2018 Global StarCraft II League Season 1: Code S

League Information

Series:

GSL

Organizers:

AfreecaTV
Blizzard Entertainment

Game Version:

Legacy of the Void
Patch 4.1.2 – Patch 4.2.2

Server:

South Korea

Type:

Offline

Location:

Seoul

Format:

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

Prize Pool:

₩170,000,000 KRW
(≃ $159,452 USD)

Start Date:

2018-01-06

End Date:

2018-03-31

Liquipedia Tier:

S-Tier

Participants

Number of Players:

32

11

9

12

Maps

Abyssal Reef • Ascension to Aiur • Blackpink • Catalyst • Darkness Sanctuary • Neon Violet Square • Odyssey

Chronology

2017 GSL Season 3

2018 GSL Season 2

The 2018 Global StarCraft II League Season 1 is the first of the three 2018 StarCraft II World Championship Series seasons.

Format[edit]

Qualifier[edit]

Played offline on Tuesday, December 26 and December 27 2017 at the AfreecaTV PC Bang, Hongik University, Seoul.
Day 1
- Double elimination bracket
- Top two of each group advances to Code .
Day 2
- Players who fail to qualify on Day 1 can participate again on Day 2
- Single-elimination until round of 4, then double elimination
- Top two of each group advances to Code .
All rounds are Best of 3.
32 players qualify for 2018 Global StarCraft II League Season 1: Code S.

Code S[edit]

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[edit]

Abyssal Reef	Ascension to Aiur	Blackpink	Catalyst	Darkness Sanctuary	Neon Violet Square	Odyssey

Talents[edit]

Prize Pool[edit]

₩170,000,000 KRW (≈ $159,452 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 2017-12-30. [₩1,000 KRW ≈ $0.9381 USD]