2016 Kung Fu Cup Season 1

[e][h]2016 Kung Fu Cup Season 1

League Information

Series:

Kung Fu Cup

Organizer(s):

SCBoy

Sponsor(s):

DouyuTV

Game Version:

Legacy of the Void
Patch 3.2.0 – Patch 3.3.0

Server:

Type:

Online

Location:

China

Format:

1v1
Group Stage
Double-elimination bracket

Prize Pool:

150,000 CNY (≃ $23,000 USD)

Start Date:

2016-03-31

End Date:

2016-05-23

Liquipedia Tier:

Major

Links

Player Breakdown

Number of Players:

16

5

6

5

Maps

Dusk Towers • Frozen Temple • Invader • Korhal Carnage Knockout • Prion Terraces • Ruins of Endion • Ulrena

Chronology

2015 Season 2

2016 Season 2

Format[edit]

Qualifier[edit]

There are 8 qualifier spots for players from all over the world, divided to regions as follows:

4 spots in the Chinese Qualifiers
4 spots in the Korean Open Qualifiers

Invited players:

4 Chinese players.
3 International players.
The champion of Kung Fu Cup 2015 Season 2.

Main Tournament[edit]

Group Stage (Round of 16)

Dual Tournament format.
Best-of-three.
Top 2 of each group advance to Playoffs.

Playoffs

Double Elimination.
All matches are Best-of-five except Grand Finals which are Best-of-seven.

Talents[edit]

Chinese Commentators
- F91 (Sun Yifeng)
- Xiaose (Huang Xudong)

English Commentators
- Tenshi (Lucas Collard)
- Zeweig (Alexander Lind)

Other Language Commentators
- Emil (Emil Wieczorek)
- NarutO (Silvano Bovo)
- Pomi (Sergei Rodionov)

Prize Pool[edit]

$23,000 USD and 2010 OSC points spread among the players as seen below:

Place	$USD	¥ CNY	OSC Points	Player	Team
1st	$7,144	¥47,000	500	Stats	KT Rolster
2nd	$4,408	¥29,000	350	TY	KT Rolster
3rd	$2,356	¥15,500	250	uThermal	AT Gaming
4th	$1,368	¥9,000	200	Solar	Samsung Galaxy
5th-6th	$1,900	¥12,500	125	Snute	Team Liquid
5th-6th	$1,216	¥8,000	125	DeParture	MVP
7th-8th	$1,140	¥7,500	80	ShoWTimE	Millenium
7th-8th	$836	¥5,500	80	Zest	KT Rolster
9th-12th	$760	¥5,000	50	Cyan	Brave Heart
9th-12th	$456	¥3,000	50	Jieshi	Brave Heart
				XiGua	Invictus Gaming
				TIME	X-Team
13th-16th	$152	¥1,000	25	iAsonu	Invictus Gaming
13th-16th	$152	¥1,000	25	Ein	X-Team
13th-16th	-	-	25	Chick	Zenith of Origin
13th-16th	-	-	25	Coffee	Brave Heart

Kung Fu Cup 2016 Season 1 uses a unique prize pool system in which every match is a duel and money is on the line:

Prize money for Group Stage matches: 3,000 CNY ($456), winner takes all if won 2-0, otherwise it is a 2/1 split.
Prize money for Winners' Bracket matches: 5,000 CNY ($760), winner takes all if won 3-0, 4/1 split for 3-1, 3/2 split for 3-2.
Prize money for Losers' Bracket matches: 2,500 CNY ($380), winner takes all if won 3-0, 4/1 split for 3-1, 3/2 split for 3-2.
Prize money for Grand Finals: 28,000 CNY ($4,256), winner takes all if won 4-0, 6/1 split for 4-1, 5/2 split for 4-2, 4/3 split for 4-3.
1st place winner takes an additional 12,000 CNY ($1,824).

Participants[edit]

From 2015 Season 2 (1)
Protoss (5)	Terran (6)	Zerg (5)
Stats¹		~~Life~~¹
Invited (7)
ShoWTimE	uThermal	Snute
Jieshi	TIME	iAsonu
	Chick
From Chinese Qualifiers (4)
Cyan	Coffee	XiGua
	Ein
From Korean Open Qualifiers ² (4)
Zest	TY	DeParture
		Solar

¹ Life is replaced by Stats due to match-fixing related charges and arrest.
² Open to all non-Chinese Mainland players.

