2019 WCS Summer

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[e][h]2019 WCS Summer
League Information
Series:
Organizer:
StarLadder
Server:
Europe
Type:
Offline
Location:
Ukraine Kiev
Format:
1v1
Three Group Stages
Knockout Stage
Single-elimination Playoffs
Prize Pool:
$100,000 USD
Start Date:
2019-07-12
End Date:
2019-07-14
Liquipedia Tier:
Links
Participants
Number of Players:
80
Protoss 24
Terran 24
Zerg 32
Maps
Chronology


The 2019 WCS Summer is the second of three offline events of the 2019 WCS Circuit.
It is organized by StarLadder.

Format[edit]

First Group Stage:

  • 64 players in 16 groups of 4 players each, played in a Dual Tournament Format.
  • All Matches are Bo3.
  • Top 2 players of each group advance to the next stage.
  • Players who lose in Group Stage 1 will drop to the Knockout Bracket Round 1.

Second Group Stage:

  • 32 players in 8 groups of 4 players each, played in a Dual Tournament Format.
  • All Matches are Bo3.
  • Top 2 players of each group advance to the next stage.
  • Players who take fourth place in Group Stage 2 drop to the Knockout Bracket Round 3.
  • Players who take third place in Group Stage 2 drop to the Knockout Bracket Round 4.

Third Group Stage:

  • 16 players from the Second Group Stage;
  • 16 players from Qualifiers.
  • 8 groups of 4 players each, played in a Dual Tournament Format.
  • All Matches are Bo3.
  • Top 2 players of each group advance to the playoffs.
  • Players who take first place in Group Stage 3 advance to the playoffs Round of 16.
  • Players who take second place in Group Stage 3 advance to the playoffs Round of 24.
  • Players who take third place in Group Stage 3 drop to the Knockout Bracket Round 6.
  • Players who take fourth place in Group Stage 3 drop to the Knockout Bracket Round 5.

Knockout Brackets:

  • 8 Single-elimination Brackets, consisting of 6 Rounds each.
  • Each Bracket starts with 2 players who took fourth place in Group Stage 1 and 2 players who took third place in Group Stage 1.
  • From Round 3 onwards each Round 1 Player drops from the Groupstages into the Knockout Bracket (per Knockout Bracket).
  • All Matches are Bo3, except for Round 6, which will be Bo5.
  • The Winner of each Knockout Bracket will advance to the playoffs Round of 24.

Playoffs:

  • 24 players in a single-elimination bracket.
  • Round of 24 to Semifinals are played in Bo5.
  • Finals are played in Bo7.

Map Pool[edit]

Talents[edit]

Prize Pool[edit]

$100,000 USD and 12,600 WCS Circuit Points are spread among the players as seen below:

Notable Participants[edit]

This list contains the most notable players. For a full participants list go to: Player List

