2018 StarCraft II World Championship Series information
2018 StarCraft II World Championship Series Global Finals
2018
Tournament information
Sport
StarCraft II
Location
Anaheim, California
Administrator
Blizzard Entertainment
Venue(s)
Anaheim Convention Center
Purse
$700,000
Final positions
Champion
Joona "Serral" Sotala
Runner-up
Kim "Stats" Dae Yeob
← 2017
2019 →
The 2018 StarCraft II World Championship Series (WCS) is the 2018 edition of the StarCraft II World Championship Series, the top esports tournament circuit for StarCraft II.[1] Featuring the top eight players from each WCS region, World Championship Series Korea and the World Championship Series Circuit, the Global Finals received greater coverage than most prior events when Finnish professional player Joona "Serral" Sotala became the first non-Korean world champion in the StarCraft series.[2][3][4]
^"WCS 2018 Details Revealed". Blizzard Entertainment. December 19, 2017. Retrieved Jan 28, 2019.
^"Serral Wins StarCraft II World Championship Series at BlizzCon". ESPN. November 3, 2018. Retrieved January 28, 2019.
^"Fox Sports". Archived from the original on 2018-11-08. Retrieved 2019-01-29.
^Horti, Samuel (4 November 2018). "Serral becomes first non-Korean to win StarCraft 2's biggest prize". PC Gamer.
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