StarCraft II World Championship Series

The StarCraft II World Championship Series ( WCS ) is an international series of events at E-Sports -Titel StarCraft II .

meaning

The WCS has been organized by Blizzard Entertainment (the game developer of StarCraft II) in cooperation with ESL , MLG (until June 2013), OGN and GOMTV since 2012 . The highlight of the season is the Battle.net World Championship , in which prize money of several hundred thousand dollars will be distributed. Before 2012, Blizzard held invitational tournaments ( Blizzcon Invitational ); but with significantly less prize money.

With total prize money of $ 1.6 million in 2013, WCS offers by far the highest prize money for StarCraft 2 and one of the highest in esports in general. Media not specialized in e-sports, such as Der Standard and T-Online , have already reported on the WCS.

2012

At the first edition of the WCS, a total of around 500,000 dollars in prize money was distributed. Through the national and continental qualifying tournaments, 32 players earned their starting place at the Battle.net World Championship , which took place in Shanghai in 2012. With Won Lee-sak (player name: PartinG ) a South Korean player prevailed as expected and won the $ 100,000 main prize. The only German-speaking participant Giacomo Thüs (player name: Sock ) was eliminated in the group stage.

National championships

The national champions of the eight countries marked in yellow qualified directly for the world championship. The remaining 24 places were awarded at the continental championships.

Europe				North America		Asia
Belgium	Orly	Russia	Titanium	Canada	Scarlett	China People's Republic	Comm
Denmark	BabyKnight	Spain	LucifroN	Mexico	Major	Singapore	Revenant
Germany	sock	Sweden	ThorZaIN	United States	ViBE	Korea South	Creator
Finland	Naama	Ukraine	Bly	South America		Taiwan	Sen
France	Stephano	United Kingdom	Ziktomini	Argentina	Capoch	Philippines²	EnDerr
Italy	JeaL	Belarus¹	LoWeLy	Brazil	Potiguar	Oceania
Netherlands	Grubby			Chile	Killer	Australia	PiG
Norway	Noticimus			Colombia	Adj	New Zealand	JazBas
Poland	Nerchio			Peru	Fenix

¹ master "Rest of Europe and South Africa"
² master Southeast Asia

Continental championships

The 24 players marked in green qualified for the world championship. Those marked in yellow had already secured their starting place with the national title. In each of the three major regions (Europe, North America, Asia) a total prize money of 60,000 dollars was distributed.

space	Prize money	Asia	Europe	North America	Prize money	South America	Prize money	Oceania
1.	$ 24,000	Korea South Rain	France Stephano	Canada Scarlett	$ 12,000	Chile Killer	$ 6,000	Australia mOOnGLaDe
2.	$ 9,000	Korea South PartinG	Spain VortiX	United States ViBE	$ 6,000	Peru Fenix	$ 3,750	Australia Mafia
3.	$ 3,600	Korea South HerO	Spain LucifroN	United States IdrA	$ 2,700	Brazil Levin	$ 1,800	Australia tgun
4th	$ 1,800	Korea South herO	Belarus LoWeLy	Mexico Major	$ 1,500	Brazil Tunico	$ 1,000	Australia Light
5th-6th	$ 1,300	Korea South Curious	Denmark BabyKnight	United States Insur
5th-6th	$ 1,300	Korea South RorO	Netherlands Grubby	United States State
7th-8th	$ 1,100	Korea South Creator	Poland Nerchio	United States illusion
7th-8th	$ 1,100	Korea South Seed	Russia Happy	Canada Ostojiy
9-12	$ 1,000	Korea South Squirtle	Sweden SortOf	Canada HuK
		Taiwan Sen	Germany sock	United States Suppy
		Taiwan Slam	Netherlands Ret	United States Fitzyhere
		China People's Republic TooDming	Ukraine Bly	Canada DdoRo

