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Format [ edit ]

Server Qualifiers [ edit ]

4 qualifiers: One on the European Server One on the American Server Two on the Korean Server

All qualifiers are open to all participants, with no region restrictions.

Top 3 advance to main tournament group stage.

Offline Qualifier [ 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.

Main Tournament [ edit ]

Group Stage: Four groups of six players played out in round robin format. All matches best of 3. 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] : 1. Overall matches won 2. Overall map score difference 3. Matches won among tied players 4. Map score difference among tied players 5. Tie-breaker match 6. Coin toss

Bracket: Single-elimination bracket of twelve players. Round of 12, Quarterfinals, and Semifinals are played in best of 5. Grand Finals is played in best of 7.



Casters, Hosts and Observers [ edit ]

Prize Pool [ edit ]

The winner is awarded a WCS Global Finals seed. 250,000 USD and 16,500 WCS Points are spread among the players as seen below:

In addition to the base prize money, players will also receive 100 USD for each Bo3 win in the Group Stage.

Participants [ edit ]

Results [ edit ]

Offline Qualifier Group Stage

Group Stage [ edit ]

[ edit ] Group A March 2, 2017 - 12:00 CET 1. ByuN 4-1 8-3 2. Ryung 3-2 8-4 3. Solar 3-2 6-7 4. HeRoMaRinE 2-3 5-6 5. herO 2-3 5-8 6. Snute 1-4 5-9 Group A Matches March 2, 2017 - 12:00 CET Solar 0 2 HeRoMaRinE ByuN 0 2 Ryung herO 2 1 Snute March 2, 2017 - 13:00 CET ByuN 2 0 HeRoMaRinE Solar 2 1 Snute herO 0 2 Ryung March 2, 2017 - 13:45 CET HeRoMaRinE 2 0 Snute Solar 2 1 Ryung ByuN 2 0 herO March 2, 2017 - 14:40 CET HeRoMaRinE 0 2 Ryung Solar 2 1 herO ByuN 2 1 Snute March 2, 2017 - 16:00 CET ByuN 2 0 Solar Ryung 1 2 Snute herO 2 1 HeRoMaRinE [ edit ] Group B March 2, 2017 - 16:45 CET 1. aLive 5-0 10-2 2. Stats 3-2 7-6 3. TY 3-2 7-6 4. jjakji 2-3 7-8 5. Harstem 1-4 5-8 6. Neeb 1-4 3-9 Group B Matches March 2, 2017 - 16:45 CET Neeb 2 1 Harstem aLive 2 1 jjakji TY 1 2 Stats March 2, 2017 - 18:00 CET aLive 2 0 Harstem TY 2 1 jjakji Neeb 0 2 Stats March 2, 2017 - 18:30 CET Stats 2 1 jjakji Neeb 0 2 aLive TY 2 1 Harstem March 2, 2017 - 19:45 CET Stats 0 2 Harstem TY 0 2 aLive Neeb 1 2 jjakji March 2, 2017 - 20:45 CET aLive 2 1 Stats Harstem 1 2 jjakji Neeb 0 2 TY [ edit ] Group C March 3, 2017 - 12:00 CET 1. Serral 4-1 8-4 2. Zest 3-2 7-5 3. Nerchio 3-2 7-6 4. Patience 2-3 6-7 5. PiLiPiLi 2-3 5-7 6. TRUE 1-4 4-8 Group C Matches March 3, 2017 - 12:00 CET TRUE 1 2 PiLiPiLi Serral 2 1 Patience Zest 2 1 Nerchio March 3, 2017 - 13:40 CET Zest 2 0 PiLiPiLi TRUE 2 0 Patience Serral 0 2 Nerchio March 3, 2017 - 14:30 CET Zest 1 2 Serral TRUE 1 2 Nerchio PiLiPiLi 1 2 Patience March 3, 2017 - 16:00 CET PiLiPiLi 2 0 Nerchio Zest 0 2 Patience TRUE 0 2 Serral March 3, 2017 - 17:10 CET Serral 2 0 PiLiPiLi Zest 2 0 TRUE Nerchio 2 1 Patience [ edit ] Group D March 3, 2017 - 18:10 CET 1. GuMiho 4-1 9-5 2. Dark 4-1 8-4 3. INnoVation 3-2 8-4 4. uThermal 3-2 6-6 5. ShoWTimE 1-4 5-8 6. MaNa 0-5 1-10 Group D Matches March 3, 2017 - 18:10 CET Dark 2 1 GuMiho uThermal 2 0 MaNa ShoWTimE 0 2 INnoVation March 3, 2017 - 19:10 CET Dark 0 2 INnoVation uThermal 0 2 GuMiho ShoWTimE 2 0 MaNa March 3, 2017 - 19:55 CET ShoWTimE 1 2 GuMiho INnoVation 2 0 MaNa Dark 2 0 uThermal March 3, 2017 - 21:00 CET Dark 2 0 MaNa ShoWTimE 1 2 uThermal INnoVation 1 2 GuMiho March 3, 2017 - 21:45 CET GuMiho 2 1 MaNa uThermal 2 1 INnoVation Dark 2 1 ShoWTimE

Bracket [ edit ]

Round of 12 (Bo5) INnoVation 3 Ryung 0 Zest 1 TY 3 Solar 0 Dark 3 Stats 3 Nerchio 0 Quarterfinals (Bo5) aLive 3 INnoVation 2 GuMiho 2 TY 3 Serral 0 Dark 3 ByuN 1 Stats 3 Semifinals (Bo5) aLive 2 TY 3 Dark 1 Stats 3 Finals (Bo7) TY 4 Stats 3

Distribution [ edit ]

Race

WCS Region

Country

Show All Protoss Terran Zerg Group Stage 9 9 6 Round of 12 2 6 4 Quarterfinals 1 5 2 Semifinals 1 2 1 Finals 1 1 Champion 1 Americas Europe Korea Other Group Stage 1 8 14 1 Round of 12 2 10 Quarterfinals 1 7 Semifinals 4 Finals 2 Champion 1 Western Europe Eastern Europe North America Latin America Asia Oceania Round of 24 14 Round of 12 10 Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals Champion

Map Statistics [ edit ]

View Games [ edit ]

Streams [ edit ]

VODs [ edit ]

Replays [ edit ]

Viewers Stats [ edit ]

Data about number of viewers[3]:

The tournament's Overall peak was 212 238 viewers

The tournament's peak Without Chinese viewers was 71 218 viewers

English streams peak was 54 950 viewers

Russian streams peak was 5 782 viewers

Chinese streams peak was 186 571 viewers

Twitch.tv peak was 69 710 viewers