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Single-elimination 2011 Tournaments [ edit ] The GSL Sponsorship League 2011 format for GSL January The GSL Sponsorship League format from GSL March to GSL July Detailed Format [ edit ] 32 players

Group Selection for Groups based on past League results. Group Stage Format [ edit ] Groups always consists of four players and follow an unusual formula, put in place to preempt incentives for match fixing. Group stages are played as follows: Pairing for the initial round is decided through group selections.

The players play a Best of 1.

The two winners meet each other. The winner advances to the round of 16 as 1st place from his group.

The two losers face each other. The loser drops to the Code / Up & Down Matches.

/ Up & Down Matches. The winner of the loser's game meets the loser of the winner's game. Winner advances to Ro16 as 2nd place, loser remains in Code , but does not advance. Bracket [ edit ] Players placed into Bracket determined by group results.

Round of 16: Best of 3.

Round of 8: Best of 3.

Semifinals: Best of 5.

Finals: Best of 7.

Single-elimination.

Final will be played at a location announced by GOM at a later date per tournament. A-Class Tournament [ edit ] 32 player knock-out tournament.

Round of 32 & 16: Best of 3 Bottom 16 players lose their A-Class seeding. Top 16 players keeps their A-Class seeding.

Players advancing to the Quarter Finals will play in the S-Class promotion matches. Quarter & Semi Finals: Best of 3

Finals: Best of 7 Winner gains Code status. The winner of MLG will gain Code status if they are already Code or do not accept it, the runner up will gain Code .

status if they are already Code or do not accept it, the runner up will gain Code . The top 3 Foreign players at MLG will be invited to play in Code . Up and Down Matches [ edit ] Three groups of five players; each group plays a Bo1 round-robin. The top 2 players in each group earn Code for the next tournament. November 2011 to 2014 WCS Tournaments [ edit ] Before 2014 season of WCS, GSL ran a complicated three-layers format. The New GSL Sponsorship League format. Code S (Premier League) [ edit ] Ro32: Dual Tournament format. Best of 3.

The 4 players of each group are split into two pairs and play each other .

and . The winners of these matches will then face each other in the Winner’s match. The victor places first in the group and advances to the Ro16. The losers of the initial matches face each other in the Loser’s match. The loser places fourth in the group, will fall to Code Ro48. The loser of the Winner’s match and the winner of the Loser’s match will face each other in a fifth match. The winner gets second place in the group and advances to the Ro16.

The loser places third in the group and will fall to Code Ro32. Ro16: Dual Tournament format. Best of 3.

The 4 players of each group in Ro16 will face off similar to Ro32.

Players who place 3rd and 4th in their group will fall to Code Ro24. Ro8: Single elimination playoffs. Players who reach Ro8 will retain their Code status.

status. Round of 8: Best of 5.

Semi Finals: Best of 5.

Finals: Best of 7. Code A (Challenger League) [ edit ] Bracket stage [ edit ] Round of 48 Single-elimination Bracket

First round (Ro48) consists of 40 qualified players and the 8 4th place finishers in the Code Ro32 group stage.

Ro32 group stage. Losers in the first round lose their Code status and must compete in the preliminaries next season.

status and must compete in the preliminaries next season. The second round (Ro32) consists of the 24 advancing players from the first round and the 8 3rd place finishers in the Code Ro32 group stage.

Ro32 group stage. Losers in the second round get a chance to acquire Code by competing in the Up & Down Matches.

by competing in the Up & Down Matches. The third round (Ro24) consists of the 16 advancing players from the second round and the 8 3rd/4th place finishers in the Code Ro16 group stage.

Ro16 group stage. Losers in the third round get a chance to acquire Code by competing in the Up & Down Matches.

by competing in the Up & Down Matches. Winners in the third round advance to Code in the next season. Up&Down stage [ edit ] 12 Round of 24 Winners automatically advance to remier League without going through the Up & Down Matches.

automatically advance to remier League without going through the Up & Down Matches. 16 Round of 32 Losers + 12 Round of 24 Losers = 28 players.

+ = players. Add 2 players for the Spots Tournament.

players for the Spots Tournament. Players are divided into 6 groups of 5

Each group’s 1st and 2nd Place advance to remier League.

and Place advance to remier League. Tie breaker: If player A and player B have the same number of wins, but A has won over B in a previous game then A will be the winner. If a tie still exists, a rematch will be played. (For example A,B and C have the same number of wins. However if A has won B, B has won C, and C has won A, tie still exists, and rematch will be played.) 2015 WCS Tournaments [ edit ] Code S [ edit ] Ro32: Dual Tournament format. Best of 3.

The 4 players of each group are split into two pairs and play each other .

and . The winners of these matches will then face each other in the Winner’s match. The victor places first in the group and advances to the Ro16. The losers of the initial matches face each other in the Loser’s match. The loser places fourth in the group, will fall to Code . The loser of the Winner’s match and the winner of the Loser’s match will face each other in a fifth match. The winner gets second place in the group and advances to the Ro16.

The loser places third in the group and will fall to Code . Ro16: Dual Tournament format. Best of 3.

The 4 players of each group in Ro16 will face off similar to Ro32.

Players who place 3rd and 4th in their group will fall to Code . Ro8: Single elimination playoffs. Players who reach Ro8 will retain their Code status.

status. Round of 8: Best of 5.

Semi Finals: Best of 7.

Finals: Best of 7. Code A [ edit ] Best-of-three.

The 4 players of each group are split into two pairs and play each other .

and . The winners of these matches will then face each other in the Winner’s match. The victor places first in the group and advances to the Code Round of 32. The losers of the initial matches face each other in the Loser’s match. Losers in the first round lose their Code status and must requalify for next season. The loser of the Winner’s match and the winner of the Loser’s match will face each other in a fifth match. The winner gets second place in the group and advances to the Code Round of 32 .

. Losers in the fifth match lose their Code status and must requalify for next season.