Finally we're at the SC2 world championships, a 5 day long tournament, with a $1mil prize pool; $400,000 for first place!
(I suggest you sort the comments here by New)
Main Twitch Stream | Youtube Streams | Twitch Stream B
Liquipedia results | TL discussion thread
(Liquipedia says they start at 5am CDT, but Youtube is saying 4:15am, so there may be a long intro segment/ceremony)
18 Players
Serral, Clem, Oliveira, Cure, Dark, Maru, HeRoMaRinE, Reynor, ByuN, GuMiho, Astrea, Coffee, Classic, Spirit, Solar, herO, ShoWTimE, and SHIN.
(ShoWTimE and SHIN both got in through the last chance qualifier, so they will start in the Knockout Bracket played on August 17th.)
Format
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Main Stage (played August 14th to 16th)
- 16 players split into Group A and B
- Double-elimination brackets, and losing again in the Lower Bracket means you go to the first round of the Knockout Bracket.
- All matches are Bo5.
- The winner of each group advances to the Final Four.
- The 2nd place of Group A faces the 2nd place of Group B
- Winner advances to the Final Four.
- Loser drops down to the Quarterfinals of the Knockout Bracket
- 16 players split into Group A and B
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Knockout Bracket (August 17th)
- 16 Players
- 6 players who lost in Group A Lower Bracket
- 6 players who lost in Group B Lower Bracket
- The player who lost the 2nd places match
- ShoWTimE and SHIN, who won the qualifier back in July
- Single-elimination bracket.
- All matches are Bo3.
- Finals are Bo5.
- The winner advances to the Final Four.
- 16 Players
(ShoWTimE and SHIN are starting in the Round of 16 of this bracket, but we don't yet know who will be top of the bracket or who will be at the bottom side)
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Final Four (August 18th)
- The winner of Group A, the winner of Group B, the winner of the 2nd places match from the Main Stage, and the winner of the Knockout Bracket.
- Single-elimination bracket.
- Semifinals (first matches) are Bo7.
- Grand Finals are Bo9.
This might be the last day of GSL ever, we don't know if there will be another season after this :(
Live stream: https://www.sooplive.com/gslenglish
Alternate live stream: https://bj.afreecatv.com/gslenglish
Youtube (limited): https://www.youtube.com/@afreecatvesports432/streams
TL.net preview article: https://tl.net/forum/starcraft-2/627822-code-s-ro4-and-finals-preview-cure-dark-maru-creator
TL.net discussion thread: https://tl.net/forum/sc2-tournaments/627842-gsl-2024-code-sseason-2-finals-day
Results: https://liquipedia.net/starcraft2/Global_StarCraft_II_League/2024/Season_2
Live stream: https://bj.afreecatv.com/gslenglish
Youtube stream (restricted): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wYUPboRc0oM
Tonight is Group A with Maru, soO, Cure, and ByuN.
Next week is herO, Creator, DRG, and Dark.
Results Wiki: https://liquipedia.net/starcraft2/Global_StarCraft_II_League/2024/Season_2#Group_Stage_2
TL.net Discussion Thread: https://tl.net/forum/sc2-tournaments/626978-gsl-2024-code-sseason-2-ro8-group-a
When TL.net posts their preview article, I'll drop it in a comment here
https://liquipedia.net/starcraft2/ESL_Pro_Tour/2023/24/Masters/Spring
And TL's preview article for the tournament was a little late but here it is https://tl.net/forum/starcraft-2/626282-ept-summer-dallas-road-to-the-ewc
TL discussion thread https://tl.net/forum/sc2-tournaments/626242-ept-spring-dallas-2024-info-live-discussion-may-31-june-2
(SHIN aka Ragnarok)
watch on Afreeca: https://bj.afreecatv.com/gslenglish
watch on Youtube (restricted): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ntdhrCtlcDw
Liquipedia https://liquipedia.net/starcraft2/Global_StarCraft_II_League/2024/Season_2#Group_Stage_1
Same time every Thursday.
TL discussion thread https://tl.net/forum/sc2-tournaments/624855-gsl-2024-code-sseason-2-group-a
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