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OSC Championship 8
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OSC Championship Season 8
League Information
Organizers:
OSC
SC2Online
SC2Online
Sponsor(s):
Game version:
Server:
Americas
Type:
Online
Location:
WorldFormat:
1v1
Group Stage
Challenger Playoffs
Double-elimination Playoffs
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
Player breakdown
Number of players:
44
21
6
17Maps
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]
- Commentators
Chickenman (Montana West)
Kozan (Simon Verhoeven)
Wardi (Jonathon Ward)
iNu (Park)
- Guest Commentator
- Harstem (Kevin de Koning)
Prize Pool[edit]
| Place | $ USD | Player | Team |
|---|---|---|---|
 1st | $1,000 |  Clem |   Team Liquid |
 2nd | $500 |  ShoWTimE |  BIG |
 3rd | $400 |  Cham |  Team eXoN |
 4th | $300 | Solar |  KaiZi Gaming |
| 5th-6th | $200 |  Krystianer |  Team Blacer |
| Cure |  Dragon Phoenix Gaming | ||
| 7th-8th | $175 | Nina | Team eXoN |
| MaNa | Team Liquid | ||
| 9th-10th | $150 |  Vanya |  b100 eSports |
 Bly |  RYE Gaming | ||
| 11th-14th | $100 | Armani |  Afreeca Freecs |
 MaxPax | Team eXoN | ||
| Denver | |||
| Gerald | Team eXoN | ||
| 15th-18th | $100 | SpeCial | Team eXoN |
| Zoun |  Alpha X | ||
 SouLeer | Team eXoN | ||
| Bee |  3D!Clan | ||
| 19th-26th | $100 | starkiller | Alpha X |
 Kelazhur | Team Liquid | ||
 MeomaikA | |||
| PAPI | Team Blacer | ||
| Marsman |  Archangel Gaming | ||
| JusticeSimon | Archangel Gaming | ||
| Creator |  Team NV | ||
| Ziomek | Team Blacer | ||
| 27th-32nd | $100 | ArT | Alpha X |
| souL |  Cascade | ||
 Mixu |  KOVA Esports | ||
 Nice | Alpha X | ||
| Rogue | Dragon Phoenix Gaming | ||
| SKillous | Cascade | ||
| 33rd | $50 | Snoxtar |  Manes Sarmatis |
| 34th-35th | $50 |  kiyj | |
| Exostriker | Alpha X | ||
| 36th | $25 |  Vivid | |
| 37th-38th | $25 | Arrogfire | Alpha X |
| Trifax | |||
| 39th-42nd | $10 | Lillekanin |  ePunks |
| Ryan | Team eXoN | ||
| YoungYakov |  CSO eSports | ||
| 39th-42nd | - | ThuocLao | |
| 43rd-44th | $10 | Pacomike | Alpha X |
| Spatz | Archangel Gaming |
Participants[edit]
| Protoss (21) | Terran (6) | Zerg (17) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winners of the Mid Season Playoffs (3) | ||||
| MaNa | Cure | Solar | ||
| Seeded into the Championship Bracket (17) | ||||
| Gerald | Clem | Bee | ||
| JusticeSimon | Kelazhur | Bly | ||
| Krystianer | SpeCial | Cham | ||
| Marsman | MeomaikA | |||
| MaxPax | starkiller | |||
| Nina | Vanya | |||
| PAPI | ||||
| Ziomek | ||||
| Seeded into the Group Stage (16) | ||||
| Creator | Lillekanin | Armani | ||
| Exostriker | souL | Denver | ||
| Nice | kiyj | |||
| Pacomike | Rogue | |||
| Ryan | YoungYakov | |||
| ShoWTimE | ||||
| SKillous | ||||
| Spatz | ||||
| ThuocLao | ||||
| Starting from the Challenger Playoff Stage (8) | ||||
| Arrogfire | Mixu | |||
| ArT | Snoxtar | |||
| Zoun | SouLeer | |||
| Trifax | ||||
| Vivid | ||||
Championship Bracket[edit]
 | This is a legacy bracket! Please use the new bracket instead. |
Upper Round 1
Upper Round 1
UB Round 1
UB R1
Upper Round 2
Upper Round 2
UB Round 2
UB R2
Upper Round 3
Upper Round 3
UB Round 3
UB R3
Upper Bracket Quarter-Finals
Upper Bracket Quarter-Finals
Upper Quarter-Finals
UB Quarter-Finals
UB QF
Upper Bracket Semi-Finals
