



First opportunity for asian players to compete at GCS 2017 Winter : the second part of the most important indivudual tournament in 2017 with one the biggest prize pool.



Players have to reach a final (winner or looser bracket) to qualify.

Preliminary rounds (48 into 16) : group A, B & C : august 31st & september 1st, group C, D & E : september 2nd & 3rd,

groupstage (16 into 8) : group A & B : september 7th, group C & D : september 8th,

playoffs : 8 into 4 : september 9th. Finals : september 10th [1] .



Format [ edit ]

Preliminary rounds [ edit ]

Top 48 players (from NetEase ladder) qualify for the preliminary rounds[2] :

players are divided into 6 groups of 8 players each,

the groups are played as double elimination,

all matches are best-of-three,

the winner qualifies for the groupstage.

Groupstage [ edit ]

The 6 winners face rank 5-16 from GCS Summer 2017[3] :

16 players are divided into 4 groups of 4 players each,

the groups are played as double elimination,

all matches are best-of-three,

top 2 qualify for the playoffs.

Playoffs [ edit ]

Playoffs consist in a double elimination bracket within winners of the 4 groups face the runner-ups[4] :

earlier rounds are best-of-three,

Grand Final is a best-of-five,

semi-final losers are crossed into losers' round 2.

Conclusion [ edit ]

Top 4 qualify for GCS Winter 2017,

rank 5-8 are qualified for Asian Qualifier #2,

rank 9-16 have to re-qualify for Asian Qualifier #2.

Prize Pool [ edit ]

¥ 4,000 (≃ $ 619) are divided among participants as follows[1] :

Participants [ edit ]

Broadcasting [ edit ]

Results [ edit ]

Groupstage [ edit ]

Group A [ edit ] Semifinals Romantic 1 Check 2 Colorful 1 FoCuS 2 Winners' Finals Check 2 FoCuS 0 1st qualified Check Losers' Round 1 Romantic 2 Colorful 0 Losers' Finals FoCuS 2 Romantic 1 2nd qualified FoCuS Group B [ edit ] Semifinals TH000 2 EleGaNt 0 WFZ 2 ReMinD 1 Winners' Finals TH000 1 WFZ 2 1st qualified WFZ Losers' Round 1 EleGaNt 0 ReMinD 2 Losers' Finals TH000 2 ReMinD 0 2nd qualified TH000 Group C [ edit ] Semifinals Zhou_Xixi 0 Chaemiko 2 Fly100% 0 LawLiet 2 Winners' Finals Chaemiko 1 LawLiet 2 1st qualified LawLiet Losers' Round 1 Zhou_Xixi 0 Fly100% 2 Losers' Finals Chaemiko 1 Fly100% 2 2nd qualified Fly100% Group D [ edit ] Semifinals Life 2 Yumiko 0 Moon 2 Sini 0 Winners' Finals Life 2 Moon 1 1st qualified Life Losers' Round 1 Yumiko 2 Sini 0 Losers' Finals Moon 2 Yumiko 0 2nd qualified Moon

Playoffs [ edit ]

Quarterfinal Fly100% 2 Check 1 WFZ 1 Moon 2 FoCuS 1 Life 2 TH000 2 LawLiet 0 Semifinals Fly100% 2 Moon 1 Life 2 TH000 0 Winners' Finals Fly100% 2 Life 1 Losers' Round 1 Check 1 WFZ 2 FoCuS 2 LawLiet 0 Losers' Round 2 TH000 2 WFZ 1 Moon 0 FoCuS 2 Losers' Round 3 TH000 0 FoCuS 2 Losers' Finals Life 2 FoCuS 1 Grand Finals Fly100% 3 Life 2

VODs [ edit ]