2015 WCS Season 1 Premier League

Participants

Protoss (10)	Terran (9)	Zerg (13)
2015 WCS Season 1 Challenger (32)
Jim	iaguz	iAsonu
MacSed	MajOr	XiGua
Welmu	Kelazhur	PiG
MaNa	Happy	Serral
Has	uThermal	Sen
ShoWTimE	MorroW	TLO
NaNiwa	ForGG	TargA
puCK	Bunny	Snute
Astrea	Polt	FireCake
HuK		Kane
		Hydra
		viOLet
		Suppy

Format

• All 32 players, whatever their results, will start the next season in the WCS hallenger.
  • The Champion is the exception and will be seeded in next season remier League.
• Group Stage #1 (Round of 32): Dual Tournament format.

• Best-of-three.
• The 4 players of each group are split into two pairs and play each other.
• The winners of these matches will then face each other in the Winners' match.

• The winner places first in the group and advances to the Round of 16.

• The losers of the initial matches face each other in the Losers' match.

• The loser places fourth in the group and is eliminated.

• The loser of the Winners' match and the winner of the Losers' match will face each other in a fifth match.

• The winner places second place in the group and advances to the Round of 16.
• The loser places third in the group and is eliminated.

• Four groups are played in the ESL Burbank studio in the US, and four groups are played in the ESL Cologne studio in Germany.
• The 16 Players advancing from the RO32 will compete onsite at a live venue location for the Season Finals event

• On February 27th, ESL announced that the Season 1 Finals would take place at Gamers Assembly in Poitiers, France from April 3rd to April 5th.

• Group Stage #2 (Round of 16): Dual Tournament format.

• Best-of-three.
• The 4 players of each group in Round of 16 will face off similar to Round of 32.

• Quarterfinals: Single-elimination playoffs.

• Quarterfinals: Best-of-five.
• Semifinals: Best-of-five.
• Finals: Best-of-seven.

Prize Pool

$217,000 USD and 12,250 WCS Points are divided among participants.

Place	$ USD	WCS Points	Player	Team
1st	$30,000	2,000	Polt	CM Storm
2nd	$15,000	1,250	Hydra	ROOT Gaming
3rd-4th	$10,000	900	ShoWTimE	Team ALTERNATE
			Bunny	Team Liquid
5th-8th	$8,000	600	TLO	Team Liquid
			Kane	mYinsanity
			Snute	Team Liquid
			ForGG	Millenium
9th-12th	$6,000	400	Serral	mYinsanity
			MacSed	Invictus Gaming
			FireCake	Punchline ESC
			Has	yoe Flash Wolves
13th-16th	$6,000	300	XiGua	Invictus Gaming
			PiG	Team Exile5
			MaNa	Team Liquid
			Welmu	ZZZZZ
17th-24th	$4,500	150	uThermal	AT Gaming
			Kelazhur	Try Again
			viOLet	Team EnVyUs
			Happy	ZZZZZ
			puCK	Flipsid3 Tactics
			NaNiwa	ZZZZZ
			MorroW	Team Property
			iaguz	ROOT Gaming
25th-32nd	$4,500	100	Astrea	ROOT Gaming
			Jim	Invictus Gaming
			MajOr	ZZZZZ
			TargA	Imaginary Gaming
			Sen	Hong Kong Attitude
			Suppy	Evil Geniuses
			iAsonu	Invictus Gaming
			HuK	Evil Geniuses

Champion Polt with his trophy

Group Stage #1 (Ro32)

Group A

Group A
February 14, 2015 - 15:00 PST
1.	Snute			2-0	4-0
2.	XiGua			2-1	4-4
3.	uThermal			1-2	3-4
4.	Astrea			0-2	1-4

Group A Matches
XiGua	2	1	Astrea
Deadwing   Overgrowth   Vaani Research Station
uThermal	0	2	Snute
Expedition Lost   Catallena     Deadwing
Astrea	0	2	uThermal
Vaani Research Station   Overgrowth     Catallena
XiGua	0	2	Snute
Deadwing   Overgrowth     Vaani Research Station
uThermal	1	2	XiGua
Deadwing   Catallena   Expedition Lost

