Major League Gaming (MLG) will host its Spring Championship in Anaheim, CA on June 28-30. It is the second championship event in the 2013 MLG Pro Circuit. The games that will be featured at this event include League of Legends, Call of Duty®: Black Ops II on Xbox 360® and StarCraft® II: Heart of the Swarm™. StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm and Call of Duty will both include Open Bracket tournaments.
The MLG Spring Championship will feature a World Championship Series (WCS) Tier 1 128-Player StarCraft II®: Heart of the Swarm™ open bracket tournament with $25,000 in prizes on the line.
In addition, the top 16 finishers will receive player ranking points in the WCS. The points earned at MLG Spring Championship will impact the year-long chase for seeds at the StarCraft II World Championship at BlizzCon®.
Format
- 128 Player, Double Elimination Open Bracket
- Best-of-three matches*
- Best-of-five Grand Final
Prize Pool
$25,000 and 3,600 WCS Points will be distributed among players as follows:
- 1st Place - $10,000 + 750 WCS Points
- 2nd Place - $6,000 + 450 WCS Points
- 3rd/4th Place - $3,000 + 300 WCS Points
- 5th/6th Place - $1,000 + 225 WCS Points
- 7th/8th Place - $500 + 225 WCS Points
- 9th-12th Place - 150 WCS Points
- 13th-16th Place - 75 WCS Points
Schedule
All times PDT.
Friday
- 5:30 PM - 9:30 PM -- Winners Round 1
- 8:15 PM - 11:45 PM -- Winners Round 2
- 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM -- Losers Round 1
- 10:15 AM - 2:00 PM -- Winners Round 3
- 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM -- Losers Round 2
- 2:30 PM - 6:15 PM -- Winners Round 4
- 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM -- Losers Round 3
- 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM -- Losers Round 4
- 5:15 PM - 9:15 PM -- Winners Round 5
- 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM -- Losers Round 5
- 8:00 PM - 9:00 PM -- Losers Round 6
- 8:45 PM - 11:45 PM -- Winners Round 6
- 9:00 PM - 10:00 PM -- Losers Round 7
- 10:00 PM - 11:00 PM -- Losers Round 8
- 10:15 AM - 11:30 AM -- Losers Round 9
- 11:00 AM - 2:00 PM -- Losers Round 10
- 1:30 PM - 5:00 PM -- Top & Bottom Bracket Finals
- 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM -- Final
Streams
North American Qualifier Finals
Format: Four teams from Online Qualifier, single elimination bracket, Matches are best of 3.
Prizes: $30,000 total
- 1st Place - $20,000 and a spot in the LCS Season 4 Spring Promotion Tournament.
- 2nd Place - $5,000
- 3rd Place - $2,500
- 4th Place - $2,500
Format: All Eight North American LCS teams will play LIVE.
Each team plays three matches over the course of the weekend; one game per match.
Event Format
Bracket Format, Match Format & Seeding
1. The Event will support as many as 4 Teams in a Single Elimination Bracket.
2. Losing a Match will result in elimination from the Event.
3. All Matches will be Best of 3 Games.
4. NA Online Qualifier Teams will retain their Seed from the online portion of the Event.
Broadcast Schedule
All times PDT.
