KeSPA Cup 2020

• Overview
• Group Stage
• Playoffs
• Statistics

[e][h]KeSPA Cup 2020

League Information

Series:

KeSPA Cup

Organizers:

KeSPA
Ulsan Metropolitan City
KBS

Sponsor(s):

Xenics
HyperX
GEEKSTAR
Kelme
Aider
HanbitDrone

Server:

Korea

Type:

Online/Offline

Location:

 Ulsan

Format:

Single-Elimination

Prize Pool:

₩144,000,000 KRW
(≃ $132,630 USD)

Start Date:

2020-12-21

End Date:

2021-01-02

Teams:

10

Version:

Patch 10.25

Liquipedia Tier:

A-Tier

Links

Chronology

 KeSPA Cup 2019

KeSPA Cup 2021 

Format

• Group Stage - December 21st - 24th, 2020
  • Group Stage will be played online
  • Single Round Robin
  • Matches are Bo1
  • Top three teams of each group qualify
• Playoffs - December 25, 2020 - January 2nd, 2021
  • Single Elimination
  • Round of 6 are Bo3
  • Semifinals and Finals are Bo5

Broadcast Talent

• Play-by-play Commentators:
  •  Atlus (Max Anderson)
  •  Achilios (Seth King)

• Color Commentators:
  •  LS (Nick De Cesare)
  •  Valdes (Brendan Valdes)

Prize Pool

₩144,000,000 KRW are spread among the teams as seen below:

Place

$ USD

₩ KRW

Participant

 1st

$36,841.58

₩40,000,000

DAMWON Gaming

 2nd

$18,420.79

₩20,000,000

Nongshim RedForce

 3rd-4th

$9,210.39

₩10,000,000

KT Rolster

Hanwha Life Esports

place 5 to 10 

place 5 to 10 

 5th-6th

$7,368.32

₩8,000,000

Gen.G Esports

SANDBOX Gaming

 7th-8th

$4,605.20

₩5,000,000

DRX

T1

 9th-10th

$2,763.12

₩3,000,000

Afreeca Freecs

Brion Esports

(Converted $ USD prizes are based on the exchange rate on Jan 2, 2021: ₩1 KRW ≃ $0.00092 USD)

Participating Teams

Afreeca Freecs

	Trap
	Keine
Main RosterStaff

	Rigby
	LirA
Main RosterSubstitutes

	Kiin
	Dread
	Fly
	Bang
	Lehends
SubstitutesStaff

Brion Esports

	Chieftain
Main RosterStaff

	Edgar
	Drinker
	Wraith
Main RosterSubstitutes

	Hoya
	UmTi
	Lava
	Hena
	Crescent
SubstitutesStaff

DAMWON Gaming

	Chasy
Main RosterStaff

	kkOma
	PoohManDu
	Ares
Main RosterSubstitutes

	Khan
	Canyon
	ShowMaker
	Ghost
	BeryL
SubstitutesStaff

DRX

	Destroy
Main RosterStaff

	SSONG
	Museong
Main RosterSubstitutes

	Kingen
	Pyosik
	SOLCA
	BAO
	Rebeca
SubstitutesStaff

Gen.G¹

	Karis
	Dice
Main RosterStaff

	Dokgo
Main RosterSubstitutes

	Lonely
	Yeongjae
	Ophelia
	Envy
	Khael
SubstitutesStaff

Hanwha Life Esports

	DuDu
	yoHan
	CaD
Main RosterStaff

	Kezman
	SuDal
	Heart
	Bibra
Main RosterSubstitutes

	Morgan
	Arthur
	Chovy
	Deft
	Vsta
SubstitutesStaff

KT Rolster

	Castle
	GIDEON
	Vicla
	Noah
	Rebel
Main RosterStaff

	Hirai
	supreme
	Acorn
	Gisepa
Main RosterSubstitutes

	Doran
	Bonnie
	Ucal
	HyBriD
	Zzus
SubstitutesStaff

Nongshim RedForce

	Juhan
	Wayne
Main RosterStaff

	sBs
	Noblesse
Main RosterSubstitutes

	Rich
	Peanut
	Bay
	deokdam
	Kellin
SubstitutesStaff

SANDBOX Gaming

	Leo
	Effort
Main RosterStaff

	Micro
	joker
	Travel
Main RosterSubstitutes

	Summit
	Croco
	FATE
	Route
	Kabbie
SubstitutesStaff

T1¹

	Hoit
Main RosterStaff

	Bengi
	Sayho
Main RosterSubstitutes

	Roach
	Mowgli
	Mireu
	Berserker
	Asper
SubstitutesStaff

¹ Gen.G Esports and T1 will field their academy rosters.

