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The tiebreaker between YGClan and FighterForum went to YGClan with a 3:0 victory. Check out the replays here. The lineups for GosuGamers and YGClan can also be found on our schedule page.
Division A YGClan 11 Fighter Forum 10 TeamLiquid 5 Reps.ru 5
Division B GosuGamers 11 Broodwar.de 9 PGR21 8 SCLegacy 2
TIEBREAKER MATCHES
YGClan FighterForum SarenS vs Draco In_Dove vs ovvi S2[fOu] vs Only[S.G] Odin vs Nal_Crayon Pj vs Tempest)IS(
The finals are just around the corner and we will be updating the Sandlot page and Battle.net very soon with news regarding the finals schedule.
Division A YGClan 6 Fighter Forum 6 Reps.ru 5 TeamLiquid 3
Division B GosuGamers 7 PGR21 6 Broodwar.de 5 SCLegacy 1
Please note the following changes that occurred over the weekend:
Division A Division B Team Reps.ru Team Broodwar.de Team YGClan Team GosuGamers Team Liquid Team PGR21 Team Fighter Forum Team SCLegacy
- Fisheye will be replaced by Nazgul playing for Team Liquid
- Race picking will be allowed for players known to be "Race Pickers"
The draft will begin on Saturday, September 16 at 1300 GMT. We've listed the corresponding times for a few different localities:
- London, UK - 1:00 PM
- New York, NY - 9:00 AM
- Paris, France - 3:00 PM
- Seoul, South Korea - 10:00 PM
For a complete breakdown of how this tournament will operate, as well as a list of the prizes that are up for grabs, visit our StarCraft Sandlot Tournament rules page.
Zhang "Iloveyoukh" Lei
Rob "Strafe" Verspui has been replaced with 
Olli "Ovvi" Hihnala.
We would also like to note some tournament structure changes. Please see the new FAQ here for updates. Some of the changes are:
- Total players has been reduced to 64 from 80
- The lineups will be seeded, not Closed, Open, and Reaction
- Map pool is:
- Rush Hour III (3.03)
- Ride of the Valkyries
- Gaia 1.0
- Neo Forte (2.1)
- Arcadia II
- Prize distribution information
PGR21.com and 
Reps.ru to the StarCraft Sandlot tournament. These are the final two community sites that will be participating in this tournament.
PGR21.com is a leader in the Korean StarCraft community, with some of the most up to date coverage on the Korean Brood War scene and a comprehensive ranking system for Korean pro gamers. PGR21 will be represented by Hangzri.
Reps.ru is one of the largest replay and news sites for the Russian community. Their daily updates on the StarCraft scene in Russia, Korea, and Europe keep this site active and valued in the community. Reps.ru will be headed up by PILAT.
Also, the following players have been added to the pool:
YGClan.com to the StarCraft Sandlot. YGClan is one-of-a-kind in the StarCraft community: quirky, humorous, and fiercely independent. The site is actually the home of one of Korea's most well-known clans, boasting a host of pro-gamers among its ranks. It has also become a clearinghouse for all things StarCraft, including replays, interviews, mapmaking, and strategy. YGClan will be represented by kkong[yg].
We would also like to welcome these players to the Sandlot:
- Geunhwa "LastGosu" Ralph
FighterForum has long been a staple of the Korean professional Brood War scene, actively covering the televised leagues and players. It also publishes a weekly full-color print magazine, known as esForce, that deals with professional StarCraft gaming. Pocari will be heading up the FighterForum admin team. We'd like to wish a warm welcome to the first community representing the mighty StarCraft nation of South Korea.
In addition, we'd also like to present the latest group of players to be invited to the event. Please join us in welcoming the following five players, who bring the total number of announced StarCraft Sandlot competitors to 13:
The total draft pool for this tournament will ultimately comprise 64 players. Check back regularly to find out who the remaining 51 will be...
SCLegacy has hosted the official Blizzard fansite database for several years now and also play host to the popular BlizzForums. StarCraft fans have also been enjoying their Pimpest Plays feature, video highlights of the most creative StarCraft moves, for years.
We're also happy to welcome the first small group of participating players to the event! Although most player invitations will come later, we'd like to welcome:
There's 76 other players from across the world we'll be inviting to the event; stay tuned!
Team Liquid regularly features English-language coverage of the Korean professional gaming scene. The website is home to one of the most active StarCraft forums on the Internet. Liquid'NazGul will be putting together the admin team to guide this community throughout the season.
GosuGamers has consistently delivered a high-quality StarCraft scene with detailed tournament coverage in English. Although its roots are in the Swedish StarCraft community, the website is frequented by StarCraft players from across Europe and the Americas. Mazor, GosuGamers' lead site administrator, will be putting together an admin team to guide the GosuGamers.net community team.
BroodWar.de is the biggest German-language StarCraft website on the Internet and serves as a central hub for the large German-speaking Brood War community. The website also hosts special content like StarCraft machinima and "highlight" movies. The admin team of Carnac, GeneralMengsk, NumbSchiller, and Quint will be behind the wheel of the BroodWar.de community team.
We wish both these community websites luck in the upcoming tournament. The remaining six StarCraft Sandlot teams will be announced in the near future.
We're pleased to present the first look at Blizzard Entertainment's upcoming StarCraft Sandlot Tournament!
Eight years after its release, StarCraft continues to rank among the most popular mediums for computer gaming competitions. Over the years, StarCraft has been supported by a large player base; community websites; and enthusiasts who continue to put much time, effort, and energy into the game. We felt there could be no better way to honor this passion than to organize a massive tournament on Battle.net and support the StarCraft community. Gamers across the globe will be able to get directly involved with the Sandlot Tournament, and this gives the world's best players a chance to battle it out for some serious cash.
The Teams
We'll be inviting eight of the most active StarCraft communities on the 'net to rally behind their own purpose-built team for the Sandlot Tournament. Team Captains, each a representative of one of these communities, will be invited to mastermind the strategy behind building their team and guiding his or her crew through the month-long league.
The Players
Dozens of expert players from across the globe will be invited to join the pool of players who will be eligible for the draft. Once all these players are announced and confirmed, we'll call on the StarCraft community to determine each player's mineral value. Through a rating mechanism on the Battle.net website, the community will be able to assign mineral values ranging from 1 to 5 to each of the players. These ratings will be averaged and become each player's "mineral cost."
The Draft
The Team Captains will come together to participate in a draft. Each captain will be given a pool of minerals to purchase individual team members. Teams take turns selecting a player, but are limited by their total pool of minerals. It will be critical for the team captains to identify undervalued players and to know which ones of the famous top players are really worth their high mineral price tags.
The League
When the smoke has cleared and each team has been drafted, the tournament will commence. The teams will be divided into two divisions and play a round robin to determine the division champions. Each weekly matchup will consist of five 1-vs.-1 matches between each team's roster. The top two teams will square off in a grand final showdown for glory, fame, and more...
Glittering Prizes
The event will feature a total prize pool of $20,000. The exact prizes will be announced at a later date, but players in the top two teams will be receiving hard-earned cash.
Furthermore, Blizzard will be sending the winning Team Captain a selection of hardware and other cool merchandise for the StarCraft community they represent to use as giveaways or prizes for their own future contests. A banner congratulating and linking to the winning community will also run on the Battle.net game network for a month following the event.
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