Golden Championship Series - 2017 - Summer Season
(≃ $15,921 USD)
The Golden Championship Series - 2017 - Summer Season is the first part of the most important indivudual tournament in 2017. With one the biggest prize pool of the year and the obligation to earn his place via a qualifier tournament, this is the most prestigious event.
It is organized by Blizzard Entertainment's Chinese partner : NetEase, played at Shanghai, offline. From 16th to 22th August, the very best players of the world fight in a double elimination system. At the end, the Chinese player 120 won, beating his countryman Infi.
Format and dates[edit]
Qualifiers[edit]
- 4 asian qualifiers for three slots each :
- April 20th - 30th, 2017 : Asian Qualifier #1.
- May 18th - 28th, 2017 : Asian Qualifier #2.
- June 15th - 25th, 2017 : Asian Qualifier #3.
- July 20th - 30th, 2017 : Asian Qualifier #4.
- 2 western qualifiers for two slots each :
- May 13th - 14th, 2017 : Western Qualifier #1.
- June 3rd - 4th, 2017 : Western Qualifier #2.
Groupstage (16 into 8)[edit]
16 players are divided into four groups of four players each[1] :
- GSL-style double elimination groupstage,
- top two qualify for the playoffs,
- all matches are best-of-three.
- Dates :
- group A : August 16th,
- group B : August 17th,
- group C : August 18th,
- group D : August 19th.
Playoffs[edit]
Playoffs consist in a double elimination bracket within winners of the 4 groups face the runner-ups[1] :
- earlier rounds are best-of-three,
- Grand Final is a best-of-five,
- semi-final losers are crossed into losers' round 2.
- Dates :
- 8 into 4 : August 20th & 21st.
- Finals : August 22nd.
Map pool[edit]
Prize Pool[edit]
¥ 106,000 (≃ $ 15,921) are divided among participants as follows[1] :
Participants[edit]
Human (4) | Orc (3) | Undead (2) | Night Elf (7) |
Qualified via Asian Qualifier #1 | |||
---|---|---|---|
Fly100% | 120 | ||
WFZ | |||
Qualified via Asian Qualifier #2 | |||
TH000 | Moon | ||
ReMinD | |||
Qualified via Asian Qualifier #3 | |||
Infi | FoCuS | Colorful | |
Qualified via Asian Qualifier #4 | |||
Romantic | Life | ||
Zhou_Xixi | |||
Qualified via Western Qualifier #1 | |||
Foggy | |||
Rudan* | |||
Qualified via Western Qualifier #2 | |||
HawK | OrcWorker |
- * Happy declined his invitation and is replaced by Rudan
Broadcasting[edit]
- Commentator:
- WoLv (Andrey Tokmakov)
Results[edit]
Groupstage[edit]
Group A[edit]
Group B[edit]
Group C[edit]
Group D[edit]
Playoffs[edit]
Statistics[edit]
Maps[edit]
vs. | vs. | vs. | vs. | vs. | vs. | Mirrors | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Map | # | Σ | % | Σ | % | Σ | % | Σ | % | Σ | % | Σ | % | ||||||||||||||||
Amazonia | 18 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40.0% | 3 | 2 | 1 | 66.7% | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0% | 4 | 3 | 1 | 75.0% | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0% | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0% | - | - | - | 2 |
Ancient Isles | 9 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0% | 2 | 1 | 1 | 50.0% | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0% | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0% | 2 | 1 | 1 | 50.0% | - | - | - | 1 |
Echo Isles | 15 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 66.7% | 1 | 1 | 0 | 100.0% | - | - | - | - | 4 | 2 | 2 | 50.0% | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0% | 4 | 1 | 3 | 25.0% | - | - | - | 2 |
Last Refuge | 10 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 57.1% | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | 50.0% | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
Terenas Stand | 10 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 66.7% | 3 | 3 | 0 | 100.0% | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0% | - | - | - | - |
Turtle Rock | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 100.0% | 6 | 3 | 3 | 50.0% | - | - | - | - | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0% | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0% | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - |
Twisted Meadows | 13 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 60.0% | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0.0% | - | - | - | - | 3 | 1 | 2 | 33.3% | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0% | 1 | - | - | - |
Total Sum (Σ) | 86 | 29 | 16 | 13 | 55.2% | 18 | 10 | 8 | 55.6% | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0% | 15 | 7 | 8 | 46.7% | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0.0% | 10 | 2 | 8 | 20.0% | 2 | - | - | 6 |
Distributions (race & region)[edit]
External links[edit]
VODs[edit]
- all of bracket links come from Neo & remo's streams. youtube playlist links : Groupstage & Playoffs
Whole tournament :
- youtube playlist link Wolverine's stream
Articles[edit]
- 2017-08-25 | GCS aftermath by Ugrilainen of Warcraft3.info
- 2017-08-24 | Gold Championship Series – Final day recap by Mrwhite of Warcraft3.info
- 2017-08-22 | GCS Playoffs Day #1 Summary by MR_Moonstruck of Warcraft3.info
- 2017-08-15 | Gold Championship Summer Series 2017 by Mrwhite of Warcraft3.info
- 2017-07-17 | European line-up changes for GCS by Mrwhite of Warcraft3.info