Starcraft World Team League 2022 – Summer Regular Season

StarCraft Esports
May 11, 2022
Logan Tooker

While watching major Starcraft 2 tournaments is quite a blast as they cover the most intense matches that the game can offer, the regular season is often full of surprises and interesting comeback stories. The Starcraft World Team League 2022 Summer Regular Season began on May 2nd, and it will last until August 7th.

StarCraft 2 Tournament

What is the format?

For those who are unfamiliar with the format of a regular season, it features 12 teams that have players from all over the world. The group stage uses the Proleague Format, 3 sets of Bo2 are played, and a Bo1 ace match if needed. For wins, the point distribution is as follows:

  • 3 points for a regular win.
  • 2 for ace win.
  • 1 for loss on ace match.

Playoffs, which come once the group stage is finished, will feature the top 7 teams, and it will use the King of the Hill Bracket. One thing that differs from the group stage is that Playoffs use the WTL Format, which is a special All-Kill Format, and each team gets to ban a map.

The prize pool for this tournament is ¥300,000 CNY, which is about $44,668 USD and it is split like this:

  • 1st ¥80,000 (~$11,911.51)
  • 2nd ¥60,000 (~$8,933.63)
  • 3rd ¥40,000 (~$5,955.75)
  • 4th ¥30,000 (~$4,466.81)
  • 5th ¥20,000 (~$2,977.88)
  • 6th ¥16,000 (~$2,382.30)
  • 7th ¥14,000 (~$2,084.51)
  • 8th ¥12,000 (~$1,786.73)
  • 9th ¥10,000 (~$1,488.94)
  • 10th ¥7,000 (~$1,042.26)
  • 11th ¥6,000 (~$893.36)
  • 12th ¥5,000 (~$744.47)

What has been going on so far?

At the moment, there are four teams that have managed to go 2:0 in wins, and since everyone got the opportunity to play two games, there are also teams that are 0-2. The current standings for the top teams are slightly different, as some had stronger wins than others. The top 4 undefeated teams at the moment are:

  • Dragon Phoenix Gaming with 10 wins and 2 defeats
  • Team NV with 10 wins and 2 defeats
  • Alpha X with 9 wins and 3 defeats
  • KaiZi Gaming with 8 wins and 4 defeats

What games are we looking forward to?

While it might be still too early to tell which StarCraft teams are the dominant ones, the ones that are currently undefeated are certainly the ones to watch. That is why we recommend tuning in on the following matches this weekend:

  • GGG VS αX – May 13th, 14:00 CEST
  • DPG VS Freecs – May 14th, 14:00 CEST
  • PSIS VS KaiZi – May 15th, 14:00 CEST