November is always a month of big tournaments in Starcraft 2: WCS Global Finals, Dreamhack Winter, HomeStory Cup X and MSI Beat It shaped the World Ranking of December – which features a big comeback.
[bomber] stays at the top of the World Ranking in December. The 26-year-old has lost some points but a fifth place at the WCS Global Finals was enough to maintain his leadership. The margin is narrowing though: [hyun] – fifth at HomeStory Cup X and ninth at WCS – came as close as WCS-runner-up [mma]. Just a thousand points separate these three players.
Huge comeback by [life]
The biggest winner of this ranking is [life] though. The 17-year-old had a slump this year but came back just in time winning the WCS Global Finals and being runner-up at Dreamhack Winter. His fifth rank is the best position he had since October 2013. From April to June of last year, the young Korean even lead the ranking.
[taeja], [innovation] and [jaedong] drop down
The top ten players who lost some ranks are [taeja] (-5 ranks), [innovation] (-8), [sos] (-13) and [jaedong] (-4). They all suffered from the fact that their achievements of last November aren’t included in the ranking any more.
[snute] remains the strongest foreigner
As for the foreigners, nothing much has changed. [snute] is still the best non-Korean in the ranking on position 16. His is now followed by [bunny] (31 / +5) who passed [scarlett] (32 / 6). Next up are [jim] (34 / -2), [sen] (35 / -8), [major] (36 / +1), [vortix] (37 / +1) and [huk] (38 / +7).
[kangho] on the rise
Another comeback of this November was the rebirth of [kangho]. The former top10-player had dropped down to rank 235 but this month he surprised with third placed at both HomeStory Cup X and the „32 Boys 1 Cup“ tournament. Other players with significant steps ahead are [first] (47 / +20), [ty] (84 / +20) and [xy] (90 / +59).
[duckdeok] and [moonglade] leave the World Ranking
Thanks to the women only tournament at IeSF World Championships, some more women entered the World Ranking like winner [mayuki] and her runner-ups [soyhi] and [aurelia]. On the other hand, some famous players left the World Ranking like former WCS Europe champion [duckdeok] and Australias most famous player [moonglade].
Some facts: 1,070 players from 55 countries
The World Ranking of December 2014 included a total of 1,070 players from 55 countries. It includes 794 tournaments since August 2010 with 17,921 tournament results. If you want to find out more about how it calculated, check our explanation page.