² Brion Esports had to forfeit due to their coaching staff testing positive for COVID-19.

Results

Group Stage

Group A

Group A Week 1 Week 1
1.	DAMWON Gaming					4-0
2.	Team Dynamics					3-1
3.	SANDBOX Gaming					2-2
4.	DRX					1-3
5.	Afreeca Freecs					0-4

Group A Matches
December 21, 2020
DWG	1 DWG DYN December 21, 2020 - 17:00 KST 29:17	0	DYN
LSB	1 LSB AF December 21, 2020 - 18:00 KST 31:31	0	AF
DRX	0 DRX DWG December 21, 2020 - 19:00 KST 30:17	1	DWG
DYN	1 DYN LSB December 21, 2020 - 20:00 KST 29:08	0	LSB
AF	0 AF DRX December 21, 2020 - 21:00 KST 35:58	1	DRX
December 23, 2020
DWG	1 DWG LSB December 23, 2020 - 17:00 KST 37:07	0	LSB
AF	0 AF DYN December 23, 2020 - 18:00 KST 26:46	1	DYN
LSB	1 LSB DRX December 23, 2020 - 19:00 KST 28:23	0	DRX
DWG	1 DWG AF December 23, 2020 - 20:00 KST 37:34	0	AF
DRX	0 DRX DYN December 23, 2020 - 21:00 KST 32:58	1	DYN

Group A Crosstable

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		1-0 Dec 21	1-0 Dec 21	1-0 Dec 23	1-0 Dec 23
	0-1 Dec 21		1-0 Dec 23	1-0 Dec 21	1-0 Dec 23
	0-1 Dec 21	0-1 Dec 23		0-1 Dec 23	1-0 Dec 21
	0-1 Dec 23	0-1 Dec 21	1-0 Dec 23		1-0 Dec 21
	0-1 Dec 23	0-1 Dec 23	0-1 Dec 21	0-1 Dec 21

Group B

Group B Week 1 Week 1
1.	KT Rolster					4-0
2.	Gen.G Esports					2-2
2.	Hanwha Life Esports					2-2
4.	Brion Esports					1-3
5.	T1					1-3

Group B Matches
December 22, 2020
KT	1 KT BRO December 22, 2020 - 17:00 KST 35:38	0	BRO
HLE	1 HLE T1 December 22, 2020 - 18:00 KST 28:59	0	T1
GEN	0 GEN KT December 22, 2020 - 19:00 KST 34:58	1	KT
BRO	1 BRO HLE December 22, 2020 - 20:00 KST 34:12	0	HLE
T1	0 T1 GEN December 22, 2020 - 21:25 KST 28:33	1	GEN
December 24, 2020
KT	1 KT HLE December 24, 2020 - 17:00 KST 36:37	0	HLE
T1	W T1 BRO December 24, 2020 - 18:00 KST Brion Esports had to forfeit due to their coaching staff testing positive for COVID-19.	FF	BRO
HLE	1 HLE GEN December 24, 2020 - 19:00 KST 27:49	0	GEN
KT	1 KT T1 December 24, 2020 - 20:00 KST 30:08	0	T1
GEN	W GEN BRO December 24, 2020 - 21:00 KST Brion Esports had to forfeit due to their coaching staff testing positive for COVID-19.	FF	BRO

Group B Crosstable

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		1-0 Dec 24	1-0 Dec 24	1-0 Dec 22	1-0 Dec 22
	0-1 Dec 24		0-1 Dec 22	W-FF Dec 24	0-1 Dec 22
	0-1 Dec 24	1-0 Dec 22		0-1 Dec 22	1-0 Dec 24
	0-1 Dec 22	FF-W Dec 24	1-0 Dec 22		FF-W Dec 24
	0-1 Dec 22	1-0 Dec 22	0-1 Dec 24	W-FF Dec 24

