Gfinity Spring Masters I

The Gfinity StarCraft II Spring Masters I is the first StarCraft II event hosted by Gfinity in its new eSports Arena in London. It will take place on March 27-29th in the Gfinity Arena in Fulham, London. The event features 16 StarCraft II players competing for a $10,000 prize pool.

[e][h]Gfinity Spring Masters I

League Information

Organizer(s):

Gfinity

Sponsor(s):

Gfinity

Game Version:

Heart of the Swarm
Patch 2.1.9

Server:

Europe

Type:

Offline

Location:

London

Format:

Group Stage
Single-elimination bracket

Prize Pool:

$10,000 USD

Start Date:

2015-03-27

End Date:

2015-03-29

Liquipedia Tier:

Major

Links

Player Breakdown

Number of Players:

16

4

8

Maps

Catallena LE • Deadwing LE • Expedition Lost • Overgrowth LE • Inferno Pools • Secret Spring • Vaani Research Station

Overview[edit]

The Gfinity StarCraft II Spring Masters I tournament features 16 players competing for a $10,000 prize pool. The tournament is hosted by James "BanKs" Banks and casted by Thomas "Khaldor" Kilian, Benjamin "DeMusliM" Baker, Nathan "Nathanias" Fabrikant, Mackenzie "Petraeus" Smith, Jos "Ret" de Kroon, John "JoRoSaR" Sargent and Robert "Pughy" Pugh.

Format[edit]

Group Stage:

16 players in 4 groups consisting of four players each played in a double-elimination bracket format.
All matches are Bo3.
Top two players of each group advance to the Playoffs.

Playoffs:

Eight players in a single-elimination bracket
Quarterfinals are Bo3.
Semifinals are Bo5.
Finals are Bo7.

Prize Pool[edit]

$10,000 USD and 1,800 WCS points are spread among the players as seen below:

Place	$USD	WCS Points	Player	Team
1st	$5,000	300	PartinG	yoe Flash Wolves
2nd	$3,000	200	Hydra	ROOT Gaming
3rd-4th	$1,000	150	Rain	mYinsanity
3rd-4th	$1,000	150	Rogue	Jin Air Green Wings
5th-8th	-	100	Soulkey	TCM-Gaming
			jjakji	mYinsanity
			TRUE	Dead Pixels
			Heart	Axiom
9th-12th	-	75	FanTaSy	Dead Pixels
9th-12th	-	-	Snute	Team Liquid
			MC	Trig Esports
			Jaedong	Evil Geniuses
13th-16th	-	75	TargA	Imaginary Gaming
13th-16th	-	75	Sacsri	mYinsanity
13th-16th	-	-	Bunny	Team Liquid
13th-16th	-	-	Terminator	Jin Air Green Wings

* Players must advance one round in order to claim WCS points for that placement. Being seeded through qualifiers counts as advancing one round.^[1]

Participants[edit]

Invited players (8)^[2]
Protoss (4)	Terran (4)	Zerg (8)
PartinG	~~ForGG~~¹	Jaedong
MC	Bunny	Soulkey
Rain		Snute
Terminator¹
Through qualifiers (8)
~~MaNa~~¹	FanTaSy	TRUE
	jjakji	Sacsri
	Heart¹	Hydra
		Rogue
		TargA

¹ MaNa and ForGG cancelled their participation due to illness and were respectively replaced by Heart, who was beaten by MaNa in the first European Qualifier, and Terminator.^[3]

Results[edit]

Group Stage[edit]

Group A[edit]

Group A
March 27, 2015 - 19:40 GMT
1.	PartinG	2-0	4-0
2.	TRUE	2-1	4-2
3.	Snute	1-2	2-5
4.	TargA	0-2	1-4

Group A Matches
March 27, 2015 - 19:40 GMT
Snute	2	1	TargA
Deadwing Overgrowth Vaani Research Station
March 28, 2015 - 10:00 GMT
TRUE	0	2	PartinG
Deadwing Overgrowth
March 28, 2015 - 11:20 GMT
Snute	0	2	PartinG
Deadwing Vaani Research Station
March 28, 2015 - 12:25 GMT
TargA	0	2	TRUE
Overgrowth Expedition Lost
March 28, 2015 - 13:15 GMT
Snute	0	2	TRUE
Vaani Research Station Overgrowth Inferno Pools

Group B[edit]

Group B
March 27, 2015 - 18:30 GMT
1.	Rogue	2-0	4-1
2.	Soulkey	2-1	5-3
3.	MC	1-2	3-5
4.	Sacsri	0-2	1-4

