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World Championship Series

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There has been eight seasons of the World Championship Series (WCS).

2012 StarCraft II World Championship Series[edit]

Event Date Winner Runner-Up Score
World Championship
2012 Battle.net World Championship 2012-11-17 – 2012-11-18 South Korea Protoss PartinG South Korea Protoss Creator 4-2
          Continental Championships
2012 StarCraft II World Championship Series: Asia Finals 2012-10-13 – 2012-10-14 South Korea Protoss Rain South Korea Protoss PartinG 2-0
2012 StarCraft II World Championship Series: Europe Finals 2012-09-15 – 2012-09-16 France Zerg Stephano Spain Zerg VortiX 1-22-0
2012 StarCraft II World Championship Series: North America Finals 2012-08-24 – 2012-08-26 Canada Zerg Scarlett United States Zerg ViBE 2-0
2012 StarCraft II World Championship Series: Oceania Finals 2012-08-10 – 2012-08-12 Australia Zerg mOOnGLaDe Australia Zerg MaFia 2-0
2012 StarCraft II World Championship Series: South America Finals 2012-07-14 – 2012-07-15 Chile Zerg KiLLeR Peru Terran Fenix 2-0

2013 StarCraft II World Championship Series[edit]

Event Date Winner Runner-Up Score
World Championship
2013 StarCraft II World Championship Series Global Finals 2013-11-08 – 2013-11-09 South Korea Protoss sOs South Korea Zerg Jaedong 4-1
Season 1
2013 StarCraft II World Championship Series Season 1 Finals 2013-06-07 – 2013-06-09 South Korea Terran INnoVation South Korea Protoss sOs 4-0
2013 StarCraft II World Championship Series Season 1 America 2013-04-20 – 2013-06-21 South Korea Protoss HerO South Korea Zerg Revival 4-2
2013 StarCraft II World Championship Series Season 1 Europe 2013-04-14 – 2013-06-05 South Korea Terran Mvp France Zerg Stephano 4-1
2013 StarCraft II World Championship Series Season 1 Korea GSL 2013-04-04 – 2013-06-01 South Korea Zerg Soulkey South Korea Terran INnoVation 4-3
Season 2
2013 StarCraft II World Championship Series Season 2 Finals 2013-08-24 – 2013-08-25 South Korea Terran Bomber South Korea Zerg Jaedong 4-0
2013 StarCraft II World Championship Series Season 2 America 2013-07-15 – 2013-09-05 South Korea Terran Polt South Korea Zerg Jaedong 4-0
2013 StarCraft II World Championship Series Season 2 Europe 2013-06-25 – 2013-08-18 South Korea Protoss duckdeok South Korea Protoss MC 4-3
2013 StarCraft II World Championship Series Season 2 Korea OSL 2013-05-28 – 2013-08-10 South Korea Terran Maru South Korea Protoss Rain 4-2
Season 3
2013 StarCraft II World Championship Series Season 3 Finals 2013-10-26 – 2013-10-27 South Korea Protoss Dear South Korea Zerg Soulkey 4-0
2013 StarCraft II World Championship Series Season 3 America 2013-09-16 – 2013-11-03 South Korea Terran Polt South Korea Zerg ByuL 4-1
2013 StarCraft II World Championship Series Season 3 Europe 2013-09-03 – 2013-10-24 South Korea Terran MMA South Korea Protoss MC 4-2
2013 StarCraft II World Championship Series Season 3 Korea GSL 2013-08-06 – 2013-10-19 South Korea Protoss Dear South Korea Zerg soO 4-2

2014 StarCraft II World Championship Series[edit]

Event Date Winner Runner-Up Score
World Championship
2014 StarCraft II World Championship Series Global Finals 2014-11-01 – 2014-11-08 South Korea Zerg Life South Korea Terran MMA 4-1
Season 1
2014 StarCraft II World Championship Series Season 1 America 2014-01-21 – 2014-04-13 South Korea Zerg HyuN South Korea Protoss Oz 4-2
2014 StarCraft II World Championship Series Season 1 Europe 2014-01-21 – 2014-04-13 South Korea Protoss MC South Korea Terran MMA 4-2
2014 Global StarCraft II League Season 1 2014-01-15 – 2014-04-05 South Korea Protoss Zest South Korea Zerg soO 4-3
Season 2
2014 StarCraft II World Championship Series Season 2 America 2014-04-29 – 2014-07-06 South Korea Protoss Pigbaby South Korea Terran Bomber 4-3
2014 StarCraft II World Championship Series Season 2 Europe 2014-04-29 – 2014-07-06 South Korea Protoss StarDust South Korea Protoss San 4-0
2014 Global StarCraft II League Season 2 2014-04-09 – 2014-06-28 South Korea Protoss Classic South Korea Zerg soO 4-2
Season 3
2014 StarCraft II World Championship Series Season 3 America 2014-07-21 – 2014-10-12 South Korea Terran Bomber South Korea Terran Heart 4-2
2014 StarCraft II World Championship Series Season 3 Europe 2014-07-29 – 2014-10-05 South Korea Terran MMA South Korea Terran YoDa 4-2
2014 Global StarCraft II League Season 3 2014-07-16 – 2014-10-04 South Korea Terran INnoVation South Korea Zerg soO 4-2

