DreamHack Tours from May 14th – 16th will feature the third stop of the DreamHack ZOWIE Open, and will host the $150,000 USD StarCraft II WCS Circuit Spring Championship where the winner will earn a direct seed into the WCS Global Playoffs at BlizzCon 2016.
DreamHack will return for its second consecutive year to Tours, France in May, and this time StarCraft II will be bigger than ever, in what is sure to be a tournament where attendees will clamor to watch- the WCS Circuit Spring Championship! A field of 32 of the Circuit’s best StarCraft II players will be competing live for a ticket to the WCS Global Playoffs, their share of the massive $150,000 prize pool, and the cut of the 11,000 WCS Circuit points up for grabs.
France has always been one of the most impressive nations when it comes to real-time strategy games, producing legendary players like Stephano and ToD. We recently saw PtitDrogo take the first WCS Circuit event of the year at DreamHack Open: Leipzig, earning $16,000 and 1,000 WCS Circuit points. At Tours we can expect to see rivals Lilbow, Dayshi, MarineLorD, and Firecake all looking to oust him from his position atop the WCS point ranking. Two players will come from a dedicated hosting nation French Qualifier; the full breakdown can be seen below.
Slot Distribution
Regional Challenge
•Two for Europe, Africa, and the Middle East
•Two for North America (USA and Canada)
•One for Latin America
•One for China
•One for Oceania, Southeast Asia, and Japan
•One for Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Macau
Server Qualifiers
•Eight for European Server Qualifiers
•Six for North American Server Qualifiers
Host National Qualifier
•Two for French Qualifier
•Dates and sign-ups for all qualifiers will be released by DreamHack soon.
WCS Standings
•Eight players from the WCS Circuit Standings as of April 11th
In order to compete in the WCS Circuit Championship, players must be citizens or residents of one of the eligible regions listed above. Details for Regional Challengers and all additional qualifiers will be released soon.
Format
The formal of the WCS Spring Championship will be single elimination with best-of-five matches and a Grand Final best-of-seven series.
DreamHack Tours
All matches will be played live at DreamHack Tours 2016, happening from May 14th-16th. If you’re planning to be in the area, be sure to catch all the action in person. More information is available HERE.
For those who can’t make it to the event, all matches will be broadcast live and streamed HERE, so be sure to mark your calendar to see who will become the WCS Circuit Spring Champion!