World Cyber Arena 2014

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[e][h]World Cyber Arena 2014
League Information
Series:
Organizer:
YIGI
Server:
cn
Type:
Offline
Location:
China China
Format:
Group Stage: Round Robin, Playoffs: Single Elimination
Prize Pool:
¥1,200,000 CNY
(≃ $195,000 USD)
Start Date:
2014-10-02
End Date:
2014-10-05
Number of Players:
33
Liquipedia Tier:
Links
Chronology

World Cyber Arena 2014 is a comprehensive eSports tournament organized by YIGI (Yinchuan International Game Investment Co.Ltd).

Information[edit]

Prize Pool[edit]

1,200,000 CNY (~195,000 USD) is spread among the players as seen below:

Conversion values taken from xe.com on August 26th, 2014. 1 CNY ≈0.1625 USD

Other Awards[edit]

Place Award
17-33th Golden version "Elite Tauren Chieftain" on CN Server

Format[edit]

  • Group Stage: Round Robin
    • All matches are Bo3.
    • The player who wins receives 3 points.
    • The player who loses receives 0 point.
    • Tiebreakers matches are Bo1.
    • Priority if the scores are even: head-to-head meetings > match wins > tiebreakers
    • Top 2 of each group advance to Playoffs.
  • Playoffs: Single Elimination
    • Ro16 and Quarterfinals are Bo5.
    • Semifinals and Finals are Bo7.
    • Players can ban 2 classes from his opponent per round.

Casters[edit]

Participants[edit]

Invited players (33)[1]
Germany ek0p
Cloud9Cloud9
Poland Lothar
Planetkey DynamicsPlanetkey Dynamics
United States Hafu **
Cloud9Cloud9
United States Alchemixt
Team CurseTeam Curse
Ukraine Kolento *
Cloud9Cloud9
Hong Kong Amaz
Team LiquidTeam Liquid
Sweden Forsen Finland Savjz
Team LiquidTeam Liquid
United States StrifeCro
Cloud9Cloud9
United States Hyped
Tempo StormTempo Storm
Canada Noxious
compLexity GamingcompLexity Gaming
United States Monk
Team LiquidTeam Liquid
Sweden Darkwonyx Poland Gnimsh
Cloud9Cloud9
United States ThatsAdmirable Romania Rdu
Meet Your MakersMeet Your Makers
Germany Gaara
Tempo StormTempo Storm
United States MaSsan
Team SoloMidTeam SoloMid
United States TidesofTime
Tempo StormTempo Storm
United States Reynad
Tempo StormTempo Storm
United States Chakki *
Team CoastTeam Coast
Canada Kitkatz
Tempo StormTempo Storm
Sweden Kungen
NihilumNihilum
China TiddlerCelestial
China DongZhong
Yolo MiracleYolo Miracle
China Comm
Invictus GamingInvictus Gaming
China MagicWind
ZhanqiZhanqi
China BlueNo team template exists for name "big3".
China ailv
Team DouyuTVTeam DouyuTV
China HunterMing
World EliteWorld Elite
China HuLu
World EliteWorld Elite
China YouLove
World EliteWorld Elite
China Island
ZhanqiZhanqi
China IceFox
ZhanqiZhanqi
China KowFox
Invictus GamingInvictus Gaming
China LiBo
ZhanqiZhanqi

* Kolento and Chakki could not attend.

** Hafu could not attend due to flight issues.[2]

Results[edit]

Group Stage[edit]

Group A[edit]

Group A
October 2, 2014 9:40 CST
1. China LiBo 2-1 5-3
2. China KowFox 2-1 4-3
3. Poland Lothar 1-2 4-4
4. China IceFox 1-2 2-5

Group B[edit]

Group B
October 2, 2014 13:40 CST
1. Finland Savjz 2-1 4-4
2. United States Alchemixt 2-1 5-4
3. United States ThatsAdmirable 1-2 4-5
4. United States Hyped 1-2 4-4

Group C[edit]

Group C
October 2, 2014 14:10 CST
1. China HuLu 2-1 5-3
2. China TiddlerCelestial 2-1 5-3
3. Sweden Forsen 2-1 5-4
4. United States Monk 0-3 1-6

Group D[edit]

Group D
October 2, 2014 16:10 CST
1. China HunterMing 2-1 5-3
2. Germany Ek0p 2-1 4-3
3. Sweden Kungen 1-2 4-5
4. United States Reynad 1-2 3-5

