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OSC Championship 9
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OSC Championship Season 9
League Information
Organizers:
OSC
SC2Online
SC2Online
Game version:
Server:
Americas / Europe / South Korea
Type:
Online
Location:
WorldFormat:
1v1
Group Stage
Challenger
Playoffs
Group Stage
Challenger
Playoffs
Prize pool:
$5,210 USD
Start Date:
2022-01-06
End Date:
2022-01-25
Liquipedia Tier:
Links
Player Breakdown
Number of Players:
41
19
12
10Maps
Chronology
The OSC (Online Sports Championships) StarCraft II League is an online global league comprising 500+ tournaments run over 2021 (Season 9). 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 (500+ 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 ended on December 19, 2021 - 23:59 KST.
- The Season 9 finals takes place from January 6 to January 25 2022.
- All OSC Elite Rewards Club members who played at any point during the regular season are eligible to participate in the Season 9 Championship.
- In the event of a tie on points, the player with the most scalp points will be awarded the higher seed.
- Group Stage:
- Ranks 21-32 are seeded into 2 groups.
- Round Robin Format.
- All matches are Bo2.
- Top 3 from each group advance to the Championship Bracket.
- Bottom 3 from each group drop down to the Challenger Playoff Stage where they can (but not have to) play.
- Challenger Playoffs:
- Challenger Playoffs consist of a mix of the 6 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 3 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.
- All matches are Bo5.
- Grand Finals are Bo7 with a 1-0 advantage for the player coming from the Winners' Bracket.
Map Pool[edit]
Talents[edit]
- Commentators:
Chickenman (Montana West)
Light_VIP (Lloyd Sanchez)
Steadfast (Dave Loose)
Wardi (Jonathon Ward)
Yakuzaku (Dylan Tay)
Prize Pool[edit]
1st
2nd 
3rd
4th
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- If a player had won the event starting from the Lower Bracket, an additional $350 prize would have been awarded.[1]
Participants[edit]
Protoss (19) Terran (12) Zerg (10)Winners of the Mid Season Playoffs (3)
1 1 
Seeded into the Championship Bracket (17)
Seeded into the Group Stage (12)
2 
2 
Starting from the Challenger Playoff Stage (9)
1 Zest won 2 of the Mid Season Playoffs thus the 3rd seed was awarded to ByuN who finished in 2nd place of the MSP#3.
2 Bekzhan forfeited his spot in the Group Stage and was replaced by Creator.
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)
3
2
3
2
January 6, 2022 - 17:55 CET
1
3
1
3
January 10, 2022 - 16:15 CET
Krystianer starts with a 1 map advantage.
Krystianer started with a 1-0 advantage due to ByuN postponing the match due to playing in the 2022 GSL ST1 Qualifiers.
2
3
2
3
January 6, 2022 - 15:15 CET
FF
W
3
2
3
2
January 10, 2022 - 14:15 CET
2
3
2
3
January 10, 2022 - 17:00 CET
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
3
2
3
2
January 20, 2022 - 15:10 CET
2
3
2
3
January 21, 2022 - 19:20 CET
3
2
3
2
3
2
3
2
January 20, 2022 - 19:05 CET
2
3
2
3
3
2
3
2
January 25, 2022 - 17:00 CET
Racial Distribution[edit]
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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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| Finals |
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| Champion |
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Map Statistics[edit]
| vs. | vs. | vs. | Mirrors | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Map | # | Σ | | | % | Σ | | | % | Σ | | | % | | | |
| 2000 Atmospheres LE | 46 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 50.0% | 9 | 1 | 8 | 11.1% | 16 | 8 | 8 | 50.0% | 14 | 4 | 1 |
| Berlingrad LE | 52 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 50.0% | 11 | 4 | 7 | 36.4% | 21 | 10 | 11 | 47.6% | 7 | 1 | 6 |
| Blackburn LE | 30 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 25.0% | 3 | 1 | 2 | 33.3% | 9 | 6 | 3 | 66.7% | 10 | 2 | 2 |
| Curious Minds LE | 32 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0.0% | 8 | 1 | 7 | 12.5% | 8 | 3 | 5 | 37.5% | 10 | 1 | 2 |
| Glittering Ashes LE | 37 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 66.7% | 6 | 1 | 5 | 16.7% | 12 | 6 | 6 | 50.0% | 7 | 2 | 4 |
| Hardwire LE | 46 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 50.0% | 6 | 2 | 4 | 33.3% | 15 | 9 | 6 | 60.0% | 13 | 1 | 7 |
| Pride of Altaris LE | 18 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 33.3% | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40.0% | 4 | 1 | 3 | 25.0% | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Total Sum (Σ) | 261 | 28 | 12 | 16 | 42.9% | 48 | 12 | 36 | 25.0% | 85 | 43 | 42 | 50.6% | 63 | 12 | 25 |
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Streams[edit]
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