OSC Season 8 Championship Jan 2-11 2021

OSC Season 8 (2020) Championship Jan 2-11
OSC Championship 8

Online Sports Championships (OSC) runs the largest league for SC2 each calendar year.

Daily tournaments, unique rewards and global competition combining to a 600+ tournament yearly season, totalling to more than 3000 events + $925,000 of prizes won by competitors since the leagues launch in 2013.

Years of history and records set for the sport!

Every January, the top players from the most recent season are invited to the prestigious annual OSC Championship, where they battle to determine which 1 player will forever be immortalised as an OSC Champion, and recognised as the best online competitor for that year.

Join us from Jan 2nd-11th as the sports elite duel it out to crown our 8th champion!

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The OSC Season 8 Championship will be played over 10 days across the first 2 weeks of January 2021.

This Championship will be the culmination of our 700 tournament season, and feature the top players who've acquired points from those events! The winner of this finals series will be declared 2020's OSC Champion!

2020 OSC World Rankings can be viewed here


Above: Trophy won by yearly Champion!

2019 Champion: Cure
2018 Champion: Solar
2017 Champion: Neeb
2016 Champion: ByuN
2015 Champion: Solar
2014 Champion: GuMiho
2013 Champion: PiG

More records can be found at OSC's Hall of Fame page.

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$6,000+ USD Prizepool!
Every player gets paid!

If YOU want to help support the players and increase the starting prizepool, we have 3 matcherino pages setup, where you can add $1 for FREE with these codes:

OSCS8, OSC8CH1 + OSC8CH2

Also make sure to checkout the cool Marketplace Rewards + Matcherino Quests on offer which can help boost the prizepool of this event!

1st $1000 + Trophy
2nd $500
3rd $400
4th $300
5/6th $200 each
7/8th $175 each
9/10th $150 each
11/32nd $100 each
33/36th $50 each
37/40th $25 each
45th+ $10 each

OSC $ Bounties can also be claimed in the Championship!

$4500+ has already been won from earlier Championship stages:
Mid Season Playoffs #1
Mid Season Playoffs #2
Mid Season Playoffs #3

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Players:

The annual Championship is open to all OSC Elite Rewards Club members who participated during the 700 event season.

Anyone can still signup and compete in the Challenger Bracket stages if they meet the above criteria.

All club members who play will cash in this Championship!

(91% of our SC2 members have cashed in previous exclusive events in 2020, sharing more than $20,000 USD!)

Memberships are available for $5 per month!

Signup to the Rewards Club today to participate in the S8 Championship and 2021 events!

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Schedule:

Basic explanation of the format:

The top 20 highest ranked players from the 2020 season get seeded into Championship Bracket, Upper Bracket. This year, the winners of our 3 Mid Season playoffs shall also start in the Upper Bracket, even if they were ranked outside of the top 20

12 players will advance from earlier stages (8 via Group Stage, and 4 via Challenger Playoff Stage) to form the Championship Lower Bracket.

The 21st-36th highest ranked OSCE Club members from the Season 8 Rankings will be placed in a new Championship Group Stage.

The format will be 4x 4 Player GSL Groups First rounds 2x Bo3’s , then 3x Bo5’s for the qualifying + elimination series.

Club members who didn’t qualify for the Championship Bracket or Group Stage can play in either or both Challenger Brackets. Players eliminated from Groups can also try again in 1 of the 2 brackets. The top 2 players of each Challenger double elimination bracket advance to the Championship Lower Bracket.

10 Days of SC2 action!

+ Show Spoiler +

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Casters:

English Streams:

All Championship Bracket + Group Stage series will be broadcast! Streamers will be allocated games, so players/casters/fans know the schedule and who will cover what.

WardiTv
Kozan
Chickenman

Non English Streams:

O’Gaming
BelairStarcraft
IntoTheClan (iNu)

Non English Community Streams are welcome!

Prior casting experience recommended, and only 1 stream per language.
If interested, and available to cast at the times indicated, email OSCSC2@gmail.com with an application.

Only official tournament streams and casters are allowed to observe/stream matches and must set at least a 90 second delay. No first person streams.

Admin team: CaVaLieR (Eddie)

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