2019 WCS Global Finals

[e][h]2019 WCS Global Finals

League Information

Series:

WCS

Organizer:

Blizzard

Sponsor(s):

Blizzard Entertainment
Coca-Cola
Facebook Gaming
Samsung SSD
Corsair
nVidia

Game Version:

Legacy of the Void Patch 4.10.4

Server:

Americas

Type:

Offline

Location:

Anaheim

Seoul

Format:

1v1
Group stage
Single-elimination Playoffs

Prize pool:

$700,000

Start Date:

2019-10-24

End Date:

2019-11-01

Liquipedia Tier:

Premier

Links

Player Breakdown

Number of Players:

16

6

4

6

Maps

Acropolis • Disco Bloodbath • Ephemeron • Thunderbird • Triton • Winter's Gate • World of Sleepers

Chronology

2018 WCS Global Finals

The 2019 WCS Global Finals are the conclusion of the 2019 StarCraft II World Championship Series. Sixteen players (eight from WCS Korea, eight from WCS Circuit, among them the IEM Katowice Champion) compete for the most prestigious trophy in 2019. They qualify either by winning one of the six tournaments providing a direct spot, or by earning WCS points throughout 2019 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.

Talents[edit]

Main Broadcast
Korean Broadcast
Remote Broadcast
Show All

Hosts:
- Kaelaris (James Carrol)
- Smix (Sue Min Lee)

Observers:
- Shine (Lee Young-han)
- AweesomeSauce (Anthony Cain)
- Miwa

Commentators:
- Artosis (Dan Stemkoski)
- Maynarde (Leigh Mandalov)
- Nathanias (Nathan Lawrence Fabrikant)
- PiG (Jared Krensel)
- RotterdaM (Kevin van der Kooi)
- Tasteless (Nicolas Plott)

Hosts:
- Kaelaris (James Carrol)
- Smix (Sue Min Lee)

Observer:
- Shine (Lee Young-han)

Commentators:
- GiSaDo (Hwang Young-jae)
- Park Sang-hyun
- TY (Jeon Tae-yang)

French Commentators:
- Koka (Thibault Le Gall)
- Pomf (Alexandre Noci)
- TKL (Rémi Hibon)
- YoGo (Pierre-Marie Humeau)
- Thud (Hadrien Noci)

Polish Commentators:
- Emil (Emil Wieczorek)
- Indy (Igor Kaczmarek)
- Zedd (Michał Bogacz)

Brazilian Commentators:
- Caiobex (Caio Bexiga)
- COSMOS (Lucas Faria)
- Draft (Luiz Eduardo)
- Koss (Christian Kossman)
- Spin (Fernando Vieira)
- VicentiN (Vítor Vicentin)

Taiwanese Commentators:
- AzureRush (Zhuan Baolong)
- Chakey (Lin Guanji)
- Hui (Yuan Jin Hui)
- Rex (Lei Hao Chen)
- TopRush (Wu Junyou)

Russian Commentators:
- Alex007 (Oleksii Trushliakov)
- kabyraGe (Vladislav Perchik)
- Creed (Andrey Romanov)

Finnish Commentators:
- elfi (Samuli Sihvonen)
- Fuzer (Samuli Romppanen)
- Divinesia (Juha Nurmenniemi)
- PuPu (Benjamin Puha)

Other Language Commentators:
- NarutO (Silvano Bovo)
- Enki (Alexander Luzarreta)
- Mobius (Riccardo del Lungo)
- Monta (Fabio Montagna)

Format[edit]

Qualification[edit]

At the end of the year, eight players from each region qualify to the Playoffs:

IEM Katowice: 1 seed for the winner of the tournament.
WCS Korea: 3 seeds from the GSL events, 5 seeds from the standings.¹
WCS Circuit: 3 seeds from the Circuit Championships, 5 seeds from the standings.²

If a player has won multiple GSL events, or multiple Circuit Championships, then there will be one more seed from the standings.
¹ If a player who competes in WCS Korea wins a spot at the WCS Global Finals by winning IEM Katowice, there will be one less player chosen from the WCS Korea standings for the WCS Global Finals.
² If a player who competes in WCS Circuit wins a spot at the WCS Global Finals by winning IEM Katowice, there will be one less player chosen from the WCS Circuit standings for the WCS Global Finals.

