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2019 WCS Global Finals

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[e][h]2019 WCS Global Finals
League Information
Series:
WCSWCS WCS
Organizer:
Blizzard
Server:
Americas
Type:
Offline
Location:
United States Anaheim
South Korea Seoul
Format:
1v1
Group stage
Single-elimination Playoffs
Prize pool:
$700,000 USD
Start Date:
2019-10-24
End Date:
2019-11-01
Liquipedia tier:
Premier
Links
Player breakdown
Number of players:
16
Protoss 6
Terran 4
Zerg 6
Maps
Chronology


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
  • Observer
  • French Commentators
    • France Koka (Thibault Le Gall)
    • France Pomf (Alexandre Noci)
    • France TKL (Rémi Hibon)
    • France Thud (Hadrien Noci)
    • France YoGo (Pierre-Marie Humeau)
  • Polish Commentators
    • Poland Emil (Emil Wieczorek)
    • Poland Indy (Igor Kaczmarek)
    • Poland Zedd (Michał Bogacz)
  • Russian Commentators
  • Finnish Commentators
  • Other Language Commentators

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 played at the FreecUp studio in Seoul, South Korea.
    • 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.
    • Matches are played at BlizzCon in Anaheim, California.

Map Pool[edit]

AcropolisDisco BloodbathEphemeronThunderbirdTritonWinter's GateWorld of Sleepers

Participants[edit]

Races and Teams[edit]

Protoss (6) Terran (4) Zerg (6)
IEM Katowice (1)
Chivo SCChivo SC
South Korea soO
WCS Korea (7)
MkersMkers
South Korea Classic
Jin Air Green WingsJin Air Green Wings
South Korea Maru
Dragon Phoenix GamingDragon Phoenix Gaming
South Korea Dark
Triumphant Song GamingTriumphant Song Gaming
South Korea herO
Jin Air Green WingsJin Air Green Wings
South Korea Rogue
SplyceSplyce
South Korea Stats
Jin Air Green WingsJin Air Green Wings
South Korea Trap
WCS Circuit (8)
TingTing
United States Neeb
mousesportsmousesports
Germany HeRoMaRinE
AGO EsportsAGO Esports
Poland Elazer
MkersMkers
Germany ShoWTimE
Ocean GamingOcean Gaming
Mexico SpeCial
GamersOriginGamersOrigin
Italy Reynor
NewbeeNewbee
China TIME
ENCEENCE
Finland 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. krSouth Korea z Dark 10875
2. krSouth Korea p Trap 8175
3. krSouth Korea p Classic 7250
4. krSouth Korea t Maru 6800
5. krSouth Korea z soO 6200
6. krSouth Korea z Rogue 6000
7. krSouth Korea p herO 4850
8. krSouth Korea p Stats 4600

Circuit Points and Standings[edit]

Final Standings
# ID Points
1. fiFinland z Serral 10200
2. itItaly z Reynor 7365
3. usUnited States p Neeb 5550
4. mxMexico t SpeCial 3825
5. cnChina t TIME 3265
6. deGermany t HeRoMaRinE 2980
7. plPoland z Elazer 2660
8. deGermany p ShoWTimE 2585

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]

This is a legacy prize pool. For non award prize pools please use {{Template:SoloPrizePool}}, {{Template:TeamPrizePool}}, {{DuoPrizePool}}, {{ArchonPrizePool}}, {{TrioPrizePool}} or {{QuadPrizePool}} instead.

