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The WCS America Challenger League concluded the Bracket Stage of the tournament, with eight players winning spots in upcoming Premier League. The Challenger League will now move onto the Group Stage, where the final sixteen Premier League spots will be given out.
Challenger League Primer
Challenger League is comprised of 40 players: 8 from qualifiers, 8 from the previous season of Challenger League, and the 24 Premier League players who did not finish in the top eight.
Bracket Stage: 8 players earn Premier League spots
All the forty players are placed into a three round, single elimination tournament. Players who finished top 16 in the previous Premier League are seeded into the third and final round. The eight players who are victorious in the third round receive spots in the next Premier League.
Group Stage: 16 players earn Premier League spots
The 32 players who did NOT advance to the Premier League from the Bracket Stage move on to the Group Stage of the tournament, where they are placed into eight different four-man groups. Each group is played in GSL/Premier League double elimination style, with the top two players receiving spots in the next Premier League. The third place finisher receives a spot in the next Challenger League, while the fourth place finisher is eliminated and must requalify.
Round of 16 results - Full brackets on LiquipediaChallenger League is comprised of 40 players: 8 from qualifiers, 8 from the previous season of Challenger League, and the 24 Premier League players who did not finish in the top eight.
Bracket Stage: 8 players earn Premier League spots
All the forty players are placed into a three round, single elimination tournament. Players who finished top 16 in the previous Premier League are seeded into the third and final round. The eight players who are victorious in the third round receive spots in the next Premier League.
Group Stage: 16 players earn Premier League spots
The 32 players who did NOT advance to the Premier League from the Bracket Stage move on to the Group Stage of the tournament, where they are placed into eight different four-man groups. Each group is played in GSL/Premier League double elimination style, with the top two players receiving spots in the next Premier League. The third place finisher receives a spot in the next Challenger League, while the fourth place finisher is eliminated and must requalify.
Winners Advanced to Premier League Season III
NesTea (Walkover) viOLet
DeMusliM 2 - 0 Neeb
Top 2 - 0 SageSen 2 - 0 CranKByuL 2 - 0 RyungMinigun 2 - 1 ApocalypseRevival 2 - 0 HwangSinHerO 2 - 1 Alicia*viOLet forfeited his spot in Challenger.
While the winners advance to the Premier League, the losers drop down to the group stage where they will play the other bracket stage losers for the remaining sixteen Premier League spots.
WCS America Season 3 Premier League Players
Season 2 Top Eight (8)
Oz, Jim, MacSed, aLive, TaeJa, Polt, Jaedong, ScarlettChallenger League Bracket Stage Winners (8/8)
Minigun, HerO, Top, DeMusliM, NesTea, ByuL, Sen, RevivalChallenger League Group Stage Winners (0/16)
TBD
