2018 WCS Global Finals

[e][h]2018 WCS Global Finals

League Information

Series:

WCS

Organizer:

Blizzard

Sponsor(s):

ASUS ROG
Intel
T-Mobile
NVIDIA
Omen
Corsair

Game version:

Legacy of the Void
Patch 4.6.2

Server:

Americas

Type:

Offline

Location:

Anaheim

Format:

1v1
Group stage
Single-elimination Playoffs

Prize pool:

$700,000 USD

Start Date:

2018-10-26

End Date:

2018-11-03

Liquipedia Tier:

Premier

Links

Player Breakdown

Number of Players:

16

7

4

5

Maps

Acid Plant • Blueshift • Cerulean Fall • Dreamcatcher • Fracture • Lost and Found • Para Site

Chronology

2017 WCS Global Finals

2019 WCS Global Finals

The 2018 WCS Global Finals are the conclusion of the 2018 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 2018. They qualify either by winning one of the seven tournaments providing a direct spot, or by earning WCS points throughout 2018 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]

Format[edit]

2018 WCS Format overview

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]

Acid Plant	Blueshift	Cerulean Fall	Dreamcatcher	Fracture	Lost and Found	Para Site

Participants[edit]

Races and Teams[edit]

IEM World Champion (1)
Protoss (7)	Terran (4)	Zerg (5)
		Rogue
WCS Korea (7)
Classic	Maru ¹	Dark
sOs	TY
Stats
Zest
WCS Circuit (8)
Has	HeRoMaRinE	Lambo
Neeb	SpeCial	Nerchio
ShoWTimE		Serral ²

¹ Maru won GSL Season 1, Season 2 and Season 3 so two extra seeds were awarded to the WCS Korea Standings.
² Serral won 2018 WCS Leipzig, Austin, Valencia and Montreal so three extra seeds were awarded to the WCS Circuit Standings.

Korea Points and Standings[edit]

Final Standings
#			ID	Points
1	kr	t	Maru	14250
2	kr	p	Classic	7675
3	kr	p	Stats	6825
4	kr	p	Zest	6275
5	kr	t	TY	6200
6	kr	z	Rogue	6150
7	kr	z	Dark	5475
8	kr	p	sOs	4325

Circuit Points and Standings[edit]

Final Standings
#			ID	Points
1	fi	z	Serral	14090
2	de	p	ShoWTimE	3270
3	mx	t	SpeCial	3150
4	us	p	Neeb	2910
5	de	t	HeRoMaRinE	2760
6	tw	p	Has	2490
7	pl	z	Nerchio	2320
8	de	z	Lambo	2295

Prize pool[edit]

The prize pool for the WCS Global Finals is 500,000 USD.
In addition, the prize pool has been increased by a further 200,000 USD from War Chest purchases, totaling 700,000 USD in 2018.^[1]

Global Playoffs[edit]

Group A[edit]

Group A
October 26, 2018 - 9:00 PDT
1.	Maru	2-0	4-0
2.	TY	2-1	5-3
3.	Neeb	1-2	2-5
4.	Lambo	0-2	1-4

Group A Matches

October 26, 2018 - 09:30 PDT

October 26, 2018 - 10:20 PDT

October 26, 2018 - 13:30 PDT

October 28, 2018 - 09:30 PDT

October 28, 2018 - 13:25 PDT

Group B[edit]

Group B
October 26, 2018 - 11:00 PDT
1.	Serral	2-0	4-0
2.	sOs	2-1	4-3
3.	Zest	1-2	3-4
4.	HeRoMaRinE	0-2	0-4

Group B Matches

October 26, 2018 - 11:55 PDT

October 26, 2018 - 12:45 PDT

October 26, 2018 - 14:20 PDT

October 28, 2018 - 10:25 PDT

October 28, 2018 - 14:15 PDT

Group C[edit]

Group C
October 27, 2018 - 9:00 PDT
1.	Stats	2-0	4-0
2.	Dark	2-1	4-2
3.	ShoWTimE	1-2	2-4
4.	Has	0-2	0-4

Group C Matches

October 27, 2018 - 09:15 PDT

October 27, 2018 - 10:00 PDT

October 27, 2018 - 13:15 PDT

October 28, 2018 - 11:25 PDT

October 28, 2018 - 15:15 PDT

Group D[edit]

Group D
October 27, 2018 - 11:00 PDT
1.	Rogue	2-0	4-1
2.	SpeCial	2-1	5-2
3.	Classic	1-2	2-4
4.	Nerchio	0-2	0-4

Group D Matches

October 27, 2018 - 11:00 PDT

October 27, 2018 - 12:00 PDT

October 27, 2018 - 14:10 PDT

October 28, 2018 - 12:25 PDT

October 28, 2018 - 16:00 PDT

Global Finals[edit]

Quarterfinals (Bo5)

Semifinals (Bo5)

Finals (Bo7)

Distribution[edit]

Maps Statistics[edit]

		vs.				vs.				vs.				Mirrors
Map	#	Σ			%	Σ			%	Σ			%
Acid Plant LE	19	2	0	2	0.0%	7	4	3	57.1%	4	3	1	75.0%	-	2	4
Blueshift LE	18	4	3	1	75.0%	4	4	0	100.0%	6	2	4	33.3%	-	-	4
Cerulean Fall LE	8	3	3	0	100.0%	1	1	0	100.0%	-	-	-	-	-	2	2
Dreamcatcher LE	7	3	2	1	66.7%	1	1	0	100.0%	3	3	0	100.0%	-	-	-
Fracture LE	2	-	-	-	-	2	0	2	0.0%	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Lost and Found LE	14	2	1	1	50.0%	4	3	1	75.0%	6	3	3	50.0%	-	2	-
Para Site LE	4	1	0	1	0.0%	1	1	0	100.0%	1	1	0	100.0%	-	1	-
Total Sum (Σ)	72	15	9	6	60.0%	20	14	6	70.0%	20	12	8	60.0%	-	7	10