Friday, June 28
5:30 PM - 6:30 PM -- Season Three NA LCS - TSM SnapDragon vs. Team Dignitas
6:30 PM - 7:30 PM -- Season Three NA LCS - Velocity Esports vs. Curse
7:30 PM - 8:30 PM -- Season Three NA LCS - Counter Logic Gaming vs. Vulcun TechBargains
8:30 PM - 9:30 PM -- Season Three NA LCS - Team Coast vs. Cloud 9 HyperX
Saturday, June 29
12:00 PM - 3:00 PM -- NA Qualifier Semifinal - Team Salad Bar vs. compLexity
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM -- Season Three NA LCS - Vulcun TechBargains vs. Team Dignitas
4:30 PM - 5:30 PM -- Season Three NA LCS - Counter Logic Gaming vs. Cloud 9 HyperX
5:30 PM - 8:30 PM -- NA Qualifier Semifinal - FXOpen vs. Curse Academy
9:00 PM - 10:00 PM -- Season Three NA LCS - Curse vs. TSM Snapdragon
10:00 PM - 11:00 PM -- Season Three NA LCS - Team Coast vs. Velocity Esports
Sunday, June 30
12:00 PM - 3:00 PM -- NA Qualifier - Final Match
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM -- Season Three NA LCS - Vulcun TechBargains vs. Cloud 9 HyperX
4:30 PM - 5:30 PM -- Season Three NA LCS - Curse vs. Team Coast
5:30 PM - 6:30 PM -- Season Three NA LCS - Counter Logic Gaming vs. TSM Snapdragon
6:30 PM - 7:30 PM -- Season Three NA LCS - Team Dignitas vs. Velocity Esports
Streams
The Spring Championship will include a 128-team Open Bracket and a 24-team Championship Bracket featuring the top eight teams from the Winter Championship, four winning teams from the online Qualifiers and 12 teams from the Open Bracket.
Event Details
Format: Open Bracket - 128 teams compete for twelves spots in the Championship Bracket.
Championship Bracket - 24 teams (top eight teams from the Winter Championship, 12 teams from the Open bracket, four teams from the Online Qualifiers)
Prizes: $50,000; First place - $20,000
Game Types, Settings and Restrictions
Click here for all information.
Event Format
Click here for information on bracket format, seeding, match format and automatic bracket qualification.
Schedule
All times PDT.
Friday
- 10:30 AM - 10:00 PM -- Check-In
- 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM -- Warm-Up
- 5:00 PM - 5:30 PM -- Welcome
- 5:30 PM - 11:30 PM -- Championship Bracket Winners Round 1 A-D
- 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM -- Open Bracket Winners Round 1
- 7:30 PM - 8:30 PM -- Open Bracket Winners Round 2
- 8:30 PM -- Open Winners Bracket Switch to Full Screen
- 9:00 PM - 10:00 PM -- Open Bracket Winners Round 3
- 10:00 PM - 11:00 PM -- Open Bracket Winners Round 4
- 11:00 PM - 12:00 AM -- Open Bracket Winners Round 5
- 8:00 AM - 10:00 AM -- Warm-Up
- 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM -- Open Bracket Losers Round 1
- 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM -- Open Bracket Losers Round 2
- 11:00 AM - 5:30 PM -- Championship Bracket Winners Round 1 E-H
- 12:00 PM -- Open Losers Bracket Switch to Full Screen
- 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM -- Open Bracket Losers Round 3
- 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM -- Open Bracket Losers Round 4
- 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM -- Open Bracket Losers Round 5
- 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM -- Open Bracket Losers Round 6
- 4:30 PM - 5:30 PM -- Open Bracket Losers Round 7
- 5:00 PM - 9:30 PM -- Championship Bracket Winners Round 2 A-D
- 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM -- Championship Bracket Losers Round 1
- 8:00 PM - 9:30 PM -- Championship Bracket Losers Round 2
- 9:00 PM - 12:30 AM -- Championship Bracket Winners Round 3 A-B
- 9:30 PM - 11:00 PM -- Championship Bracket Losers Round 3
- 8:00 AM - 10:00 AM -- Warm-Up
- 10:15 AM - 11:45 AM -- Championship Bracket Losers Round 4
- 11:45 AM - 1:15 PM -- Championship Bracket Losers Round 5
- 1:15 PM - 2:45 PM -- Championship Bracket Losers Round 6
- 3:15 PM - 4:45 PM -- Championship Bracket Winners Final
- 4:15 PM - 5:45 PM -- Championship Bracket Losers Final
- 5:15 PM - 6:45 PM -- Championship Bracket Final