







The 2018 WCS Global Finals are the conclusion of the 2018 StarCraft II World Championship Series. Sixteen players (seven from WCS Korea, eight from WCS Circuit, and the IEM World Champion) compete for the most prestigious trophy in 2018. They qualify either by winning one of the seven tournaments providing a direct spot, or by earning WCS points throughout 2018 in multiple leagues and events. The players will first go through the Global Playoffs, a group stage. The eight remaining players will participate in the Global Finals, the culmination of the World Championship Series.

Casters, Hosts and Observers [ edit ]

Format [ edit ]

2018 WCS Format overview

Qualification [ edit ]

At the end of the year, eight players from each region qualify to the Playoffs:

IEM World Championship: 1 seed for the winner of the tournament.

1 seed for the winner of the tournament. WCS Korea: 3 seeds from the GSL events, 4 seeds from the standings

3 seeds from the GSL events, 4 seeds from the standings WCS Circuit: 4 seeds from the Circuit Championships, 4 seeds from the standings

If a player has won multiple GSL events, or multiple Circuit Championships, then there will be one more seed from the standings.

Main event [ edit ]

Global Playoffs (Round of 16) Four groups of four players (two players from WCS Korea, two players from WCS Circuit) Players seeded by their WCS Korea/Circuit points. Dual tournament format Matches are Bo3 . Top 2 players of each group advance to the Global Finals.

(Round of 16) Global Finals (Round of 8) Single-elimination Bracket. All matches are Bo5 except Finals which are Bo7 .

(Round of 8)

Map Pool [ edit ]

Participants [ edit ]

Races and Teams [ edit ]

1 Maru won GSL Season 1, Season 2 and Season 3 so two extra seeds were awarded to the WCS Korea Standings.

2 Serral won 2018 WCS Leipzig, Austin, Valencia and Montreal so three extra seeds were awarded to the WCS Circuit Standings.

Prize pool [ edit ]

The prize pool for the WCS Global Finals is 500,000 USD .

In addition, the prize pool has been increased by a further 200,000 USD from War Chest purchases, totaling 700,000 USD in 2018.[1]

Global Playoffs [ edit ]

Group A [ edit ] Group A October 26, 2018 - 9:00 PDT 1. Maru 2-0 4-0 2. TY 2-1 5-3 3. Neeb 1-2 2-5 4. Lambo 0-2 1-4 Group A Matches October 26, 2018 - 9:30 PDT Maru 2 0 Lambo October 26, 2018 - 10:20 PDT TY 1 2 Neeb October 26, 2018 - 13:30 PDT Maru 2 0 Neeb October 28, 2018 - 9:30 PDT Lambo 1 2 TY October 28, 2018 - 13:25 PDT Neeb 0 2 TY Group B [ edit ] Group B October 26, 2018 - 11:00 PDT 1. Serral 2-0 4-0 2. sOs 2-1 4-3 3. Zest 1-2 3-4 4. HeRoMaRinE 0-2 0-4 Group B Matches October 26, 2018 - 11:55 PDT Zest 2 0 HeRoMaRinE October 26, 2018 - 12:45 PDT sOs 0 2 Serral October 26, 2018 - 14:20 PDT Zest 0 2 Serral October 28, 2018 - 10:25 PDT HeRoMaRinE 0 2 sOs October 28, 2018 - 14:15 PDT Zest 1 2 sOs Group C [ edit ] Group C October 27, 2018 - 9:00 PDT 1. Stats 2-0 4-0 2. Dark 2-1 4-2 3. ShoWTimE 1-2 2-4 4. Has 0-2 0-4 Group C Matches October 27, 2018 - 9:15 PDT Stats 2 0 Has October 27, 2018 - 10:00 PDT Dark 0 2 ShoWTimE October 27, 2018 - 13:15 PDT Stats 2 0 ShoWTimE October 28, 2018 - 11:25 PDT Has 0 2 Dark October 28, 2018 - 15:15 PDT ShoWTimE 0 2 Dark Group D [ edit ] Group D October 27, 2018 - 11:00 PDT 1. Rogue 2-0 4-1 2. SpeCial 2-1 5-2 3. Classic 1-2 2-4 4. Nerchio 0-2 0-4 Group D Matches October 27, 2018 - 11:00 PDT Classic 2 0 Nerchio October 27, 2018 - 12:00 PDT Rogue 2 1 SpeCial October 27, 2018 - 14:10 PDT Classic 0 2 Rogue October 28, 2018 - 12:25 PDT Nerchio 0 2 SpeCial October 28, 2018 - 16:00 PDT Classic 0 2 SpeCial

Global Finals [ edit ]

Quarterfinals (Bo5) Maru 0 sOs 3 SpeCial 1 Stats 3 Rogue 3 TY 2 Dark 0 Serral 3 Semifinals (Bo5) sOs 0 Stats 3 Rogue 1 Serral 3 Finals (Bo7) Stats 2 Serral 4

Distribution [ edit ]

Race

WCS Region

Country

Show All Protoss Terran Zerg Round of 16 7 4 5 Quarterfinals 2 3 3 Semifinals 2 2 Finals 1 1 Champion 1 Americas Europe Korea Other Round of 16 2 5 8 1 Quarterfinals 1 1 6 Semifinals 1 3 Finals 1 1 Champion 1 Western Europe Eastern Europe North America Latin America Asia Oceania Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals Champion

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View Games [ edit ]

Streams [ edit ]

VODs [ edit ]

Replays [ edit ]

WCS Signature Series [ edit ]

Road to BlizzCon 2018 [ edit ]

WCS Circuit [ edit ]

WCS Korea [ edit ]