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 Bo5.
- 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]

Acropolis LE	Disco Bloodbath LE	Ephemeron LE	Thunderbird LE	Triton LE	Winter's Gate LE	World of Sleepers LE

Participants[edit]

Races and Teams[edit]

IEM Katowice (1)
Protoss (6)	Terran (4)	Zerg (6)
		soO
WCS Korea (7)
Classic	Maru	Dark
herO		Rogue
Stats
Trap
WCS Circuit (8)
Neeb	HeRoMaRinE	Elazer
ShoWTimE	SpeCial	Reynor
	TIME	Serral ¹

¹ Serral won both 2019 WCS Spring and 2019 WCS Fall so one extra seed was awarded to the WCS Circuit Standings.

Korea Points and Standings[edit]

Final Standings
#			ID	Points
1.	kr	z	Dark	10875
2.	kr	p	Trap	8175
3.	kr	p	Classic	7250
4.	kr	t	Maru	6800
5.	kr	z	soO	6200
6.	kr	z	Rogue	6000
7.	kr	p	herO	4850
8.	kr	p	Stats	4600

Rest of the Table
#			ID	Points
9.	kr	t	TY	4100
10.	kr	p	Dear	3725
11.	kr	t	GuMiho	3250
12.	kr	z	RagnaroK	3100
13.	kr	p	Hurricane	2925
14.	kr	p	PartinG	2900
15.	kr	z	Solar	2750
16.	kr	p	Zest	2600

Circuit Points and Standings[edit]

Final Standings
#			ID	Points
1.	fi	z	Serral	10200
2.	it	z	Reynor	7365
3.	us	p	Neeb	5550
4.	mx	t	SpeCial	3825
5.	cn	t	TIME	3265
6.	de	t	HeRoMaRinE	2980
7.	pl	z	Elazer	2660
8.	de	p	ShoWTimE	2585

Rest of the Table
#			ID	Points
9.	fr	p	PtitDrogo	1935
10.	ca	z	Scarlett	1930
11.	ca	t	MaSa	1745
12.	de	z	Lambo	1475
13.	mx	z	Cham	1145
14.	tw	p	Has	1100
15.	us	p	Astrea	1055
16.	au	p	Probe	1040

Prize Pool[edit]

The prize pool for the WCS Global Finals is 500,000 USD.
In addition, the Main Event prize pool has been increased by a further 100,000 USD from War Chest purchases.
Also thanks to the Warchests' sales, additional spots on both Standings were awarded 100,000 USD, totaling the prize pool to 700,000 USD.

Main Event[edit]

Place	$USD	Player	Team
1st	$210,000	Dark	Dragon Phoenix Gaming
2nd	$96,000	Reynor	GamersOrigin
3rd-4th	$51,000	Serral	Ence eSports
3rd-4th	$51,000	Classic	Mkers
5th-8th	$24,000	soO	Chivo SC
		Trap	Jin Air Green Wings
		Rogue	Jin Air Green Wings
		Maru	Jin Air Green Wings
9th-12th	$12,000	ShoWTimE	Mkers
		TIME	Newbee
		HeRoMaRinE	mousesports
		Elazer	AGO Esports
13th-16th	$12,000	SpeCial	Ocean Gaming
		Stats	Splyce
		herO	Triumphant Song Gaming
		Neeb	Ting

Warchest[edit]

Place	$USD	Player	Team
17th-18th	$8,000	TY	Splyce
17th-18th	$8,000	PtitDrogo	ZZZZZ
19th-20th	$7,500	Dear	Newbee
19th-20th	$7,500	Scarlett	Newbee
21st-22nd	$7,000	GuMiho	PSISTORM Gaming
21st-22nd	$7,000	MaSa	OSC Elite
23rd-24th	$6,500	RagnaroK	Chivo SC
23rd-24th	$6,500	Lambo	Team QLASH
25th-26th	$6,000	Hurricane	Brave Star Gaming
25th-26th	$6,000	Cham	Chivo SC
27th-28th	$5,500	PartinG	Pixel 1
27th-28th	$5,500	Has	J Team
29th-30th	$5,000	Solar	Triumphant Song Gaming
29th-30th	$5,000	Astrea	Alpha X
31st-32nd	$4,500	Zest	Ocean Gaming
31st-32nd	$4,500	Probe	Legacy Esports

17th to 32nd places are determined via WCS Circuit and WCS Korea Standings respectively: no games were played.

