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Korea StarCraft League Season 1

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[e][h]KSL Season 1
League Information
Server:
South Korea
Type:
Offline
Location:
South Korea Seoul
Format:
Ro16 Dual Tournament Group stage Ro8 and on Single-Elimination
Prize Pool:
₩80,000,000 KRW
(≃ $71,146 USD)
Start Date:
2018-07-19
End Date:
2018-09-08
Liquipedia Tier:
Links
Participants
Number of Players:
16
Protoss 8
Terran 5
Zerg 3
Maps
Chronology

Overview[edit]

The Korea StarCraft League Season 1 (KSL Season 1), was an offline tournament, organized by Blizzard in celebration of the 20th anniversary of StarCraft.

The tournament featured open online qualifiers [1] with top 256 players advancing to the offline stage. 16 best players from the offline qualifiers participated in the main tournament.

Round of 16 play began on Thursday July 19, 2018. Matches were broadcast every week on Thursday and Friday, 19:00 KST. English coverage was provided by Artosis and Tasteless with Korean commentary done by KCM, Zeus, and trOt. [2][3][4]

Tournament Information[edit]

Participants[edit]

Protoss Protoss (8) Terran Terran (5) Zerg Zerg (3)
South Korea BeSt South Korea Last South Korea Jaedong
South Korea Horang2 South Korea Light South Korea Shine
South Korea Mini South Korea Mind South Korea SoulKey
South Korea Movie South Korea Sea
South Korea Rain South Korea Sharp
South Korea Shuttle
South Korea Snow
South Korea Stork

Prize Pool[edit]

Prize pool of total ₩80,000,000 will be distributed as follows:[2]

Format[edit]

  • Round of 16 group stage
  • Elimination Stage
    • Eight player single-elimination bracket
    • Quarterfinals: best-of-five
    • Semifinals and Final: best-of-seven

Maps[edit]

Casters[edit]

  • Korean Casters:
    • South Korea KCM (Kim Chul Min)
    • South Korea trOt (Park Sung Jin)
    • South Korea Zeus (Jun Tae Gyu)

Results[edit]

Round of 16 Group Stage[edit]

Group A[edit]

Group A Recap
1. South Korea Protoss Rain 2-0 6-2
2. South Korea Terran Last 2-1 6-6
3. South Korea Protoss Mini 1-2 6-6
4. South Korea Protoss Movie 0-2 2-6
Detailed Results
July 19, 2018 - 19:00 KST
South KoreaTerranLast
0
3
South KoreaProtossMini
July 19, 2018 - 20:30 KST
South KoreaProtossMovie
0
3
South KoreaProtossRain
August 2, 2018 - 19:00 KST
August 2, 2018 - 20:45 KST
August 16, 2018 - 19:00 KST
South KoreaProtossMini
1
3
South KoreaTerranLast

Group B[edit]

Group B Recap
1. South Korea Protoss Snow 2-0 6-1
2. South Korea Terran Sharp 2-1 7-5
3. South Korea Terran Sea 1-2 5-7
4. South Korea Zerg Shine 0-2 2-6
Detailed Results
July 20, 2018 - 19:00 KST
South KoreaProtossSnow
3
1
South KoreaZergShine
July 20, 2018 - 20:30 KST
August 3, 2018 - 19:00 KST
South KoreaProtossSnow
3
0
South KoreaTerranSharp
August 3, 2018 - 20:40 KST
South KoreaZergShine
1
3
South KoreaTerranSea
August 16, 2018 - 20:30 KST
South KoreaTerranSharp
3
1
South KoreaTerranSea

Group C[edit]

Group C Recap
1. South Korea Zerg Soulkey 2-0 6-3
2. South Korea Zerg Jaedong 2-1 7-5
3. South Korea Terran Light 1-2 7-7
4. South Korea Protoss Shuttle 0-2 1-6
Detailed Results
July 26, 2018 - 19:00 KST
South KoreaProtossShuttle
1
3
South KoreaZergSoulkey
July 26, 2018 - 20:30 KST
August 9, 2018 - 19:00 KST
August 9, 2018 - 20:30 KST
South KoreaProtossShuttle
0
3
South KoreaZergJaedong
August 17, 2018 - 19:00 KST

Group D[edit]

Group D Recap
1. South Korea Protoss Horang2 2-0 6-3
2. South Korea Protoss BeSt 2-1 8-4
3. South Korea Protoss Stork 1-2 5-8
4. South Korea Terran Mind 0-2 2-6
Detailed Results
July 27, 2018 - 19:00 KST
July 27, 2018 - 21:25 KST
August 10, 2018 - 19:00 KST
South KoreaProtossHorang2
3
1
South KoreaProtossStork
August 10, 2018 - 20:30 KST
South KoreaTerranMind
0
3
South KoreaProtossBeSt
August 10, 2018 - 20:30 KST
August 17, 2018 - 20:30 KST
South KoreaProtossStork
1
3
South KoreaProtossBeSt

Elimination Bracket[edit]

Quarterfinals (Bo5)
Semifinals (Bo7)
Finals (Bo7)
South KoreaProtossRain
3
South KoreaProtossBeSt
0
August 23, 2018 - 19:00 KST
South KoreaProtossRain
0
South KoreaZergJaedong
4

Racial Distribution[edit]

ProtossTerranZerg
Round of 16
853
Quarterfinals
422
Semifinals
112
Finals
11
Winner
1

Map Statistics[edit]

Terran vs. ZergZerg vs. ProtossProtoss vs. TerranMirrors
Map#ΣTerranZergTerran%ΣZergProtossZerg%ΣProtossTerranProtoss%ProtossTerranZerg
Blue Storm1554180.0%32166.7%440100.0%3--
Circuit Breakers1864266.7%21150.0%42250.0%42-
Fighting Spirit1754180.0%440100.0%42250.0%22-
Fortress91010.0%21150.0%3030.0%21-
Gladiator2052340.0%41325.0%440100.0%52-
Polaris Rhapsody1452340.0%----43175.0%5--
Roadkill1953260.0%550100.0%52340.0%31-
Total Sum (Σ)11232191359.4%2014670.0%28171160.7%248-

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