Warchest[edit]

This is a legacy prize pool. For non award prize pools please use {{Template:SoloPrizePool}}, {{Template:TeamPrizePool}}, {{DuoPrizePool}}, {{ArchonPrizePool}}, {{TrioPrizePool}} or {{QuadPrizePool}} instead.
  • 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]

Played in Seoul lrthread       Recap Group A
October 24, 2019 - 12:00 KST
1. South Korea Zerg Dark 2-0 6-4
2. South Korea Zerg soO 2-1 8-6
3. Germany Protoss ShoWTimE 1-2 6-7
4. Mexico Terran SpeCial 0-2 3-6
Group A Matches
October 24, 2019 - 12:55 KST
ZergDark
3
2
ProtossShoWTimE
ZergDark
ProtossShoWTimE
October 24, 2019 - 12:55 KST
Acropolis LE
Thunderbird LE
Disco Bloodbath LE
Triton LE
Winter's Gate LE
Head-to-head statistics
October 24, 2019 - 14:50 KST
ZergsoO
3
2
TerranSpeCial
ZergsoO
TerranSpeCial
October 24, 2019 - 14:50 KST
Acropolis LE
Disco Bloodbath LE
Winter's Gate LE
Thunderbird LE
Triton LE
Head-to-head statistics
October 24, 2019 - 16:45 KST
ZergDark
3
2
ZergsoO
ZergDark
ZergsoO
October 24, 2019 - 16:45 KST
Ephemeron LE
Acropolis LE
Triton LE
World of Sleepers LE
Disco Bloodbath LE
Head-to-head statistics
October 24, 2019 - 18:05 KST
ProtossShoWTimE
3
1
TerranSpeCial
ProtossShoWTimE
TerranSpeCial
October 24, 2019 - 18:05 KST
Acropolis LE
Winter's Gate LE
Ephemeron LE
World of Sleepers LE
Disco Bloodbath LE
Head-to-head statistics
October 24, 2019 - 19:35 KST
ZergsoO
3
1
ProtossShoWTimE
ZergsoO
ProtossShoWTimE
October 24, 2019 - 19:35 KST
Thunderbird LE
World of Sleepers LE
Winter's Gate LE
Ephemeron LE
Triton LE
Head-to-head statistics
This is a legacy matchlist! Please use the new matchlist instead.

Group B[edit]

Played in Seoul lrthread       Recap Group B
October 25, 2019 - 12:00 KST
1. Finland Zerg Serral 2-0 6-0
2. South Korea Terran Maru 2-1 8-3
3. China Terran TIME 1-2 3-8
4. South Korea Protoss Stats 0-2 0-6
Group B Matches
October 25, 2019 - 12:30 KST
TerranMaru
2
3
TerranTIME
TerranMaru
TerranTIME
October 25, 2019 - 12:30 KST
Ephemeron LE
Thunderbird LE
Winter's Gate LE
Triton LE
Disco Bloodbath LE
Head-to-head statistics
October 25, 2019 - 14:15 KST
ProtossStats
0
3
ZergSerral
ProtossStats
ZergSerral
October 25, 2019 - 14:15 KST
Acropolis LE
Thunderbird LE
Triton LE
Ephemeron LE
Winter's Gate LE
Head-to-head statistics
October 25, 2019 - 15:25 KST
TerranTIME
0
3
ZergSerral
TerranTIME
ZergSerral
October 25, 2019 - 15:25 KST
Disco Bloodbath LE
World of Sleepers LE
Acropolis LE
Thunderbird LE
Ephemeron LE
Head-to-head statistics
October 25, 2019 - 16:25 KST
TerranMaru
3
0
ProtossStats
TerranMaru
ProtossStats
October 25, 2019 - 16:25 KST
Disco Bloodbath LE
Acropolis LE
Thunderbird LE
World of Sleepers LE
Ephemeron LE
Head-to-head statistics
October 25, 2019 - 17:35 KST
TerranTIME
0
3
TerranMaru
TerranTIME
TerranMaru
October 25, 2019 - 17:35 KST
Triton LE
Thunderbird LE
Winter's Gate LE
Ephemeron LE
Disco Bloodbath LE
Head-to-head statistics
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Group C[edit]

