Warcraft Gold League - 2018 - Winter Season
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The Warcraft Gold League - 2018 - Winter Season is the second part of the most important individual tournament in 2018. With one the biggest prize pool of the year and the obligation to earn his place via a qualifier tournament, this is the most prestigious event in the scene.
It is organized by Blizzard Entertainment's Chinese partner : NetEase, played at Shanghai, offline. During November, the very best players of the world will fight in a double elimination groupstage before going into the single elimination playoffs.
The korean player Moon won, beating Foggy in final.
Contents
Format and dates[edit]
Qualifiers[edit]
The qualification system has changed. Asian qualifiers has become NetEase qualifiers. Players - from all the world - can earn leader-board points in monthly races :
- 4 monthly qualifier tournaments (top 32 players from NetEase ladder are invited),
- 4 monthly ladder Races, ending on the 10th of each month,
- 1 seasonal ladder Race, ending in November.
Following the top 18 players qualify.
Two european qualifiers for 4 slots :
One american qualifier for 2 slots :
Groupstage (24 into 8)[edit]
During groupstage 24 players are divived into 4 groups of 6 players :
- round robin (a player faces each other once),
- all matches are best-of-3,
- top 2 of each group advance to the playoffs,
- groupstage will be play from November 28th to December 1st.
Playoffs[edit]
8 players in a single elimination bracket :
- quarterfinals and semi-finals are best-of-5,
- final is best-of-7,
- playoffs will be play from December 5th to 8th.
Map pool[edit]
Prize Pool[edit]
¥ 114,000 (≃ $ 16,567) are spread among the players as seen below :
| Place | $ USD | ¥ CNY | Player | Team |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 1st
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$5,813 | ¥ 40,000 |  Moon
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 2nd
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$2,907 | ¥ 20,000 |  Foggy
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 Go
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 3rd
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$1,453 | ¥ 10,000 | Infi
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 Rogue Warriors
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 4th
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$1,163 | ¥ 8,000 | Lyn
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 Newbee
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| 5th-8th | $727 | ¥ 5,000 | FoCuS
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 All for One
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| Fly100%
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| Colorful
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 Perfect Show
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| LawLiet
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Newbee
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| 9th-12th | $145 | ¥ 1,000 | Chaemiko
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All for One
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| Sok
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All for One
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 Cash
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 Wolves eSports
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| 120
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Newbee
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| 13th-16th | $145 | ¥ 1,000 | TH000
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 GK Gaming
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| Lucifer
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All for One
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| Zhou Xixi
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Go
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| HawK
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| 17th-20th | $145 | ¥ 1,000 | WFZ
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Perfect Show
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| So.in
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All for One
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| pcg 123
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| Sini
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 Team SiLence
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| 21st-24th | $145 | ¥ 1,000 | Neytpoh
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 DanGer
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 DuSt Gaming
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| Sonik
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Wolves eSports
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| Hunter
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 RAGE Esports
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Participants[edit]
| Human (5)
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Orc (6)
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Undead (4)
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Night Elf (9)
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| Players qualified via WGL Point System | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Infi |
FoCuS |
Lucifer |
LawLiet |
| Chaemiko |
Lyn |
120 |
Moon
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| Sok |
Fly100%
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WFZ |
Colorful |
| TH000 |
So.in |
pcg_123
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Foggy |
| Zhou_Xixi | |||
| Sini | |||
| Qualified via European Qualifiers | |||
| HawK
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Cash |
Sonik | |
| Neytpoh
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| Qualified via American Qualifiers* | |||
| DanGer |
Hunter | ||
Broadcasting[edit]
Official streams[edit]
- Yumiko (Yu Jiankai)
- Qiaolin (Chen Liangmin)
- Xun (Xun Changqing)
- Zhou_Xixi (Zhou Xixi)
- XiaoY
- TeD (Zeng Zhuo)
Broadcasters[edit]
- WoLv (Andrey Tokmakov)
Results[edit]
Groupstage[edit]
Here is groupstage results only, see groupstage detailed results page for more details.
Playoffs[edit]
Lyn
FoCuS Moon
Fly100%
LawLiet Foggy
Infi Foggy Moon
Foggy Lyn InfiStatistics[edit]
Maps (playoffs only)[edit]
| vs. | vs. | vs. | vs. | vs. | vs. | Mirrors | |||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Map | # | Σ | | | % | Σ | | | % | Σ | | | % | Σ | | | % | Σ | | | % | Σ | | | % | | | | |
| Amazonia | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 50.0 % | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| Concealed Hill | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 50.0 % | 2 | 2 | 0 | 100.0 % | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| Echo Isles | 3 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 % | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - |
| Last Refuge | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 % | 3 | 3 | 0 | 100.0 % | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | - |
| Northern Isles | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 100.0 % | 2 | 1 | 1 | 50.0 % | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | - |
| Terenas Stand LV | 5 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 3 | 0 | 100.0 % | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - |
| Twisted Meadows | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| Total Sum (Σ) | 31 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 57.1 % | 11 | 9 | 2 | 81.8 % | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 9 | 4 | - |
Distributions (race & region)[edit]
External links[edit]
VODs[edit]
Replays[edit]
Articles[edit]
- 2018-12-28 | WGL Winter 2018 by Hundredkg
- 2018-12-24 |
WGL Winter: Back2Warcraft Survey Results by Flipi of Warcraft3.info - 2018-12-18 | WGL Winter 2018 – Recap by Andre of Wolves eSports
- 2018-12-08 | WGL Winter 2018 - Grand Final by Flipi of Warcraft3.info
- 2018-12-07 | WGL Winter 2018 - Semi Finals by Ugrilainen & Flipi of Warcraft3.info
- 2018-12-06 | WGL Winter 2018 - Quarter Finals by Ugrilainen of Warcraft3.info
- 2018-12-03 | WGL Winter Groups C & D by Ugrilainen of Warcraft3.info
- 2018-11-29 | WGL Winter Groups A & B by Ugrilainen of Warcraft3.info
- 2018-11-20 | 暗夜杂技不是关键！这才是Moon线下夺冠最大拦路虎 by War3station (trans. [1] by GornLan Harbor)
- 2018-11-17 | 谁是预测王？大小逼王出线无忧，Moon遭欧洲解说看扁 by War3station (trans. [2] by GornLan Harbor)
- 2018-11-15 | WGL Winter 2018: Predictions And Analysis by Ugrilainen of Warcraft3.info
- 2018-07-17 | Анонс зимнего сезона WarCraft Gold League by Izzard of GoodGame.ru
- 2018-07-14 | 黄金联赛7月月赛7月19日打响 of http://dz.163.com
References[edit]
- ↑ 2018-08-11 | 黄金赛美洲区Walter弃权,Danger顶替参赛 by Tolkien of war3.replays at Warcraft Gold League 2018 Winter (trans. )