View Coverage: GSL'11Organiser: Gretech Corp
Website: http://www.gomtv.netLocation: Seoul, South Korea
The
Global Starcraft II League 2011 will feature various leagues and cups (see the
coverage):
- GSL Sponsorship League (7 tournaments)
- Super Tournament (1 tournament in May)
- World Championship (1 tournament in September)– Invitational
- Global SC II Team League (6 tournaments)
- Blizzard Cup (1 tournament in December)– Invitational
- GSL Sponsorship League
-- Code S
50,000,000 KRW (~32 556€)
20,000,000 KRW (~13 022€)
3-4th. 5,000,000 KRW (~3 255€)
5-8th. 3,000,000 KRW (~1 953€)
9-16th. 2,000,000 KRW (~1 302€)
17-32nd. 1,500,000 KRW (~976€)
--- Code A
1st. 1,500,000 KRW (~976€)
2nd. 1,000,000 KRW (~651€)
3-4th. 800,000 KRW (~519€)
5-8th. 600,000 KRW (~390€)
9-16th. 400,000 KRW (~260€)
17-32nd. 200,000 KRW (~130€)
- Super Tournament
100,000,000 KRW (~65 112€)
30,000,000 KRW (~19 533€)
3-4th. 10,000,000 KRW (~6 511€)
5-8th. 5,000,000 KRW (~3 255€)
9-16th. 2,000,000 KRW (~1 302€)
17-32nd. 1,000,000 KRW (~651€)
- World Championship
30,000,000 KRW (~19 533€)
15,000,000 KRW (~9 743€)
3-4th. 10,000,000 KRW (~6 511€)
5-8th. 5,000,000 KRW (~3 255€)
9-16th. 3,000,000 KRW (~1 953€)
- GSTL
10,000,000 KRW (~6 511€)
5,000,000 KRW (~3 255€)
- Blizzard Cup
50,000,000 KRW (~32 476€)
30,000,000 KRW (~19 533€)
20,000,000 KRW (~13 022€)
4th. 15,000,000 KRW (~9 743€)
5th. 12,000,000 KRW (~7 813€)
6th. 9,000,000 KRW (~5 860€)
7th. 7,000,000 KRW (~4 557€)
8th. 5,000,000 KRW (~3 255€)
9th. 3,000,000 KRW (~1 953€)
10th. 1,500,000 KRW (~976€)
More details about the cups and leagues of 2011:
Code S
- Group Stage (32 players)
- Top32 players of 2010 are divided into 8 groups of 4.
- Top2 players from each group advance
- The 3rd and 4th player from each Ro32 group go to "Up and Down Match"
- One group will play each day
- The groups are determined by a public lottery held on the following Monday of each GSL Sponsorship League
- Playoff format: Ro8/Quarters, Ro4/Semis: bo5, Finals: bo7
- Players from Ro16 remain in Code S
Code A
- Ro32 to Semis: bo3, Finals: bo7
- 4 foreign players are seeded Code A (Mainly winners of other worldwide tournaments)
- If no foreign players, more players will be brought in through the Preliminary Rounds for Code A
- Winners of Ro8 go to "Up and Down Match"
- Winners of Ro16 remain in Code A
- Rest of the players will have to go through the Preliminary Rounds for Code A
Code B
- 172 players from top Diamond League in Korean Battle.net server
- Foreign players can always compete in the Preliminary Rounds for Code A disregarding their ladder point
Up and Down Matches
- Bottom 16 from Code S and top 8 from Code A will compete
- 8 groups of 3 players: 2x Code S, 1x Code A per group
- 1st and 2nd from the Code A tournament pick their group
- Rest of the groups will be randomly selected
- The 3rd group rank from Code S play Code A player in a bo3 match, the winner goes to Code S
- The loser of the match will play the 4th group rank from Code S in a bo3 match
- If you are the 4th in your group in Code S, you only have one opportunity to remain in Code S
Code A Preliminary Rounds
- Bottom 16 players of Code A, 172 players from Code B and 4 recommended foreign players will compete (192 players in total)
- Registration for the Code A Preliminary Rounds will start a week before each Preliminary Rounds
- The top 12 players from the tournament go to Code A
- Single Elimination Brackets, 64 players (32x Code S, 32x Code A)
- Only tournament of the year mixing Code S and Code A players
- Same format as the GSL Pre-Season Tournaments (Ro64 to Ro16: bo3, Ro8 & Ro4: bo5, Finals: bo7)
- The best 16 players in the world get invited
- 2 from North America, 2 from Europe, 2 from Taiwan, 2 from China and 8 from Korea
- The Korean players will be the top8 from the total rankings
- 8 teams participate in the tournament
- The teams are selected by the points of their members in Code S and Code A
- Matches will be played as 1v1 for each round with the winner playing the next round. When a player loses, the next in his team list steps in
- Ro8 to Semis: ft4, Finals: ft5 (ft = First to x wins)
- The Korean players will be the top8 from the total rankings
- The top 10 players of the year's rankings will play
- Matches are bo7
- Day 1: 10th vs 9th
- Day 2: Winner vs 8th
- Day 3: Winner vs 7th
- Day 4: Winner vs 6th
- Day 5: Winner vs 5th
- Day 6: Winner vs 4th
- Day 7: Winner vs 3rd
- Day 8: Winner vs 2nd
- Day 9: Winner vs 1st
Links:
GSL 2011 system announcement
Edited by xou at 15:35 CDT, 7 August 2011 - 5928 Hits
been a long time coming