







The 2017 WCS Global Finals are the conclusion of the 2017 StarCraft II World Championship Series. Sixteen players (seven from WCS Korea, eight from WCS Circuit, and the IEM World Champion) compete for the most prestigious trophy in 2017. They qualify either by winning one of the seven tournaments providing a direct spot, or by earning WCS points throughout 2017 in multiple leagues and events. The players will first go through the Global Playoffs, a group stage. The eight remaining players will participate in the Global Finals, the culmination of the World Championship Series.

Casters, Hosts and Observers [ edit ]

Format [ edit ]

2017 WCS Format overview

Qualification [ edit ]

At the end of the year, eight players from each region qualify to the Playoffs:

IEM World Championship: 1 seed for the winner of the tournament.

1 seed for the winner of the tournament. WCS Korea: 3 seeds from the GSL events, 4 seeds from the standings

3 seeds from the GSL events, 4 seeds from the standings WCS Circuit: 4 seeds from the Circuit Championships, 4 seeds from the standings

If a player has won multiple GSL events, or multiple Circuit Championships, then there will be one more seed from the standings.

Main event [ edit ]

Global Playoffs (Round of 16) Four groups of four players (two players from WCS Korea, two players from WCS Circuit) Players seeded by their WCS Korea/Circuit points. Dual tournament format Matches are Bo3. Top 2 players of each group advance to the Global Finals.

(Round of 16) Global Finals (Round of 8) Single-elimination Bracket. All matches are Bo5 except Finals which are Bo7.

(Round of 8)

Map Pool [ edit ]

Participants [ edit ]

Races and Teams [ edit ]

Prize pool [ edit ]

The base prize pool for the WCS Global Finals is 500,000 USD .

In addition, it has been increased by a further 200,000 USD from War Chest purchases, totaling 700,000 USD in 2017.[1]

Global Playoffs [ edit ]

Group A [ edit ] Group A October 27, 2017 - 9:00 PDT 1. SpeCial 2-0 4-1 2. TY 2-1 4-3 3. Stats 1-2 4-5 4. Snute 0-2 1-4 Group A Matches October 27, 2017 - 9:25 PDT Stats 1 2 SpeCial October 27, 2017 - 10:45 PDT TY 2 0 Snute October 27, 2017 - 14:45 PDT Stats 2 1 Snute October 29, 2017 - 9:25 PDT SpeCial 2 0 TY October 29, 2017 - 12:35 PDT Stats 1 2 TY Group B [ edit ] Group B October 27, 2017 - 12:10 PDT 1. soO 2-0 4-1 2. Rogue 2-1 5-2 3. Neeb 1-2 2-5 4. Nerchio 0-2 1-4 Group B Matches October 27, 2017 - 12:10 PDT soO 2 1 Nerchio October 27, 2017 - 13:00 PDT Rogue 1 2 Neeb October 27, 2017 - 15:55 PDT Nerchio 0 2 Rogue October 29, 2017 - 10:15 PDT soO 2 0 Neeb October 29, 2017 - 13:35 PDT Rogue 2 0 Neeb Group C [ edit ] Group C October 28, 2017 - 9:20 PDT 1. herO 2-0 4-0 2. Elazer 2-1 4-3 3. Dark 1-2 3-5 4. Kelazhur 0-2 1-4 Group C Matches October 28, 2017 - 9:20 PDT Dark 2 1 Kelazhur October 28, 2017 - 10:35 PDT herO 2 0 Elazer October 28, 2017 - 13:45 PDT Kelazhur 0 2 Elazer October 29, 2017 - 10:55 PDT Dark 0 2 herO October 29, 2017 - 14:20 PDT Elazer 2 1 Dark Group D [ edit ] Group D October 28, 2017 - 11:20 PDT 1. INnoVation 2-0 4-1 2. GuMiho 2-1 4-3 3. Serral 1-2 3-4 4. TRUE 0-2 1-4 Group D Matches October 28, 2017 - 11:20 PDT INnoVation 2 1 TRUE October 28, 2017 - 12:50 PDT GuMiho 2 0 Serral October 28, 2017 - 14:30 PDT TRUE 0 2 Serral October 29, 2017 - 11:45 PDT INnoVation 2 0 GuMiho October 29, 2017 - 15:10 PDT Serral 1 2 GuMiho

Global Finals [ edit ]

Quarterfinals (Bo5) SpeCial 3 Elazer 1 soO 3 GuMiho 2 herO 1 Rogue 3 INnoVation 2 TY 3 Semifinals (Bo5) SpeCial 0 soO 3 Rogue 3 TY 2 Finals (Bo7) soO 2 Rogue 4

Distribution [ edit ]

Race

WCS Region

Show All Protoss Terran Zerg Round of 16 3 5 8 Quarterfinals 1 4 3 Semifinals 2 2 Finals 2 Champion 1 Americas Europe Korea Other Round of 16 3 4 9 Quarterfinals 1 1 6 Semifinals 1 3 Finals 2 Champion 1

Maps Statistics [ edit ]

Players Statistics [ edit ]

View Games [ edit ]

Streams [ edit ]

VODs [ edit ]

Replays [ edit ]

WCS Signature Series [ edit ]

Viewers' Stats [ edit ]

Data about number of viewers[3]:

The tournament's Overall peak was 710 073 viewers

The tournament's peak Without Chinese viewers was 101 530 viewers

English streams peak was 88 540 viewers

Russian streams peak was 4 426 viewers

Chinese streams peak was 608 543 viewers

Twitch.tv peak was 101 889 viewers

The total time watched was 6 650 553 hours The average concurrent viewership was 171 259 viewers