2014 WCS Season 1 America Premier League

League Information

Series:

WCS AM

Organizers:

NASL (Ro32)
ESL
Blizzard Entertainment

Game Version:

Heart of the Swarm
Patch 2.1 – Patch 2.1.1

Server:

North America / Europe

Type:

Offline

Location:

Cologne

Venue:

ESL Studio One

Format:

1v1
2 Group Stages
Single-elimination Playoffs

Prize Pool:

$131,000 USD

Start Date:

2014-02-18

End Date:

2014-04-13

Liquipedia Tier:

Premier

Links

Participants

Number of Players:

32

12

11

9

Maps

Alterzim Stronghold • Daedalus Point • Frost • Habitation Station • Heavy Rain • Polar Night • Yeonsu

Chronology

2013 WCS S3 America Premier

2014 WCS S2 America Premier

Format[edit]

Group Stage #1 (Round of 32): Dual Tournament Format.
- All matches are Bo3.
- Bottom 16 fall to next season's hallenger League.
Group Stage #2 (Round of 16): Dual Tournament Format.
- All matches are Bo3.
- All 16 players who make it to this round are seeded in next season's remier League.
Playoffs: Single-elimination bracket.
- Quarterfinals are Bo5.
- Semifinals are Bo5.
- Finals are Bo7.

Matches from the Round of 32 are played online. Matches from the Round of 16 and onwards were originally scheduled to be held onsite at the NASL Studios at Rancho Cucamonga, CA. However, due to the closure of NASL and takeover of operations by ESL, the matches will instead be played onsite at ESL Studio One in Cologne, Germany. The finals will run parallel to 2014 WCS Season 1 Europe. ^[1]

Map Pool[edit]

Alterzim Stronghold	Daedalus Point	Frost	Habitation Station	Heavy Rain	Polar Night	Yeonsu

Talents[edit]

Host:
- Clutch (Joshua Gray)

Commentators:
- Gretorp (Andre Hengchua)
- Kaelaris (James Carrol)
- Kibbelz (Andrew Dunne)
- MrBitter (Ben Nichol)
- Nathanias (Nathan Lawrence Fabrikant)
- Ret (Joseph de Kroon)
- RotterdaM (Kevin van der Kooi)
- ToD (Yoan Merlo)

Prize Pool[edit]

$131,000 USD and 10,500 WCS Points are divided among participants as follows:

Participants[edit]

2013 WCS Season 3 America: Premier League Quarterfinalists (8)
Protoss (12)	Terran (11)	Zerg (9)
Oz	Polt	ByuL
HerO	TaeJa ¹	Jaedong
MacSed	Heart
	~~Hack~~ ¹
From the hallenger League (24)
HuK	MajOr	Scarlett
desRow	aLive	HyuN
Top	Bomber	NesTea
Has	SeleCT	Revival
Alicia	TheStC	Sen
Arthur	Neeb	TooDming
puCK	Illusion	XiGua
Minigun	MaSa
CranK

¹ TaeJa replaces Hack. ^[2]

Results[edit]

Group Stage #1 (Ro32)[edit]

Group A[edit]

Group A
February 18, 2014 15:00 PST
1.	Alicia	2-0	4-0
2.	Oz	2-1	4-3
3.	NesTea	1-2	3-5
4.	desRow	0-2	1-4

Group A Matches

Group B[edit]

Group B
February 19, 2014 15:00 PST
1.	Heart	2-0	4-1
2.	TooDming	2-1	5-2
3.	Scarlett	1-2	2-5
4.	MaSa	0-2	1-4

Group B Matches

Group C[edit]

Group C
February 25, 2014 15:00 PST
1.	HyuN	2-0	4-2
2.	Revival	2-1	5-3
3.	ByuL	1-2	4-4
4.	TheStC	0-2	0-4

Group C Matches

Group D[edit]

Group D
February 26, 2014 15:00 PST
1.	Arthur	2-0	4-1
2.	Bomber	2-1	5-2
3.	Has	1-2	2-5
4.	Jaedong	0-2	1-4

Group D Matches

Group E[edit]

Group E
March 4, 2014 15:00 PST
1.	HuK	2-0	4-1
2.	XiGua	2-1	4-3
3.	HerO	1-2	4-5
4.	Top	0-2	1-4

Group E Matches

Group F[edit]

Group F
March 5, 2014 15:00 PST
1.	CranK	2-0	4-0
2.	TaeJa	2-1	4-2
3.	MajOr	1-2	2-4
4.	aLive	0-2	0-4

Group F Matches

Group G[edit]

Group G
March 11, 2014 15:00 PDT
1.	Polt	2-0	4-1
2.	Neeb	2-1	5-3
3.	Illusion	1-2	2-4
4.	Minigun	0-2	1-4

Group G Matches

Group H[edit]

Group H
March 12, 2014 15:00 PDT
1.	MacSed	2-0	4-1
2.	puCK	2-1	5-2
3.	Sen	1-2	2-5
4.	SeleCT	0-2	1-4

Group H Matches