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Qualifiers [ edit ]

4 Server Qualifiers allow 11 players to qualify to the main events Group Stage. 3 slots for the European server qualifier. 3 slots for the American server qualifier. 5 slots for the Korean server qualifiers (3 + 2).

Each Server Qualifier consists of an Open Qualifier and a Final Qualifier. Open Qualifier These qualifiers are open to all participants, with no region restrictions. Single-elimination Bo3 until Round of 16. Deciding matches Bo5 . Top 8 Advance to the Final Qualifier. Final Qualifier 8 players from the Open Qualifier and 8 seeded players. Double-elimination Bo3 . Deciding matches Bo3 . 3 Players qualify to the main events Group Stage. (Via the second Korean server qualifier only 2 Players.)



Round of 76 [ edit ]

Held offline at the ESL Arena.

64 players divided into 4 double-elimination brackets.

Top 3 players from each bracket advance to main tournament group stage.

Round of 24 [ edit ]

Group Stage : Four groups of six players played out in round robin format. All matches are Bo3 . First place in each group advances directly to the Quarterfinals. Second and third place in each group advance to the Round of 12. Ties broken in the following order [1] : Overall map difference Overall number of maps wins Points amassed between the tied participants Map difference between the tied participants Number of maps wins between the tied participants

: Bracket : Single-elimination bracket of twelve players. Round of 12, Quarterfinals, and Semifinals are played in Bo5 . Grand Finals is played in Bo7 .

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Map Pool [ edit ]

Casters, Hosts and Observers [ edit ]

English Broadcast

Remote Broadcast

B-Stream Broadcast

Show All Host s Kaelaris (James Carrol) Smix (Sue Min Lee)

Observer s Indy (Igor Kaczmarek) Koka (Thibault Le Gall) MapuTV (Kevin Kremser)

Commentator s DeMusliM (Benjamin James Baker) Maynarde (Leigh Mandalov) PiG (Jared Krensel) RotterdaM (Kevin van der Kooi) ToD (Yoan Merlo) iNcontroL (Geoffrey John Vincent Robinson)

French Commentator s Algost (Anton Bodin Marty) FunKa (Alexandre Verrier) Pomf (Alexandre Noci) TKL (Rémi Hibon) Thud (Hadrien Noci) YoGo (Pierre-Marie Humeau)

Brazilian Commentator s Eyescar (Eduardo Figueiredo Pedro) Rockletz (Samuel Volpato) Samgamgi (Guilherme Rehder) Sefirofe (Renan Luz Mesquita) VicentiN (Vítor Vicentin)

Italian Commentator s MiaNonna (Flavio Rogledi) Mobius (Riccardo del Lungo) Vasa (Alessandro Vasarri)

Polish Commentator s ParanOid (Rafał Kontowicz) Zedd () Ziggy (Szymon Filipek) evilsky (Łukasz Pietsz)

Other Language Commentator s CranK (최재원) Dysix (Juan Cortés Jimenez) HorussTv (Enrique Palomino) NarutO (Silvano Bovo) OliPatrick (Oliver Patrick)

English B-Stream Commentator s Wardi (Jonathon Ward) ZombieGrub (Jessica Chernega)

German B-Stream Commentator s Belair (Mario Maske) Marth (Martin Schenk) Mintcrystall (Lukas Köster)



Prize Pool [ edit ]

The base prize pool is $250,000 USD .

In addition, it has been increased by a further $150,000 USD from War Chest purchases, totaling $400,000 USD in 2019.

The winner is awarded a WCS Global Finals seed.



In addition to the base prize money, players also receive $200 USD for each Bo3 win in the Group Stage.

Participants [ edit ]

Results [ edit ]

See here for the Offline Qualifier results.

Group Stage [ edit ]

