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2015 WCS Season 3 Challenger League

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[e][h]2015 WCS Season 3 Challenger League
League Information
Series:
Type:
Online/Offline
Location:
World World
Format:
1v1
Bo5 Matches
Prize Pool:
$62,000 USD
Start Date:
2015-05-29
End Date:
2015-07-29
Liquipedia Tier:
Links
Participants
Number of Players:
62
Protoss 19
Terran 17
Zerg 26
Maps
Chronology


Format[edit]

  • The Challenger League consists of:
  • Each returning player faces a qualified player from their region in a single Bo5 match.
    • The winner advances to Premier Leagueremier League.
    • The loser is eliminated and may requalify next season.
  • For America and Europe regions only: Premier Pick allows the Premier League players to choose their opponents. The order of picking is determined by 2015 WCS Season 2 rank followed by WCS Points.

Prize Pool[edit]

Each of the 31 seeds into Premier League award at least $4,500 USD and 100 WCS Points after future participation. In addition, $62,000 and 1,550 WCS Points are divided among participants as follows:

  • uThermal forfeited his place in Premier League due to illness and was replaced by elfi.[1] As stated in the 2015 WCS Player Handbook (15.0.B), after a 48 hours notice prior to the scheduled match, the player's placement and all applicable prize money and WCS points are swapped with the replacement player.

Europe[edit]

Participants[edit]

Protoss Protoss (10) Terran Terran (7) Zerg Zerg (11)
From Season 2 Premier League (13)
Team LiquidTeam Liquid
Poland MaNa
MilleniumMillenium
South Korea ForGG
Team LiquidTeam Liquid
Norway Snute
Finland elfi
MilleniumMillenium
France MarineLorD
Extreme SupremacyExtreme Supremacy
Poland Elazer
Planetkey DynamicsPlanetkey Dynamics
Germany GunGFuBanDa
Team LiquidTeam Liquid
Denmark Bunny
Punchline ESCPunchline ESC
France FireCake
Invasion eSportInvasion eSport
Netherlands Harstem
Team LiquidTeam Liquid
Netherlands Ret
MilleniumMillenium
France Lilbow
mYinsanitymYinsanity
New Zealand Petraeus[2]
Team LiquidTeam Liquid
Germany TLO
From European Qualifier (15)
Germany ShoWTimE
Russia Happy
Sweden SortOf
Finland Welmu
AT GamingAT Gaming
Netherlands uThermal
Team AcerTeam Acer
Ukraine Bly
Team PropertyTeam Property
Sweden NaNiwa
mousesportsmousesports
Germany HeRoMaRinE
Team AcerTeam Acer
Poland Nerchio
CascadeCascade
Russia DmC
MilleniumMillenium
France Dayshi
Team PropertyTeam Property
Sweden Zanster
against All authorityagainst All authority
France DnS
mYinsanitymYinsanity
Finland Serral
Team MiATeam MiA
Slovenia Starbuck

Seedings[edit]

# ID S2 Rank Points Pick
1 frFrance p Lilbow 2 1425 seSweden z SortOf[3]
2 dkDenmark t Bunny 3-4 1900 siSlovenia z Starbuck[4]
3 deGermany z TLO 5-8 1200 uaUkraine z Bly[5]
4 frFrance t MarineLorD 5-8 650 ruRussia p DmC[6]
5 frFrance z FireCake 9-12 650 seSweden z Zanster[7]
6 deGermany p GunGFuBanDa 9-12 400 frFrance p DnS[8]
7 krSouth Korea t ForGG 13-16 1275 frFrance t Dayshi[9]
8 nlNetherlands p Harstem 13-16 725 plPoland z Nerchio[10]
9 nlNetherlands z Ret 13-16 425 deGermany t HeRoMaRinE[11]
10 fiFinland p elfi 17-24 250 nlNetherlands t uThermal[12]
11 plPoland z Elazer 17-24 150 fiFinland p Welmu[13]
12 noNorway z Snute 25-32 1075 fiFinland z Serral[14]
13 plPoland p MaNa 25-32 525 ruRussia t Happy[15]
14 deGermany p ShoWTimE 32-62 950 seSweden p NaNiwa

Seedings are based on WCS Season 2 Rankings, followed by
WCS Points and random draw if they are tied.