Results[edit]

Group Stage[edit]

Group A[edit]

Group A
April 1, 2016 - 20:00 KST
1.	ShoWTimE	2-0	4-1
2.	Snute	2-1	5-2
3.	XiGua	1-2	2-4
4.	Chick	0-2	0-4

Group A Matches
Snute	2	0	XiGua
Prion Terraces Dusk Towers
ShoWTimE	2	0	Chick
Dusk Towers Frozen Temple
Snute	1	2	ShoWTimE
Frozen Temple Ruins of Endion Ulrena
XiGua	2	0	Chick
Invader Ulrena
Snute	2	0	XiGua
Frozen Temple Dusk Towers

Group B[edit]

Group B
March 31, 2016 - 20:00 KST
1.	Zest	2-0	4-1
2.	TY	2-1	4-2
3.	Jieshi	1-2	2-4
4.	iAsonu	0-2	1-4

Group B Matches
Zest	2	1	iAsonu
Ulrena Frozen Temple Invader
TY	0	2	Jieshi
Prion Terraces Dusk Towers
Zest	2	0	Jieshi
Dusk Towers Prion Terraces
iAsonu	0	2	TY
Frozen Temple Ruins of Endion
Jieshi	0	2	TY
Korhal Carnage Knockout Dusk Towers

Group C[edit]

Group C
April 13, 2016 - 20:00 KST
1.	Stats	2-0	4-0
2.	uThermal	2-1	4-3
3.	TIME	1-2	2-4
4.	Ein	0-2	1-4

Group C Matches
uThermal	0	2	TIME
Prion Terraces Dusk Towers
Stats	2	0	Ein
Ruins of Endion Dusk Towers
TIME	0	2	Stats
Dusk Towers Ulrena
uThermal	2	1	Ein
Prion Terraces Ulrena Frozen Temple
TIME	0	2	uThermal
Prion Terraces Invader

Group D[edit]

Group D
April 10, 2016 - 20:00 KST
1.	DeParture	2-0	4-0
2.	Solar	2-1	4-4
3.	Cyan	1-2	4-4
4.	Coffee	0-2	0-4

Group D Matches
DeParture	2	0	Coffee
Dusk Towers Frozen Temple
Solar	2	1	Cyan
Prion Terraces Invader Ulrena
DeParture	2	0	Solar
Dusk Towers Prion Terraces
Coffee	0	2	Cyan
Dusk Towers Ruins of Endion
Solar	2	1	Cyan
Dusk Towers Prion Terraces Ulrena

Playoffs[edit]

Quarterfinals (Bo5)

ShoWTimE

2

TY

3

Stats

3

Solar

1

Zest

0

Snute

3

DeParture

0

uThermal

3

Semifinals (Bo5)

TY

1

Stats

3

Snute

0

uThermal

3

Winners' Finals (Bo5)

Stats

3

uThermal

0

Losers' Round 1 (Bo5)

ShoWTimE

1

Solar

3

Zest

1

DeParture

3

Losers' Round 2 (Bo5)

Snute

1

Solar

3

TY

3

DeParture

0

Losers' Round 3 (Bo5)

Solar

0

TY

3

Losers' Final (Bo5)

uThermal

1

TY

3

Grand Finals (Bo7)

Stats

4

TY

3

Racial Distribution[edit]

Protoss

Terran

Zerg

Round of 16

5	6	5

Quarterfinals

3	2	3

Round of 6

1	2	3

Round of 4

1	2	1

Round of 3

1	2

Grand Finals

1	1

Champion

1

Map Statistics[edit]

		vs.				vs.				vs.				Mirrors
Map	#	Σ			%	Σ			%	Σ			%
Dusk Towers	25	5	4	1	80.0%	3	0	3	0.0%	10	8	2	80.0%	2	4	1
Frozen Temple	20	5	4	1	80.0%	6	3	3	50.0%	5	4	1	80.0%	2	2	-
Invader LE	8	3	2	1	66.7%	3	1	2	33.3%	1	0	1	0.0%	1	-	-
Korhal Carnage Knockout	6	-	-	-	-	2	2	0	100.0%	4	1	3	25.0%	-	-	-
Prion Terraces	13	-	-	-	-	3	3	0	100.0%	2	2	0	100.0%	4	3	1
Ruins of Endion	13	4	4	0	100.0%	3	3	0	100.0%	5	3	2	60.0%	1	-	-
Ulrena	14	1	0	1	0.0%	7	4	3	57.1%	4	4	0	100.0%	1	1	-
Total Sum (Σ)	99	18	14	4	77.8%	27	16	11	59.3%	31	22	9	71.0%	11	10	2

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External Links[edit]

References[edit]

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