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OSC Championship 8

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[e][h]OSC Championship Season 8
League Information
Organizers:
OSC
SC2Online
Sponsor(s):
Server:
Americas
Type:
Online
Location:
World World
Format:
1v1
Group Stage
Challenger Playoffs
Double-elimination Playoffs
Prize Pool:
$5,735 USD
Start Date:
2021-01-02
End Date:
2021-01-11
Liquipedia Tier:
Links
Participants
Number of Players:
44
Protoss 21
Terran 6
Zerg 17
Maps
Chronology


The OSC (Online Sports Championships) StarCraft II League is an online global league comprising 675+ tournaments run over 2020 (season 8). The OSC World Rankings represent the data and results from all those tournaments (along with other bonuses and competitions), and are updated regularly throughout the year for players, teams and fans to follow.

The annual Championship is open to all OSC Elite Rewards Club members. The format is designed to reward those players who finish highly in the World Rankings (Top 20 seeded directly into the Championship Bracket), as they have shown a combination of results and regular participation throughout the year (675+ events), earning a high seed! All other club members start earlier in the bracket, either Group Stage or Challenger Brackets. All who play, get paid, and the winner is crowned the undisputed champion of online SC2 competition for the year, securing themself the engraved trophy and a position amongst the games greats in the OSC Hall of Fame.

Format[edit]

  • Season ends on December 20, 2020 - 23:59 KST.
  • The season 8 finals takes place from January 2 to January 11 2021.
  • All OSC Elite Rewards Club members who played at any point during the regular season are eligible to participate in the Season 8 Championship.
  • In the event of a tie on points, the player with the most scalp points will be awarded the higher seed.
  • Group Format:
    • Ranks 21-36 are seeded into 4 groups.
    • Dual Tournament Format.
    • The first round matchups are Bo3.
    • Qualifying and Elimination matches are Bo5.
    • Top 2 from each group advance to the Championship Bracket.
    • The players who place third and fourth in their groups drop down to the Challenger Playoff Stage.
  • Challenger Playoffs Format:
    • Challenger Playoffs consist of a mix of the 8 players coming from the Group Stage and the Club members who didn't qualify for the Championship Bracket or Group Stage.
    • All Challenger Bracket series are Bo3, except the 2 qualifying series which are Bo5.
  • Championship Bracket:
    • Ranks 1st-12th are seeded in Winner's Bracket according to their ranking.
    • Ranks 13th-20th are seeded in First Round of Winner's Bracket.
    • 3 Mid Season playoffs winners start in the Winner's Bracket.

Map Pool[edit]

Talents[edit]

  • Guest Commentator:
  • French Commentators:
    • France Funka (Alexandre Verrier)
    • France Koka (Thibault Le Gall)
    • France MoMaN (Emmanuel Marquez)
    • France TKL (Rémi Hibon)
    • France YoGo (Pierre-Marie Humeau)

Prize Pool[edit]

Participants[edit]

Protoss Protoss (21)
Terran Terran (6)
Zerg Zerg (17)
Winners of the Mid Season Playoffs (3)
Seeded into the Championship Bracket (17)
Seeded into the Group Stage (16)
Starting from the Challenger Playoff Stage (8)

Championship Bracket[edit]

Upper Bracket Round 1
Upper Bracket Round 1
UB Round 1
UBR1
Upper Bracket Round 2
Upper Bracket Round 2
UB Round 2
UBR2
Upper Bracket Round 3
Upper Bracket Round 3
UB Round 3
UBR3
Upper Bracket Quarterfinals
Upper Bracket Quarterfinals
UB Quarterfinals
UBQF
Upper Bracket Semifinals
Upper Bracket Semifinals
UB Semifinals
UBSF
Upper Bracket Final
Upper Bracket Final
UB Final
UBF
Grand Finals (Bo7)
South KoreaZergSolar
3
BrazilTerranKelazhur
1
VietnamProtossJusticeSimon
0
PolandProtossZiomek
3
South KoreaZergSolar
3
PolandProtossZiomek
0
UkraineZergBly
0
South KoreaZergSolar
3
MexicoZergCham
0
FranceTerranClem
3
Lower Bracket Round 2
Lower Bracket Round 2
LB Round 2
LBR2
Lower Bracket Round 3
Lower Bracket Round 3
LB Round 3
LBR3
Lower Bracket Round 4
Lower Bracket Round 4
LB Round 4
LBR4
Lower Bracket Round 5
Lower Bracket Round 5
LB Round 5
LBR5
Lower Bracket Round 6
Lower Bracket Round 6
LB Round 6
LBR6
Lower Bracket Quarterfinals
Lower Bracket Quarterfinals
LB Quarterfinals
LBQF
Lower Bracket Semifinal
Lower Bracket Semifinal
LB Semifinal
LBSF
Lower Bracket Final
Lower Bracket Final
LB Final
LBF
MexicoTerranSpeCial
3
United StatesZergstarkiller
0
PolandProtossArT
0
South KoreaZergArmani
3
Non-representingZergVanya
3
South KoreaZergArmani
1
Non-representingZergVanya
0
GermanyProtossShoWTimE
3
United StatesProtossNina
1
GermanyProtossShoWTimE
3
PolandProtossKrystianer
1
GermanyProtossShoWTimE
3
FranceZergDenver
3
TaiwanProtossNice
0
NetherlandsProtossMarsman
0
FranceZergDenver
3
VietnamProtossJusticeSimon
0
SpainZergSouLeer
3
UkraineZergBly
3
FranceZergDenver
0
PolandProtossMaNa
3
South KoreaProtossCreator
0
January 10, 2021 - 15:50 CET
PolandProtossZiomek
0
RussiaZergBee
3
January 9, 2021 - 20:00 CET
PolandProtossMaNa
3
RussiaZergBee
1
PolandProtossGerald
0
PolandProtossMaNa
3
South KoreaTerranCure
3
PolandProtossMaNa
0
South KoreaZergSolar
3
South KoreaTerranCure
1
MexicoZergCham
0
GermanyProtossShoWTimE
3
FranceTerranClem
4
GermanyProtossShoWTimE
1
January 11, 2021 - 16:30 CET
Clem starts with a 1 map advantage.

Racial Distribution[edit]

ProtossTerranZerg
Participants
21617
Round of 32
15512
Round of 26
12410
Round of 18
739
Round of 14
626
Round of 10
424
Round of 8
422
Round of 6
222
Round of 4
112
Round of 3
111
Grand Finals
11
Winner
1

Map Statistics[edit]

Terran vs. ZergZerg vs. ProtossProtoss vs. TerranMirrors
Map#ΣTerranZergTerran%ΣZergProtossZerg%ΣProtossTerranProtoss%ProtossTerranZerg
Deathaura LE52104640.0%106460.0%114736.4%1614
Jagannatha LE3332166.7%148657.1%21150.0%10-4
Lightshade LE5151420.0%169756.2%72528.6%1319
Oxide LE4163350.0%134930.8%85362.5%8-6
Pillars of Gold LE3485362.5%117463.6%41325.0%416
Romanticide LE4786275.0%136746.2%81712.5%1215
Submarine LE10220100.0%110100.0%1010.0%114
Total Sum (Σ)26842231954.8%78413752.6%41142734.1%64538

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Viewership Statistics[edit]

Viewership Stats
Peak Viewers 5 490
Average Viewers 1 920
Hours Watched 97 423

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