Group E[edit]

Group E
October 3, 2014 9:10 CST
1. China Blue 2-1 4-3
2. Poland Gnimsh 2-1 5-2
3. United States MaSsan 1-2 3-4
4. China DongZhong 1-2 2-5

Group F[edit]

Group F
October 3, 2014 9:10 CST
1. Germany Gaara 2-1 5-3
2. Canada Kitkatz 2-1 4-2
3. China YouLove 1-2 3-5
4. Canada Noxious 1-2 3-5

Group G[edit]

Group G
October 3, 2014 9:10 CST
1. Romania Rdu 3-0 6-1
2. United States TidesofTime 2-1 4-3
3. Hong Kong Amaz 1-2 2-5
4. United States StrifeCro 0-3 3-6

Group H[edit]

Group H
October 3, 2014 9:10 CST
1. Sweden Darkwonyx 3-1 7-2
2. China Comm 3-1 6-4
3. China MagicWind 2-2 5-4
4. China Island 2-2 5-5
5. China ailv 0-4 0-8

Playoffs[edit]

Round of 16
 China LiBo
3
LiBo
Alchemixt
October 3, 2014
Shaman
 
Shaman
 
Shaman
 
 USA Alchemixt
0
 China HuLu
1
HuLu
Ek0p
October 3, 2014
 Germany Ek0p
3
 China Blue
1
Blue
Kitkatz
October 3, 2014
 Canada Kitkatz
3
 Romania Rdu
3
Rdu
Comm
October 3, 2014 - 17:20 CST
Druid
Druid
Druid
Shaman
Druid
Warrior
 China Comm
0
 Sweden Darkwonyx
3
Darkwonyx
TidesofTime
October 3, 2014
 USA TidesofTime
0
 Germany Gaara
3
Gaara
Gnimsh
October 3, 2014
 Poland Gnimsh
2
 China HunterMing
2
HunterMing
TiddlerCelestial
October 3, 2014
 China TiddlerCelestial
3
 Finland Savjz
1
Savjz
KowFox
October 3, 2014
 China KowFox
3
Quarterfinals
 China LiBo
3
LiBo
Ek0p
October 3, 2014 - 18:30 CST
Shaman
Priest
Shaman
Warlock
Shaman
Warrior
 Germany Ek0p
0
 Canada Kitkatz
2
Kitkatz
Rdu
October 3, 2014
Due to confusion over the format being best-of-five or best-of-seven, it seems that an extra game was played, which Rdu won, however "Kripparian" reported that the score of the match was recorded as 3-2
 Romania Rdu
3
 Sweden Darkwonyx
0
Darkwonyx
Gaara
October 3, 2014 - 19:25 CST
Priest
Priest
Paladin
Priest
Shaman
Priest
 Germany Gaara
3
 China TiddlerCelestial
3
TiddlerCelestial
KowFox
October 3, 2014
 China KowFox
1
Semifinals
 China LiBo
4
LiBo
Rdu
October 4, 2014
Warlock
Priest
Priest
Priest
Priest
Warlock
Mage
Warlock
Mage
Warrior
Shaman
Warrior
Shaman
Druid
 Romania Rdu
3
 Germany Gaara
0
Gaara
TiddlerCelestial
October 4, 2014
Paladin
Druid
Priest
Druid
Druid
Druid
Warlock
Druid
 China TiddlerCelestial
4
Finals
 China LiBo
4
LiBo
TiddlerCelestial
October 5, 2014 - 10:00 CST
Druid
Warlock
Warlock
Warlock
Warlock
Priest
Warlock
Shaman
Warlock
Druid
 China TiddlerCelestial
1
3rd Place Match
 Romania Rdu
2
Rdu
Gaara
October 4, 2014 - 15:30 CST
Druid
Druid
Druid
Paladin
Druid
Hunter
Priest
Hunter
Warrior
Hunter
Rogue
Hunter
 Germany Gaara
4

See also[edit]

Streams[edit]

External links[edit]

References[edit]

  1. GTV (2014-09-15). "WCA Hearthstone Playerlist Published". In Cao Jixin. wca.g1080.com.
  2. GTV (2014-10-01). "Hafu could not attend WCA due to flight issues". In Wei Hongbin. wca.g1080.com.