Played in Seoul lrthread       Recap Group C
October 26, 2019 - 12:00 KST
1. Italy Zerg Reynor 2-0 6-2
2. South Korea Protoss Classic 2-1 8-4
3. Germany Terran HeRoMaRinE 1-2 3-8
4. South Korea Protoss herO 0-2 3-6
Group C Matches
October 26, 2019 - 12:30 KST
ProtossClassic
2
3
TerranHeRoMaRinE
ProtossClassic
TerranHeRoMaRinE
October 26, 2019 - 12:30 KST
Thunderbird LE
Winter's Gate LE
Disco Bloodbath LE
Acropolis LE
Triton LE
Head-to-head statistics
October 26, 2019 - 14:10 KST
ProtossherO
2
3
ZergReynor
ProtossherO
ZergReynor
October 26, 2019 - 14:10 KST
Ephemeron LE
Acropolis LE
World of Sleepers LE
Thunderbird LE
Winter's Gate LE
Head-to-head statistics
October 26, 2019 - 16:05 KST
TerranHeRoMaRinE
0
3
ZergReynor
TerranHeRoMaRinE
ZergReynor
October 26, 2019 - 16:05 KST
Winter's Gate LE
World of Sleepers LE
Ephemeron LE
Thunderbird LE
Triton LE
Head-to-head statistics
October 26, 2019 - 17:35 KST
ProtossClassic
3
1
ProtossherO
ProtossClassic
ProtossherO
October 26, 2019 - 17:35 KST
Ephemeron LE
Disco Bloodbath LE
Acropolis LE
Triton LE
Thunderbird LE
Head-to-head statistics
October 26, 2019 - 18:50 KST
TerranHeRoMaRinE
0
3
ProtossClassic
TerranHeRoMaRinE
ProtossClassic
October 26, 2019 - 18:50 KST
Winter's Gate LE
Acropolis LE
World of Sleepers LE
Disco Bloodbath LE
Triton LE
Head-to-head statistics
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Group D[edit]

Played in Seoul lrthread       Recap Group D
October 27, 2019 - 12:00 KST
1. South Korea Zerg Rogue 2-0 6-3
2. South Korea Protoss Trap 2-1 7-6
3. Poland Zerg Elazer 1-2 6-7
4. United States Protoss Neeb 0-2 3-6
Group D Matches
October 27, 2019 - 12:30 KST
ProtossTrap
3
1
ZergElazer
ProtossTrap
ZergElazer
October 27, 2019 - 12:30 KST
Thunderbird LE
World of Sleepers LE
Acropolis LE
Disco Bloodbath LE
Ephemeron LE
Head-to-head statistics
October 27, 2019 - 14:00 KST
ZergRogue
3
2
ProtossNeeb
ZergRogue
ProtossNeeb
October 27, 2019 - 14:00 KST
Acropolis LE
Thunderbird LE
Ephemeron LE
Triton LE
Disco Bloodbath LE
Head-to-head statistics
October 27, 2019 - 15:40 KST
ProtossTrap
1
3
ZergRogue
ProtossTrap
ZergRogue
October 27, 2019 - 15:40 KST
Acropolis LE
World of Sleepers LE
Disco Bloodbath LE
Triton LE
Ephemeron LE
Head-to-head statistics
October 27, 2019 - 16:40 KST
ZergElazer
3
1
ProtossNeeb
ZergElazer
ProtossNeeb
October 27, 2019 - 16:40 KST
World of Sleepers LE
Ephemeron LE
Acropolis LE
Triton LE
Disco Bloodbath LE
Head-to-head statistics
October 27, 2019 - 17:50 KST
ProtossTrap
3
2
ZergElazer
ProtossTrap
ZergElazer
October 27, 2019 - 17:50 KST
World of Sleepers LE
Winter's Gate LE
Disco Bloodbath LE
Triton LE
Acropolis LE
Head-to-head statistics
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Global Finals[edit]