Protoss Protoss Terran Terran Zerg Zerg
Qualified players (16)
Hong Kong Bistork 1
Infinity GamingInfinity Gaming
United States Future
AGO EsportsAGO Esports
Poland Elazer
Taiwan ButAlways
mousesportsmousesports
Germany HeRoMaRinE3
Invictus GamingInvictus Gaming
China iAsonu
J TeamJ Team
Taiwan Has 3
Panda GlobalPanda Global
Brazil Kelazhur
Team QLASHTeam QLASH
Germany Lambo
TingTing
United States Neeb
OSC EliteOSC Elite
Canada MaSa
Taiwan Lemon
1
Legacy EsportsLegacy Esports
Australia Probe
Ocean GamingOcean Gaming
Mexico SpeCial
GamersOriginGamersOrigin
Italy Reynor
NewbeeNewbee
China TIME
NewbeeNewbee
Canada Scarlett
ENCEENCE
Finland Serral
Notable open sign-up players
Alpha XAlpha X
United States Astrea
MkersMkers
Ukraine Awers
3D!Clan3D!Clan
Russia Bee
IndyK CrewIndyK Crew
Poland BluE
Team STARCOMTeam STARCOM
Russia Brat_OK
Windigo GamingWindigo Gaming
Ukraine Bly
CascadeCascade
France DnS
Infinity GamingInfinity Gaming
France Clem
Chivo SCChivo SC
Mexico Cham
Team BlacerTeam Blacer
Poland Gerald
3D!Clan3D!Clan
Russia Creed
Infinity GamingInfinity Gaming
France Denver
Infinity GamingInfinity Gaming
Croatia goblin
Team STARCOMTeam STARCOM
Ukraine Kas
OSC EliteOSC Elite
Brazil Erik
Wolf's PackWolf's Pack
Germany GunGFuBanDa
ePunksePunks
Denmark Lillekanin
Austria HateMe
AsterionAsterion
Netherlands Harstem
O'Gaming TVO'Gaming TV
France MarineLorD
Alpha XAlpha X
France hinO
Team QLASHTeam QLASH
Ukraine Hellraiser
MkersMkers
Poland souL
Hasu PlayersHasu Players
Ukraine Minatoeh 2
Team LiquidTeam Liquid
Poland MaNa
Team LiquidTeam Liquid
Netherlands uThermal
Infinity GamingInfinity Gaming
Sweden Namshar
IndyK CrewIndyK Crew
Russia Nerazim
BSLesportsBSLesports
Bulgaria Wanderer
MkersMkers
Poland Nerchio
ePunksePunks
Denmark PappiJoe
Poland Ziggy
PSISTORM GamingPSISTORM Gaming
Switzerland PengWin
France PtitDrogo
3D!Clan3D!Clan
Ukraine ZipperTheFly
Epikk EsportsEpikk Esports
United Kingdom RiSky
PSISTORM GamingPSISTORM Gaming
China Sakura
CascadeCascade
Sweden SortOf
Wolf's PackWolf's Pack
France ShaDoWn
Wizards Esports ClubWizards Esports Club
Spain SouLeer
MkersMkers
Germany ShoWTimE
ePunksePunks
Denmark Spazymazy
Wolf's PackWolf's Pack
Russia SKillous
GamersOriginGamersOrigin
France Stephano
ePunksePunks
Denmark SpaceMarine
Team LiquidTeam Liquid
Germany TLO
Team STARCOMTeam STARCOM
Russia Vanya
PSISTORM GamingPSISTORM Gaming
Sweden Zanster

1 Lemon could not secure a visa and was replaced by Bistork.
2 Minatoeh forfeited his spot due to health issues [1] and was replaced by BraneloB.
3 Has wasn't able to secure a visa and was replaced by the highest seeded (according to the current WCS Circuit Standings) open-signup player HeRoMaRinE.

Results[edit]

Group Stage #1 — Group Stage #2

Group Stage 3[edit]

Group A[edit]

Group A
July 12, 2019 - 19:45 CEST
1. Finland Zerg Serral 2-0 4-1
2. Sweden Zerg SortOf 2-1 4-3
3. Ukraine Protoss Hellraiser 1-2 3-4
4. Hong Kong Protoss Bistork 0-2 1-4
Group A Matches
July 12, 2019 - 19:45 CEST
FinlandZergSerral
2
0
SwedenZergSortOf
July 12, 2019 - 19:45 CEST
July 12, 2019 - 20:30 CEST
FinlandZergSerral
2
1
UkraineProtossHellraiser
July 12, 2019 - 21:15 CEST
UkraineProtossHellraiser
0
2
SwedenZergSortOf
July 12, 2019 - 21:15 CEST

Group B[edit]

Group B
July 12, 2019 - 19:45 CEST
1. France Protoss PtitDrogo 2-0 4-0
2. Canada Zerg Scarlett 2-1 4-2
3. Germany Protoss GunGFuBanDa 1-2 2-4
4. Brazil Terran Kelazhur 0-2 0-4
Group B Matches
July 12, 2019 - 19:45 CEST
CanadaZergScarlett
2
0
GermanyProtossGunGFuBanDa
July 12, 2019 - 20:30 CEST
CanadaZergScarlett
0
2
FranceProtossPtitDrogo
July 12, 2019 - 21:15 CEST
CanadaZergScarlett
2
0
GermanyProtossGunGFuBanDa

Group C[edit]

Group C
July 12, 2019 - 19:45 CEST
1. Germany Protoss ShoWTimE 2-0 4-1
2. Mexico Terran SpeCial 2-1 4-3
3. Poland Zerg Nerchio 1-2 3-5
4. Taiwan Protoss ButAlways 0-2 2-4
Group C Matches
July 12, 2019 - 19:45 CEST
MexicoTerranSpeCial
2
0
PolandZergNerchio
July 12, 2019 - 20:30 CEST
MexicoTerranSpeCial
0
2
GermanyProtossShoWTimE
July 12, 2019 - 21:15 CEST
MexicoTerranSpeCial
2
1
PolandZergNerchio

Group D[edit]

