Warcraft Gold League - 2019 - Winter Season
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Warcraft Gold League - 2019 - Winter
League Information
Series:
Organizer:
Netease
Game:
Game Version:
Server:
Type:
Offline
Location:
Shanghai Format:
Groupstage : round-robin
Playoffs : single elimination
Playoffs : single elimination
Prize pool:
¥ 500,000 CNY (≃ $ 71,153 USD)
Start Date:
2019-11-23
End Date:
2019-11-30
Liquipedia Tier:
Links
Winners
Player Breakdown
Number of Players:
20
7
5
3
51v1 Map pool
Chronology
The Warcraft Gold League 2019 Winter Season is the second part of the most important individual tournament in 2019. 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 round-robin groupstage before going into the single elimination playoffs.
The Korean player Lyn won, defeating the defending champion Happy in final.
Contents
Format and dates[edit]
Qualifiers[edit]
NetEase qualifiers remain the same as the last edition. Two series of 4 monthly tournaments : Open and Pro. Respectively featuring 32 and 16 players each. With the same promotion/relegation. Eventually 8 players from each Korea and China qualify for the main event.
There is no western qualifier neither European nor American, since WGL organisation decide to choose and invite 4 players.
Group Stage (16 into 8)[edit]
During group stage 20 players are divived into 4 groups of 5 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 23rd to November 27th.
Playoffs[edit]
The 8 players left fight through a single elimination bracket :
- all matches are best-of-5,
- playoffs will be play from November 28th to November 30th.
Map pool[edit]
Prize Pool[edit]
¥ 500,000 (≃ $ 71,153) are spread among the players as seen below :
| Place | $ USD | ¥ CNY | Player | Team |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 1st
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$35,576 | ¥ 250,000 |  Lyn
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 Newbee
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 2nd
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$17,077 | ¥ 120,000 |  Happy
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 Lucky Future
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 3rd
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$8,538 | ¥ 60,000 | Romantic
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 LP Club
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 4th
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$4,269 | ¥ 30,000 | TH000
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 Rogue Warriors
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| 5th-8th | $1,423 | ¥ 10,000 | HawK
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| Check
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Lucky Future
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| 120
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Newbee
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| Sok
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 Winners
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| 9th-12th | - | - | Infi
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Rogue Warriors
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| Chaemiko
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Winners
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| Soin
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Lucky Future
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 Foggy
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| 13th-16th | - | - | Moon
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| WFZ
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Lucky Future
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| FoCuS
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LP Club
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| LawLiet
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Newbee
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| 17th-20th | - | - | Yumiko
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| Fly100%
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Rogue Warriors
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 Hitman
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 DuSt Gaming
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| Colorful
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LP Club
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Participants[edit]
| Human (7)
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Orc (5)
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Undead (3)
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Night Elf (5)
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| Players qualified via WGL Point System | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Infi |
Lyn |
120 |
LawLiet |
| Chaemiko |
FoCuS |
WFZ |
Check |
| Sok |
Soin |
Moon
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| Romantic |
Fly100% |
Colorful | |
| TH000 |
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| Yumiko
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| Invited European players | |||
| HawK
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Happy |
Foggy
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| Invited American players | |||
| Hitman |
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Broadcasting[edit]
China
Europe
Nomeid (Johann Servonnet)
- WellPlayedTV (Nikita Vasilev)
- WoLv (Andrey Tokmakov)
- Wanderbraun (Anton Nesterovskiy)
- KarmikKoala (Aleksandr Ivanushkin)
- Abver (Aleksey Drunin)
- Cake (Kirill Zabrodin)
- instamityay (Dmitry Serebrennikov)
- Maelstrom (Vladimir Kuzminov)
- instamityay (Dmitry Serebrennikov)
- Cake (Kirill Zabrodin)
- Maelstrom (Vladimir Kuzminov)
- Maelstrom (Vladimir Kuzminov)
- Cake (Kirill Zabrodin)
- instamityay (Dmitry Serebrennikov)
Powy (Miguel Aznar)
Korea
Results[edit]
Group Stage[edit]
Group A[edit]
| 2-0 | 2-0 | 0-2 | 0-2 | ||
| 0-2 | 2-1 | 0-2 | 1-2 | ||
| 0-2 | 1-2 | 2-0 | 2-0 | ||
| 2-0 | 2-0 | 0-2 | 0-2 | ||
| 2-0 | 2-1 | 0-2 | 2-0 | ||
| Match List | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Soin | 0 | 2 | Check |
