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[e][h]Gold Series International 2016
League Information
Organizer(s):
Blizzard
NetEase
Server:
China
Type:
Offline
Location:
China Shanghai
Format:
Group Stage, Single-elimination bracket
Prize Pool:
$50,000 USD
Start Date:
2016-03-21
End Date:
2016-03-26
Liquipedia Tier:
Premier
Links
Player Breakdown
Number of Players:
16
5
3
8
Maps
Chronology


The Gold Series International 2016 is the first premier tournament of the Gold Series. It will take place in World Expo Exhibition & Convention Center Silver Hall, Shanghai, China. This tournament also doubles as 2016 WCS Circuit: Shanghai Tournament.

An All-Star Challenge will also take place the day after the finals of the main tournament, with top performers of the tournament facing invited Korean players.

Format[edit]

Qualifier[edit]

  • Regional Qualifiers:
    • 2 slots for Europe, Africa and the Middle East.
    • 2 slots for North America (USA and Canada).
    • 1 slot for Latin America.
    • 1 slot for China.
    • 1 slot for Oceania, Southeast Asia and Japan.
    • 1 slot for Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau.

Main Tournament[edit]

  • Open Bracket:
    • Single-elimination bracket.
    • Best-of-three.
    • Held at WYWK internet cafe, 1288 Zhen Guang Road, Bailian Zhonghuan Commerce Plaza, Pu Tuo District, Shanghai.
    • Top 4 advances to Group Stage.
  • Group Stage (Round of 16)
  • Dual Tournament format.
  • Best-of-three.
  • Top 2 of each group advance to Playoffs.
  • Playoffs
  • Single Elimination.
  • Quarterfinals: Best-of-five.
  • Semifinals: Best-of-five.
  • Finals: Best-of-seven.

Talents[edit]

  • Hosts
    • China Ali (Nueraili Abulizi)
    • United States Smix (Sue Min Lee)

Prize Pool[edit]

$50,000 USD and 5,000 WCS Circuit Points spread among the players as seen below:

  • Players must advance one round in order to claim WCS points for that placement. Being seeded through qualifiers counts as advancing one round.

Participants[edit]

Group Stage (16)
Protoss (5) Terran (3) Zerg (8)
Invited Players (4)
France PtitDrogo[1]
France MarineLorD[1]
China iAsonu[2]
China XiGua[2]
Open Bracket Players (4)
Netherlands Harstem
China Coffee
Norway Snute
China TooDming
Regional Qualified Players (8)
United States puCK
Mexico MajOr
South Korea KingKong1
Taiwan Has
Poland Elazer
China Jieshi
Poland Nerchio
Canada Scarlett
Mongolia Sioras1

1 KingKong was disqualified due to being ineligible for the WCS spot he qualified for and was replaced by Sioras who came in second place in the Gold Series International 2016 Oceania and SEA Qualifier.[3]

Results[edit]

Open Bracket[edit]

Group Stage (Ro16)[edit]

Group A[edit]

lrthread Group A
March 21, 2016 - 17:00 CST
1. France  PtitDrogo 2-0 4-1
2. Netherlands  Harstem 2-1 4-2
3. China  iAsonu 1-2 2-4
4. China  Coffee 0-2 1-4

Group B[edit]

lrthread Group B
March 22, 2016 - 17:00 CST
1. Mongolia  Sioras1 2-0 4-1
2. China  TooDming 2-1 4-2
3. Taiwan  Has1 1-2 2-5
4. China  Jieshi 0-2 2-4

Group C[edit]

lrthread Group C
March 23, 2016 - 17:00 CST
1. Poland  Nerchio 2-0 4-0
2. Canada  Scarlett 2-1 4-4
3. Poland  Elazer 1-2 3-4
4. China  XiGua 0-2 1-4

Group D[edit]

lrthread Group D
March 24, 2016 - 17:00 CST
1. United States  puCK 2-0 4-1
2. Norway  Snute 2-1 5-3
3. Mexico  MajOr 1-2 2-4
4. France  MarineLorD 0-2 1-4

Playoffs[edit]

Quarterfinals (Bo5)
 France PtitDrogo
3
PtitDrogo 
 TooDming
March 25, 2016 - 13:25 CST
lrthread
 China TooDming
0
 Poland Nerchio
2
Nerchio 
 Snute
March 25, 2016 - 14:15 CST
lrthread
 Norway Snute
3
 Netherlands Harstem
3
Harstem 
 Has
March 25, 2016 - 16:40 CST
lrthread
 Taiwan Has
2
 Canada Scarlett
0
Scarlett 
 puCK
March 25, 2016 - 18:35 CST
 
 
Ulrena
lrthread
 USA puCK
3
Semifinals (Bo5)
 France PtitDrogo
1
PtitDrogo 
 Snute
March 26, 2016 - 14:45 CST
lrthread
 Norway Snute
3
 Netherlands Harstem
3
Harstem 
 puCK
March 26, 2016 - 16:55 CST
 
 
Ulrena
lrthread
 USA puCK
1
Finals (Bo7)
 Norway Snute
1
Snute 
 Harstem
March 26, 2016 - 18:55 CST
lrthread recap
 Netherlands Harstem
4

Archon Showmatches[edit]

A Bo1 Archon Mode showmatch was played between second and third quarterfinals.

0 1
Matches

A Bo1 Archon Mode showmatch was played between first and second semifinals.

0 1
Matches

Racial Distribution[edit]

  Protoss TerranZerg
Round of 16
538
Quarterfinals
44
Semifinals
31
Finals
11
Champion
1

Map Statistics[edit]

vs. vs. vs. Mirrors
Map#Σ%Σ%Σ%
Central Protocol4110100.0%1010.0%-----2-
Dusk Towers17----84450.0%43175.0%131
Lerilak Crest172020.0%63350.0%2020.0%-43
Orbital Shipyard15----41325.0%330100.0%143
Prion Terraces12----63350.0%110100.0%-32
Ruins of Seras11----53260.0%-----42
Ulrena82020.0%41325.0%-----11
Unknown1----1010.0%-------
Total Sum (Σ)8551420.0%35152042.9%107370.0%22112

View Games[edit]

Streams[edit]

VODs[edit]

External links[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 http://gold.blizzard.cn/sc2/articles/339/1110/
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 http://gold.blizzard.cn/sc2/articles/339/1108/
  3. ↑ @syfMightyKiwi (February 25, 2016). www.twitter.com. https://twitter.com/syfMightyKiwi/status/702780332550987776.
  4. ↑ https://tl.net/forum/starcraft-2/506355-has-replaces-sioras-in-wcs-shanghai-ro8
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