2015 StarCraft II World Championship Series[edit]

Event Date Winner Runner-Up Score
World Championship
2015 StarCraft II World Championship Series Global Finals 2015-11-01 – 2015-11-07 South Korea Protoss sOs South Korea Zerg Life 4-3
Season 1
2015 StarCraft II World Championship Series Season 1 2015-01-14 – 2015-04-05 South Korea Terran Polt South Korea Zerg Hydra 4-3
2015 Global StarCraft II League Season 1 2015-01-07 – 2015-03-22 South Korea Zerg Life South Korea Protoss PartinG 4-3
2015 StarCraft II StarLeague Season 1 2014-12-17 – 2015-03-21 South Korea Terran Maru South Korea Terran Dream 4-1
Season 2
2015 StarCraft II World Championship Series Season 2 2015-04-18 – 2015-06-28 South Korea Zerg Hydra France Protoss Lilbow 4-2
2015 Global StarCraft II League Season 2 2015-04-01 – 2015-06-28 South Korea Protoss Rain South Korea Zerg ByuL 4-1
2015 StarCraft II StarLeague Season 2 2015-04-02 – 2015-06-20 South Korea Protoss Classic South Korea Terran Dream 4-1
Season 3
2015 StarCraft II World Championship Series Season 3 2015-05-29 – 2015-09-13 France Protoss Lilbow Poland Protoss MaNa 4-2
2015 Global StarCraft II League Season 3 2015-07-08 – 2015-10-04 South Korea Terran INnoVation South Korea Zerg ByuL 4-2
2015 StarCraft II StarLeague Season 3 2015-07-02 – 2015-09-20 South Korea Protoss herO South Korea Zerg ByuL 4-2

2016 StarCraft II World Championship Series[edit]

Event Date Winner Runner-Up Score
World Championship
2016 StarCraft II World Championship Series Global Playoffs and Finals 2016-10-27 - 2016-11-05 South Korea Terran ByuN South Korea Zerg Dark 4-2
WCS Korea Season 1
2016 Global StarCraft II League Season 1 2016-01-08 – 2016-05-01 South Korea Protoss Zest South Korea Terran TY 4-2
2016 StarCraft II StarLeague Season 1 2016-01-07 – 2016-04-09 South Korea Zerg Dark South Korea Protoss Stats 4-2
2016 WCS Korea Season 1 Cross Finals 2016-05-22 South Korea Protoss Stats South Korea Zerg Dark 3-1
WCS Korea Season 2
2016 Global StarCraft II League Season 2 2016-05-27 – 2016-09-10 South Korea Terran ByuN South Korea Protoss sOs 4-1
2016 StarCraft II StarLeague Season 2 2016-06-02 – 2016-09-11 South Korea Zerg Solar South Korea Zerg Dark 4-3
2016 WCS Korea Season 2 Cross Finals 2016-09-25 South Korea Zerg Dark South Korea Zerg Solar 3-2
WCS Circuit
2016 WCS Winter Circuit Championship 2016-03-02 – 2016-03-05 South Korea Terran Polt Norway Zerg Snute 4-2
2016 WCS Spring Circuit Championship 2016-05-14 – 2016-05-16 Germany Protoss ShoWTimE Poland Zerg Nerchio 4-3
2016 WCS Summer Circuit Championship 2016-08-12 – 2016-08-14 South Korea Zerg TRUE South Korea Terran Polt 4-1

