2014 StarCraft II World Championship Series

[1] The tournament series' Global Finals were won by South Korean professional player Lee "Life" Seung Hyun.

Korea's WCS Premier League returned to Global StarCraft II League (GSL) branding, with all three seasons fully run by GOMTV, marking the end of the Ongamenet Starleague (OSL).

[1] To support larger third party tournaments, tiers of non-WCS events that give out WCS points were created, for a total of three non-WCS tiers based on prize pool, qualification and invitation process, number of participants, language coverage, and other factors.

The sixteen highest-ranking players received invites to the Global Finals, seeded into a bracket based on their rank.

[3] They featured bracket play in the round of sixteen, played out for the first time the week prior to the main event as part of BlizzCon Opening Week, with the quarterfinals onward at the convention center itself.