2018 Global StarCraft II League Season 3: Code S

Participants[edit]

2018 GSL Season 2 Semifinals (4)
Protoss (10)	Terran (13)	Zerg (9)
Classic	Maru
Zest	TY
From Qualifier (28)
Dear	aLive	Dark
herO	Bunny	Impact
Hurricane	ByuN	Leenock
Neeb	Cure	Losira
PartinG	Forte	RagnaroK
sOs	GuMiho	Reynor
Stats	INnoVation	Rogue
Trap	KeeN	Solar
	MMA	soO
	Ryung
	SpeCial

Format[edit]

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.

Prize Pool[edit]

₩170,000,000 KRW (≈ $159,474 USD *) and 25,000 WCS Korea Points are divided among participants.

Place	$USD	₩ KRW	WCS KR Pts	Player	Team
1st	$37,523	₩ 40,000,000	4000	Maru	Jin Air Green Wings
2nd	$14,071	₩ 15,000,000	2800	TY	Splyce
3rd-4th	$7,035	₩ 7,500,000	1900	Zest	Scythe Esports
3rd-4th	$7,035	₩ 7,500,000	1900	Neeb	Ting
5th-8th	$4,690	₩ 5,000,000	1200	GuMiho	PSISTORM Gaming
				Stats	Splyce
				Rogue	Jin Air Green Wings
				Leenock	TitanEX1
9th-12th	$3,752	₩ 4,000,000	800	Reynor	Exeed Esports
				Dark	ZZZZZ
				Trap	Jin Air Green Wings
				sOs	Jin Air Green Wings
13th-16th	$3,752	₩ 4,000,000	600	Impact	TitanEX1
				INnoVation	O'Gaming TV
				herO	ROOT Gaming
				KeeN	Team RevolutioN
17th-24th	$2,814	₩ 3,000,000	300	Classic	ZZZZZ
				Dear	ZZZZZ
				Cure	Jin Air Green Wings
				Solar	Splyce
				PartinG	PSISTORM Gaming
				Bunny	TitanEX1
				aLive	TitanEX1
				SpeCial	ZZZZZ
25th-32nd	$2,814	₩ 3,000,000	200	Ryung	Cascade
				Forte	TitanEX1
				Hurricane	Meliora Esports
				MMA	Team expert
				ByuN	ZZZZZ
				RagnaroK	PSISTORM Gaming
				Losira	ZZZZZ
				soO	ZZZZZ

The winner is awarded a WCS Global Finals seed.
* Currency conversion is based on the currency exchange rate (taken from xe.com) on 2018-03-09. [₩1,000 KRW ≈ $0.9381 USD]

Group Stage #1 (Ro32)[edit]

Group A[edit]

Group A
July 4, 2018 - 18:30 KST
1.	sOs	2-0	4-0
2.	Reynor	2-1	4-2
3.	Classic	1-2	2-4
4.	Ryung	0-2	0-4

Group A Matches
Classic	2	0	Reynor
Acid Plant Catalyst Lost and Found
Ryung	0	2	sOs
16-Bit Catalyst Dreamcatcher
Classic	0	2	sOs
Lost and Found Catalyst Dreamcatcher
Reynor	2	0	Ryung
Lost and Found Catalyst Acid Plant
Classic	0	2	Reynor
Acid Plant Lost and Found Catalyst

Group B[edit]

Group B
July 7, 2018 - 13:00 KST
1.	Maru	2-0	4-1
2.	Leenock	2-1	5-2
3.	Dear	1-2	2-5
4.	Forte	0-2	1-4

Group B Matches
Maru	2	0	Forte
Dreamcatcher Catalyst Lost and Found
Leenock	2	0	Dear
Lost and Found Catalyst Acid Plant
Maru	2	1	Leenock
Dreamcatcher Lost and Found Acid Plant
Forte	1	2	Dear
Lost and Found Catalyst Acid Plant
Leenock	2	0	Dear
Lost and Found Acid Plant Catalyst

