Warcraft Gold League Events |
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| | First named Golden Championship Series, it has been changed to Warcraft Gold League. | | | 2015 | |  | | | 2016 | | | | 2017 | | | | 2018 | | | | 2019 | | | | 2020 | | | | Upcoming | |
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Location:

Shanghai
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 groups were revealed by the end of October, after all the regional qualifiers were completed.[1] The most notable feature was the strong collection of players in Group A, quickly dubbed the group of death.
Format and dates[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.
In case of tie, players are settle following these rules :
- direct confrontation,
- maps won-loss difference.
Broadcasting[edit]
Official streams[edit]
Broadcasters[edit]
Link to multiple stream : page with the 3 games (english casting from Back2warcraft, Hi2chaco & Khaldor)
Results[edit]
Group A[edit]
Foggy | | 2-1 | 1-2 | 2-1 | 2-1 | 2-0 |
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TH000 | 1-2 | | 1-2 | 2-0 | 2-0 | 0-2 |
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Lyn | 2-1 | 2-1 | | 2-1 | 2-0 | 2-0 |
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WFZ | 1-2 | 0-2 | 1-2 | | 2-1 | 1-2 |
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Neytpoh | 1-2 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 1-2 | | 2-1 |
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Chaemiko | 0-2 | 2-0 | 0-2 | 2-1 | 1-2 | |
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| Foggy | TH000 | Lyn | WFZ | Neytpoh | Chaemiko |
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Group B[edit]
 | | 2-0 | 2-0 | 1-2 | 2-0 | 2-1 |
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Sok | 0-2 | | 1-2 | 2-0 | 2-0 | 2-0 |
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Fly100% | 0-2 | 2-1 | | 2-1 | 2-0 | 2-0 |
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Lucifer | 2-1 | 0-2 | 1-2 | | 1-2 | 2-0 |
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Soin | 0-2 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 2-1 | | 2-0 |
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DanGer | 1-2 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 0-2 | |
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|  | Sok | Fly100% | Lucifer | Soin | DanGer |
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Group C[edit]
Moon | | 2-0 | 2-0 | 2-0 | 2-0 | 2-0 |
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Infi | 0-2 | | 2-0 | 2-0 | 2-1 | 2-0 |
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Sonik | 0-2 | 0-2 | | 1-2 | 1-2 | 1-2 |
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pcg_123 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 2-1 | | 1-2 | 0-2 |
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Cash | 0-2 | 1-2 | 2-1 | 2-1 | | 2-0 |
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Zhou_Xixi | 0-2 | 0-2 | 2-1 | 2-0 | 0-2 | |
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| Moon | Infi | Sonik | pcg_123 | Cash | Zhou_Xixi |
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Group D[edit]
LawLiet | | 2-0 | 2-1 | 2-1 | 2-0 | 2-0 |
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Sini | 0-2 | | 0-2 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 2-1 |
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FoCuS | 1-2 | 2-0 | | 2-1 | 2-1 | 2-0 |
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120 | 1-2 | 2-0 | 1-2 | | 2-0 | 2-1 |
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HawK | 0-2 | 2-0 | 1-2 | 0-2 | | 2-0 |
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Hunter | 0-2 | 1-2 | 0-2 | 1-2 | 0-2 | |
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| LawLiet | Sini | FoCuS | 120 | HawK | Hunter |
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Map statistics[edit]
| Amazonia | 24 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 42.9 % | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 % | 3 | 2 | 1 | 66.7 % | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 % | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 % | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 % | - | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| Concealed Hill | 24 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 100.0 % | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20.0 % | 6 | 4 | 2 | 66.7 % | 1 | 1 | 0 | 100.0 % | 1 | 1 | 0 | 100.0 % | 6 | 5 | 1 | 83.3 % | - | 3 | - | - |
| Echo Isles | 24 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 % | 7 | 6 | 1 | 85.7 % | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 % | 2 | 2 | 0 | 100.0 % | 6 | 5 | 1 | 83.3 % | - | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| Last Refuge | 28 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 71.4 % | 8 | 4 | 4 | 50.0 % | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 0 | 100.0 % | 4 | 3 | 1 | 75.0 % | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20.0 % | - | 2 | 1 | - |
| Northern Isles | 23 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 25.0 % | 4 | 1 | 3 | 25.0 % | 4 | 1 | 3 | 25.0 % | 2 | 1 | 1 | 50.0 % | 6 | 2 | 4 | 33.3 % | 2 | 1 | 1 | 50.0 % | - | 1 | - | - |
| Terenas Stand LV | 15 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 33.3 % | 5 | 4 | 1 | 80.0 % | 4 | 3 | 1 | 75.0 % | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 2 | 1 | 66.7 % | - | - | - | - |
| Twisted Meadows | 5 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 1 | 2 | 33.3 % | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 % | - | - | 1 | - |
| Total Sum (Σ) | 143 | 24 | 12 | 12 | 50.0 % | 34 | 17 | 17 | 50.0 % | 17 | 10 | 7 | 58.8 % | 7 | 3 | 4 | 42.9 % | 15 | 8 | 7 | 53.3 % | 26 | 14 | 12 | 53.8 % | - | 12 | 6 | 2 |
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