On Saturday and Sunday we are hosting the very first playoffs of WCS Europe at ESL TV Studio One in Cologne. Eight players from seven nations compete for the European championship title of 2013's first season as well as $20,000 and 1,500 WCS points that comes with it. Furthermore, the top 5 players qualify for the Season 1 Finals.

Friday nights are reserved for the most hardcore StarCraft II players to compete late into the night. Load up on caffeine and play.

The first stage of the Challenger League is finished. Eight players such as ToD or Grubby qualified for next season's Premier League. Everybody else gets another chance in the second stage of Challenger League, the group stage. Winner and runner-up of every group secure a spot for next season's Premier League, the 3rd placed makes it again into Challenger League.

In today's final round of the Challenger League's Bracket Stage eight Challengers meet eight Premier league players. As if the recent matches haven't been good enough, it keeps getting better and better (and more difficult for the players) - what a perfect warm-up for this weekend's WCS playoffs! Everyone who wins his best of 3 series today qualifies for next season's Premier League.

Go4SC2 May continues on Sunday with €150 prize money - now split among the top 2 players. €100 for the winner, €50 for the runner up - doubling your chances of winning! Sign up now and don't miss out. If you're knocked out then you can sit back and enjoy the streams to see how the pros play and improve your game.

16 players have been eliminated in Round 1 of the Challenger League. Today we will see eight more missing the opportunity to secure a spot in next season's Premier League. Pretty big names had to leave in the first round, e.g. duckdeok from Korea, Bischu or Socke, who lost to ToD, our part-time caster of Premier League.

Today is the first day of Challenger League. In the Bracket Stage's first round 32 players will play one match to advance to tomorrow's second round. These players either qualified via four open qualifiers for Challenger League or have been eliminated in Round of 32 of Premier League two weeks ago. GameSocial.biz and our partner streams will cover every single one of today's 16 matches.

Eight players from seven nations qualified for the first ever WCS Europe Playoffs. On May 25th and 26th all of them will meet at ESL TV Studio One in Cologne to determine the European champion of this season, who receives no only $20,000 but also 1,500 WCS points. Furthermore, the top 5 players qualify for the Season 1 Finals, where they will meet eleven top players from America and Korea.

Monday's Go4SC2 Premium Qualifier features €75 prize money and a spot in the Go4SC2 Monthly Finals with €600 prize money.

Go4SC2 April continues on Sunday with €150 prize money - now split among the top 2 players. €100 for the winner, €50 for the runner up - doubling your chances of winning! Sign up now and don't miss out. If you're knocked out then you can sit back and enjoy the streams to see how the pros play and improve your game.

A few days ago Stephano announced his retirement from progaming this August. This very season of WCS might be the last major tournament of his career. He could be the second Zerg in the playoffs, since TLO is the Swarm's only representative so far. His contestant for the two remaining spots are last year's stunner from CeBIT, Feast, as well as dimaga and Thorzain are going.

Friday nights are reserved for the most hardcore StarCraft II players to compete late into the night. Load up on caffeine and play.

MVP, often referred to as the best StarCraft II player in the world, is going to challenge three of Europe's best players today's group C of WCS EU. The four-time GSL champion almost got eliminated in the Round of 32, where he lost to Dimaga and only won 2:1 over Socke. SaSe, Nerchio and Lucifron have some say in the outcome of this group, too.

After an awesome debut in our Studio One it's time for the second day of Premier League's Round of 16. TLO and ForGG are the first participants of the playoffs, which will take place on May 25th and 26th. Today two more players can secure their spot for another weekend in the ESL TV studio. Every race is represented in the all-European group B consisting of VortiX, BabyKnight, Naniwa and Happy.

TheLittleOne from Team Liquid kicks off Premier League's Round of 16 facing ForGG from Korean. TLO is the only Zerg in this group full of Terrans - a race he used to main until half a year ago. The two remaining Terrans are Strelok and ForGG's fellow countryman and former GSL champion MMA. Until Friday only eight players will survive group play to meet in the playoffs on May 25th and 26th.

