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It takes place at DreamHack Austin 2018 and is organized by DreamHack.

Format [ edit ]

First Group Stage

64 players in 16 groups of 4 players each, played in a dual tournament format

Matches are Bo3

Top 2 players of each group advance to the next stage

Second Group Stage

32 players in 8 groups of 4 players each, played in a dual tournament format

Matches are Bo3

Top 2 players of each group advance to the next stage

Third Group Stage

16 players from the Second Group Stage

16 players from Qualifiers

8 groups of 4 players each, played in a dual tournament format

Matches are Bo3

Top 2 players of each group advance to the playoffs

Playoffs

16 players in a single-elimination bracket

Round of 16 to Semifinals are played in Bo5

Finals are played in Bo7

Map Pool [ edit ]

Casters, Hosts and Observers [ edit ]

English Broadcast

Remote Broadcast

Community Broadcast

Show All Host s Nathanias (Nathan Lawrence Fabrikant) Smix (Sue Min Lee)

Observer s Insano (Matthew Kearney) MapuTV (Kevin Kremser)

Commentator s PiG (Jared Krensel) Rapid (Reid Melton) RotterdaM (Kevin van der Kooi) feardragon (Ravi Pareek) iNcontroL (Geoffrey John Vincent Robinson)

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

Taiwanese Commentator s Chakey (林冠吉) Hui (袁錦輝) Nice (黄昱翔) TopRush (Wu Junyou)

Other Language Commentator s Alex007 (Олексій Трушляков) CranK (최재원) DIMAGA (Дмитро Філіпчук) Draft (Luiz Eduardo) Emil (Emil Wieczorek) NarutO (Silvano Bovo) VicentiN (Vítor Vicentin) Zedd ()

Community Commentators (Day 1 only) s AzureRush (Zhuan Baolong) Belair (Mario Maske) Marth (Martin Schenk) PsinSin (Alexey Sadovsky) Rex (雷皓成) Rifkin (Graham Rogers)



Prize Pool [ edit ]

$101,000 USD and 12,600 WCS Circuit Points are spread among the players as seen below:

Notable Participants [ edit ]

This list contains the most notable players. For a full participants list go to: Player List

1 BreakingGG could not secure a visa and was replaced by Jieshi. [1]

Results [ edit ]

Group Stage #1 — Group Stage #2

Group Stage 3 [ edit ]