Battle.net World Championship 2012

Date: 17.-18. November 2012
Venue: ShanghaiChina People's Republic
Total cash prize: $ 250,000
Participants: 32

Tournament tree from the knockout phase

Round of 16		Quarter finals		Semifinals		final

Korea South PartinG	3
Canada Scarlett	0	Korea South PartinG	3
United States Suppy	3	United States Suppy	2
Belarus LoWeLy	1			Korea South PartinG	3
Taiwan Sen	3			Taiwan Sen	0
Korea South Curious	0	Taiwan Sen	3
Denmark BabyKnight	1	Korea South HerO	2
Korea South HerO	3					Korea South PartinG	4th
United States IdrA	1					Korea South Creator	2
Korea South Rain	3	Korea South Rain	3
Russia Titanium	0	Chile Killer	0
Chile Killer	3			Korea South Rain	2
Spain LucifroN	2			Korea South Creator	3
Spain VortiX	3	Spain VortiX	2
Korea South Creator	3	Korea South Creator	3
United States illusion	0

2013

In 2013 there were major structural changes compared to the previous year. Instead of one-off national and continental championships, an extensive system consisting of three seasons each took place in the regions of Europe, North America and South Korea. A similar system was already established in South Korea with the GSL and OSL leagues .

At the end of each season, the 16 players (the five to six best placed from the three regions) played an international final ( Global Finals ). WCS points can be collected according to a certain points key. WCS points can also be earned at several other tournaments, for example at DreamHack and the Intel Extreme Masters . The 16 players with the most WCS points qualified for the 2013 World Championship, which this time took place as part of the Blizzcon in Anaheim .

Since the players could choose in which region they would compete, many South Korean players decided to start in the supposedly easier regions of Europe and America. This ultimately led to the fact that with the Swede Johan Lucchesi (player name: NaNiwa) only a player not from South Korea made it into the finals of the World Cup. There the Protoss player Kim Yoo-jin (player name: sOs) won somewhat surprisingly with a 4-1 final victory over Jaedong .

WCS 2013 season 1

space	Prize money	Korea ( GSL )	Europe	North America	Prize money	Finals
1.	$ 20,000	Korea South Soulkey	Korea South Mvp	Korea South HerO	$ 40,000	Korea South Innovation
2.	$ 12,000	Korea South Innovation	France Stephano	Korea South revival	$ 20,000	Korea South SOS
3rd to 4th	0$ 7,000	Korea SouthSymbol sOs Korea South	Korea SouthForGG DIMAGA Ukraine	Korea SouthRyung aLive Korea South	$ 10,000	Korea South Soulkey Mvp Korea South
5th-8th	0$ 3,500	Korea SouthRorO KangHo PartinG Bomber Korea South Korea South Korea South	GermanyTLO LucifroN BabyKnight Happy Spain Denmark Russia	Korea SouthAlicia Snute mOOnGLaDe CranK Norway Australia Korea South	0$ 7,500	Korea SouthRorO Alicia ForGG aLive Korea South Korea South Korea South

WCS 2013 season 2

space	Prize money	Korea ( OSL )	Europe	North America	Prize money	Finals
1.	$ 20,000	Korea South Maru	Korea South duckdeok	Korea South Polt	$ 40,000	Korea South bomber
2.	$ 12,000	Korea South Rain	Korea South MC	Korea South Jaedong	$ 20,000	Korea South Jaedong
3rd to 4th	0$ 7,000	Korea SouthINnoVation bomber Korea South	Korea SouthMMA Grubby Netherlands	Canada Scarlett Tae Yes Korea South	$ 10,000	Korea SouthFirst TaeYes Korea South
5th-8th	0$ 3,500	Korea SouthFirst SuperNova Soulkey symbol Korea South Korea South Korea South	FinlandWelmu NaNiwa HasuObs VortiX Sweden Germany Spain	China People's RepublicJim aLive MacSed Oz Korea South China People's Republic Korea South	0$ 7,500	Korea SouthaLive NaNiwa Rain Scarlett Sweden Korea South Canada