Results[edit]

Day 1[edit]

Day 1
July 27, 2015 - 17:10 CEST
July 27, 2015 - 18:05 CEST
July 27, 2015 - 19:20 CEST
July 27, 2015 - 20:10 CEST
NetherlandsZergRet
1
3
GermanyTerranHeRoMaRinE
July 27, 2015 - 21:40 CEST
GermanyProtossShoWTimE
3
2
SwedenProtossNaNiwa

Day 2[edit]

Day 2
July 28, 2015 - 17:10 CEST
South KoreaTerranForGG
3
0
FranceTerranDayshi
July 28, 2015 - 17:50 CEST
July 28, 2015 - 18:50 CEST
July 28, 2015 - 19:50 CEST
FranceProtossLilbow
3
0
SwedenZergSortOf
July 28, 2015 - 20:40 CEST

Day 3[edit]

Day 3
July 29, 2015 - 17:00 CEST
PolandZergElazer
3
0
FinlandProtossWelmu
July 29, 2015 - 18:00 CEST
July 29, 2015 - 19:35 CEST
July 29, 2015 - 21:00 CEST
FranceZergFireCake
0
3
SwedenZergZanster

Talents[edit]

  • English Commentators:

America[edit]

Participants[edit]

Protoss Protoss (5) Terran Terran (5) Zerg Zerg (4)
From Season 2 Premier League (7)
South Korea StarDust
Evil GeniusesEvil Geniuses
United States Xenocider
Team EnVyUsTeam EnVyUs
South Korea viOLet
ROOT GamingROOT Gaming
Canada MaSa
Canada Kane
CM StormCM Storm
South Korea Polt
Evil GeniusesEvil Geniuses
South Korea Jaedong
From American Qualifier (7)
FlipSid3 TacticsFlipSid3 Tactics
United States Bails
compLexity GamingcompLexity Gaming
United States qxc
FlipSid3 TacticsFlipSid3 Tactics
United States JonSnow
United States Neeb
Team GravityTeam Gravity
Canada Semper
United States Hitman
Evil GeniusesEvil Geniuses
Canada HuK

Seedings[edit]

# ID S2 Rank Points Pick
1 krSouth Korea t Polt 3-4 3150 usUnited States z JonSnow[16]
2 krSouth Korea z Jaedong 5-8 1225 caCanada t Semper[17]
3 krSouth Korea p StarDust 5-8 600 usUnited States p Neeb[18]
4 krSouth Korea z viOLet 17-24 300 usUnited States t qxc[19]
5 caCanada t MaSa 17-24 200 usUnited States p Bails[20]
6 usUnited States t Xenocider 17-24 200 usUnited States p Hitman[21]
7 caCanada z Kane 25-32 700 caCanada p HuK

Seedings are based on WCS Season 2 Rankings, followed by
WCS Points and random draw if they are tied.

Results[edit]

Day 1[edit]

Day 1
July 22, 2015 - 15:00 EDT
July 22, 2015 - 16:20 EDT
South KoreaZergJaedong
3
0
CanadaTerranSemper
July 22, 2015 - 17:25 EDT
South KoreaProtossStarDust
2
3
United StatesProtossNeeb

Day 2[edit]

Day 2
July 23, 2015 - 15:00 EDT
July 23, 2015 - 16:30 EDT
July 23, 2015 - 17:20 EDT
July 23, 2015 - 18:30 EDT

Talents[edit]

  • English Commentators:
    • United States Lycan (Jared Williams-DeBolt)
    • United States Nathanias (Nathan Lawrence Fabrikant)
  • Observer:
    • United States Flo (Florence Chee-Yun Yao)

View Games[edit]

Streams[edit]

China[edit]

See also: GPL 2015 Season 2 Premier League

Participants[edit]

Protoss Protoss (2) Terran Terran (2) Zerg Zerg (4)
From Season 2 Premier League (4)
Invictus GamingInvictus Gaming
China Jim
Invictus GamingInvictus Gaming
China iAsonu
Brave HeartBrave Heart
China Mystery
Zenith of OriginZenith of Origin
China TooDming
From GPL 2015 Season 2 Group Stage #2 (4)
Invictus GamingInvictus Gaming
China XY
Invictus GamingInvictus Gaming
China XiGua
TouHou ProjectTouHou Project
China Shana
Zenith of OriginZenith of Origin
China Courage

Results[edit]

May 29, 2015 - 16:00 CST
May 29, 2015 - 19:50 CST
May 29, 2015 - 18:40 CST
May 29, 2015 - 17:30 CST

Latin America[edit]

See also: Copa América 2015 Season 2

Participants[edit]

Protoss Protoss (0) Terran Terran (2) Zerg Zerg (2)
From Season 2 Premier League (2)
ROOT GamingROOT Gaming
Brazil Kelazhur
Mexico MajOr
From Copa America 2015 Season 2 (2)
Brazil ReasoN
BrawL eSportsBrawL eSports
Mexico JimRising

Results[edit]