Group A [ edit ] Group A June 1, 2018 - 19:00 CDT 1. Serral 2-0 4-0 2. TLO 2-1 4-3 3. Clem 1-2 2-4 4. Jieshi 0-2 1-4 Group A Matches June 1, 2018 - 19:00 CDT Serral 2 0 TLO Jieshi 0 2 Clem June 1, 2018 - 19:50 CDT Clem 0 2 Serral Jieshi 1 2 TLO June 1, 2018 - 20:40 CDT Clem 0 2 TLO Group B [ edit ] Group B June 1, 2018 - 19:00 CDT 1. Neeb 2-0 4-2 2. Nerchio 2-1 5-3 3. Nice 1-2 4-4 4. NXZ 0-2 0-4 Group B Matches June 1, 2018 - 19:00 CDT Neeb 2 1 Nice NXZ 0 2 Nerchio June 1, 2018 - 19:50 CDT Nerchio 1 2 Neeb NXZ 0 2 Nice June 1, 2018 - 20:40 CDT Nerchio 2 1 Nice Group C [ edit ] Group C June 1, 2018 - 19:00 CDT 1. Elazer 2-0 4-0 2. SpeCial 2-1 4-2 3. puCK 1-2 2-5 4. Semper 0-2 1-4 Group C Matches June 1, 2018 - 19:00 CDT SpeCial 2 0 Semper Elazer 2 0 puCK June 1, 2018 - 19:50 CDT SpeCial 0 2 Elazer Semper 1 2 puCK June 1, 2018 - 20:40 CDT SpeCial 2 0 puCK Group D [ edit ] Group D June 1, 2018 - 19:00 CDT 1. TRUE 2-0 4-1 2. MaNa 2-1 5-4 3. uThermal 1-2 4-4 4. ExpecT 0-2 0-4 Group D Matches June 1, 2018 - 19:00 CDT ExpecT 0 2 TRUE MaNa 2 1 uThermal June 1, 2018 - 19:50 CDT TRUE 2 1 MaNa ExpecT 0 2 uThermal June 1, 2018 - 20:40 CDT MaNa 2 1 uThermal Group E [ edit ] Group E June 1, 2018 - 19:00 CDT 1. Stephano 2-0 4-1 2. HeRoMaRinE 2-1 5-4 3. Has 1-2 3-5 4. souL 0-2 2-4 Group E Matches June 1, 2018 - 19:00 CDT HeRoMaRinE 1 2 Stephano Has 2 1 souL June 1, 2018 - 19:50 CDT Stephano 2 0 Has HeRoMaRinE 2 1 souL June 1, 2018 - 20:40 CDT Has 1 2 HeRoMaRinE Group F [ edit ] Group F June 1, 2018 - 19:00 CDT 1. DnS 2-0 4-1 2. Lambo 2-1 5-2 3. MaSa 1-2 2-5 4. PtitDrogo 0-2 1-4 Group F Matches June 1, 2018 - 19:00 CDT DnS 2 1 PtitDrogo Lambo 1 2 MaSa June 1, 2018 - 19:50 CDT DnS 2 0 MaSa PtitDrogo 0 2 Lambo June 1, 2018 - 20:40 CDT MaSa 0 2 Lambo Group G [ edit ] Group G June 1, 2018 - 19:00 CDT 1. Bly 2-0 4-2 2. Snute 2-1 4-2 3. Seither 1-2 3-4 4. TIME 0-2 1-4 Group G Matches June 1, 2018 - 19:00 CDT Snute 0 2 Seither Bly 2 1 TIME June 1, 2018 - 19:50 CDT Bly 2 1 Seither TIME 0 2 Snute June 1, 2018 - 20:40 CDT Seither 0 2 Snute Group H [ edit ] Group H June 1, 2018 - 19:00 CDT 1. Scarlett 2-0 4-0 2. Kelazhur 2-1 4-2 3. ShoWTimE 1-2 2-4 4. Harstem 0-2 0-4 Group H Matches June 1, 2018 - 19:00 CDT Kelazhur 2 0 ShoWTimE Harstem 0 2 Scarlett June 1, 2018 - 19:50 CDT Kelazhur 0 2 Scarlett ShoWTimE 2 0 Harstem June 1, 2018 - 20:40 CDT Kelazhur 2 0 ShoWTimE

Bracket [ edit ]

Round of 16 (Bo5) Serral 3 Kelazhur 0 DnS 0 HeRoMaRinE 3 TRUE 1 Lambo 3 Scarlett 0 Nerchio 3 Neeb 0 MaNa 3 Stephano 1 Snute 3 Elazer 3 TLO 0 Bly 0 SpeCial 3 Quarterfinals (Bo5) Serral 3 HeRoMaRinE 0 Lambo 3 Nerchio 0 MaNa 3 Snute 0 Elazer 0 SpeCial 3 Semifinals (Bo5) Serral 3 Lambo 1 MaNa 3 SpeCial 1 Grand Finals (Bo7) Serral 4 MaNa 2

Distribution [ edit ]

Race

Region

Country

Show All Protoss Terran Zerg Group Stage 1 21 23 36 Group Stage 2 9 5 18 Group Stage 3 10 11 11 Playoffs 3 3 10 Quarterfinals 1 2 5 Semifinals 1 1 2 Finals 1 1 Champion 1 Western Europe Eastern Europe North America Latin America Asia Oceania Group Stage 1 16 7 41 3 9 4 Group Stage 2 14 6 14 3 8 3 Group Stage 3 11 6 5 2 6 2 Playoffs 6 5 2 2 1 Quarterfinals 3 4 1 Semifinals 1 2 1 Finals 2 Champion 1 Western Europe Eastern Europe North America Latin America Asia Oceania Group Stage 1 35 Group Stage 2 10 Group Stage 3 Playoffs Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals Champion

Map Statistics [ edit ]

View Games [ edit ]

Streams [ edit ]

Community Streams on Day 1 [ edit ]

VODs [ edit ]

Replays [ edit ]