WCS 2013 season 3

space	Prize money	Korea ( GSL )	Europe	North America	Prize money	Finals
1.	$ 20,000	Korea South Dear	Korea South MMA	Korea South Polt	$ 40,000	Korea South Dear
2.	$ 12,000	Korea South soO	Korea South MC	Korea South ByuL	$ 20,000	Korea South Soulkey
3rd to 4th	0$ 7,000	Korea SouthMaru Soulkey Korea South	SpainVortiX Genius Korea South	Korea South Jaedong Oz Korea South	$ 10,000	Korea SouthMaru Trap Korea South
5th-8th	0$ 3,500	Korea SouthTrap jjakji Parting Rain Korea South Korea South Korea South	Korea Southduckdeok StarDust Nerchio TargA Korea South Poland Norway	Korea SouthHack HerO MacSed Heart Korea South China People's Republic Korea South	0$ 7,500	Korea SouthMMA MC Oz ByuL Korea South Korea South Korea South

Battle.net World Championship 2013

Date: 8.-9. November 2013
Venue: Blizzcon , AnaheimUnited States
Total cash prize: $ 250,000
Participants: 16

Round of 16		Quarter finals		Semifinals		final

Korea South Soulkey	3
Sweden NaNiwa	1	Korea South Soulkey	1
Korea South bomber	3	Korea South bomber	3
Korea South MMA	2			Korea South bomber	1
Korea South HerO	1			Korea South SOS	3
Korea South SOS	3	Korea South SOS	3
Korea South Polt	3	Korea South Polt	1
Korea South aLive	0					Korea South SOS	4th
Korea South Dear	3					Korea South Jaedong	1
Korea South Taeja	1	Korea South Dear	2
Korea South Jaedong	3	Korea South Jaedong	3
Korea South Mvp	0			Korea South Jaedong	3
Korea South Maru	3			Korea South Maru	1
Korea South MC	1	Korea South Maru	3
Korea South Innovation	2	Korea South duckdeok	2
Korea South duckdeok	3

2014

At the end of 2013, Blizzard announced the first information about WCS 2014. Among other things, it was announced that the system will be retained with three seasons in the three major regions. The season finals, however, have been abolished. In return, the prize money has been increased slightly, in particular the winner of the Korean WCS (GSL) receives significantly higher prize money than in 2013.

WCS 2014 season 1

space	Prize money	Korea ( GSL )	Prize money	Europe	North America
1.	$ 65,550	Korea South Zest	$ 25,000	Korea South MC	Korea South HyuN
2.	$ 14,046	Korea South soO	$ 15,000	Korea South MMA	Korea South Oz
3rd to 4th	0$ 7,491	Korea South Rain Life Korea South	0$ 7,500	Korea Southjjakji san Korea South	Korea SouthRevival Alicia Korea South
5th-8th	0$ 3,745	Korea South sOs Hero Maru Parting Korea South Korea South Korea South	0$ 5,000	Korea SouthStarDust VortiX Snute Welmu Spain Norway Finland	Korea SouthBomber TaeJa Polt Arthur Korea South Korea South Korea South

WCS 2014 season 2

space	Prize money	Korea ( GSL )	Prize money	Europe	North America
1.	$ 65,550	Korea South Classic	$ 25,000	Korea South StarDust	Korea South Pigbaby
2.	$ 14,046	Korea South soO	$ 15,000	Korea South San	Korea South bomber
3rd to 4th	0$ 7,491	Korea SouthMaru TRUE Korea South	0$ 7,500	Korea SouthGolden ForGG Korea South	Korea SouthHeart HyuN Korea South
5th-8th	0$ 3,745	Korea SouthParalyze Solar Soulkey Zest Korea South Korea South Korea South	0$ 5,000	Korea South MC VortiX Welmu First Spain Finland Korea South	Korea SouthviOLet Alicia Polt TaeYes Korea South Korea South Korea South