Group B

Group B
February 15, 2015 - 15:00 PST
1.	Polt			2-0	4-2
2.	TLO			2-1	4-3
3.	Kelazhur			1-2	4-4
4.	Jim			0-2	1-4

Group B Matches
Kelazhur	2	0	TLO
Overgrowth   Catallena     Expedition Lost
Polt	2	1	Jim
Catallena   Deadwing   Inferno Pools
TLO	2	0	Jim
Overgrowth   Expedition Lost     Catallena
Kelazhur	1	2	Polt
Catallena   Deadwing   Overgrowth
TLO	2	1	Kelazhur
Overgrowth   Catallena   Expedition Lost

Group C

Group C
February 19, 2015 - 18:00 CET
1.	MaNa			2-0	4-0
2.	Bunny			2-1	4-3
3.	viOLet			1-2	2-5
4.	MajOr			0-2	2-4

Group D

Group D
February 20, 2015 - 18:00 CET
1.	Kane			2-0	4-2
2.	PiG			2-1	4-4
3.	Happy			1-2	4-4
4.	TargA			0-2	2-4

Group E

Group E
February 21, 2015 - 18:00 CET
1.	ForGG			2-0	4-1
2.	FireCake			2-1	5-2
3.	puCK			1-2	2-4
4.	Sen			0-2	0-4

Group F

Group F
February 22, 2015 - 18:00 CET
1.	Serral			2-0	4-0
2.	Has			2-1	5-3
3.	NaNiwa			1-2	2-5
4.	Suppy			0-2	1-4

Group G

Group G
February 27, 2015 - 15:00 PST
1.	ShoWTimE			2-0	4-2
2.	Hydra			2-1	5-2
3.	MorroW			1-2	3-5
4.	iAsonu			0-2	1-4

Group H

Group H
February 28, 2015 - 15:00 PST
1.	Welmu			2-0	4-0
2.	MacSed			2-1	4-3
3.	iaguz			1-2	3-4
4.	HuK			0-2	0-4

Group Stage #2 (Ro16)

Group A

Group A
April 3, 2015 - 15:00 CEST
1.	ForGG			2-0	4-0
2.	TLO			2-1	4-4
3.	Serral			1-2	3-4
4.	XiGua			0-2	1-4

Group A Matches
April 3, 2015 - 15:00 CEST
Serral	2	0	XiGua
Expedition Lost   Overgrowth     Catallena
ForGG	2	0	TLO
Vaani Research Station   Deadwing     Catallena
April 4, 2015 - 12:00 CEST
XiGua	1	2	TLO
Deadwing   Overgrowth   Catallena
Serral	0	2	ForGG
Vaani Research Station   Deadwing     Inferno Pools
TLO	2	1	Serral
Overgrowth   Expedition Lost   Catallena

Group B

Group B
April 3, 2015 - 17:00 CEST
1.	Snute			2-0	4-1
2.	ShoWTimE			2-1	4-4
3.	MacSed			1-2	4-4
4.	PiG			0-2	1-4

Group B Matches
April 3, 2015 - 17:00 CEST
Snute	2	1	MacSed
Vaani Research Station   Overgrowth   Deadwing
ShoWTimE	2	1	PiG
Vaani Research Station   Overgrowth   Deadwing
April 4, 2015 - 15:00 CEST
MacSed	2	0	PiG
Overgrowth   Deadwing     Vaani Research Station
Snute	2	0	ShoWTimE
Deadwing   Vaani Research Station     Expedition Lost
MacSed	1	2	ShoWTimE
Overgrowth   Deadwing   Catallena

Group C

Group C
April 3, 2015 - 19:30 CEST
1.	Hydra			2-0	4-1
2.	Polt			2-1	5-2
3.	FireCake			1-2	2-5
4.	MaNa			0-2	1-4