A player may not receive prizing from both WCS Circuit and WCS Korea:
- If a player would qualify for prizing from both WCS Circuit and WCS Korea, only the player's highest WCS ranking will be considered.
- If a player is ruled ineligible for prizing in the above manner, players below them in that region's rankings will be moved up a spot for prizing consideration.

Global Playoffs[edit]

Group A[edit]

Group A
October 24, 2019 - 12:00 KST
1.	Dark	2-0	6-4
2.	soO	2-1	8-6
3.	ShoWTimE	1-2	6-7
4.	SpeCial	0-2	3-6

Group A Matches
October 24, 2019 - 12:55 KST
Dark	3	2	ShoWTimE
Acropolis Thunderbird Disco Bloodbath Triton Winter's Gate
October 24, 2019 - 14:50 KST
soO	3	2	SpeCial
Acropolis Disco Bloodbath Winter's Gate Thunderbird Triton
October 24, 2019 - 16:45 KST
Dark	3	2	soO
Ephemeron Acropolis Triton World of Sleepers Disco Bloodbath
October 24, 2019 - 18:05 KST
ShoWTimE	3	1	SpeCial
Acropolis Winter's Gate Ephemeron World of Sleepers Disco Bloodbath
October 24, 2019 - 19:35 KST
soO	3	1	ShoWTimE
Thunderbird World of Sleepers Winter's Gate Ephemeron Triton

Group B[edit]

Group B
October 25, 2019 - 12:00 KST
1.	Serral	2-0	6-0
2.	Maru	2-1	8-3
3.	TIME	1-2	3-8
4.	Stats	0-2	0-6

Group B Matches
October 25, 2019 - 12:30 KST
Maru	2	3	TIME
Ephemeron Thunderbird Winter's Gate Triton Disco Bloodbath
October 25, 2019 - 14:15 KST
Stats	0	3	Serral
Acropolis Thunderbird Triton Ephemeron Winter's Gate
October 25, 2019 - 15:25 KST
TIME	0	3	Serral
Disco Bloodbath World of Sleepers Acropolis Thunderbird Ephemeron
October 25, 2019 - 16:25 KST
Maru	3	0	Stats
Disco Bloodbath Acropolis Thunderbird World of Sleepers Ephemeron
October 25, 2019 - 17:35 KST
TIME	0	3	Maru
Triton Thunderbird Winter's Gate Ephemeron Disco Bloodbath

Group C[edit]

Group C
October 26, 2019 - 12:00 KST
1.	Reynor	2-0	6-2
2.	Classic	2-1	8-4
3.	HeRoMaRinE	1-2	3-8
4.	herO	0-2	3-6

Group C Matches
October 26, 2019 - 12:30 KST
Classic	2	3	HeRoMaRinE
Thunderbird Winter's Gate Disco Bloodbath Acropolis Triton
October 26, 2019 - 14:10 KST
herO	2	3	Reynor
Ephemeron Acropolis World of Sleepers Thunderbird Winter's Gate
October 26, 2019 - 16:05 KST
HeRoMaRinE	0	3	Reynor
Winter's Gate World of Sleepers Ephemeron Thunderbird Triton
October 26, 2019 - 17:35 KST
Classic	3	1	herO
Ephemeron Disco Bloodbath Acropolis Triton Thunderbird
October 26, 2019 - 18:50 KST
HeRoMaRinE	0	3	Classic
Winter's Gate Acropolis World of Sleepers Disco Bloodbath Triton

Group D[edit]

Group D
October 27, 2019 - 12:00 KST
1.	Rogue	2-0	6-3
2.	Trap	2-1	7-6
3.	Elazer	1-2	6-7
4.	Neeb	0-2	3-6

Group D Matches
October 27, 2019 - 12:30 KST
Trap	3	1	Elazer
Thunderbird World of Sleepers Acropolis Disco Bloodbath Ephemeron
October 27, 2019 - 14:00 KST
Rogue	3	2	Neeb
Acropolis Thunderbird Ephemeron Triton Disco Bloodbath
October 27, 2019 - 15:40 KST
Trap	1	3	Rogue
Acropolis World of Sleepers Disco Bloodbath Triton Ephemeron
October 27, 2019 - 16:40 KST
Elazer	3	1	Neeb
World of Sleepers Ephemeron Acropolis Triton Disco Bloodbath
October 27, 2019 - 17:50 KST
Trap	3	2	Elazer
World of Sleepers Winter's Gate Disco Bloodbath Triton Acropolis