WCS 2014 season 3

space	Prize money	Korea ( GSL )	Prize money	Europe	North America
1.	$ 66,612	Korea South Innovation	$ 25,000	Korea South MMA	Korea South bomber
2.	$ 14,274	Korea South soO	$ 15,000	Korea South YoDa	Korea South Heart
3rd to 4th	0$ 7,612	Korea SouthCure zest Korea South	0$ 7,500	Korea SouthGolden San Korea South	Korea SouthHyuN Polt Korea South
5th-8th	0$ 3,806	Korea SouthSolar DongRaeGu Rain Stats Korea South Korea South Korea South	0$ 5,000	Korea South MC Happy Bunny ForGG Russia Denmark Korea South	Canada Scarlett HuK Pigbaby HerO Canada Korea South Korea South

Battle.net World Championship 2014

Date: 1. – 8. November 2014
Venue: Blizzcon , AnaheimUnited States
Total cash prize: $ 250,000
Participants: 16

Round of 16		Quarter finals		Semifinals		final

Korea South bomber	3
Korea South Jaedong	2	Korea South bomber	1
Korea South StarDust	1	Korea South MMA	3
Korea South MMA	3			Korea South MMA	3
Korea South MC	2			Korea South Classic	1
Korea South herO	3	Korea South herO	2
Korea South Polt	2	Korea South Classic	3
Korea South Classic	3					Korea South MMA	1
Korea South San	3					Korea South Life	4th
Korea South Jjakji	0	Korea South San	0
Korea South Zest	2	Korea South Life	3
Korea South Life	3			Korea South Life	3
Korea South soO	1			Korea South TaeYes	2
Korea South TaeYes	3	Korea South TaeYes	3
Korea South HyuN	1	Korea South Innovation	1
Korea South Innovation	3

2015

A major change to the tournament calendar has been announced for 2015. With the SPOTV StarLeague (SSL) there will be a second big league in addition to the GSL in South Korea. Instead of separate WCS leagues in Europe and America, there will be a unified division from 2015, in which, however, only players with permanent residence outside South Korea are eligible to participate.

WCS 2015 season 1

space	Prize money	Korea ( GSL )	Prize money	Korea ( SSL )	Prize money	WCS Premier
1.	$ 36,099	Korea South Life	$ 36,099	Korea South Maru	$ 30,000	Korea South Polt
2.	$ 9,025	Korea South PartinG	0$ 9,025	Korea South Dream	$ 15,000	Korea South Hydra
3rd to 4th	$ 3,610	Korea SouthMMA herO Korea South	0$ 4,061	Korea SouthStats Life Korea South	$ 10,000	GermanyShoWTimE Bunny Denmark
5th-8th	$ 2,256	Korea SouthTY Solar INnoVation Rogue Korea South Korea South Korea South	0$ 1,805	Korea South Leenock Rogue Dear Super Korea South Korea South Korea South	0$ 8,000	GermanyTLO Kane Snute ForGG Canada Norway Korea South

WCS 2015 season 2

space	Prize money	Korea ( GSL )	Prize money	Korea ( SSL )	Prize money	WCS Premier
1.	$ 36,099	Korea South Rain	$ 36,099	Korea South Classic	$ 30,000	Korea South Hydra
2.	$ 9,025	Korea South ByuL	0$ 9,025	Korea South Dream	$ 15,000	France Lilbow
3rd to 4th	$ 3,610	Korea SouthCurious sOs Korea South	0$ 4,061	Korea SouthherO stats Korea South	$ 10,000	DenmarkBunny Polt Korea South
5th-8th	$ 2,256	Korea SouthMaru Rogue MyuNgSiK Parting Korea South Korea South Korea South	0$ 1,805	Korea SouthMaru Life ByuL Zest Korea South Korea South Korea South	0$ 8,000	Korea SouthStarDust MarineLord Jaedong TLO France Korea South Germany