This is a legacy bracket! Please use the new bracket instead.
Quarterfinals (Bo5)
Semifinals (Bo5)
Finals (Bo7)
FinlandSerral
3
South KoreasoO
0
ZergSerral
ZergsoO
November 1, 2019 - 20:55 CET
Disco Bloodbath LE
Acropolis LE
Ephemeron LE
Triton LE
World of Sleepers LE
Vetoes
Thunderbird LE
Winter's Gate LE
lrthread Watch VOD Head-to-head statistics
ItalyReynor
3
South KoreaTrap
2
ZergReynor
ProtossTrap
November 1, 2019 - 22:25 CET
Thunderbird LE
Acropolis LE
Disco Bloodbath LE
Winter's Gate LE
World of Sleepers LE
Vetoes
Ephemeron LE
Triton LE
lrthread Watch VOD Head-to-head statistics
FinlandSerral
2
ItalyReynor
3
ZergSerral
ZergReynor
November 2, 2019 - 02:35 CET
Triton LE
World of Sleepers LE
Ephemeron LE
Acropolis LE
Disco Bloodbath LE
Vetoes
Thunderbird LE
Winter's Gate LE
lrthread Watch VOD Head-to-head statistics
South KoreaRogue
2
South KoreaClassic
3
ZergRogue
ProtossClassic
November 2, 2019 - 00:00 CET
Thunderbird LE
Acropolis LE
Disco Bloodbath LE
Triton LE
World of Sleepers LE
Vetoes
Ephemeron LE
Winter's Gate LE
lrthread Watch VOD Head-to-head statistics
South KoreaDark
3
South KoreaMaru
0
ZergDark
TerranMaru
November 2, 2019 - 01:20 CET
Acropolis LE
Disco Bloodbath LE
Winter's Gate LE
Triton LE
Thunderbird LE
Vetoes
Ephemeron LE
World of Sleepers LE
lrthread Watch VOD Head-to-head statistics
South KoreaClassic
0
South KoreaDark
3
ProtossClassic
ZergDark
November 2, 2019 - 04:15 CET
Acropolis LE
Thunderbird LE
Disco Bloodbath LE
Ephemeron LE
Triton LE
Vetoes
World of Sleepers LE
Winter's Gate LE
lrthread Watch VOD Head-to-head statistics
ItalyReynor
1
South KoreaDark
4
ZergReynor
ZergDark
November 2, 2019 - 05:30 CET
Acropolis LE
Thunderbird LE
Winter's Gate LE
Disco Bloodbath LE
Triton LE
World of Sleepers LE
Ephemeron LE
lrthread Watch VOD Recap Head-to-head statistics

Distribution[edit]

  • Race
  • WCS Region
  • Country
  • Show All
ProtossTerranZerg
Round of 16
646
Quarterfinals
215
Semifinals
13
Finals
2
Champion
1
  Americas EuropeKoreaOther
Round of 16
2581
Quarterfinals
26
Semifinals
22
Finals
11
Champion
1
  Western Europe Eastern EuropeNorth AmericaLatin AmericaAsiaOceania
Round of 16
Germany 2
Italy 1
Poland 1
Finland 1
United States 1
Mexico 1
China 1
South Korea 8
Quarterfinals
Italy 1
Finland 1
South Korea 6
Semifinals
Italy 1
Finland 1
South Korea 2
Finals
Italy 1
South Korea 1
Champion
South Korea 1

Maps Statistics[edit]

Terran vs. ZergZerg vs. ProtossProtoss vs. TerranMirrors
Map#ΣTerranZergTerran%ΣZergProtossZerg%ΣProtossTerranProtoss%TerranZergProtoss
Acropolis LE233030.0%114736.4%42250.0%-41
Disco Bloodbath LE1931233.3%85362.5%2020.0%141
Ephemeron LE111010.0%43175.0%110100.0%131
Thunderbird LE151010.0%990100.0%21150.0%21-
Triton LE151010.0%74357.1%1010.0%231
Winter's Gate LE1431233.3%54180.0%32166.7%21-
World of Sleepers LE142020.0%83537.5%220100.0%-2-
Total Sum (Σ)1111421214.3%52322061.5%158753.3%8184

Players Statistics[edit]

