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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 from NA, EU and KR #1 Qualifiers.

Top 2 advance to main tournament group stage from KR #2 Qualifier.

Round of 76 [ 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.

Round of 24 [ 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] : Overall matches won Overall map score difference Matches won among tied players Map score difference among tied players Tie-breaker match 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.



Map Pool [ edit ]

Casters, Hosts and Observers [ edit ]

Prize Pool [ edit ]

The base prize pool is $250,000 USD .

In addition, it has been increased by a further $150,000 USD from War Chest purchases, totaling $400,000 USD in 2018.[2]

The winner is awarded a WCS Global Finals seed.



In addition to the base prize money, players also receive $200 USD for each Bo3 win in the Group Stage.

Participants [ edit ]

Results [ edit ]

See here for qualifier results.

Group Stage [ edit ]

[ edit ] Group A March 1, 2018 - 11:35 CET 1. TY 5-0 10-2 +8 2. Dear 4-1 9-2 +7 3. Maru 3-2 7-5 +2 4. GuMiho 2-3 4-7 -3 5. SpeCial 1-4 3-9 -6 6. ShoWTimE 0-5 2-10 -8 Group A Matches March 1, 2018 - 11:35 CET Dear 2 0 SpeCial GuMiho 0 2 Maru ShoWTimE 0 2 TY March 1, 2018 - 13:00 CET Dear 1 2 TY ShoWTimE 0 2 Maru GuMiho 2 0 SpeCial March 1, 2018 - 14:00 CET Maru 2 1 SpeCial GuMiho 0 2 TY ShoWTimE 0 2 Dear March 1, 2018 - 15:15 CET ShoWTimE 1 2 SpeCial GuMiho 0 2 Dear Maru 1 2 TY March 1, 2018 - 16:35 CET Dear 2 0 Maru TY 2 0 SpeCial ShoWTimE 1 2 GuMiho [ edit ] Group B March 1, 2018 - 17:30 CET 1. Solar 5-0 10-2 +8 2. Dark 3-2 8-4 +4 3. Hurricane 3-2 7-6 +1 4. uThermal 3-2 6-7 -1 5. INnoVation 1-4 5-8 -3 6. TRUE 0-5 1-10 -9 Group B Matches March 1, 2018 - 17:30 CET Dark 1 2 Hurricane INnoVation 2 0 TRUE uThermal 0 2 Solar March 1, 2018 - 18:30 CET uThermal 2 1 Hurricane Dark 2 0 TRUE INnoVation 1 2 Solar March 1, 2018 - 19:30 CET Dark 1 2 Solar uThermal 2 1 INnoVation Hurricane 2 0 TRUE March 1, 2018 - 20:45 CET Hurricane 0 2 Solar uThermal 2 1 TRUE Dark 2 0 INnoVation March 1, 2018 - 21:45 CET Solar 2 0 TRUE INnoVation 1 2 Hurricane uThermal 0 2 Dark [ edit ] Group C March 2, 2018 - 11:50 CET 1. Serral 5-0 10-2 +8 2. Rogue 4-1 9-3 +6 3. Impact 2-3 6-7 -1 4. Neeb 2-3 6-8 -2 5. Zest 1-4 3-8 -5 6. Nerchio 1-4 3-9 -6 Group C Matches March 2, 2018 - 11:50 CET Impact 2 0 Zest Rogue 1 2 Serral Nerchio 1 2 Neeb March 2, 2018 - 13:00 CET Nerchio 0 2 Zest Impact 0 2 Serral Rogue 2 0 Neeb March 2, 2018 - 14:15 CET Rogue 2 0 Zest Serral 2 1 Neeb Impact 1 2 Nerchio March 2, 2018 - 17:00 CET Impact 2 1 Neeb Rogue 2 0 Nerchio Serral 2 0 Zest March 2, 2018 - 17:15 CET Impact 1 2 Rogue Nerchio 0 2 Serral Zest 1 2 Neeb [ edit ] Group D March 2, 2018 - 17:30 CET 1. Classic 5-0 10-1 +9 2. sOs 4-1 8-4 +4 3. Trap 3-2 6-6 0 4. Ryung 2-3 6-6 0 5. HeRoMaRinE 1-4 3-8 -5 6. Elazer 0-5 2-10 -8 Group D Matches March 2, 2018 - 17:30 CET sOs 2 1 Ryung Classic 2 0 Trap Elazer 0 2 HeRoMaRinE March 2, 2018 - 18:55 CET HeRoMaRinE 0 2 Ryung sOs 2 0 Trap Elazer 1 2 Classic March 2, 2018 - 19:50 CET Classic 2 0 HeRoMaRinE Elazer 1 2 sOs Trap 2 1 Ryung March 2, 2018 - 20:30 CET Trap 2 1 HeRoMaRinE Elazer 0 2 Ryung Classic 2 0 sOs March 2, 2018 - 22:30 CET Classic 2 0 Ryung Elazer 0 2 Trap sOs 2 0 HeRoMaRinE

Playoffs [ edit ]

Round of 12 (Bo5) Trap 3 Dark 2 Dear 3 Impact 2 Hurricane 0 Rogue 3 sOs 2 Maru 3 Quarterfinals (Bo5) Serral 3 Trap 2 Classic 3 Dear 1 TY 1 Rogue 3 Solar 1 Maru 3 Semifinals (Bo5) Serral 0 Classic 3 Rogue 3 Maru 2 Finals (Bo7) Classic 0 Rogue 4

Distribution [ edit ]

Race

WCS Region

Country

Show All Protoss Terran Zerg Group Stage 8 8 8 Round of 12 5 2 5 Quarterfinals 3 2 3 Semifinals 1 1 2 Finals 1 1 Champion 1 Americas Europe Korea Other Group Stage 2 6 16 Round of 12 1 11 Quarterfinals 1 7 Semifinals 1 3 Finals 2 Champion 1 Western Europe Eastern Europe North America Latin America Asia Oceania Round of 24 16 Round of 12 11 Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals Champion

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Streams [ edit ]

VODs [ edit ]

Replays [ edit ]

Replay Pack[3] (75.89 MB)