WCS 2015 season 3

space	Prize money	Korea ( GSL )	Prize money	Korea ( SSL )	Prize money	WCS Premier
1.	$ 36,099	Korea South Innovation	$ 36,099	Korea South herO	$ 30,000	France Lilbow
2.	$ 9,025	Korea South ByuL	0$ 9,025	Korea South ByuL	$ 15,000	Poland MaNa
3rd to 4th	$ 3,610	Korea SouthDear Maru Korea South	0$ 4,061	Korea SouthTY Rain Korea South	$ 10,000	SwedenZanster ForGG Korea South
5th-8th	$ 2,256	Korea SouthClassic GuMiho Rogue Zest Korea South Korea South Korea South	0$ 1,805	Korea SouthZest INnoVation Rogue MyuNgSiK Korea South Korea South Korea South	0$ 8,000	GermanyGunGFuBanDa Hydra Polt Petraeus Korea South Korea South New Zealand

Battle.net World Championship 2015

Date: 1. – 8. November 2015
Venue: Blizzcon , AnaheimUnited States
Total cash prize: $ 250,000
Participants: 16

Round of 16		Quarter finals		Semifinals		final

Korea South herO	3
Korea South FanTaSy	1	Korea South herO	1
Korea South Byul	0	Korea South Classic	3
Korea South Classic	3			Korea South Classic	2
Korea South Innovation	3			Korea South Life	3
Korea South Zest	0	Korea South Innovation	1
Korea South Life	3	Korea South Life	3
France Lilbow	0					Korea South Life	3
Korea South Polt	2					Korea South SOS	4th
Korea South Rain	3	Korea South Rain	0
Korea South PartinG	2	Korea South SOS	3
Korea South SOS	3			Korea South SOS	3
Korea South Dream	2			Korea South Rogue	0
Korea South Hydra	3	Korea South Hydra	1
Korea South Maru	0	Korea South Rogue	3
Korea South Rogue	3

2016

In 2016 some changes were made to the WCS system again. There is now the WCS Circuit Championship in winter, spring and summer. These tournaments have a purse of $ 150,000. Only players living outside of South Korea are eligible. There were only two editions of the GSL and the SSL , the prize money of the GSL being ₩ 230,000,000 (≃ 194,480 $) and that of the SSL ₩ 134,000,000 (≃ 113,364 $). The winner of every GSL, SSL and WCS Circuit Championship got a direct seat at BlizzCon . The BlizzCon prize pool has also been increased.

WCS Circuit

space	Prize money	WCS Circuit Winter	WCS Circuit Spring	WCS Circuit Summer
1.	$ 35,000	Korea South Polt	Germany Show time	Korea South TRUE
2.	$ 15,000	Norway Snute	Poland Nerchio	Korea South Polt
3rd to 4th	$ 10,000	Poland Nerchio Hydra Korea South	Korea SouthPolt MaSa Canada	Germany HeRoMaRinE Neeb United States
5th-8th	$ 8,000	FranceFireCake HuK viOLet Elazer Canada Korea South Poland	PolandElazer Neeb viOLet Cham United States Korea South Mexico	MexicoMajor Welmu Scarlett PtitDrogo Finland Canada France

WCS Korea

space	Prize money	GSL Season 1	SSL Season 1	GSL Season 2	SSL Season 2
1.	$ 33,840	Korea South Zest	Korea South Dark	Korea South ByuN	Korea South Solar
2.	$ 16,920	Korea South TY	Korea South Stats	Korea South SOS	Korea South Dark
3rd to 4th	$ 7,614	Korea SouthCure Dear Korea South	Korea SouthSolar Patience Korea South	Korea SouthMyuNgSiK Dear Korea South	Korea SouthClassic solitaire Korea South
5th-8th	$ 5,076	Korea SouthHero Dream TaeJa Losira Korea South Korea South Korea South	Korea SouthByuN RagnaroK aLive Classic Korea South Korea South Korea South	Korea SouthherO GuMiho Ryung TY Korea South Korea South Korea South	Korea SouthTY Stats Dear Zest Korea South Korea South Korea South

