NorCraft Cup announces its 2nd season of StarCraft II action powered by Cooler Master starting on September 2014 with a €3000 prize pool and expansion from Norway only to all of the Nordic countries.
NorCraft Cup Season 1 gathered the Norwegian StarCraft II scene to a competition from January to March in 2014. After the initial full tournament season, we are now ready to take a big step forward in Season 2, expand the league to the whole of Nordic countries and call ourselves the Nordic StarCraft II Cup. The second season of NorCraft Cup, powered by Cooler Master, launches in September 2014 with National Qualifiers in Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Finland. The Season Finals with a €3000 prize pool determining the best players in the North are scheduled to be on November 2014.
Quick Info of NorCraft Cup Season 2 powered by Cooler Master
- Time: September - November 2014
Place: Online
Regions: Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland
Prize pool: Regional Finals sum €500 (125€/region), Season Finals €3000 (top 3)
Format: Regional Qualifiers, Regional Finals, Season Finals
Streams: English, Norwegian, Swedish, Danish, Finnish on hitbox.tv
Liquipedia: NorCraft Cup, Season 2
Format
NorCraft Cup Season 2 starts with national qualifier tournaments which gather the top 16 players in each country to the national finals. The top four players in each national final will earn a spot in the season finals bringing the total number of players in the final to 16 with Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Finland having four representatives each. The league is played entirely online.
Rough Schedule
September - October 2014: Regional Qualifiers
October 2014: Regional Finals
November 2014: Season Finals
Streams
The Regional Finals will be broadcasted in the corresponding language as well as in English. The Season Finals will provide a stream in English and Casters will be announced later. The streaming partner of NorCraft Cup is hitbox.tv. All streams can be found on http://www.hitbox.tv/team/norcraftcup.
Participation
We will announce more details about the national qualifiers on our website and social media in August with the help of our regional partners: Aposis Gaming in Norway, Team Darkstar in Sweden, Tobias Brøndum in Denmark and StarCraft2.fi in Finland.
Regional Finals
- Finnish Finals
- Fri, October 17, 2014, 15:00 GMT (+00:00) - Liquipedia | Official page
- Fri, October 17, 2014, 15:00 GMT (+00:00) - Liquipedia | Official page
- Norwegian Finals
- Sat, October 18, 2014, 16:00 GMT (+00:00) - Liquipedia
- Sat, October 18, 2014, 16:00 GMT (+00:00) - Liquipedia
- Danish Finals
- Sat, 25 October, 10:00 GMT (+00:00) - Liquipedia
- Sat, 25 October, 10:00 GMT (+00:00) - Liquipedia
- Swedish Finals
- Sat, 25 October 12:00 GMT (+00:00) Group Stage
Sun, 26 October 13:00 GMT (+00:00) Playoffs - Liquipedia
- Sat, 25 October 12:00 GMT (+00:00) Group Stage
Notable players in the regional qualifiers:
- Norwegian players
- Snitchables
- TargA
- Snute
- SolO
- Danish players
- Bunny
- Theo
- SpaceMarine
- Snovski
Regional Qualifiers
- Swedish Qualifiers
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NorCraft Cup Links
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