The StarCraft II World Championship Series 2013 in Europe is about to start. We'd like to share the dates and format of the upcoming season. 24 players will be invited to the European Premier Division, eight more will be determined via online qualifier. This is your chance to get a spot in the Premier Division of WCS Europe's first season. WCS Europe - Season 1 Schedule & Format Since there was no preceding season to qualify players for Season 1 of WCS Europe, invites and online qualifiers will be done differently from how they’ll be done in future seasons. By participating in any WCS EU Qualifier, players are not allowed to participate in another region for 2013.



Invites for Premier Division

For this inaugural season 24 players will be invited to compete based on their performance in past StarCraft II tournaments. These 24 participants were announced last Thursday.



Online Qualifier

From 14th to 17th of April four online qualifiers will be held with up to 512 on Mon/Tue and 1024 participants on Sun/Wed. Every day the top 2 will qualify for the Premier Division of WCS Europe's first season. These 8 players join the 24 invited ones and form the very first Premier Division.



April 14th: Qualifier #1 (Brackets) April 15th: Qualifier #2 (Brackets) April 16th: Qualifier #3 (Brackets) April 17th: Qualifier #4 (Brackets)



Qualifier structure

The first and fourth qualifier on Sunday and Wednesday will be limited to 1024 participants and there will be a maximal amount of 512 players on Monday (#2) and Tuesday (#3). The brackets of all qualifiers will be seeded based on a WCS dedicated ranking as well as the all-time Go4SC2 ranking.



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Admin support

If you have any problems during the cup, including reporting match results or not being able to find your opponent, contact an admin in the



Group Stage #1

32 players will be divided into 8 groups with 4 players each. The format used will be the Dual Tournament Format, where you need two wins to advance or you will drop after two losses. 16 players will qualify for the second groupstage while 16 players will drop to the Challenger Division. All matches of group stage #1 will be played online.



April 23rd: Group A April 24th: Group B April 30th: Group C May 1st: Group D May 2nd: Group E May 7th: Group F May 8th: Group G May 9th: Group H

Group Stage #2

16 players will be divided into 4 groups with 4 players each. Again, the format used will be Dual Tournament Format. 8 players will advance to the playoffs. All matches of group stage #2 will be played in the ESL TV studio in Cologne, Germany.



May 14th: Group A May 15th: Group B May 16th: Group C May 17th: Group D

Playoffs

For European playoffs of World Championship Series all eight participants will meet at our ESL TV studio in Cologne to compete in a single elimination bracket over two days. Top 5 players qualify for Global Finals of the season.



May 25th: Playoffs Round of 8 May 26th: Playoffs Round of 4 & Grand Final

Live Streams

Enjoy the glorious matchups in the WCS qualification by following the live broadcast on ESL TV, for free in HD. Our main stream is in English but we provide a variety of local streams for your entertainment. Availability of local language streams subject to change.



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Players qualified for WCS through ESL Qualifiers

These are the players that qualified through the ESL Qualifiers and join the list of the 24 invited players.



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