Battle.net World Championship 2016

Date: October 27th – 5th November 2016
Venue: Blizzcon , AnaheimUnited States
Total cash prize: $ 500,000
Participants: 16 (group stage, then from the quarter-finals knockout system)

Quarter finals

Semifinals

final

Show time

1

Elazer

3

Elazer

0

Dark

3

Dark

3

Neeb

0

Dark

2

ByuN

4th

TY

1

ByuN

3

ByuN

3

Stats

1

Zest

2

Stats

3

eliminated in the group stage

9-12 Place: PtitDrogo, Patience, Dear, Nerchio 13. – 16. Place: Snute , TRUE, viOLet, Solar FranceKorea SouthKorea SouthPoland
Norway Korea SouthKorea SouthKorea South

2017

WCS Circuit

space	Prize money	WCS Circuit Austin	WCS Circuit Jönköping	WCS Circuit Valencia	WCS Circuit Montreal
1.	$ 25,000	United States Neeb	United States Neeb	Poland Elazer	United States Neeb
2.	$ 10,000	Poland Nerchio	Finland Serral	Norway Snute	Norway Snute
3rd to 4th	$ 6,500	MexicoMajor TRUE Korea South	PolandElazer Kelazhur Brazil	Korea SouthTRUE major Mexico	Korea SouthTRUE Elazer Poland
5th-8th	$ 4,000	Finland Serral ShoWTimE Cham Kelazhur Germany Mexico Brazil	FrancePtitDrogo Cham uThermal Major Mexico Netherlands Mexico	Finland Serral Nerchio Kelazhur Neeb Poland Brazil United States	Canada Scarlett Nerchio Serral Kelazhur Poland Finland Brazil

GSL

space	Prize money	GSL Season 1	GSL Season 2	GSL Season 3
1.	$ 35,820	Korea South Stats	Korea South GuMiho	Korea South Innovation
2.	$ 13,430	Korea South soO	Korea South soO	Korea South SOS
3rd to 4th	$ 6,720	Korea South so Ryung Korea South	Korea SouthMaru Classic Korea South	Korea SouthStats Dark Korea South
5th-8th	$ 4,480	Korea SouthTY herO INnoVation Maru Korea South Korea South Korea South	Korea SouthTY ByuN Stats Rogue Korea South Korea South Korea South	Korea SouthSolar Rogue ByuN TY Korea South Korea South Korea South

Battle.net World Championship 2017

Date: October 27–4. November 2017
Venue: Blizzcon , AnaheimUnited States
Total cash prize: $ 700,000
Participants: 16 (group stage, then from the quarter-finals knockout system)

Quarter finals

Semifinals

final

SpeCial

3

Elazer

1

SpeCial

0

soO

3

soO

3

GuMiho

2

soO

2

Rogue

4th

herO

1

Rogue

3

Rogue

3

TY

2

Innovation

2

TY

3

eliminated in the group stage

9-12 Place: Stats, Neeb, Dark, Serral 13. – 16. Place: Snute , Nerchio , Kelazhur, TRUE Korea SouthUnited StatesKorea SouthFinland
Norway Poland BrazilKorea South

2018

WCS Circuit

space	Prize money	WCS Circuit Leipzig	WCS Circuit Austin	WCS Circuit Valencia	WCS Circuit Montreal
1.	$ 20,000	Finland Serral	Finland Serral	Finland Serral	Finland Serral
2.	$ 10,000	Germany Show time	Poland MaNa	Taiwan Has	Italy Reynor
3rd to 4th	$ 6,500	United States Neeb	Germany Lambo	Germany Show time	Germany Lambo
3rd to 4th	$ 6,500	Mexico SpeCial	Mexico SpeCial	Germany HeRoMaRinE	China People's Republic Time
5th-8th	$ 4,000	Poland Elazer	Germany HeRoMaRinE	Italy Reynor	Canada Scarlett
		Korea South TRUE	Poland Nerchio	Netherlands uThermal	Germany HeRoMaRinE
		Poland Nerchio	Norway Snute	United States Neeb	Germany Show time
		Norway Snute	Poland Elazer	Poland Nerchio	Netherlands uThermal

