







Overview [ edit ]

The 2012 Battle.net World Championship is a premier global event organized by Blizzard Entertainment, and which will feature some of the best players of the world. Slated to take place in Shanghai, China on November 17–18, 2012, the Battle.net World Championship will host this year’s StarCraft II and World of Warcraft Arena World Championship tournaments. It will be held instead of a 2012 BlizzCon Invitational.[1] The World Championship will be the final event of a four-tier program, with tournaments at the continental, national, and sub-national level throughout 2012:

Tier 4: The World Championship, held in Asia at the end of the year.

Tier 3: Five continental championships (North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Oceania), each of them being a live offline event.

Tier 2: 28 national championships aiming to crown national champion for each country involved.

Tier 1: Grassroots national qualifiers, run in cooperation with existing eSports organizations.

Each tier feeds directly into the one above it, with 32 players competing in the World Championship. The whole program will be held exclusively on Wings of Liberty, regardless of possible Heart of the Swarm release.[2][3]

About [ edit ]

Format [ edit ]

Group Stage: GSL-Style Dual Tournament. Top two advance to playoffs.

Playoffs: Single-elimination bracket. Best-of-five until finals. Best-of-seven finals.



Map Pool [ edit ]

Prize Pool [ edit ]

A total prize pool of $250,000 has been announced.[4] The 2012 StarCraft II World Champion will be awarded $100,000.

Qualifiers [ edit ]

32 players (24 players from the five continentals and 8 players from direct nationals seeds) will qualify for the World Championship in Shanghai.

Participants [ edit ]

* Suppy replaces Ostojiy, who decided to focus on his studies instead.[5]

Results [ edit ]

Group Stage [ edit ]

Group A [ edit ] Group A 1. PartinG 2-0 4-0 2. Illusion 2-1 4-2 3. Fenix 1-2 2-4 4. Socke 0-2 0-4 Group A Matches Illusion 2 0 Fenix PartinG 2 0 Socke Illusion 0 2 PartinG Fenix 2 0 Socke Illusion 2 0 Fenix Group B [ edit ] Group B 1. Suppy 2-0 4-1 2. VortiX 2-1 5-2 3. ViBE 1-2 2-5 4. Comm 0-2 1-4 Group B Matches VortiX 1 2 ViBE Comm 1 2 Suppy ViBE 0 2 Suppy VortiX 2 0 Comm ViBE 0 2 VortiX Group C [ edit ] Group C 1. Sen 2-0 4-1 2. KiLLeR 2-1 4-3 3. Grubby 1-2 4-5 4. HuK 0-2 1-4 Group C Matches Sen 2 0 KiLLeR HuK 1 2 Grubby Sen 2 1 Grubby KiLLeR 2 0 HuK Grubby 1 2 KiLLeR Group D [ edit ] Group D 1. BabyKnight 2-0 4-0 2. Rain 2-1 4-2 3. State 1-2 2-4 4. MaFia 0-2 0-4 Group D Matches State 0 2 BabyKnight MaFia 0 2 Rain BabyKnight 2 0 Rain State 2 0 MaFia Rain 2 0 State Group E [ edit ] Group E 1. IdrA 2-0 4-0 2. HerO 2-1 4-3 3. Stephano 1-2 3-4 4. RorO 0-2 0-4 Group E Matches Stephano 2 0 HerO IdrA 2 0 RorO Stephano 0 2 IdrA HerO 2 0 RorO Stephano 1 2 HerO Group F [ edit ] Group F 1. TitaN 2-0 4-1 2. Curious 2-1 5-4 3. herO 1-2 3-5 4. MajOr 0-2 2-4 Group F Matches Curious 1 2 TitaN MajOr 1 2 herO TitaN 2 0 herO Curious 2 1 MajOr herO 1 2 Curious Group G [ edit ] Group G 1. LucifroN 2-0 4-1 2. LoWeLy 2-1 4-3 3. Insur 1-2 3-4 4. Levin 0-2 1-4 Group G Matches Insur 0 2 LoWeLy Levin 1 2 LucifroN LoWeLy 0 2 LucifroN Insur 2 0 Levin LoWeLy 2 1 Insur Group H [ edit ] Group H 1. Creator 2-0 4-1 2. Scarlett 2-1 4-3 3. Nerchio 1-2 3-4 4. mOOnGLaDe 0-2 1-4 Group H Matches mOOnGLaDe 1 2 Scarlett Nerchio 1 2 Creator Scarlett 0 2 Creator mOOnGLaDe 0 2 Nerchio Scarlett 2 0 Nerchio

* Groups were drawn in the Battle.net World Championship Seeding Show event on the 8th of November

Playoffs [ edit ]

Bracket [ edit ]

Round of 16 (Bo5) PartinG 3 Scarlett 0 Suppy 3 LoWeLy 1 Sen 3 Curious 0 BabyKnight 1 HerO 3 IdrA 1 Rain 3 TitaN 0 KiLLeR 3 LucifroN 2 VortiX 3 Creator 3 Illusion 0 Quarterfinals (Bo5) PartinG 3 Suppy 2 Sen 3 HerO 2 Rain 3 KiLLeR 0 VortiX 2 Creator 3 Semifinals (Bo5) PartinG 3 Sen 0 Rain 2 Creator 3 Finals (Bo7) PartinG 4 Creator 2 3rd Place Match Sen 0 Rain 3

Distribution [ edit ]

Race

Region

Country

Show All Protoss Terran Zerg Round of 32 13 4 15 Round of 16 6 2 8 Quarterfinals 4 4 Semifinals 3 1 Finals 2 Winner 1 Western Europe Eastern Europe North America Latin America Asia Oceania Round of 32 6 3 8 4 9 2 Round of 16 3 2 4 1 6 Quarterfinals 1 1 1 5 Semifinals 4 Finals 2 Champion 1 Western Europe Eastern Europe North America Latin America Asia Oceania Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals Champion

View Games [ edit ]

VODs & Replays [ edit ]



The links above display the correct Twitch channels, but the video ID has changed. One way around is to manually search for the videos in Twitch (try "Battle.net World Championship"). Another way around it is to browse the Streams listed below.

Streams [ edit ]

Additional Coverage [ edit ]

Gallery [ edit ]

See also [ edit ]