This August, ASUS ROG Summer 2019 StarCraft II Tournament brings the highly competitive real-time strategy game back to one of its former hometowns. From 2011 to 2015 Helsinki hosted seven prominent international SC2 events in the form of ASUS ROG Tournament, gathering the best in the world to display their skills and inspire the audience and players. And now, it just happens that one of those young aspiring players from Helsinki has risen to the top of the World. What a great time to gather the crowds once again in to Helsinki and let them see for themselves, in a proper arena, what hard work and dedication in a proper environment can achieve. On August 1-3, 2019, we welcome all of you to Finland, the birthplace of a StarCraft II World Champion, Joona "" Sotala!The 3-day tournament includes 32 professional players from the WCS Circuit who will compete for a prize pool of $25,000 USD and 3200 WCS Circuit points. Eight players will be directly invited for the spectacle while 24 spots will be awarded through online qualifiers in early July. More details to follow!Inside the event hall, ASUS ROG Summer 2019 is hosted on its own stage with plenty of room in the audience stands. The best place to view the action is live, right at the venue, but in case you can't make it, a stream with English commentary through all the phases of the tournament is naturally provided.Let's give StarCraft II a warm welcome home!

Info

Players

Serral - ENCE

Reynor - GamersOrgigin

Neeb - Ting

soO - Chivo SC

GuMiho - PSISTORM Gaming

Dear - Newbee

INnoVation - Team Reciprocity

Stats - Splyce*



* Stats replaces SpeCial who cancelled due to scheduling conflict with the GSL.





Lambo - QLASH

DnS - Cascade

MarineLorD - O'Gaming

Harstem - Asterion

uThermal - Team Liquid

Namshar - Infinity Gaming

Bly - Windigo Gaming

HeRoMaRinE - Mousesports

Solar - TSGaming

souL - Mkers

ShoWTimE - Mkers

PtitDrogo

SortOf - Cascade

Snute - Team Liquid

TaeJa - Team Liquid

Armani - Black Night

Bomber - Team RevolutioN

MaSa - OSC Elite

Awers - Mkers

Zest - Ocean Gaming

RagnaroK -Chivo SC

herO - TSGaming

TIME - Newbee

ZhuGeLiang - KOVA Esports



Schedule

Thursday, August 1

10:00 GMT (+00:00) -- 15:00 GMT (+00:00) — Stage 1, Groups A-D

15:00 GMT (+00:00) -- 20:00 GMT (+00:00) — Stage 1, Groups E-H



Friday, August 2

10:00 GMT (+00:00) -- 15:00 GMT (+00:00) — Stage 2, Groups A-B

15:00 GMT (+00:00) -- 20:00 GMT (+00:00) — Stage 2, Groups C-D



Saturday, August 3

10:00 GMT (+00:00) -- 19:30 GMT (+00:00) — Playoffs

Broadcast Talent

Hajin - Stage Host



RotterdaM - Desk Host / Commentator



DeMusliM - Commentator



ToD - Commentator



Grant - Commentator



Indy - Observer



MapuTV - Observer

Streams

Prizes

1st: $10,000 + 1,000 WCS Circuit points

2nd: $5,000 + 600 WCS Circuit points

3rd-4th: $2,500 + 200 WCS Circuit points

5th-8th: $1,250 + 100 WCS Circuit points

9th-16th: 50 WCS Circuit points

Format

Participation

Request an invite with this form.

Qualifiers

Offline - Helsinki

Fuzer's Shelter Game Room Open - July 20 - Top 1 qualifies

: Thu-Sat, 1-3 August, 2019: Helsinki Exhibition and Convention Centre, Helsinki, Finland: 32: $25,000 USD + 2,800 WCS Circuit points: 2 group stages and playoffs: Invites (8 players) and online qualifiers (24 players), no region lock: Unfortunately Kaelaris had to cancel his role as the desk host due to illness. RotterdaM will take over the desk duties while Grant was added to strenghten the commentator lineup.The prize pool the tournament is $25,000 USD and 3,200 World Championship Series Circuit points. They will be distributed as follows:The tournament will be played in two double-elimination group stages followed by a single-elimination playoff stage. In the group stages, 32 contestants will be divided into groups consisting of 4 players each. The top two players in each group will proceed to the next stage.All the group stage matches are best-of-3 and playoffs matches best-of-5 except for the final which is a best-of-7 match.The tournament is open to all players eligible to enter WCS events. While this event offers WCS Circuit points, players from all regions of the WCS will be eligible to compete. Only players from the Circuit will be eligible to earn the points. Check out the eligibility requirements from the WCS 2019 Rule Book There are two ways to gain one of the 32 spots in the tournament — either by receiving a direct invite or through an online qualification tournament. In order to receive an invite, players must first request it by filling out an application form. Details about the online qualifications will be released shotly. However, everyone is encouraged to request an invite first, and then participate in the qualifiers later if need be.Invited and qualified. Participation in the tournament itself is free and includes an all access pass to the event.All the qualifiers are open for everyone, no matter their home region, as long as they have reached the Master or Grandmaster league in any server.

Updates

- Fixed the WCS points amount to 2,800 as stated by the prize distribution.- Kaelaris calcelled due to being sick. RotterdaM replaces him on desk and Grant will step in as a commentator.

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ASUS ROG

About ASUS

Republic of Gamers is a gaming sub-brand of ASUS that is comprised of cutting edge hardware tailored for serious gamers. The product branches include; motherboards, graphics cards, LCD monitors, gaming peripherals, desktops and laptops. This ASUS ROG Tournament will be solely powered by ASUS and ROG hardware.ASUS ROG Nordic on Twitter: @ROGNordic ASUS ROG Nordic on Facebook: www.facebook.com/rognordic ASUS, the world's top 3 consumer notebook vendor and the maker of the world's best-selling and most award winning motherboards, is a leading enterprise in the new digital era. ASUS designs and manufactures products that perfectly meet the needs of today's digital home, office and person, with a broad portfolio that includes motherboards, graphics cards, optical drives, displays, desktops, SFF PCs and all-in-one PCs, notebooks, hybrid devices, tablet devices, servers, multimedia and wireless solutions, networking devices, and mobile phones. With a global staff of more than 13,600 and a world-class R&D team of 4,500 engineers.