Starcraft 2 news » The 2012 Battle.net World Championship -- Day 1

Updated 06:45 a.m. PST, November 17, 2012

After eight months of qualifiers, national championships, and unique continental tournaments, the Blizzard World Championship Series began its epic conclusion tonight at 6:00 p.m. PST with the opening ceremony for the 2012 Battle.net World Championship at the Shanghai Expo-Mart in Shanghai, China.

Opening Ceremony VOD

All 32 finalists in the StarCraft II Global finals were introduced to thunderous applause, and play got underway with eight groups of four players – each group including players from three different continents – facing off in best-of-three , double-elimination group play, with two players advancing from each group.

The following VODs and links contain no spoilers. We will continue to post no spoilers in this Day 1 compilation:

Group A

Illusion (USA) vs. Fenix (Peru)

PartinG (South Korea) vs. Socke (Germany)

1st Group Deciding Match

Group Elimination Match

2nd Group Deciding Match

Group B

ViBE (USA) vs. VortiX (Spain)

Comm (China) vs. Suppy (USA) Part 1, Part 2

1st Group Deciding Match

Group Elimination Match

2nd Group Deciding Match

Group C

Sen (Taiwan) vs. KiLLeR (Chile)

HuK (Canada) vs. Grubby (Netherlands)

1st Group Deciding Match, Part 2

Group Elimination Match

2nd Group Deciding Match

Group D

State (USA) vs. BabyKnight (Denmark)

Rain (South Korea) vs. MaFia (Australia)