ESOC Challenge Cup
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ESOC Challenge Cup
League Information
Organizer:
Sponsor:
ESOC
Game:
Version:
Type:
Online
Location:
World Players:
16
Format:
1v1
Prize Pool:
$1,000 USD
Start Date:
2021-01-29
End Date:
2021-02-28
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Contents
About[edit]
Broadcast Talent[edit]
- Commentators:
minimoult21 (Robert James)- GiveUAnxiety (Mark)
I_HaRRiiSoN_I 
Aussie_Drongo 
Scroogie
Format[edit]
- Group Stage: January 29th - February 21st
- Round Robin
- 16 players in 4 groups
- All matches are Bo5
- Winners advance to the playoffs
- Each group has a different map pool that is played in order
- Group A - Punjab, Sonora, Manchuria, Florida & Deccan
- Group B - Mexico, Baja California, Deccan, Malaysia & Korea
- Group C - Manchuria, Fertile Crescent, Baja California, Sonora & Punjab
- Group D - Kamchatka, Mexico, Malaysia, Korea & Fertile Crescent
- Each group has a different map pool that is played in order
- Playoffs: February 22nd - 28th
- Single-elimination bracket
- Semifinals are Bo7
- Final is Bo9
Prize Pool[edit]
$1000 USD are spread among the players as seen below:
| Place | $USD | Player | Team |
|---|---|---|---|
 1st | $400 | Haitch |  |
 2nd | $200 |  Knuschelbär | |
 3rd-4th | $100 |  Kynesie | |
 Mitoe | | ||
| 5th-8th | $50 | SoldieR | |
| Kévin | | ||
| Kaister | | ||
 TBD | | ||
| 9th-11th | - | miggo1999 | |
| Lecastete | | ||
| TBD | | ||
| 12th-16th | - | Ezad | |
| LukasL | | ||
| TBD | | ||
 Prinz | | ||
| optibb | |
Participants[edit]
| Invited by seeding (16) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Ezad | Haitch |  iamturk | Kaiserklein |
| Kaister | Knuschelbär | Kynesie | Kévin |
| Lecastete_ | LukasL | miggo1999 | Mitoe |
| optibb | Prinz | Samwise12 | SoldieR |
| Seeding | ||
|---|---|---|
| # | Player | Team |
Results[edit]
Group Stage[edit]
[edit]
| Group A | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Mitoe | 3-0 | 9-4 | +5 | ||
| 2. | Samwise12 | 1-1 | 4-4 | 0 | ||
| 3. | Kaiserklein | 1-2 | 6-6 | 0 | ||
| 4. | iamturk | 0-2 | 1-6 | -5 | ||
| Matches | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Samwise12 | 1 | 3 | Mitoe |
| Samwise12 | 3 | 1 | Kaiserklein |
| Mitoe | 3 | 2 | Kaiserklein |
| Mitoe | 3 | 1 | iamturk |
| Kaiserklein | 3 February 14, 2021 - 17:30 GMT Game 2 was played on Mexico instead of Sonora due to 'map spawn bug'   | 0 | iamturk |
| Samwise12 | - | - | iamturk |
[edit]
| Matches | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Haitch | 3 | 0 | optibb |
| Haitch | 3 | 1 | Kévin |
| Haitch | 3 | 0 | Prinz |
| optibb | 1 | 3 | Kévin |
| Kévin | 3 | 2 | Prinz |
| optibb | - | - | Prinz |
[edit]
| Group C | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Kynesie | 3-0 | 9-0 | +9 | ||
| 2. | Kaister | 1-2 | 5-7 | -2 | ||
| 3. | Lecastete_ | 1-2 | 4-6 | -2 | ||
| 4. | LukasL | 1-2 | 3-8 | -5 | ||
| Matches | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Kynesie | 3 | 0 | Lecastete_ |
| Kynesie | 3 | 0 | LukasL |
| Kynesie | 3 | 0 | Kaister |
| Lecastete_ | 3 | 0 | LukasL |
| Lecastete_ | 1 | 3 | Kaister |
| LukasL | 3 | 2 | Kaister |
[edit]
| Group D | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Knuschelbär | 3-0 | 9-1 | +8 | ||
| 2. | SoldieR | 2-1 | 6-5 | +1 | ||
| 3. | miggo1999 | 1-2 | 5-7 | -2 | ||
| 4. | Ezad | 0-3 | 2-9 | -7 | ||
| Matches | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Knuschelbär | 3 | 0 | Ezad |
| Knuschelbär | 3 | 0 | SoldieR |
| Knuschelbär | 3 | 1 | miggo1999 |
| Ezad | 1 | 3 | SoldieR |
| Ezad | 1 | 3 | miggo1999 |
| SoldieR | 3 | 1 | miggo1999 |
Playoffs[edit]
Semifinals
Mitoe2
Knuschelbär4
Finals
Knuschelbär2
Haitch5