Group D
July 12, 2019 - 19:45 CEST
1. China Terran TIME 2-0 4-1
2. France Protoss DnS 2-1 5-3
3. Germany Zerg Lambo 1-2 4-5
4. Poland Protoss Gerald 0-2 0-4
Group D Matches
July 12, 2019 - 19:45 CEST
ChinaTerranTIME
2
0
PolandProtossGerald
July 12, 2019 - 19:45 CEST
July 12, 2019 - 20:30 CEST
ChinaTerranTIME
2
1
GermanyZergLambo
July 12, 2019 - 21:15 CEST
GermanyZergLambo
1
2
FranceProtossDnS

Group E[edit]

Group E
July 12, 2019 - 19:45 CEST
1. Germany Zerg TLO 2-0 4-0
2. United States Protoss Neeb 2-1 4-2
3. United States Terran Future 1-2 2-4
4. France Terran Clem 0-2 0-4
Group E Matches
July 12, 2019 - 19:45 CEST
United StatesProtossNeeb
0
2
GermanyZergTLO
July 12, 2019 - 19:45 CEST
July 12, 2019 - 20:30 CEST
GermanyZergTLO
2
0
United StatesTerranFuture
July 12, 2019 - 20:30 CEST
July 12, 2019 - 21:15 CEST
United StatesTerranFuture
0
2
United StatesProtossNeeb

Group F[edit]

Group F
July 12, 2019 - 19:45 CEST
1. Germany Terran HeRoMaRinE 2-0 4-1
2. Poland Zerg Elazer 2-1 4-3
3. Croatia Protoss goblin 1-2 3-4
4. Sweden Zerg Zanster 0-2 1-4
Group F Matches
July 12, 2019 - 19:45 CEST
PolandZergElazer
2
0
CroatiaProtossgoblin
July 12, 2019 - 19:45 CEST
July 12, 2019 - 20:30 CEST
PolandZergElazer
0
2
GermanyTerranHeRoMaRinE
July 12, 2019 - 21:15 CEST
PolandZergElazer
2
1
CroatiaProtossgoblin

Group G[edit]

Group G
July 12, 2019 - 19:45 CEST
1. Poland Protoss MaNa 2-0 4-2
2. Poland Terran souL 2-1 5-3
3. China Zerg iAsonu 1-2 3-4
4. Canada Terran MaSa 0-2 1-4
Group G Matches
July 12, 2019 - 19:45 CEST
CanadaTerranMaSa
1
2
PolandTerransouL
July 12, 2019 - 20:30 CEST
PolandTerransouL
1
2
PolandProtossMaNa
July 12, 2019 - 21:15 CEST
PolandTerransouL
2
0
ChinaZergiAsonu

Group H[edit]

Group H
July 12, 2019 - 19:45 CEST
1. Italy Zerg Reynor 2-0 4-1
2. Netherlands Terran uThermal 2-1 4-2
3. France Terran MarineLorD 1-2 3-4
4. Australia Protoss Probe 0-2 0-4
Group H Matches
July 12, 2019 - 19:45 CEST
ItalyZergReynor
2
0
NetherlandsTerranuThermal
July 12, 2019 - 20:30 CEST
ItalyZergReynor
2
1
FranceTerranMarineLorD
July 12, 2019 - 21:15 CEST
FranceTerranMarineLorD
0
2
NetherlandsTerranuThermal

Knockout Bracket[edit]

Bracket[edit]

Round of 24 (Bo5)
Round of 16 (Bo5)
Quarterfinals (Bo5)
Semifinals (Bo5)
Grand Finals (Bo7)

Distribution[edit]

Map Statistics[edit]

Terran vs. ZergZerg vs. ProtossProtoss vs. TerranMirrors
Map#ΣTerranZergTerran%ΣZergProtossZerg%ΣProtossTerranProtoss%ProtossTerranZerg
Acropolis LE1141981142.1%44242054.5%1410471.4%10423
Cyber Forest LE62105550.0%189950.0%85362.5%1349
Kairos Junction LE93179852.9%25121348.0%2617965.4%8710
King's Cove LE12640182245.0%39192048.7%21101147.6%7910
New Repugnancy LE762617965.4%2011955.0%106460.0%587
Thunderbird LE10025141156.0%31121938.7%149564.3%10614
Turbo Cruise '84 LE25105550.0%96366.7%110100.0%1-4
Total Sum (Σ)596147767151.7%186939350.0%94583661.7%543877

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