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| Soin | 2 | 0 | Yumiko |
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| WFZ | 0 | 2 | HawK |
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| Yumiko | 0 | 2 | WFZ |
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| Soin | 0 | 2 | HawK |
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| WFZ | 2 | 0 | Check |
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| Yumiko | 2 | 1 | Check |
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| Check | 2 | 0 | HawK |
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| Soin | 2 | 0 | WFZ |
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| Yumiko | 1 | 2 | HawK |
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Group B[edit]
| 2-1 | 1-2 | 0-2 | 1-2 | ||
| 1-2 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 1-2 | ||
| 2-1 | 2-0 | 2-0 | 2-0 | ||
| 2-0 | 2-0 | 0-2 | 2-0 | ||
| 2-1 | 2-1 | 0-2 | 0-2 | ||
| Match List | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Lyn | 2 | 0 | Fly100% |
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| TH000 | 2 | 0 | LawLiet |
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| Lyn | 2 | 0 | Foggy |
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| LawLiet | 1 | 2 | Foggy |
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| Lyn | 2 | 0 | TH000 |
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| TH000 | 2 | 0 | Fly100% |
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| Fly100% | 1 | 2 | Foggy |
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| Lyn | 2 | 1 | LawLiet |
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| TH000 | 2 | 0 | Foggy |
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| LawLiet | 2 | 1 | Fly100% |
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Group C[edit]
| 0-2 | 2-0 | 0-2 | 2-0 | ||
| 2-0 | 2-0 | 2-1 | 1-2 | ||
 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 0-2 | |
| 2-0 | 1-2 | 2-0 | 0-2 | ||
| 0-2 | 2-1 | 2-0 | 2-0 | ||
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| Match List | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Happy | 2 | 0 | Moon |
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| Colorful | 0 | 2 | Sok |
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| Happy | 1 | 2 | Sok |
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| Infi | 2 | 0 | Colorful |
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| Happy | 2 | 1 | Infi |
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| Moon | 2 | 0 | Sok |
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| Happy | 2 | 0 | Colorful |
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| Infi | 2 | 0 | Moon |
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| Colorful | 0 | 2 | Moon |
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| Infi | 0 | 2 | Sok |
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Group D[edit]
| 1-2 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 2-1 | ||
| 2-1 | 1-2 | 0-2 | 2-0 | ||
| 2-1 | 2-1 | 0-2 | 2-0 | ||
| 2-1 | 2-0 | 2-0 | 2-0 | ||
| 1-2 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 0-2 | ||
| Group D | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Romantic | 2 | 1 | Chaemiko |
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| Romantic | 2 | 1 | FoCuS |
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| Hitman | 0 | 2 | 120 |
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| 120 | 2 | 1 | FoCuS |
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| Romantic | 2 | 0 | Hitman |
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| Romantic | 0 | 2 | 120 |
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| Chaemiko | 2 | 1 | FoCuS |
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| Hitman | 1 | 2 | FoCuS |
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| Hitman | 0 | 2 | Chaemiko |
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| 120 | 2 | 0 | Chaemiko |
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Playoffs[edit]
Quarterfinals
HawK2
Romantic3
Lyn3
Check1
1202
Happy3
Semifinals
Happy3
TH0001
Finals
Lyn3
Happy1
3rd Place Match
Romantic3
TH0002
Statistics[edit]
Maps[edit]
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| Amazonia | 15 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 100.0% | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 0 | 100.0% | 3 | 1 | 2 | 33.3% | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0% | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0% | 3 | 1 | - | 1 |
| Concealed Hill | 33 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 75.0% | 3 | 2 | 1 | 66.7% | 4 | 2 | 2 | 50.0% | 6 | 3 | 3 | 50.0% | 7 | 3 | 4 | 42.9% | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0% | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Echo Isles | 17 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 66.7% | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0% | 3 | 2 | 1 | 66.7% | 2 | 1 | 1 | 50.0% | 3 | 2 | 1 | 66.7% | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0% | 2 | - | 1 | - |
| Last Refuge | 20 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 50.0% | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20.0% | 1 | 1 | 0 | 100.0% | 4 | 2 | 2 | 50.0% | 3 | 2 | 1 | 66.7% | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | 1 | 1 |
| Northern Isles | 27 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0% | 5 | 3 | 2 | 60.0% | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0.0% | 5 | 5 | 0 | 100.0% | 7 | 2 | 5 | 28.6% | - | - | - | - | 3 | 1 | - | 1 |
| Terenas Stand LV | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 66.7% | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 0 | 100.0% | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - |
| Twisted Meadows | 7 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | 0 | 100.0% | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0.0% | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| Total Sum (Σ) | 126 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 70.6% | 17 | 8 | 9 | 47.1% | 14 | 7 | 7 | 50.0% | 20 | 12 | 8 | 60.0% | 21 | 9 | 12 | 42.9% | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0.0% | 16 | 5 | 5 | 5 |