Group B Matches
March 27, 2015 - 18:30 GMT
Rogue	2	0	MC
Overgrowth Deadwing
March 28, 2015 - 14:30 GMT
Soulkey	2	0	Sacsri
Overgrowth Deadwing
March 28, 2015 - 15:25 GMT
Rogue	2	1	Soulkey
Expedition Lost Overgrowth Deadwing
March 28, 2015 - 16:30 GMT
MC	2	1	Sacsri
Overgrowth Vaani Research Station Catallena
March 28, 2015 - 17:30 GMT
Soulkey	2	1	MC
Overgrowth Catallena Deadwing

Group C[edit]

Group C
March 27, 2015 - 18:00 GMT
1.	Rain	2-0	4-2
2.	Hydra	2-1	5-3
3.	FanTaSy	1-2	3-4
4.	Bunny	0-2	1-4

Group C Matches
March 27, 2015 - 18:00 GMT
Bunny	1	2	Hydra
Deadwing Secret Spring Catallena
March 28, 2015 - 10:00 GMT
Rain	2	1	FanTaSy
Expedition Lost Secret Spring Catallena
March 28, 2015 - 11:00 GMT
Hydra	1	2	Rain
Overgrowth Deadwing Vaani Research Station
March 28, 2015 - 12:10 GMT
Bunny	0	2	FanTaSy
Vaani Research Station Catallena
March 28, 2015 - 13:25 GMT
Hydra	2	0	FanTaSy
Deadwing Catallena

Group D[edit]

Group D
March 27, 2015 - 19:20 GMT
1.	Heart	2-0	4-1
2.	jjakji	2-1	5-3
3.	Jaedong	1-2	3-5
4.	Terminator	0-2	1-4

Group D Matches
March 27, 2015 - 19:20 GMT
Heart	2	0	Jaedong
Overgrowth Vaani Research Station Deadwing
March 28, 2015 - 14:00 GMT
Terminator	0	2	jjakji
Expedition Lost Catallena Deadwing
March 28, 2015 - 15:10 GMT
Heart	2	1	jjakji
Overgrowth Catallena Vaani Research Station
March 28, 2015 - 19:00 GMT
Jaedong	2	1	Terminator
Vaani Research Station Catallena Overgrowth
March 28, 2015 - 20:15 GMT
jjakji	2	1	Jaedong
Deadwing Vaani Research Station Overgrowth

Playoffs[edit]

Quarterfinals (Bo3)

PartinG

2

Soulkey

0

Rain

2

jjakji

0

Rogue

2

TRUE

0

Heart

0

Hydra

2

Semifinals (Bo5)

PartinG

3

Rain

2

Rogue

1

Hydra

3

Finals (Bo7)

PartinG

4

Hydra

2

Racial Distribution[edit]

Protoss

Terran

Zerg

Round of 16

4	4	8

Quarterfinals

2	2	4

Semifinals

2	2

Finals

1	1

Champion

1

Map Statistics[edit]

		vs.				vs.				vs.				Mirrors
Map	#	Σ			%	Σ			%	Σ			%
Catallena	12	2	0	2	0.0%	4	1	3	25.0%	3	2	1	66.7%	2	-	1
Deadwing	15	3	1	2	33.3%	7	4	3	57.1%	-	-	-	-	-	4	1
Expedition Lost	9	-	-	-	-	1	0	1	0.0%	3	1	2	33.3%	-	4	1
Inferno Pools	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Overgrowth	19	3	2	1	66.7%	8	5	3	62.5%	-	-	-	-	1	6	1
Secret Spring	3	1	1	0	100.0%	1	0	1	0.0%	1	1	0	100.0%	-	-	-
Vaani Research Station	14	3	1	2	33.3%	5	0	5	0.0%	-	-	-	-	2	4	-
Total Sum (Σ)	73	12	5	7	41.7%	26	10	16	38.5%	7	4	3	57.1%	5	18	5

View Games[edit]

VODs[edit]

Replays[edit]

Replay Pack

External Links[edit]

References[edit]

↑ "2015 WCS Player Handbook". Blizzard. Retrieved 2015-02-09.
↑ iamPartisan (February 26, 2015). "StarCraft II Masters Update". Gfinity.net. Retrieved February 26, 2015.
↑ iamPartisan (March 25, 2015). "Announcing the SC2 Masters Groups & Schedule!". Gfinity.net. Retrieved March 25, 2015.

[1] "2015 WCS Player Handbook". Blizzard. Retrieved 2015-02-09.

[2] Partisan (February 26, 2015). "StarCraft II Masters Update". Gfinity.net. Retrieved February 26, 2015.

[3] Partisan (March 25, 2015). "Announcing the SC2 Masters Groups & Schedule!". Gfinity.net. Retrieved March 25, 2015.

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