







The 2016 WCS Global Playoffs and Finals are the conclusion of the 2016 StarCraft II World Championship Series. Sixteen players (eight from WCS Korea, eight from WCS Circuit) compete for the most prestigious trophy in 2016. They qualify either by winning one of the seven tournaments providing a direct spot, or by earning WCS points throughout 2016 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 ]

2016 WCS Format overview

Qualification [ edit ]

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

WCS Korea: 4 seeds from the GSL and SSL events, 4 seeds from the standings

4 seeds from the GSL and SSL events, 4 seeds from the standings WCS Circuit: 3 seeds from the Circuit Championships, 5 seeds from the standings

If a player has won multiple GSL/SSL 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 ]

1 Hydra was unable to attend the Global Playoffs due to a scheduling conflict with his wedding. This resolved the tie that existed for the final WCS Circuit qualifying spot between viOLet and Elazer.[1] The tie for the groups' seeding was broken by a coin flip on October 8, 2016[2] with viOLet gaining the 7th spot.[3]

2 Polt was unable to attend the Global Playoffs due to entering the Korean military.[4] His spot was taken by the next player in the WCS Circuit rankings, PtitDrogo.

Prize pool [ edit ]

The prize pool has been doubled compared to the previous WCS Global Finals for a total of 500,000 USD .

Global Playoffs [ edit ]

Group A [ edit ] Group A October 27, 2016 - 8:30 PDT 1. Dark 2-0 4-1 2. Stats 2-1 5-3 3. PtitDrogo 1-2 2-5 4. Snute 0-2 2-4 Group A Matches October 27, 2016 - 8:30 PDT Dark 2 0 PtitDrogo October 27, 2016 - 9:50 PDT Stats 2 1 Snute October 27, 2016 - 13:35 PDT PtitDrogo 2 1 Snute October 29, 2016 - 8:30 PDT Dark 2 1 Stats October 30, 2016 - 9:40 PDT PtitDrogo 0 2 Stats Group B [ edit ] Group B October 27, 2016 - 11:30 PDT 1. Zest 2-0 4-2 2. Neeblet 2-1 5-4 3. Patience 1-2 4-4 4. TRUE 0-2 1-4 Group B Matches October 27, 2016 - 11:30 PDT Neeblet 2 1 Patience October 27, 2016 - 12:35 PDT Zest 2 1 TRUE October 27, 2016 - 14:40 PDT Patience 2 0 TRUE October 29, 2016 - 9:50 PDT Neeblet 1 2 Zest October 30, 2016 - 10:30 PDT Patience 1 2 Neeblet Group C [ edit ] Group C October 28, 2016 - 8:30 PDT 1. ShoWTimE 2-0 4-0 2. ByuN 2-1 4-2 3. Dear 1-2 2-5 4. viOLet 0-2 1-4 Group C Matches October 28, 2016 - 8:30 PDT ShoWTimE 2 0 Dear October 28, 2016 - 9:55 PDT ByuN 2 0 viOLet October 28, 2016 - 13:20 PDT Dear 2 1 viOLet October 29, 2016 - 11:10 PDT ShoWTimE 2 0 ByuN October 30, 2016 - 11:30 PDT Dear 0 2 ByuN Group D [ edit ] Group D October 28, 2016 - 10:30 PDT 1. TY 2-0 4-1 2. Elazer 2-1 4-3 3. Nerchio 1-2 3-5 4. Solar 0-2 2-4 Group D Matches October 28, 2016 - 10:30 PDT TY 2 1 Nerchio October 28, 2016 - 12:10 PDT Solar 1 2 Elazer October 28, 2016 - 14:35 PDT Nerchio 2 1 Solar October 29, 2016 - 12:20 PDT TY 2 0 Elazer October 30, 2016 - 12:15 PDT Nerchio 0 2 Elazer

Global Finals [ edit ]

Quarterfinals (Bo5) ShoWTimE 1 Elazer 3 Dark 3 Neeblet 0 TY 1 ByuN 3 Zest 2 Stats 3 Semifinals (Bo5) Elazer 0 Dark 3 ByuN 3 Stats 1 Finals (Bo7) Dark 2 ByuN 4

Distribution [ edit ]

Race

WCS Region

Show All Protoss Terran Zerg Round of 16 7 2 7 Quarterfinals 4 2 2 Semifinals 1 1 2 Finals 1 1 Champion 1 Americas Europe Korea Other Round of 16 3 5 8 Quarterfinals 1 2 5 Semifinals 1 3 Finals 2 Champion 1

Maps Statistics [ edit ]

Players Statistics [ edit ]

View Games [ edit ]

Streams [ edit ]

VODs [ edit ]

Replays [ edit ]

Replay pack[5](10.0mb)

WCS Signature Series [ edit ]

Viewers Statistics [ edit ]

Data about number of viewers[6]:

The tournament's peak Without Chinese viewers was 130 453 viewers

English streams peak was 108 662 viewers

Russian streams peak was 13 119 viewers

Chinese streams peak was 204 243 viewers

Twitch.tv peak was 133 347 viewers

External Link [ edit ]