Player Games vs. vs. vs.
ID Team Record Win% Record Win% Record Win% Record Win%
1 krSouth Korea z Dark Dragon Phoenix GamingDragon Phoenix Gaming Dragon Phoenix Gaming
051516-5
 76%
02603-0
 100%
02583-2
 60%
039710-3
 77%
2 itItaly z Reynor GamersOriginGamersOrigin GamersOrigin
045013-10
 57%
02603-0
 100%
02000-0
-
03709-10
 47%
3 krSouth Korea p Classic MkersMkers Mkers
041111-9
 55%
02975-3
 63%
02553-5
 38%
02593-1
 75%
3 fiFinland z Serral ENCEENCE ENCE
041711-3
 79%
02603-0
 100%
02975-3
 63%
02603-0
 100%
5 krSouth Korea t Maru Jin Air Green WingsJin Air Green Wings Jin Air Green Wings
03548-6
 57%
02975-3
 63%
01970-3
 0%
02603-0
 100%
5 krSouth Korea z Rogue Jin Air Green WingsJin Air Green Wings Jin Air Green Wings
03548-6
 57%
02000-0
-
02000-0
-
03548-6
 57%
5 krSouth Korea z soO Chivo SCChivo SC Chivo SC
03518-9
 47%
02583-2
 60%
02342-6
 25%
02593-1
 75%
5 krSouth Korea p Trap Jin Air Green WingsJin Air Green Wings Jin Air Green Wings
03508-10
 44%
02000-0
-
03508-10
 44%
02000-0
-
9 plPoland z Elazer AGO EsportsAGO Esports AGO Esports
03347-6
 54%
02000-0
-
02000-0
-
03347-6
 54%
9 deGermany t HeRoMaRinE mousesportsmousesports mousesports
02523-8
 27%
02000-0
-
01970-3
 0%
02553-5
 38%
9 deGermany p ShoWTimE MkersMkers Mkers
03136-7
 46%
02593-1
 75%
02543-6
 33%
02000-0
-
9 cnChina t TIME NewbeeNewbee Newbee
02523-8
 27%
02553-5
 38%
01970-3
 0%
02000-0
-
13 krSouth Korea p herO Triumphant Song GamingTriumphant Song Gaming Triumphant Song Gaming
02543-6
 33%
02000-0
-
02372-3
 40%
02171-3
 25%
13 usUnited States p Neeb TingTing Ting
02543-6
 33%
02000-0
-
02543-6
 33%
02000-0
-
13 mxMexico t SpeCial Ocean GamingOcean Gaming Ocean Gaming
02543-6
 33%
02000-0
-
02372-3
 40%
02171-3
 25%
13 krSouth Korea p Stats SplyceSplyce Splyce
01940-6
 0%
01970-3
 0%
01970-3
 0%
02000-0
-

View Games[edit]

Streams[edit]

VODs[edit]

Replays[edit]

Road to BlizzCon 2019[edit]

WCS Circuit[edit]

#1 Finland Zerg Serral
preview  Joona Sotala
#2 Italy Zerg Reynor
preview  Riccardo Romiti
#3 United States Protoss Neeb
preview  Alex Sunderhaft
#4 Mexico Terran SpeCial
preview  Juan Carlos Tena Lopez
#5 China Terran TIME
preview  Li Peinan
#6 Germany Terran HeRoMaRinE
preview  Gabriel Segat
#7 Poland Zerg Elazer
preview  Mikołaj Ogonowski
#8 Germany Protoss ShoWTimE
preview Tobias Sieber

WCS Korea[edit]

#1 South Korea Zerg Dark
preview Park Ryung-woo
#2 South Korea Protoss Trap
preview Cho Sung-ho
#3 South Korea Protoss Classic
preview Kim Doh-woo
#4 South Korea Terran Maru
preview Cho Seong-ju
#5 South Korea Zerg soO
preview Eo Yoon-soo
#6 South Korea Zerg Rogue
preview Lee Byung-ryul
#7 South Korea Protoss herO
preview Kim Joon-ho
#8 South Korea Protoss Stats
preview Kim Dae-yeob

External Links[edit]

References[edit]

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