Esports World Cup Starcraft 2: All players, results, and more

It wouldn’t be an Esports World Cup without Starcraft 2, with the real-time strategy title hosting 16 world-class players in Riyadh beginning Aug. 14.
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Up for grabs: A huge $400,000 USD first-place prize purse—the largest in Starcraft 2 in over five years—as well as club championship points at the Esports World Cup as teams chase victory in Riyadh. Here’s what you need to know about Starcraft 2 at the Esports World Cup: Players, schedule, results, streams, and more.
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Esports World Cup Starcraft 2 format and players
Serral is looking to add yet another trophy to his cabinet. Photo via ESL on X/Twitter
The 16 Starcraft 2 players attending this year’s Esports World Cup have now been split into two groups of eight, where they’ll now play out a double-elimination GSL bracket. Each group’s winner will head directly to the final four, while the runners-up will head to a playoff match for the third spot in the final four.
All players eliminated in groups will head to a final single-elimination knockout with just one spot remaining to make up the final four. From there, only one can be crowned. Here’s a list of the players that are competing in Riyadh this week for Starcraft 2:
Qualification Player(s) ESL SC2 Masters 2023 Summer Serral (BASILISK) ESL SC2 Masters 2023 Winter Clem (Team Liquid) IEM Katowice 2024 Cure (Team Liquid)
Maru (Vitality)
Dark (Talon) EPT Standings Europe
HeRoMaRinE (MOUZ)
Reynor (BASILISK)
Korea
ByuN (Shopify Rebellion)
GuMiho (Cloud9)
Americas
Astrea (Virtus.pro)
Asia
Coffee (All Gamers) Global Standings Classic (Twisted Minds)
Spirit (NAVI)
Solar (Vitality)
herO (Weibo Gaming) Qualifier ShoWTimE (BIG)
SHIN (Gaimin Gladiators)
Esports World Cup Starcraft 2 schedule and results
Group stage
Group A. Screenshot via Liquipedia Group B. Screenshot via Liquipedia
Group A Wednesday, Aug. 14 5am: Maru vs. Spirit
6:20am: HeRoMaRinE vs. Dark
7:40am: GuMiho vs. Astrea
9am: Olivera vs. ByuN Thursday, Aug. 15 5am: TBD vs. TBD | Winner to upper final. TBD vs. TBD | Loser to knockouts.
6:20am: TBD vs. TBD | Winner to upper final. TBD vs. TBD | Loser to knockouts.
10:20am: TBD vs. TBD | Loser to knockouts. TBD vs. TBD | Loser to knockouts.
11:40am: TBD vs. TBD Winner to final four.
Friday, Aug. 16 7:40am: TBD vs. TBD Loser to knockouts.
10:20am: TBD vs. TBD Winner to Second vs. Second match. Loser to knockouts
Group B Wednesday, Aug. 14 10:20am: Serral vs. Coffee
11:40am: Classic vs. Clem
1pm: Cure vs. Reynor
2:20pm: herO vs. Solar Thursday, Aug. 15 7:40am: TBD vs. TBD | Winner to upper final. TBD vs. TBD | Loser to knockouts.
9am: TBD vs. TBD | Winner to upper final. TBD vs. TBD | Loser to knockouts.
1pm: TBD vs. TBD Winner to final four.
Friday, Aug. 16 5am: TBD vs. TBD | Loser to knockouts.
6:20am: TBD vs. TBD | Loser to knockouts.
9am: TBD vs. TBD | Loser to knockouts.
11:40am: TBD vs. TBD Winner to Second vs. Second match. Loser to knockouts
Second vs. Second
Friday, Aug. 16
1pm CT: TBD vs. TBD Winner proceeds to the final four, loser proceeds to the knockout bracket.
Playoffs
Knockout bracket
The second and final chance for competitors. Screenshot via Liquipedia
The schedule for the Starcraft 2 knockout stage will be added at the conclusion of the group stage.
Final four
The final four. Screenshot via Liquipedia
Sunday, Aug. 18
7am: TBD vs. TBD Semifinal (best-of-seven). Winner to grand final.
9am: TBD vs. TBD Semifinal (best-of-seven). Winner to grand final.
12pm: TBD vs. TBD Grand final (best-of-nine).
Esports World Cup Starcraft 2 streams: How to watch
The Esports World Cup Starcraft 2 tournament will be streamed live on Twitch and YouTube. If you missed any of the action, be sure to check each respective channel for spoiler-free replays at the end of each matchday.
A full list of broadcasters including streams in other languages can be found on the event’s Liquipedia page.
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