by Blizzard Esports
EVENT SUMMARY
Copa Intercontinental is the long awaited return of the WCS Circuit to Latin America, and it will take place at Mexico City from September 10–11, in a tournament that will award $50,000 USD in prize money and 4,100 WCS points. Eight players will qualify via Passport Qualifiers, and two more via Server Qualifiers, deciding the ten competitors who will battle it out at Expo Reforma in Mexico City.
EVENT DETAILS
Organizer
VIU Studio, Gamelta, Blizzard
Location
Expo Reforma
Calle Moleros 67. Colonia Juárez. Del. Cuauhtémoc C.P. 06600. Ciudad de México.
Date & Time
Saturday, September 10 – Round of 10 & Round of 8
•CDT – 12:00 a.m. – 8:30 p.m.
•PDT – 10:00 a.m. – 6:30 p.m.
•CEST – 7:00 p.m. – 3:30 a.m.
•KST – 2:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
Sunday, September 11 – Semis and Finals
• CDT – 1:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.
•PDT – 11:00 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.
•CEST – 8:00 p.m. – 2:30 a.m.
•KST – 3:00 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.
Talent
English:
•Host: Sue ‘Smix’ Lee
•Commentator: Kevin ‘RotterdaM’ van der Kooi
•Commentator: Yoan ‘ToD’ Merlo
•Commentator: Jared ‘Pig’ Krensel
Spanish:
•Host: Sebastian ‘Jeiko’ Villaseca
•Host: Nadia ‘NadiaCala’ Calá
•Commentator: Enrique ‘Horuss’ Palomino
•Commentator: Alan ‘SolidCaster’ Rivas
•Commentator: Jaime ‘JimRising’ Durán
Portuguese:
•Host: Celso ‘Umildassow’ De Macedo
•Commentator: Pedro ‘Pedroca’ Beraldo
•Commentator: Eduardo ‘Barba’ Maciel
•Commentator: Renan ‘Sefirofe’ Mesquita
Streams
•English: http://www.twitch.tv/starcraft
•Portuguese: www.twitch.tv/copaamerica_pt1
•Spanish: www.twitch.tv/copaamerica_es1
•French: www.twitch.tv/ogamingsc2
•Polish: www.twitch.tv/esl_sc2_pl
FORMAT & PRIZING
Copa Intercontinental will host a total of ten players (qualified as listed above) that will battle it out in a single-elimination Bo5 format. The finals will be in Bo7 format.
Total prize pool: $50,000 USD and 4,100 WCS points divided among 10 competitors.
•1st: $18,000 and 1,000 points
•2nd: $10,000 and 700 points
•3rd: $6,000 and 450 points
•4th: $4000 and 450 points
•5-8th: $2,500 and 300 points
•9-10th: $1,000 and 150 points
COMPETITORS
•China Passport Qualifier ◦Huang ‘Cyan’ Min
•Oceania, SEA, Japan Passport Qualifier ◦Ethan ‘Iaguz’ Zugai
•Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macau Passport Qualifiers ◦Ke ‘Has’ Yu Feng
•Europe & Africa Passport Qualifiers ◦Jens ‘Snute’ Aasgaard
◦Marc ‘uThermal’ Schlappi
•North America Passport Qualifiers ◦Sasha ‘Scarlett’ Hostyn
◦Alex ‘Neeb’ Sunderhaft
•Europe Server Qualifier ◦Tobias ‘ShoWTimE’ Sieber
•American Server Qualifier ◦Shin ‘Hydra’ Dong Won
•Latin America Passport Qualifiers ◦*Top six will travel to Mexico to determine the qualifying player representing Latin America on September 9.
◦Juan ‘MajOr’ Tena
◦Pablo ‘Cham’ Blanco
◦Diego ‘Kelazhur’ Schwimer
◦Alexander ‘ByRada’ Valbuena
◦Guillermo ‘Demonizer’ Lunar
◦Felipe ‘HalfBreed’ Zuñiga