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Format [ edit ]

Qualifier [ edit ]

There are 8 spots for players from all over the world divided to regions as follows:

Main Tournament [ edit ]

Three Stages:

Stage 1: Two double-elimination brackets of eight players each. Top 2 of each bracket advance to Stage 2.

Stage 2: Four groups of four players played out in dual tournament format, consisting of the 4 Stage 1 winners, 8 qualifiers and 4 invites based on the WCS Ranking. Top 2 of each group advance to Stage 3.

Stage 3: Single-elimination bracket of eight players. Quarterfinals and Semifinals are played in best of 5 Grand Finals is played in best of 7



Map Pool [ edit ]

Prize Pool [ edit ]

$25,000 and 3,600 WCS Points are spread among the players as seen below:

Participants [ edit ]

* HyuN replaces INnoVation, who is unable to attend due to 2012–2013 Proleague Finals.

Results [ edit ]

Stage 1 [ edit ]

Dual Tournament #1 [ edit ]

Click [show] on the right to view Quarterfinals MC 2 Top 0 Daisy W ByuN - Jim 2 XiGua 0 XY 0 Shuttle 2 Semifinals MC 1 Daisy 2 Jim 2 Shuttle 1 Winners' Finals Daisy W Jim - Losers' Round 1 Top W ByuN - XiGua 2 XY 1 Losers' Round 2 Shuttle 2 Top 0 MC 2 XiGua 0 Losers' Round 3 Shuttle 0 MC 2 Losers' Finals Jim - MC W Qualified Daisy Q MC Q Jim went to the US Consulate-General before his matches against Daisy to deal with his visa application for attending WCS AM RO16. He was disqualified after not returning in time.[1]

Dual Tournament #2 [ edit ]

Click [show] on the right to view Quarterfinals Grubby 2 Courage 0 Loner 2 Sting 0 DongRaeGu 2 Infi 0 Ash 0 Oz 2 Semifinals Grubby 2 Loner 0 DongRaeGu 2 Oz 0 Winners' Finals Grubby 0 DongRaeGu 2 Losers' Round 1 Courage 2 Sting 0 Infi 1 Ash 2 Losers' Round 2 Oz 2 Courage 1 Loner 2 Ash 1 Losers' Round 3 Oz 2 Loner 1 Losers' Finals Grubby 1 Oz 2 Qualified DongRaeGu Q Oz Q The Loser's Final was played the next day due to the venue closing for the night.

Stage 2 [ edit ]

Group A [ edit ] Group A July 26, 2013 - 03:00 CEST 1. DongRaeGu 2-0 4-2 2. Revival 2-1 5-3 3. TitaN 1-2 3-4 4. MyuNgSiK 0-2 1-4 Group A Matches MyuNgSiK 1 2 DongRaeGu TitaN 0 2 Revival Revival 1 2 DongRaeGu TitaN 2 0 MyuNgSiK Revival 2 1 TitaN Group B [ edit ] Group B July 26, 2013 - 06:00 CEST 1. aLive 2-0 4-1 2. Oz 2-1 5-3 3. MacSed 1-2 2-4 4. sLivko 0-2 1-4 Group B Matches aLive 2 1 Oz sLivko 0 2 MacSed aLive 2 0 MacSed Oz 2 1 sLivko MacSed 0 2 Oz Group C [ edit ] Group C July 26, 2013 - 08:00 CEST 1. HerO 2-0 4-1 2. MC 2-1 4-4 3. Jaedong 1-2 4-4 4. qxc 0-2 1-4 Group C Matches HerO 2 0 MC qxc 0 2 Jaedong HerO 2 1 Jaedong MC 2 1 qxc Jaedong 1 2 MC Group D [ edit ] Group D July 27, 2013 - 03:00 CEST 1. Polt 2-0 4-1 2. HyuN 2-1 5-3 3. Daisy 1-2 3-4 4. iaguz 0-2 0-4 Group D Matches HyuN 2 1 Daisy Polt 2 0 iaguz HyuN 1 2 Polt Daisy 2 0 iaguz HyuN 2 0 Daisy

Stage 3 [ edit ]

Bracket [ edit ]

Quarterfinals (Bo5) DongRaeGu 1 Oz 3 HerO 3 HyuN 0 MC 3 aLive 1 Revival 3 Polt 2 Semifinals (Bo5) Oz 3 HerO 2 MC 1 Revival 3 Finals (Bo7) Oz 0 Revival 4

Racial Distribution [ edit ]

Protoss Terran Zerg Group Stage 7 4 5 Quarterfinals 3 2 3 Semifinals 3 1 Finals 1 1 Champion 1

View Games [ edit ]

Streams [ edit ]

VODs [ edit ]