[ edit ] Group A February 28, 2019 - 12:00 CET 1. Stats 5-0 10-2 +8 2. Zest 4-1 9-4 +5 3. herO 3-2 6-5 +1 4. SpeCial 2-3 6-7 -1 5. Patience 1-4 3-8 -5 6. Creator 0-5 2-10 -8 Group A Matches February 28, 2019 - 11:45 CET Patience 2 0 Creator February 28, 2019 - 11:45 CET Zest 2 0 herO February 28, 2019 - 12:00 CET SpeCial 1 2 Stats February 28, 2019 - 13:15 CET SpeCial 0 2 herO February 28, 2019 - 13:15 CET Patience 0 2 Stats February 28, 2019 - 13:15 CET Zest 2 0 Creator February 28, 2019 - 13:55 CET SpeCial 2 1 Creator February 28, 2019 - 13:50 CET Patience 1 2 Zest February 28, 2019 - 14:00 CET Stats 2 0 herO February 28, 2019 - 14:45 CET Stats 2 0 Creator February 28, 2019 - 14:35 CET Patience 0 2 herO February 28, 2019 - 14:45 CET SpeCial 1 2 Zest February 28, 2019 - 15:45 CET Creator 1 2 herO February 28, 2019 - 15:45 CET Zest 1 2 Stats February 28, 2019 - 15:45 CET Patience 0 2 SpeCial [ edit ] Group B February 28, 2019 - 16:30 CET 1. Dark 4-1 8-3 +5 2. Trap 3-2 6-5 +1 3. Neeb 3-2 6-6 0 4. Maru 2-3 6-6 0 5. Leenock 2-3 6-8 -2 6. Lambo 1-4 4-8 -4 Group B Matches February 28, 2019 - 16:30 CET Maru 0 2 Trap February 28, 2019 - 16:35 CET Dark 2 1 Leenock February 28, 2019 - 16:45 CET Neeb 2 1 Lambo February 28, 2019 - 17:50 CET Dark 2 0 Lambo February 28, 2019 - 18:00 CET Neeb 0 2 Trap February 28, 2019 - 18:00 CET Maru 1 2 Leenock February 28, 2019 - 18:15 CET Dark 2 0 Trap February 28, 2019 - 18:50 CET Leenock 2 1 Lambo February 28, 2019 - 18:50 CET Maru 1 2 Neeb February 28, 2019 - 19:40 CET Leenock 1 2 Trap February 28, 2019 - 19:45 CET Maru 2 0 Lambo February 28, 2019 - 19:55 CET Dark 2 0 Neeb February 28, 2019 - 20:35 CET Neeb 2 0 Leenock February 28, 2019 - 20:35 CET Trap 0 2 Lambo February 28, 2019 - 20:35 CET Maru 2 0 Dark [ edit ] Group C March 1, 2019 - 12:00 CET 1. Serral 4-1 9-5 +4 2. RagnaroK 3-2 8-5 +3 3. Solar 3-2 7-7 0 4. GuMiho 2-3 6-6 0 5. Rogue 2-3 5-7 -2 6. INnoVation 1-4 4-9 -5 Group C Matches March 1, 2019 - 11:45 CET INnoVation 1 2 Solar March 1, 2019 - 11:45 CET RagnaroK 2 0 GuMiho March 1, 2019 - 12:00 CET Serral 2 0 Rogue March 1, 2019 - 12:45 CET Serral 2 1 Solar March 1, 2019 - 12:40 CET RagnaroK 1 2 Rogue March 1, 2019 - 13:00 CET INnoVation 0 2 GuMiho March 1, 2019 - 13:40 CET Solar 2 1 GuMiho March 1, 2019 - 13:35 CET Serral 2 1 RagnaroK March 1, 2019 - 13:50 CET INnoVation 0 2 Rogue March 1, 2019 - 14:35 CET Solar 2 1 Rogue March 1, 2019 - 14:35 CET INnoVation 1 2 RagnaroK March 1, 2019 - 14:40 CET Serral 2 1 GuMiho March 1, 2019 - 15:55 CET RagnaroK 2 0 Solar March 1, 2019 - 15:55 CET Serral 1 2 INnoVation March 1, 2019 - 15:55 CET Rogue 0 2 GuMiho [ edit ] Group D March 1, 2019 - 16:55 CET 1. Dear 4-1 8-2 +6 2. TY 3-2 6-6 0 3. soO 2-3 6-6 0 4. Bunny 2-3 6-7 -1 5. uThermal 2-3 5-7 -2 6. Scarlett 2-3 4-7 -3 Group D Matches March 1, 2019 - 16:55 CET TY 2 1 uThermal March 1, 2019 - 17:45 CET Bunny 2 1 soO March 1, 2019 - 16:55 CET Dear 0 2 Scarlett March 1, 2019 - 18:00 CET TY 2 0 Scarlett March 1, 2019 - 18:30 CET Dear 2 0 soO March 1, 2019 - 18:48 CET Bunny 1 2 uThermal March 1, 2019 - 19:55 CET Bunny 0 2 Dear March 1, 2019 - 20:05 CET uThermal 2 0 Scarlett March 1, 2019 - 20:05 CET TY 2 1 soO March 1, 2019 - 21:00 CET uThermal 0 2 soO March 1, 2019 - 21:05 CET TY 0 2 Dear March 1, 2019 - 21:15 CET Bunny 1 2 Scarlett March 1, 2019 - 22:35 CET Bunny 2 0 TY March 1, 2019 - 22:35 CET Dear 2 0 uThermal March 1, 2019 - 22:35 CET soO 2 0 Scarlett

Playoffs [ edit ]

Round of 12 (Bo5) herO 3 Trap 0 Zest 0 soO 3 Neeb 3 RagnaroK 0 TY 0 Solar 3 Quarterfinals (Bo5) Dear 0 herO 3 Serral 2 soO 3 Stats 3 Neeb 0 Dark 3 Solar 1 Semifinals (Bo5) herO 1 soO 3 Stats 3 Dark 1 Finals (Bo7) soO 4 Stats 2

Distribution [ edit ]

Race

WCS Region

Country

Show All Protoss Terran Zerg Group Stage 8 7 9 Round of 12 6 1 5 Quarterfinals 4 4 Semifinals 2 2 Finals 1 1 Champion 1 Americas Europe Korea Other Group Stage 3 3 18 Round of 12 1 1 10 Quarterfinals 1 1 6 Semifinals 4 Finals 2 Champion 1 Western Europe Eastern Europe North America Latin America Asia Oceania Round of 24 18 Round of 12 10 Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals Champion

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