Upper Bracket Semi-Finals
Upper Semi-Finals
UB Semi-Finals
UB SF
Upper Bracket Final
Upper Bracket Final
Upper Final
UB Final
Grand Finals (Bo7)
2
3
MarsmanSpeCial
3
2
GeraldSpeCial2
3
NinaSolar3
2
starkillerMeomaikA1
3
MaxPaxClem0
3
VanyaCure3
2
ClemCure2
3
KrystianerClemLower Round 2
Lower Round 2
LB Round 2
LB R2
Lower Round 3
Lower Round 3
LB Round 3
LB R3
Lower Round 4
Lower Round 4
LB Round 4
LB R4
Lower Round 5
Lower Round 5
LB Round 5
LB R5
Lower Round 6
Lower Round 6
LB Round 6
LB R6
Lower Bracket Quarter-Finals
Lower Bracket Quarter-Finals
Lower Quarter-Finals
LB Quarter-Finals
LB QF
Lower Bracket Semi-Finals
Lower Bracket Semi-Finals
Lower Semi-Finals
LB Semi-Finals
LB SF
Lower Bracket Final
Lower Bracket Final
Lower Final
LB Final
2
3
KelazhurArmani2
3
MeomaikAZoun3
0
ShoWTimEMixu2
3
RogueSouLeer3
1
3
2
CreatorSKillous2
3
BlyMaNa3
2
ShoWTimESolarRacial Distribution[edit]
| Protoss | Terran | Zerg | ||||
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| Participants |
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| Round of 32 |
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| Round of 26 |
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| Round of 18 |
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| Round of 14 |
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| Round of 10 |
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| Round of 8 |
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| Round of 6 |
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| Round of 4 |
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| Round of 3 |
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| Grand Finals |
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| Winner |
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Map Statistics[edit]
| vs. | vs. | vs. | Mirrors | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Map | # | Σ | | | % | Σ | | | % | Σ | | | % | | | |
| Deathaura LE | 52 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 40.0% | 10 | 6 | 4 | 60.0% | 11 | 4 | 7 | 36.4% | 1 | 4 | 16 |
| Jagannatha LE | 33 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 66.7% | 14 | 8 | 6 | 57.1% | 2 | 1 | 1 | 50.0% | - | 4 | 10 |
| Lightshade LE | 51 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20.0% | 16 | 9 | 7 | 56.2% | 7 | 2 | 5 | 28.6% | 1 | 9 | 13 |
| Oxide LE | 41 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 50.0% | 13 | 4 | 9 | 30.8% | 8 | 5 | 3 | 62.5% | - | 6 | 8 |
| Pillars of Gold LE | 34 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 62.5% | 11 | 7 | 4 | 63.6% | 4 | 1 | 3 | 25.0% | 1 | 6 | 4 |
| Romanticide LE | 47 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 75.0% | 13 | 6 | 7 | 46.2% | 8 | 1 | 7 | 12.5% | 1 | 5 | 12 |
| Submarine LE | 10 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 100.0% | 1 | 1 | 0 | 100.0% | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0% | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| Total Sum (Σ) | 268 | 42 | 23 | 19 | 54.8% | 78 | 41 | 37 | 52.6% | 41 | 14 | 27 | 34.1% | 5 | 38 | 64 |
View Games[edit]
Streams[edit]
External Links[edit]
Viewership Statistics[edit]
| Viewership Stats | ||
|---|---|---|
| Peak Viewers | 5 490 | |
| Average Viewers | 1 920 | |
| Hours Watched | 97 423 | |