twitch.tv peak was 101 889 viewers
The total time watched was 6 650 553 hours The average concurrent viewership was 171 259 viewers
External Links[edit]
- Groups Announcement on TL.net
- Map Pool Announcement
- Talent Lineup Announcement
- Observer Lineup Announcement
References[edit]
- ↑ "WCS War Chest". starcraft2.com. July 19, 2017. Retrieved October 29, 2017.
- ↑ WCS Global Finals Replays Available!
- ↑ Esports Charts (2017.08.11.). "WCS Global Finals 2017 detailed stats". esc.watch.