2017 StarCraft II World Championship Series[edit]

Event Date Winner Runner-Up Score
World Championship
2017 StarCraft II World Championship Series Global Finals 2017-10-27 - 2017-11-04 South Korea Zerg Rogue South Korea Zerg soO 4-2
GSL
2017 Global StarCraft II League Season 1 2017-01-04 – 2017-03-26 South Korea Protoss Stats South Korea Zerg soO 4-2
2017 Global StarCraft II League Season 2 2017-04-19 – 2017-06-24 South Korea Terran GuMiho South Korea Zerg soO 4-2
2017 Global StarCraft II League Season 3 2017-07-05 – 2017-09-16 South Korea Terran INnoVation South Korea Protoss sOs 4-3
SSL
2017 StarCraft II StarLeague Season 1 2017-03-20 – 2017-06-10 South Korea Terran INnoVation South Korea Zerg Solar 4-1
2017 StarCraft II StarLeague Season 2 2017-07-03 – 2017-09-24 South Korea Protoss Stats South Korea Zerg Dark 4-3
WCS Korea Events
IEM Season XI - Gyeonggi 2016-12-14 – 2016-12-18 South Korea Terran INnoVation South Korea Protoss Stats 4-0
2017 AfreecaTV Super Tournament #1 2017-04-06 – 2017-04-09 South Korea Protoss herO South Korea Terran aLive 4-2
2017 AfreecaTV Super Tournament #2 2017-09-28 – 2017-10-01 South Korea Zerg Rogue South Korea Protoss herO 4-3
WCS Circuit Events
2017 WCS Austin 2017-04-28 – 2017-04-30 United States Protoss Neeb Poland Zerg Nerchio 4-2
2017 WCS Jönköping 2017-06-17 – 2017-06-19 United States Protoss Neeb Finland Zerg Serral 4-3
2017 WCS Valencia 2017-07-13 – 2017-07-15 Poland Zerg Elazer Norway Zerg Snute 4-3
2017 WCS Montreal 2017-09-08 – 2017-09-10 United States Protoss Neeb Norway Zerg Snute 4-0

2018 StarCraft II World Championship Series[edit]

Event Date Winner Runner-Up Score
World Championship
2018 StarCraft II World Championship Series Global Finals 2018-10-26 – 2018-11-03 Finland Zerg Serral South Korea Protoss Stats 4-2
GSL
2018 Global StarCraft II League Season 1 2018-01-06 – 2018-03-31 South Korea Terran Maru South Korea Protoss Stats 4-2
2018 Global StarCraft II League Season 2 2018-04-18 – 2018-06-23 South Korea Terran Maru South Korea Protoss Zest 4-0
2018 Global StarCraft II League Season 3 2018-07-04 – 2018-09-15 South Korea Terran Maru South Korea Terran TY 4-3
WCS Korea Events
2018 AfreecaTV GSL Super Tournament 1 2018-04-05 – 2018-04-08 South Korea Protoss Stats South Korea Zerg Dark 4-3
2018 AfreecaTV GSL Super Tournament 2 2018-09-27 – 2018-09-30 South Korea Protoss Classic South Korea Protoss sOs 4-3
WCS Circuit Events
2018 WCS Leipzig 2018-01-26 – 2018-01-28 Finland Zerg Serral Germany Protoss ShoWTimE 4-2
2018 WCS Austin 2018-06-01 – 2018-06-03 Finland Zerg Serral Poland Protoss MaNa 4-2
2018 WCS Valencia 2018-07-12 – 2018-07-14 Finland Zerg Serral Taiwan Protoss Has 4-1
2018 WCS Montreal 2018-09-07 – 2018-09-09 Finland Zerg Serral Italy Zerg Reynor 4-3

2019 StarCraft II World Championship Series[edit]

Event Date Winner Runner-Up Score
World Championship
2019 StarCraft II World Championship Series Global Finals 2019-10-24 – 2019-11-01 South Korea Zerg Dark Italy Zerg Reynor 4-1
GSL
2019 Global StarCraft II League Season 1 2019-02-02 – 2019-04-13 South Korea Terran Maru South Korea Protoss Classic 4-2
2019 Global StarCraft II League Season 2 2019-04-29 – 2019-06-22 South Korea Zerg Dark South Korea Protoss Trap 4-2
2019 Global StarCraft II League Season 3 2019-07-03 – 2019-09-28 South Korea Zerg Rogue South Korea Protoss Trap 4-0
WCS Korea Events
2019 AfreecaTV GSL Super Tournament 1 2019-04-18 – 2019-04-21 South Korea Protoss Classic South Korea Terran GuMiho 4-1
2019 AfreecaTV GSL Super Tournament 2 2019-10-03 – 2019-10-06 South Korea Zerg Dark South Korea Terran TY 4-0
WCS Circuit Events
2019 WCS Winter Europe 2019-01-31 – 2019-04-07 Italy Zerg Reynor Finland Zerg Serral 4-3
2019 WCS Winter Americas 2019-01-31 – 2019-04-06 United States Protoss Neeb Canada Zerg Scarlett 4-2
2019 WCS Spring 2019-05-17 – 2019-05-19 Finland Zerg Serral Mexico Terran SpeCial 4-0
2019 WCS Summer 2019-07-12 – 2019-07-14 Italy Zerg Reynor Finland Zerg Serral 4-2
2019 Assembly Summer 2019-08-01 – 2019-08-03 South Korea Protoss Stats South Korea Zerg Solar 4-2
2019 WCS Fall 2019-09-06 – 2019-09-08 Finland Zerg Serral Italy Zerg Reynor 4-1