Copa América 2015 Season 2 Semifinal Matches
July 8, 2015 - 19:00 CDT
July 8, 2015 - 20:40 CDT

Oceania & South East Asia[edit]

Participants[edit]

Protoss Protoss (1) Terran Terran (1) Zerg Zerg (2)
From Season 2 Premier League (2)
ROOT GamingROOT Gaming
Australia iaguz
Silicon SportsSilicon Sports
Australia NXZ
From Oceania & South East Asian Qualifier (2)
mYinsanitymYinsanity
Singapore Blysk
mYinsanitymYinsanity
New Zealand Petraeus

Results[edit]

Matches
July 12, 2015 - 13:15 AEST
AustraliaZergNXZ
0
3
New ZealandZergPetraeus
July 12, 2015 - 13:15 AEST
July 12, 2015 - 13:50 AEST
AustraliaTerraniaguz
3
0
SingaporeProtossBlysk

Talents[edit]

  • Commentators:
  • Observer:

View Games[edit]

Streams[edit]

Taiwan, Hong Kong & Macau[edit]

Participants[edit]

Protoss Protoss (1) Terran Terran (0) Zerg Zerg (3)
From Season 2 Premier League (2)
yoe Flash Wolvesyoe Flash Wolves
Taiwan Has
Hong Kong AttitudeHong Kong Attitude
Taiwan Sen
From Taiwan, Hong Kong & Macau Qualifier (2)
Wayi SpiderWayi Spider
Taiwan Cheetos
yoe Flash Wolvesyoe Flash Wolves
Taiwan Ian

Results[edit]

Matches
July 19, 2015 - 20:00 TST
July 19, 2015 - 21:10 TST

Talents[edit]

  • Taiwanese Commentators:

View Games[edit]

Streams[edit]

Distribution[edit]

References[edit]

  1. @ESLSC2 (August 13, 2015). "Efli will replace uThermal due to illness in Group B August 14th!". Twitter.com. Retrieved August 13, 2015.
  2. @mYiPetraeus. "Petraeus forfeits his spot in WCS EU challenger to qualify through SEA". Twitter.com. Retrieved July 2, 2015.
  3. @LilbowSC (July 11, 2015). "Lilbow picks SortOf". Twitter.com. Retrieved July 11, 2015.
  4. @Liquid_Bunny (July 11, 2015). "Bunny picks Starbuck". Twitter.com. Retrieved July 11, 2015.
  5. @LiquidTLO (July 11, 2015). "TLO picks Bly". Twitter.com. Retrieved July 11, 2015.
  6. @M_Marinelord (July 11, 2015). "MarineLorD picks DmC". Twitter.com. Retrieved July 11, 2015.
  7. @pLineFireCake (July 11, 2015). "FireCake picks Zanster". Twitter.com. Retrieved July 11, 2015.
  8. @GunGFuBanDa (July 11, 2015). "GunGFuBanDa picks DnS". Twitter.com. Retrieved July 11, 2015.
  9. @ForGG1 (July 11, 2015). "ForGG picks Dayshi". Twitter.com. Retrieved July 11, 2015.
  10. @messioso (July 11, 2015). "Harstem picks Nerchio". Twitter.com. Retrieved July 11, 2015.
  11. @LiquidRet (July 11, 2015). "Ret picks HeRoMaRinE". Twitter.com. Retrieved July 11, 2015.
  12. @elfiSC2 (July 11, 2015). "elfi picks uThermal". Twitter.com. Retrieved July 11, 2015.
  13. @ElazerSC2 (July 11, 2015). "Elazer picks Welmu". Twitter.com. Retrieved July 11, 2015.
  14. @Liquid_MaNa (July 11, 2015). "Snute picks Serral". Twitter.com. Retrieved July 11, 2015.
  15. @LiquidSnute (July 11, 2015). "MaNa picks Happy". Twitter.com. Retrieved July 11, 2015.
  16. @CMStormPolt (July 11, 2015). "Polt picks JonSnow". Twitter.com. Retrieved July 11, 2015.
  17. @EGJaedong (July 11, 2015). "Jaedong picks Semper". Twitter.com. Retrieved July 11, 2015.
  18. @StardustSC2 (July 11, 2015). "Stardust picks Neeb". Twitter.com. Retrieved July 11, 2015.
  19. @nV_Violet (July 11, 2015). "viOLet picks qxc". Twitter.com. Retrieved July 11, 2015.
  20. @ROOTMaSa (July 11, 2015). "MaSa picks Bails". Twitter.com. Retrieved July 11, 2015.
  21. @EGXeno (July 11, 2015). "Xenocider picks Hitman". Twitter.com. Retrieved July 11, 2015.