Group C Matches
April 3, 2015 - 19:30 CEST
Polt	2	0	FireCake
Catallena   Vaani Research Station     Overgrowth
MaNa	0	2	Hydra
Catallena   Vaani Research Station     Overgrowth
April 4, 2015 - 18:00 CEST
FireCake	2	1	MaNa
Expedition Lost   Deadwing   Overgrowth
Polt	1	2	Hydra
Overgrowth   Catallena   Vaani Research Station
FireCake	0	2	Polt
Overgrowth   Catallena     Vaani Research Station

Group D

Group D
April 3, 2015 - 21:45 CEST
1.	Kane			2-0	4-1
2.	Bunny			2-1	4-3
3.	Has			1-2	3-5
4.	Welmu			0-2	2-4

Group D Matches
April 3, 2015 - 21:45 CEST
Welmu	1	2	Bunny
Catallena   Vaani Research Station   Overgrowth
Kane	2	1	Has
Vaani Research Station   Expedition Lost   Catallena
April 4, 2015 - 21:30 CEST
Welmu	1	2	Has
Vaani Research Station   Expedition Lost   Catallena
Bunny	0	2	Kane
Vaani Research Station   Catallena     Deadwing
Has	0	2	Bunny
Expedition Lost   Vaani Research Station     Catallena

Playoffs

Quarterfinals (Bo5)

  Hydra

3

Hydra 

 TLO

April 5, 2015 - 11:30 CEST

 

Expedition Lost

 

Overgrowth

 

Catallena

 

 

Deadwing

 

 

Vaani Research Station

  TLO

0

  Kane

1

Kane 

 ShoWTimE

April 5, 2015 - 12:45 CEST

 

Vaani Research Station

 

Catallena

 

Overgrowth

 

Deadwing

 

 

Expedition Lost

  ShoWTimE

3

  Snute

1

Snute 

 Bunny

April 5, 2015 - 14:00 CEST

 

Inferno Pools

 

Vaani Research Station

 

Catallena

 

Deadwing

 

 

Expedition Lost

  Bunny

3

  ForGG

2

ForGG 

 Polt

April 5, 2015 - 15:30 CEST

 

Overgrowth

 

Vaani Research Station

 

Catallena

 

Deadwing

 

Inferno Pools

  Polt

3

Semifinals (Bo5)

  Hydra

3

Hydra 

 ShoWTimE

April 5, 2015 - 17:20 CEST

 

Expedition Lost

 

Catallena

 

Overgrowth

 

 

Vaani Research Station

 

 

Deadwing

  ShoWTimE

0

  Bunny

2

Bunny 

 Polt

April 5, 2015 - 18:25 CEST

 

Catallena

 

Vaani Research Station

 

Inferno Pools

 

Expedition Lost

 

Deadwing

  Polt

3

Finals (Bo7)

  Hydra

3

Hydra 

 Polt

April 5, 2015 - 20:30 CEST

 

Expedition Lost

 

Catallena

 

Overgrowth

 

Inferno Pools

 

Deadwing

 

Vaani Research Station

 

Secret Spring

  Polt

4

Stage at Poitiers for the Ro16 and Playoffs

Distribution

• Race
• Region
• Country
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	Protoss	Terran	Zerg	Random
Round of 32	10 9 13
Round of 16	5 3 8
Quarterfinals	1 3 4
Semifinals	1 2 1
Finals	1 1
Champion	1

	Europe	North America	China	Latin America	Taiwan	Oceania	South Korea
Round of 32	13 5 4 2 2 2 4
Round of 16	8 1 2 1 1 3
Quarterfinals	4 1 3
Semifinals	2 2
Finals	2
Champion	1

	Europe	North America	China	Latin America	Taiwan	Oceania	South Korea
Round of 32	1 1 1 2 2 2 1 2 1 3 2 4 1 1 2 2 4
Round of 16	1 1 2 1 1 2 1 2 1 1 3
Quarterfinals	1 1 2 1 3
Semifinals	1 1 2
Finals	2
Champion	1

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VODs

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Replays

• WCS Season 1 replay pack