Golden Championship Series 2015 (2v2 tournament)
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GCS 2015 (2v2)
League Information
Series:
Organizer:
Sponsor:
Game:
Game Version:
Type:
Offline
Location:
Shanghai Format:
2v2
Prize pool:
¥ 57,000 (≃ $ 8,663)
Start Date:
2016-01-13
End Date:
2016-01-23
Liquipedia Tier:
Links
Player Breakdown
Number of Players:
8
Teams
Number of Teams:
4
2v2 map pool
Chronology
The Golden Championship Series 2015 (2v2) is organized by Blizzard Entertainment's Chinese partner : NetEase, played at Shanghai, offline. For the first time, the NetEase ladder season ends with a tournament. Within the 8 best players of the 2v2 ladder season are invited.
Format and dates[edit]
Qualification[edit]
For the first installment, there were no qualifier tournament. Based on NetEase ladder ranking on 2015-12-31, the 8 best players are invited. They have to create pairs with another player present[1].
Playoffs[edit]
4 teams in a double elimination bracket :
- early rounds are best-of-3,
- Grand Final is best-of-5 (with 1-0 advantage for team coming from the winner bracket).
Prize pool[edit]
¥ 57,000 ( ≃ $ 8,663) are spread among the players as seen below :
| Place | $ USD | ¥ CNY | Players | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 1st
|
$4,560 | ¥ 30,000 |   Check
|
 TeD
|
 2nd
|
$2,280 | ¥ 15,000 | Hainiu
|
 Kingstod
|
 3rd
|
$1,216 | ¥ 8,000 | Yumiko
|
WFZ
|
 4th
|
$608 | ¥ 4,000 | cuplbie
|
 TJ
|
according to xe.com conversion rate on 2016-01-23 (¥ 1 ≃ $ 0.15199 ).
Results[edit]
Semifinals
Grand Finals