After lots and lots of different preliminaries around South Korea, 32 players have managed to qualify for the final tournament. Those 32 players have made it to the playoffs in three different ways:
A ladder open for progamers and amateurs. It is said that a lot of the abusers and cheaters were removed, but there are still many who doubt it. All the qualified players are members of a proteam, more or less famous. A lot of Zerg players ended up on the list, a total of 9 players, where Yellow (picture) was one of them. 3 Terran players, and only 1 Protoss player. Here's the full list:
Yellow | KTF |
Mingu | KTF |
Iris | GO |
Fofy | Hanbit |
SaferZerg | Samsung Khan |
Doggi | Samsung Khan |
TheWind | SouL |
Niza | Curriors |
Junwi | Hanbit |
ZergMan | Plus |
Gyuntae | SouL |
SC_Side | KOR |
Chojja | KTF |
Anytime | Plus |
16 players qualified from an offline preliminary where only progamers could play. In this qualification, the Terrans were the majority, with 7 players. 5 Protoss players and 4 Zerg players are on the list. If you're wondering where the WCG'01 and WCG'02 winner is, I can tell you that Boxer (picture) lost to GoodFriend and GoRush.
Sync | KTF |
Xellos | GO |
Ddang/Midas | GO |
IntoTheRainbow | SK T1 |
Nada | Curriors |
Terato | SK T1 |
Lee | POS |
Autumn | KTF |
Ogogo | Samsung Khan |
GoRush | GO |
Cloud | KOR |
ForU | GO |
GoodFriend | Curriors |
Silver | Curriors |
Kingdom | SK T1 |
JulyZerg | POS |
The last two playoff spots were given to the winners of a Cyberpark preliminary. This preliminary had qualified players from various PC bangs, who competed for the two spots in a playoff. The winner and the runner-up were given the two spots. The players are Ggon from Samsung Khan and Lee Hun, an unknown player who actually beat Silent_Control in the preliminary.
The Grand Final will be played this weekend (13th - 15th of August). Which three players will represent Korea in the World Cyber Games 2004? Will WCG'03's winner Ogogo (picture) be one of them? This weekend, we'll know.
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