 Click here for detailed results of the Group Stage matches

Playoffs

Quarterfinals

Quarterfinals

Quarters

QF

Semifinals

Semifinals

Semis

SF

Grand Final

Grand Final

Final

GF

Hanwha Life EsportsHLE

2

Gen.G EsportsGEN

0

Hanwha Life Esports

2

0

Gen.G Esports

December 25, 2020 - 20:00 KST

38:10

30:47

	Bans
	Game 1
	Game 2

DAMWON GamingDWG

3

Hanwha Life EsportsHLE

1

DAMWON Gaming

3

1

Hanwha Life Esports

December 26, 2020 - 17:00 KST

29:01

31:02

40:32

32:52

	Bans
	Game 1
	Game 2
	Game 3
	Game 4

NS RedForceNS

2

SANDBOX GamingLSB

1

NS RedForce

2

1

SANDBOX Gaming

December 25, 2020 - 17:00 KST

33:49

34:58

32:49

	Bans
	Game 1
	Game 2
	Game 3

KT RolsterKT

0

NS RedForceNS

3

KT Rolster

0

3

NS RedForce

December 27, 2020 - 17:00 KST

35:39

26:23

32:35

	Bans
	Game 1
	Game 2
	Game 3

DAMWON GamingDWG

3

NS RedForceNS

0

DAMWON Gaming

3

0

NS RedForce

January 2, 2021 - 17:00 KST

29:42

29:13

29:37

	Bans
	Game 1
	Game 2
	Game 3

Additional Data

Statistics

		Picks					Blue Side				Red Side				Bans		Picks & Bans
	Champion	∑	W	L	WR	%T	∑	W	L	WR	∑	W	L	WR	∑	%T	∑	%T	Played By	Played With	Played Vs.
1	Alistar	20	7	13	35.00%	60.61%	11	2	9	18.18%	9	5	4	55.56%	6	18.18%	26	78.79%	6 (2-4)5 (3-2)3 (1-2)2 (1-1)1 (0-1)	10 (2-8) 5 (3-2) 5 (2-3) 5 (2-3) 5 (1-4)	9 (2-7) 7 (4-3) 6 (2-4) 6 (1-5) 5 (2-3)
2	Kai'Sa	19	6	13	31.58%	57.58%	9	2	7	22.22%	10	4	6	40.00%	6	18.18%	25	75.76%	3 (1-2)3 (0-3)2 (2-0)2 (2-0)2 (0-2)	10 (2-8) 8 (4-4) 6 (1-5) 5 (3-2) 5 (2-3)	6 (3-3) 6 (1-5) 6 (1-5) 5 (1-4) 5 (0-5)
3	Graves	17	10	7	58.82%	51.52%	13	8	5	61.54%	4	2	2	50.00%	9	27.27%	26	78.79%	4 (4-0)3 (3-0)2 (1-1)2 (0-2)1 (1-0)	8 (4-4) 6 (3-3) 5 (4-1) 4 (4-0) 4 (4-0)	7 (4-3) 5 (3-2) 5 (3-2) 4 (3-1) 4 (2-2)
4	Syndra	17	10	7	58.82%	51.52%	14	9	5	64.29%	3	1	2	33.33%	2	6.06%	19	57.58%	8 (7-1)4 (1-3)1 (1-0)1 (1-0)1 (0-1)	7 (3-4) 5 (4-1) 5 (4-1) 5 (1-4) 5 (1-4)	5 (3-2) 5 (3-2) 4 (3-1) 4 (2-2) 4 (2-2)
5	Leona	16	11	5	68.75%	48.48%	8	6	2	75.00%	8	5	3	62.50%	8	24.24%	24	72.73%	3 (2-1)2 (2-0)2 (2-0)2 (1-1)2 (0-2)	5 (3-2) 5 (2-3) 5 (2-3) 4 (4-0) 4 (3-1)	9 (7-2) 6 (5-1) 5 (3-2) 5 (3-2) 4 (2-2)
		33 games played					17W - 16L (51.52%)				16W - 17L (48.48%)
Click here for complete statistics table

Country Representation

#	Country / Region	Representation	Players
1	South Korea	70 / 70 (100%)	Arthur, Asper, Bang, BAO, Bay, Berserker, BeryL, Bonnie, CaD, Canyon, Castle, Chasy, Chieftain, Chovy, Crescent, Croco, Deft, deokdam, Destroy, Dice, Doran, Dread, DuDu, Effort, Envy, FATE, Fly, Ghost, GIDEON, Hena, Hoit, Hoya, HyBriD, Juhan, Kabbie, Karis, Keine, Kellin, Khael, Khan, Kiin, Kingen, Lava, Lehends, Leo, Lonely, Mireu, Morgan, Mowgli, Noah, Ophelia, Peanut, Pyosik, Rebeca, Rebel, Rich, Roach, Route, ShowMaker, SOLCA, Summit, Trap, Ucal, UmTi, Vicla, Vsta, Wayne, Yeongjae, yoHan, Zzus

External links

References