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2014 WCS Season 2 America
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2014 WCS Season 2 America
League Information
Series:
Organizers:
Sponsor(s):
Game Version:
Server:
North America
Type:
Offline
Venue:
Format:
remier League
2 Group Stages
Single-elimination Playoffs
hallenger League
Single-elimination Bracket
2 Group Stages
Single-elimination Playoffs
hallenger League
Single-elimination Bracket
Prize Pool:
$140,600 USD
Start Date:
2014-04-29
End Date:
2014-07-06
Liquipedia Tier:
Links
Participants
Number of Players:
48
16
14
18
Maps
Chronology
The 2014 WCS Season 2 America was the second American event of the 2014 StarCraft II World Championship Series. It was the first to be broadcast from ESL's newly built ESL America Studio in Burbank, CA.
Format[edit]
Qualifiers[edit]
- 6 regional and wildcard qualifiers advance 16 players to the hallenger League.
- American Qualifiers: 2 qualifiers advancing 4 players each.
- Chinese Qualifier: 2 players.
- Oceania/South East Asia Qualifier: 2 players.
- Taiwan/Hong Kong/Macau Qualifier: 2 players.
- Ladder Wildcard Qualifier: 2 players.
Challenger League[edit]
- The Challenger League consists of:
- Bottom 16 players of previous season's remier League.
- 16 players from the Qualifiers.
- Vacated seeds from last season are given to additional players from the Wildcard Qualifier.
- Each returning player faces a qualified player in a single Bo5 match.
- The winner advances to remier League.
- The loser is eliminated and may requalify next season.
Premier League[edit]
- Group Stage #1 (Round of 32): Dual Tournament Format.
- Bottom 16 fall to next season's hallenger League.
- Group Stage #2 (Round of 16): Dual Tournament Format.
- All 16 players who make it to this round are seeded in next season's remier League.
- Playoffs: Single-elimination bracket.