Tuesday means one thing - it's the day for ESL's 2on2 Tuesday cup! Grab a friend, sign up early, spread the word and remember to check-in this evening to confirm your place. Good luck!

The fourth and final qualifier finished last Sunday. 1259 players tried in all four qualifiers to get a spot in the WCS Europe Challenger League but only sixteen of them succeeded by finishing in the top four. Joined by 24 players from the Premier League, these 40 players form the Challenger League, which will start on next week's Tuesday, May 21st at 18:00 CEST.

It is time again to decide a new Go4SC2 champion! The Go4SC2 April 2013 finals will be played on Monday, with sixteen players fighting for a share of the €600 prize money.

On Saturday and Sunday up to 1024 players per day will try to secure the remaining eight spots for the WCS EU Challenger League by finishing in the top four in qualifier #3 and #4. The matches of the weekend will be brought to you by GameSocial.biz, our casting partner of the WCS EU.

The StarCraft II World Championship Series 2013 Premier League in Europe enters its second stage. 16 players survived the first group stage and advance to the Round of 16, where half of them will be eliminated before the top 8 will meet at the playoffs. Starting on next week's Tuesdays, four players will compete for two spots in the playoffs every day until Friday.

The first stage of the WCS Europe is ending today with the final group H. Two spots for the top 16 remain vacant for only few more hours. Today's terran is the former GSL champion MMA. His first opponent Feast is looking for a revenge after MMA beat him in the match for third place at last year's IEM World Championship. But MaNa and SorfOf have some say on today's outcome, too.

Two of the biggest names of the European StarCraft II scene are going to enter the WCS stage today. Stephano is one of the best foreigners ever since in StarCraft II, while Grubby was an even bigger star back in WarCraft 3 and is on his best way to dominate the RTS scene once again. A tough challenge for Babyknight and Krass; they have nothing to lose.

The first group stage of WCS Europe Premier League is coming to an end this week. At 18:00 CEST James 'Kaelaris' Carrol and Yoan 'ToD' Merlo will welcome you again for the sixth group of eight. Get ready for five matches - free in ad-supported 720p HD. Nerchio, VortiX, monchi and Dayshi compete for two spots in the Round of 16.

640 players participated in the first two qualifiers for the upcoming Challenger League of WCS EU, which took place on Saturday and Sunday. Every day the top four of each cup qualified for a spot in the Challenger League. One of them was MC, who recently moved to Germany to compete in the WCS. In the first cup Noname from Russia destroyed his plans, when he beat him in the Round of 16.

Monday's Go4SC2 Premium Qualifier features €75 prize money and a spot in the Go4SC2 Monthly Finals with €600 prize money.

On Saturday and Sunday up to 1024 players per day will try to secure a spot for the WCS EU Challenger League by finishing in the top four in either qualifier. The top 50 of the recent Premier League Qualifiers has been invited. Big names such as Tarson, NightEnD, XlorD, Beastyqt and TargA already signed up. They will meet many aspiring underdogs on their way through the bracket as well as MC, who moved to Germany this week.

Friday nights are reserved for the most hardcore StarCraft II players to compete late into the night. Load up on caffeine and play.

The second week of WCS Europe is coming to an end on Thursday evening. At 18 CEST James 'Kaelaris' Carrol and Yoan 'ToD' Merlo will welcome you again for the fifth playday of StarCraft II WCS's first group stage with five matches - free in ad-supported 720p HD. NaNiwa, Kas, TLO and Shuttle compete for two spots in the Round of 16.

On Wednesday night, 1st of March, the most accomplished StarCraft II player in the history of the game enters the WCS Europe. Mvp will face DIMAGA, Socke and Siw in Group D. At 18 CEST James 'Kaelaris' Carrol and Yoan 'ToD' Merlo will welcome you again for the fourth playday of StarCraft II WCS's first group stage with five matches - free in ad-supported 720p HD.

Spring is gone, Summer is here! Compete in the A-Series, featuring qualification for the Go4SC2 monthly finals with €600 prize money.