DH SC2 Masters 2022 Valencia

League Information

Organizers:

ESL
DreamHack

Game Version:

Legacy of the Void
Patch 5.0.9

Server:

Europe

Type:

Offline

Location:

Valencia

Venue:

Fira València

Format:

1v1
Group Stages
Knockout Stage
Playoffs

Prize Pool:

$100,000 USD

Start Date:

2022-07-01

End Date:

2022-07-03

Liquipedia Tier:

S-Tier

Links

Participants

Number of Players:

56

28

16

11

Maps

Cosmic Sapphire • Data-C • Inside and Out • Moondance • Stargazers • Tropical Sacrifice • Waterfall

Chronology

Last Chance 2021

2022 Masters Atlanta

The DH SC2 Masters 2022 Valencia is the first of two offline Global Events of the ESL Pro Tour 2022/23.

It takes place at DreamHack Valencia 2022 and is organized by DreamHack and ESL.

Format[edit]

First Group Stage:
- 24 players in 6 groups of 4 players each, played:
  - in a Round Robin Format (if a 3-player Group);
  - in a Dual Tournament Format (if a 4-player Group).
- 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:
- 12 players from the First Group Stage.
- 20 players from the Open Sign-ups.
- 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 1.
- Players who take third place in Group Stage 2 drop to the Knockout Bracket Round 2.
Third Group Stage:
- 16 players from the Second Group Stage.
- 16 players from Regionals.
- 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 4.
- Players who take fourth place in Group Stage 3 drop to the Knockout Bracket Round 3.
Knockout Brackets:
- 8 Single-elimination Brackets, consisting of 4 Rounds each.
- Each Bracket starts with a player who took third or fourth place in Group Stage 1 and a player who took fourth place in Group Stage 2.
- From Round 2 onwards each Round 1 Player drops from the Groupstages into the Knockout Bracket (per Knockout Bracket).
- All Matches are Bo3.
- 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.
Seeds:
- Winner of the event earns a spot at IEM Katowice 2023.

Map Pool[edit]

Cosmic Sapphire	Data-C	Inside and Out	Moondance	Stargazers	Tropical Sacrifice	Waterfall

Talents[edit]

Prize Pool[edit]

Participants[edit]

Protoss (29)

Terran (16)

Zerg (10)

From the Regionals (16)

Astrea

ByuN²

Dark

Creator

Clem

DRG

herO¹

HeRoMaRinE

Lambo

Neeb

Maru²

MeomaikA

Nice

SpeCial

RagnaroK

Reynor

~~TIME~~¹

~~Rogue~~²

~~Trap~~²

Open Signups (43)

AZTEX

DnS

~~danisgodz~~³

Bunny

Elazer

ForJumy

control

Scarlett

Gerald

Dolan

ShaDow

Harstem

HydraulixXD

Solar

~~HolyHit~~³

Kelazhur

Killermonjas

~~Origin~~³

Krystianer

~~Raza~~³

MaNa

~~Ryung~~³

Maplez

Spirit

Rhizer

ShaDoWn

SlavaZA

trigger

From the ESL ANZ Champs 2022: Season 1 into the Open Bracket (1)

piglet

¹ TIME forfeited his spot^[1] and no players from the China Region accepted the invite: replacement was thus invited from the Global Standings
² Rogue and Trap forfeited their spots and were replaced by ByuN and Maru who finished 7/8th in GSL S1.
³ danisgodz, HolyHit, Origin, Raza and Ryung forfeited their spots and were not replaced.