We are happy to announce that the finals of the first season of WCS 2015 will take place in Poitiers, France, during the 2015 Gamers Assembly.
The WCS will have its own standalone stage at the expo, providing a great platform for the top 16 StarCraft II players in the world to show off their skills. The three-day event will start one day ahead of the Gamers Assembly opening day with the round of 16 group stages on April the 3rd and 4th followed by a single elimination bracket featuring the best eight StarCraft 2 players and its grand finals on Sunday the 5th of April.
As of last weekend, the following twelve players have already qualified for the WCS Season 1 finals:
Snute | Polt | MaNa | Kane | ForGG | Serral |
XiGua | TLO | Bunny | PiG | FireCake | Has |
Only groups G and H have yet to be played out. Both will take place in Burbank on Friday and Saturday respectively and determine the final four WCS Season 1 finalists.
Group G (Friday, February 27th) | Group H (Saturday, February 28th) |
MorroW | iaguz |
ShoWTimE | Welmu |
iAsonu | HuK |
Hydra | MacSed |
If you want to be at the ESL studios in Burbank when the remaining WCS finalists are decided, grab yourself a ticket right here. Alternatively, you can follow all the action on our Twitch channel from 15:00 PST (00:00 CET) each day.
Premium three day passes are available online as "Entrée visiteur - Pass 3 jours" for €10 and will grant you access to the 2015 WCS Season 1 final stage at the Gamers Assembly 2015. We are already looking forward to April and hope to see you in the crowd in Poitiers when the stage is set for the WCS Season 1 finals!