2015 StarCraft II World Championship Series

2015 StarCraft II World Championship Series Global Finals

2015
Tournament information
Sport	StarCraft II
Location	Anaheim, California
Administrator	Blizzard Entertainment
Venue(s)	Anaheim Convention Center
Purse	$250,000
Final positions
Champion	Kim "sOs" Yoo Jin
Runner-up	Lee "Life" Seung Hyun
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The 2015 StarCraft II World Championship Series (WCS) is the 2015 edition of the StarCraft II World Championship Series, the highest level of esports competition for StarCraft II. ^[1] The tournament series' Global Finals were won by South Korean professional player Kim "sOs" Yoo Jin, becoming the first two-time StarCraft II world champion. ^{[2] [3]}

Format

See also: StarCraft II World Championship Series § History

The 2015 StarCraft II World Championship Series introduced greater region-locking restrictions in reaction to Korean dominance across all WCS leagues. WCS America and Europe's Premier and Challenger leagues were merged into a shared league, dropping the continental naming convention. In Korea, a second Korean league formed alongside the long-running Global StarCraft II League (GSL), SPOTV's StarCraft II StarLeague (SSL), replacing the defunct Ongamenet Starleague (OSL). Both Korean leagues featured three seasons of regular play, as did the WCS Premier League. ^[4]

Seeding

All WCS-sanctioned events gave out points to players based on their ranking and the event's tier. The sixteen highest-ranking players received invites to the Global Finals, seeded into a bracket based on their rank. ^[1] As there were two players tied for the 16th seed, a tie-breaker match was held prior to the commencement of the Global Finals. ^[5]

Results

Global Finals

The WCS Global Finals were held at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California as part of BlizzCon 2015. ^[6] They featured bracket play in the round of sixteen, played out the week prior to the main event as part of BlizzCon Opening Week, with the quarterfinals onward at the convention center itself. ^{[6] [7]}

	Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Finals
	herO	1
	Classic	3			Classic	2
	INnoVation	1			Life	3
	Life	3							Life	3
	Rain	0							sOs	4
	sOs	3			sOs	3
	Hydra	1			Rogue	0
	Rogue	3

References

1. "Blizzard announces 2015 WCS changes".
2. "Protoss player SoS becomes the first two-time StarCraft 2 World Champion at BlizzCon". Polygon . 7 November 2015.
3. "The end of Heart of the Swarm, but a new beginning for StarCraft II". 27 November 2015.
4. "The WCS Global Finals at BlizzCon 2015".
5. "WCS Tiebreaker: FanTaSy vs HyuN - WCS 2015".
6. "BlizzCon Crowns Winners in Heroes of the Storm, StarCraft 2, Hearthstone, and World of Warcraft".
7. "- YouTube". YouTube .