Group C[edit]

Group C
July 11, 2018 - 18:30 KST
1.	INnoVation	2-0	4-0
2.	Stats	2-1	4-2
3.	Cure	1-2	2-4
4.	Hurricane	0-2	0-4

Group C Matches
Stats	2	0	Hurricane
Catalyst Acid Plant GSL Atlas SE
Cure	0	2	INnoVation
16-Bit Lost and Found Dreamcatcher
Stats	0	2	INnoVation
Dreamcatcher Acid Plant Catalyst
Hurricane	0	2	Cure
Catalyst Lost and Found Eastwatch
Stats	2	0	Cure
Eastwatch Catalyst Lost and Found

Group D[edit]

Group D
July 14, 2018 - 13:00 KST
1.	GuMiho	2-0	4-2
2.	herO	2-1	5-2
3.	Solar	1-2	2-4
4.	MMA	0-2	1-4

Group D Matches
GuMiho	2	1	MMA
Acid Plant Dreamcatcher 16-Bit
herO	2	0	Solar
Lost and Found Catalyst Dreamcatcher
GuMiho	2	1	herO
Dreamcatcher Catalyst Lost and Found
MMA	0	2	Solar
Dreamcatcher Catalyst 16-Bit
herO	2	0	Solar
Catalyst Lost and Found Dreamcatcher

Group E[edit]

Group E
July 17, 2018 - 18:30 KST
1.	Impact	2-0	4-0
2.	Zest	2-1	4-3
3.	PartinG	1-2	3-5
4.	ByuN	0-2	1-4

Group E Matches
Zest	2	1	PartinG
16-Bit Catalyst Acid Plant
Impact	2	0	ByuN
Lost and Found Dreamcatcher Catalyst
Zest	0	2	Impact
Eastwatch Lost and Found Acid Plant
PartinG	2	1	ByuN
Lost and Found Catalyst Acid Plant
Zest	2	0	PartinG
Dreamcatcher GSL Atlas SE Acid Plant

Group F[edit]

Group F
July 18, 2018 - 18:30 KST
1.	Trap	2-0	4-0
2.	TY	2-1	4-3
3.	Bunny	1-2	3-5
4.	RagnaroK	0-2	1-4

Group F Matches
TY	2	0	RagnaroK
Acid Plant Catalyst Eastwatch
Bunny	0	2	Trap
Acid Plant Lost and Found Catalyst
TY	0	2	Trap
Lost and Found Catalyst 16-Bit
RagnaroK	1	2	Bunny
Acid Plant Lost and Found GSL Atlas SE
TY	2	1	Bunny
Catalyst Acid Plant Lost and Found

Group G[edit]

Group G
July 21, 2018 - 13:00 KST
1.	Dark	2-0	4-0
2.	Neeb	2-1	4-2
3.	aLive	1-2	2-5
4.	Losira	0-2	1-4

Group G Matches
Dark	2	0	Neeb
Acid Plant Lost and Found Dreamcatcher
Losira	1	2	aLive
Catalyst Acid Plant Lost and Found
Dark	2	0	aLive
Acid Plant Lost and Found Eastwatch
Neeb	2	0	Losira
Acid Plant Dreamcatcher Lost and Found
aLive	0	2	Neeb
Acid Plant 16-Bit Eastwatch

Group H[edit]

Group H
July 22, 2018 - 13:00 KST
1.	Rogue	2-0	4-0
2.	KeeN	2-1	4-3
3.	SpeCial	1-2	3-4
4.	soO	0-2	0-4

Group H Matches
soO	0	2	SpeCial
Catalyst Acid Plant Lost and Found
KeeN	0	2	Rogue
Acid Plant Catalyst Lost and Found
SpeCial	0	2	Rogue
Acid Plant Lost and Found GSL Atlas SE
soO	0	2	KeeN
Catalyst Acid Plant Lost and Found
SpeCial	1	2	KeeN
16-Bit Acid Plant Lost and Found