2014 Taiwan Open

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[e][h]Taiwan eSports League 2014 TWOP
League Information
Series:
Sponsor(s):
Game Version:
Server:
Taiwan
Type:
Offline
Location:
Taiwan Taipei
Format:
Single-elimination bracket
Prize Pool:
NT$750,000 TWD
(≃ $25,000 USD)
Start Date:
2014-08-08
End Date:
2014-08-09
Liquipedia Tier:
Links
Participants
Number of Players:
16
Protoss 1
Terran 2
Zerg 13
Maps

Overview

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The 2014 Taiwan eSports Open is an offline tournament organized by Taiwan eSports League at the Expo Dome in Taipei, Taiwan. The event is casted by the famous duo Nicolas "Tasteless" Plott and Daniel "Artosis" Stemkoski with the help of Kevin "qxc" Riley. Benjamin "BreAKer" Novotny is the host and interviewer and is doing some commentary as well.

Format

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Qualifier:

  • Open to any player ranked Masters or above on the Korea & Taiwan server.
  • Four players will qualify after a single-elimination bracket and two group stages.

Invites:

  • Top eight Taiwanese players from TeSL 2013-2014.
  • Four international players will also be invited.

Main tournament:

  • Single-elimination bracket of sixteen players.
  • Matches are best of 3.
  • Semifinals and third place are played in best of 5.
  • Grand Finals is played in best of 7.

Talents

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  • Taiwanese Commentator:

Prize Pool

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NT$750,000 (~25,000 USD1) and 4,000 WCS Points are spread among the players as seen below:

1 Currency conversion is based on the currency exchange rate (taken from xe.com) on 2014-06-04. [NT$1 TWD ≈ 0.0332544 USD]
2 Players must advance one round in order to claim WCS points for that placement. Being seeded through qualifiers counts as advancing one round. Invited players who are eliminated in Ro16 receive no WCS points.

Participants

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Protoss Protoss (1)
Terran Terran (2)
Zerg Zerg (13)
TaiwanAK 
Wayi SpiderWayi Spider
TaiwanIan 
yoe Flash Wolvesyoe Flash Wolves
TaiwanSen 
Hong Kong AttitudeHong Kong Attitude
Invited Players (4)
Qualified Players (4)
South KoreaPet 
StarTaleStarTale

1 DS forfeited and, following Hui retirement, the next players in line were Ball, Fly and Python. Fly and Ball also retired so Python was invited.[1]

Results

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Round of 16 (Bo3)
Quarterfinals (Bo3)
Semifinals (Bo5)
Finals (Bo7)
South KoreaTerranTaeJa
0
South KoreaZergLeenock
2
August 8, 2014 - 12:30 TST
0:2(Bo3)
South KoreaZergHyuN
2
TaiwanZergAK
0
August 8, 2014 - 13:40 TST
2:0(Bo3)
South KoreaZergLeenock
1
South KoreaZergHyuN
2
TaiwanZergIan
2
South KoreaZergDeParture
1
South KoreaZergJaedong
2
South KoreaZergPet
1
TaiwanZergIan
2
South KoreaZergJaedong
1
South KoreaZergHyuN
3
TaiwanZergIan
1
South KoreaTerranBomber
2
South KoreaZergTRUE
1
August 8, 2014 - 17:00 TST
2:1(Bo3)
TaiwanZergSen
2
TaiwanZergCheetos
0
August 8, 2014 - 18:00 TST
2:0(Bo3)
South KoreaTerranBomber
0
TaiwanZergSen
2
August 8, 2014 - 23:00 TST
0:2(Bo3)
TaiwanProtossHas
2
TaiwanZergPython
0
August 8, 2014 - 19:20 TST
2:0(Bo3)
TaiwanZergSlam
0
TaiwanZergFist
2
August 8, 2014 - 20:05 TST
0:2(Bo3)
TaiwanProtossHas
2
TaiwanZergFist
0
August 8, 2014 - 23:55 TST
2:0(Bo3)
TaiwanZergSen
3
TaiwanProtossHas
1
3rd Place Match (Bo5)
TaiwanZergIan
0
TaiwanProtossHas
3
August 9, 2014 - 21:00 TST
0:3(Bo5)

Racial Distribution

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ProtossTerranZerg
Round of 16
1213
Quarterfinals
116
Semifinals
13
Finals
2
Champion
1

See Also

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References

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  1. Mooncake (July 10, 2014). "Strongest eight local players officially announced!". Esports.com. Retrieved July 11, 2014.