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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
Format:
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
Maps
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]
2000 Atmospheres LE | Berlingrad LE | Blackburn LE | Curious Minds LE | Glittering Ashes LE | Hardwire LE | Pride of Altaris LE |
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Talents[edit]
- Commentators
Chickenman (Montana West)
Light_VIP (Lloyd Sanchez)
Steadfast (Dave Loose)
Wardi (Jonathon Ward)
Yakuzaku (Dylan Tay)
Prize Pool[edit]
- If a player had won the event starting from the Lower Bracket, an additional $350 prize would have been awarded.[1]
Participants[edit]



Seeded into the Championship Bracket (17)
Seeded into the Group Stage (12)
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 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)

3

2


January 6, 2022 - 16:55UTC

3

1



1

3


January 10, 2022 - 15:15UTC
Krystianer started with a 1-0 advantage due to ByuN postponing the match due to playing in the 2022 GSL ST1 Qualifiers.

2

3


January 6, 2022 - 14:15UTC

FF

W

3

2


January 10, 2022 - 13:15UTC

2

3


January 10, 2022 - 16:00UTC
Lower 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

3

1



3

2


January 20, 2022 - 14:10UTC

2

3


January 21, 2022 - 18:20UTC

3

2



3

2


January 20, 2022 - 18:05UTC

3

1



3

1



1

3



2

3



3

2


January 25, 2022 - 16:00UTC

4

2


January 25, 2022 - 17:20UTC
Racial Distribution[edit]
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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]
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Map | # | Σ | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | Σ | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | Σ | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
2000 Atmospheres LE | 46 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 50.0% | 9 | 1 | 8 | 11.1% | 16 | 8 | 8 | 50.0% | 4 | 1 | 14 |
Berlingrad LE | 52 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 50.0% | 11 | 4 | 7 | 36.4% | 21 | 10 | 11 | 47.6% | 1 | 6 | 7 |
Blackburn LE | 30 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 25.0% | 3 | 1 | 2 | 33.3% | 9 | 6 | 3 | 66.7% | 2 | 2 | 10 |
Curious Minds LE | 32 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0.0% | 8 | 1 | 7 | 12.5% | 8 | 3 | 5 | 37.5% | 1 | 2 | 10 |
Glittering Ashes LE | 37 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 66.7% | 6 | 1 | 5 | 16.7% | 12 | 6 | 6 | 50.0% | 2 | 4 | 7 |
Hardwire LE | 46 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 50.0% | 6 | 2 | 4 | 33.3% | 15 | 9 | 6 | 60.0% | 1 | 7 | 13 |
Pride of Altaris LE | 18 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 33.3% | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40.0% | 4 | 1 | 3 | 25.0% | 1 | 3 | 2 |
Total Sum (Σ) | 261 | 28 | 12 | 16 | 42.9% | 48 | 12 | 36 | 25.0% | 85 | 43 | 42 | 50.6% | 12 | 25 | 63 |
View Games[edit]
Streams[edit]
VoDs[edit]
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