2011 GSL Blizzard Cup  

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The Blizzard Cup is a tournament organized by GOMTV in which it plans to look back at and to conclude the year 2011 and determine the best of the best player.

2011 GSL Blizzard Cup
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League Information
Organizer: GOMTV
Game Version: Wings of Liberty Patch 1.4.2
Server: South Korea
Event Type: Offline
Location: South Korea South Korea
Format: Group stage, then playoffs
Prize pool: ₩68,000,000
Start Date: 2011-12-12
End Date: 2011-12-17
Links: Website
Winners
Gold.png South Korea Ticon small.png MMA
Silver.png South Korea Zicon small.png DongRaeGu
SF.png South Korea Picon small.png MC SF.png South Korea Ticon small.png Mvp
Player Breakdown
Number of Players: 10
Picon small.png 3   Ticon small.png 3   Zicon small.png 4   

Contents

[edit] About

The 2011 GSL Blizzard Cup is 10 player invitational tournament featuring champions from all over the world. Presentation of the 2011 GSL Tour Awards is also planned. [1]

[edit] Format

The 2011 GSL Blizzard Cup format.
  • 10 players will be divided in 2 groups of 5.
  • Single game matches, round robin.
  • The 3 top players of each group advance to the playoffs.
  • Group A 1st vs (Group A 3rd vs Group B 2nd)
  • Group B 1st vs (Group B 3rd vs Group A 2nd)

[edit] Prize Pool

Place KRW USD EUR ID Team
1st ₩40 000 000 33 650 USD 25 000 EUR South Korea Ticon small.png MMA SlayerSlogo std.png SlayerS
2nd ₩10 000 000 8 400 USD 6 250 EUR South Korea Zicon small.png DongRaeGu MVPlogo std.png MVP
3rd/4th ₩5 000 000 4 200 USD 3 125 EUR South Korea Picon small.png MC OGslogo std.png Old Generations
₩5 000 000 4 200 USD 3 125 EUR South Korea Ticon small.png Mvp IMlogo std.png Incredible Miracle

[edit] 2011 GSL Tour Awards

The 2011 GSL Tour Awards will be given in the following categories:

Award ID
Best Match (User Vote) MMA vs Mvp in GSL October: Code S finals Game 5
Most Improved Player of Each Race (Chosen by Reporters) Ticon small.png MMA Zicon small.png Leenock Picon small.png HuK
Best Ceremony Picon small.png AcE
Special Award for promoting eSports Artosis and Tasteless
Best K-Pop Girl Group (User Vote) T-ara
Most Popular Team (User Vote) SlayerSlogo std.png SlayerS
Most Popular Player (User Vote) Zicon small.png NesTea
Best Coach (Chosen by Reporters) IM Coach - Kang Dong-Hoon
Best Race Players (By GSL Points for Each Race) Ticon small.png Mvp Zicon small.png NesTea Picon small.png MC
Best Player (Winner of 2011 GSL Blizzard Cup) Ticon small.png MMA

[edit] Participants

The top 10 players of 2011, as determined by major tournament results, will qualify for the event. If players qualify for more than one invitation, suitable replacements will be invited.

[edit] Qualified Players

Global StarCraft II League 2011 MLG Providence
Point Ranking Top 3 Winner Runner-Up
South Korea Ticon small.png Mvp South Korea Zicon small.png NesTea South Korea Picon small.png MC South Korea Zicon small.png Leenock Sweden Picon small.png NaNiwa
IEM VI - GC New York IGN ProLeague 3 DreamHack Winter 2011 BlizzCon 2011 World Cyber Games 2011
Winner Winner Winner Winner Winner
South Korea Zicon small.png DongRaeGu France Zicon small.png Stephano South Korea Picon small.png HerO South Korea Ticon small.png Mvp South Korea Ticon small.png Mvp

[edit] Results

[edit] Group Stage

December 12, 2011:

Group A
1. South Korea Zicon small.png DongRaeGu 3-1
2. South Korea Ticon small.png Mvp 3-1
3. South Korea Picon small.png MC 2-2
4. France Zicon small.png Stephano 2-2
5. South Korea Picon small.png HerO 0-4

December 13, 2011:

Group B
1. South Korea Ticon small.png MMA 5-1
2. South Korea Zicon small.png Leenock 4-2
3. South Korea Ticon small.png Polt 3-3
4. South Korea Zicon small.png NesTea 1-3
5. Sweden Picon small.png NaNiwa 0-4

[edit] Brackets

Round of 6
 South Korea MC
3
 South Korea Leenock
1
 South Korea Polt
1
 South Korea Mvp
3
Round of 4
 South Korea DongRaeGu
3
 South Korea MC
2
 South Korea MMA
3
 South Korea Mvp
0
Finals
 South Korea DongRaeGu
3
 South Korea MMA
4

[edit] Playoff Match Summary

[edit] Round of 6

December 14th, 18:10 KST

[edit] Semi Finals

December 15th, 18:10 KST

[edit] Finals

December 17th, 17:10 KST

[edit] Trivia

  • In the 9th game of Group B, NaNiwa faced NesTea after both players were already mathematically eliminated from the tournament (with each posting 0-3). NaNiwa immediately sent his 7 initial Probes (with one trailing considerably behind) to NesTea's base. After issuing the blind attack-move command, he took his hand off the keyboard in resignation. He quickly lost 6 probes to NesTea's 9 Drones. The rematch between both players (after the 2011 MLG Global Invitational and MLG Providence) would have to wait until the MLG 2012 Winter Arena where NaNiwa would again triumph over NesTea[4] See main article.
  • Polt and MMA were both invited to the Blizzard Cup due to Mvp qualifying three times. Mvp had to play both of them, but ultimately lost to MMA, the eventual champion.

[edit] Racial Distribution

  Protoss TerranZergRandom
Round of 10
334
Round of 6
132
Semi Finals
121
Final Match
11
Winner
1

[edit] See also

[edit] External links

[edit] References

  1. ↑ GOMTV presents The 2011 GSL Blizzard Cup
  2. ↑ South Korea MMA invited to Blizzard Cup Thisisgame.com, 3 December 2011 Google Translated version
  3. ↑ MVP Winning WCG; Polt qualifying for the Blizzard Cup
  4. ↑ Naniwa Interview - Blizzard Cup Group B
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