Global Finals[edit]

Quarterfinals (Bo5)

Serral

3

soO

0

Reynor

3

Trap

2

Rogue

2

Classic

3

Dark

3

Maru

0

Semifinals (Bo5)

Serral

2

Reynor

3

Classic

0

Dark

3

Finals (Bo7)

Reynor

1

Dark

4

Distribution[edit]

Race
WCS Region
Country
Show All

Protoss

Terran

Zerg

Random

Round of 16

6

4

6

Quarterfinals

2

1

5

Semifinals

1

3

Finals

2

Champion

1

Americas

Europe

Korea

Other

Round of 16

2

5

8

1

Quarterfinals

2

6

Semifinals

2

Finals

1

Champion

1

Western Europe

Eastern Europe

North America

Latin America

Asia

Oceania

Round of 16

2

1

8

Quarterfinals

1

6

Semifinals

1

2

Finals

1

Champion

1

Maps Statistics[edit]

		vs.				vs.				vs.				Mirrors
Map	#	Σ			%	Σ			%	Σ			%
Acropolis LE	23	3	-	3	0.0%	11	4	7	36.4%	4	2	2	50.0%	-	4	1
Disco Bloodbath LE	19	3	1	2	33.3%	8	5	3	62.5%	2	-	2	0.0%	1	4	1
Ephemeron LE	11	1	-	1	0.0%	4	3	1	75.0%	1	1	-	100.0%	1	3	1
Thunderbird LE	15	1	-	1	0.0%	9	9	-	100.0%	2	1	1	50.0%	2	1	-
Triton LE	15	1	-	1	0.0%	7	4	3	57.1%	1	-	1	0.0%	2	3	1
Winter's Gate LE	14	3	1	2	33.3%	5	4	1	80.0%	3	2	1	66.7%	2	1	-
World of Sleepers LE	14	2	-	2	0.0%	8	3	5	37.5%	2	2	-	100.0%	-	2	-
Total Sum (Σ)	111	14	2	12	14.3%	52	32	20	61.5%	15	8	7	53.3%	8	18	4

Players Statistics[edit]

Player					Games		vs.		vs.		vs.
			ID	Team	Record	Win%	Record	Win%	Record	Win%	Record	Win%
1	kr	z	Dark	Dragon Phoenix Gaming	051516-5	76%	02603-0	100%	02583-2	60%	039710-3	77%
2	it	z	Reynor	GamersOrigin	045013-10	57%	02603-0	100%	02000-0	-	03709-10	47%
3	kr	p	Classic	Mkers	041111-9	55%	02975-3	63%	02553-5	38%	02593-1	75%
3	fi	z	Serral	Ence eSports	041711-3	79%	02603-0	100%	02975-3	63%	02603-0	100%
5	kr	t	Maru	Jin Air Green Wings	03548-6	57%	02975-3	63%	01970-3	0%	02603-0	100%
5	kr	z	Rogue	Jin Air Green Wings	03548-6	57%	02000-0	-	02000-0	-	03548-6	57%
5	kr	z	soO	Chivo SC	03518-9	47%	02583-2	60%	02342-6	25%	02593-1	75%
5	kr	p	Trap	Jin Air Green Wings	03508-10	44%	02000-0	-	03508-10	44%	02000-0	-
9	pl	z	Elazer	AGO Esports	03347-6	54%	02000-0	-	02000-0	-	03347-6	54%
9	de	t	HeRoMaRinE	mousesports	02523-8	27%	02000-0	-	01970-3	0%	02553-5	38%
9	de	p	ShoWTimE	Mkers	03136-7	46%	02593-1	75%	02543-6	33%	02000-0	-
9	cn	t	TIME	Newbee	02523-8	27%	02553-5	38%	01970-3	0%	02000-0	-
13	kr	p	herO	Triumphant Song Gaming	02543-6	33%	02000-0	-	02372-3	40%	02171-3	25%
13	us	p	Neeb	Ting	02543-6	33%	02000-0	-	02543-6	33%	02000-0	-
13	mx	t	SpeCial	Ocean Gaming	02543-6	33%	02000-0	-	02372-3	40%	02171-3	25%
13	kr	p	Stats	Splyce	01940-6	0%	01970-3	0%	01970-3	0%	02000-0	-