GSL

space	Prize money	GSL Season 1	GSL Season 2	GSL Season 3
1.	$ 37,518	Korea South Maru	Korea South Maru	Korea South Maru
2.	$ 14,069	Korea South Stats	Korea South Zest	Korea South TY
3rd to 4th	$ 7,034	Korea SouthMaru soO Korea South	Korea SouthClassic Zest Korea South	United StatesNeeb Zest Korea South
5th-8th	$ 4,689	Korea SouthClassic Scarlett sOs Zest Canada Korea South Korea South	Korea SouthByun Dear Gumiho Rogue Korea South Korea South Korea South	Korea SouthGumiho Stats Rogue Leenock Korea South Korea South Korea South

2018 WCS Global Finals

Date: TBA
Venue: Blizzcon , AnaheimUnited States
Total prize money: TBA
Participants: 16

Quarter finals

Semifinals

final

Maru

0

SOS

3

SOS

0

Stats

3

SpeCial

1

Stats

3

Stats

2

Serral

4th

Rogue

3

TY

2

Rogue

1

Serral

3

Dark

0

Serral

3

eliminated in the group stage

9-12 Place: Neeb , Zest , ShoWTimE , Classic 13. – 16. Place: Lambo , HeRoMaRinE , Has , NerchioUnited States Korea South Germany Korea South
Germany Germany Taiwan Poland

2019

2019 WCS Global Finals

Date: TBA
Venue: Blizzcon , AnaheimUnited States
Total prize money: TBA
Participants: 16

Quarter finals

Semifinals

final

Serral

3

SoO

0

Serral

2

Reynor

3

Reynor

3

Trap

2

Reynor

1

Dark

4th

Rogue

2

Classic

3

Classic

0

Dark

3

Dark

3

Maru

0

eliminated in the group stage

9-12 Place: ShoWTimE , TIME , HeRoMaRinE , Elazer 13. – 16. Place: SpeCial , Stats , herO , NeebGermany China People's Republic Germany Poland
Mexico Korea South Korea South United States

Individual evidence

↑ "StarCraft 2" championship attracts $ 1.6 million in prize money derstandard.at
↑ Starcraft 2: Blizzard increases World Championship prize money to 1.6 million dollars on t-online.de
↑ 2012 WCS battle.net
↑ Blizzard Entertainment Expands StarCraft II World Championship Series With Electronic Sports League forbes.com
↑ 2012 Battle.net World Championship wiki.teamliquid.net
↑ 2013 WCS battle.net
↑ 2013 Battle.net World Championship wiki.teamliquid.net
↑ About StarCraft II World Championship Series 2014 battle.net
↑ Bracket wcs.battle.net
↑ 2016 StarCraft® II World Championship Series eu.battle.net

[1] "StarCraft 2" championship attracts $ 1.6 million in prize money derstandard.at

[2] Starcraft 2: Blizzard increases World Championship prize money to 1.6 million dollars on t-online.de

[3] 2012 WCS battle.net

[4] Blizzard Entertainment Expands StarCraft II World Championship Series With Electronic Sports League forbes.com

[5] 2012 Battle.net World Championship wiki.teamliquid.net

[6] 2013 WCS battle.net

[7] 2013 Battle.net World Championship wiki.teamliquid.net

[8] About StarCraft II World Championship Series 2014 battle.net

[9] Bracket wcs.battle.net

[10] 2016 StarCraft® II World Championship Series eu.battle.net