KeSPA Cup 2020

[e][h]KeSPA Cup 2020

League Information

Series:

KeSPA Cup

Organizer:

KeSPA
Ulsan Metropolitan City
KBS

Sponsor:

Xenics
HyperX
GEEKSTAR
Kelme
Aider
HanbitDrone

Game Version:

Patch 10.25

Server:

Korea

Type:

Online/Offline

Location:

Ulsan

Format:

Single-Elimination

Number of Teams:

10

Prize Pool:

₩144,000,000 KRW
(≃ $132,262 USD)

Start Date:

2020-12-21

End Date:

2021-01-02

Liquipedia Tier:

Major

Links

Chronology

KeSPA Cup 2019

KeSPA Cup 2021

Format[edit]

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[edit]

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

Color Commentators:
- LS (Nick De Cesare)
- Valdes (Brendan valdes)

Prize Pool[edit]

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

Place	$ USD	₩ KRW	Team
1st	$36,740	₩40,000,000	DAMWON Gaming
2nd	$18,370	₩20,000,000	Nongshim RedForce
3rd-4th	$9,185	₩10,000,000	KT Rolster
3rd-4th	$9,185	₩10,000,000	Hanwha Life Esports
5th-6th	$7,348	₩8,000,000	Gen.G Esports
5th-6th	$7,348	₩8,000,000	SANDBOX Gaming
7th-8th	$4,592	₩5,000,000	DRX
7th-8th	$4,592	₩5,000,000	T1
9th-10th	$2,755	₩3,000,000	Afreeca Freecs
9th-10th	$2,755	₩3,000,000	Brion Esports

(Converted USD prizes are based on the currency rate on Jan 2, 2021: 1 KRW ≃ 0.00092 USD.)

Participating Teams[edit]

Afreeca Freecs

	Kiin
	Dread
	Fly
	Bang
	Lehends
SubstitutesStaff

	Trap
	Keine
Main RosterStaff

C	Rigby
C	LirA
Main RosterSubstitutes

Brion Esports

	Hoya
	UmTi
	Lava
	Hena
	Crescent
SubstitutesStaff

	Chieftain
Main RosterStaff

C	Edgar
C	Drinker
C	Wraith
Main RosterSubstitutes

DAMWON Gaming

	Khan
	Canyon
	ShowMaker
	Ghost
	BeryL
SubstitutesStaff

	Chasy
Main RosterStaff

C	kkOma
C	PoohManDu
C	Ares
Main RosterSubstitutes

DRX

	Kingen
	Pyosik
	SOLCA
	BAO
	Rebeca
SubstitutesStaff

	Destroy
Main RosterStaff

C	SSONG
C	Museong
Main RosterSubstitutes

Gen.G¹

	Lonely
	Yeongjae
	Ophelia
	Envy
	Khael
SubstitutesStaff

	Karis
	Dice
Main RosterStaff

C	Dokgo
Main RosterSubstitutes

Hanwha Life Esports

	Morgan
	Arthur
	Chovy
	Deft
	Vsta
SubstitutesStaff

	DuDu
	yoHan
	CaD
Main RosterStaff

C	Kezman
C	SuDal
C	Heart
Main RosterSubstitutes

KT Rolster

	Doran
	Bonnie
	Ucal
	HyBriD
	Zzus
SubstitutesStaff

	Castle
	GIDEON
	Vicla
	Noah
	Rebel
Main RosterStaff

C	Hirai
C	supreme
C	Acorn
Main RosterSubstitutes

Nongshim RedForce

	Rich
	Peanut
	Bay
	deokdam
	Kellin
SubstitutesStaff

	Juhan
	Wayne
Main RosterStaff

C	sBs
C	Noblesse
Main RosterSubstitutes

SANDBOX Gaming

	Summit
	Croco
	FATE
	Route
	Kabbie
SubstitutesStaff

	Leo
	Effort
Main RosterStaff

C	Micro
C	joker
C	Travel
Main RosterSubstitutes

T1¹

	Roach
	Mowgli
	Mireu
	Berserker
	Asper
SubstitutesStaff

	Hoit
Main RosterStaff

C	Bengi
C	Sayho
Main RosterSubstitutes

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

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

Results[edit]

Group Stage[edit]

Group A[edit]

Group A Week 1 Week 1
1.	DAMWON Gaming	4-0
2.	Nongshim RedForce	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 NS December 21, 2020 - 17:00 KST 29:17 ·	0	NS
LSB	1 LSB AF December 21, 2020 - 18:00 KST 31:30 ·	0	AF
DRX	0 DRX DWG December 21, 2020 - 19:00 KST 30:17 ·	1	DWG
NS	1 NS LSB December 21, 2020 - 20:00 KST 29:08 ·	0	LSB
AF	0 AF DRX December 21, 2020 - 21:00 KST 35:57 ·	1	DRX
December 23, 2020
DWG	1 DWG LSB December 23, 2020 - 17:00 KST 37:04	0	LSB
AF	0 AF NS December 23, 2020 - 18:00 KST 26:43	1	NS
LSB	1 LSB DRX December 23, 2020 - 19:00 KST 28:21	0	DRX
DWG	1 DWG AF December 23, 2020 - 20:00 KST 37:32	0	AF
DRX	0 DRX NS December 23, 2020 - 21:00 KST 32:58	1	NS

Group A Crosstable[edit]

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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[edit]

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 BRN December 22, 2020 - 17:00 KST 35:38 ·	0	BRN
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
BRN	1 BRN 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 BRN December 24, 2020 - 18:00 KST Brion Esports had to forfeit due to their coaching staff testing positive for COVID-19.	FF	BRN
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 BRN December 24, 2020 - 21:00 KST Brion Esports had to forfeit due to their coaching staff testing positive for COVID-19.	FF	BRN

Group B Crosstable[edit]

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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[edit]

Round of 6

Hanwha Life Esports

2

Gen.G Esports

0

NS RedForce

2

SANDBOX Gaming

1

Semifinals

DAMWON Gaming

3

Hanwha Life Esports

1

KT Rolster

0

NS RedForce

3

Finals

DAMWON Gaming

3

NS RedForce

0

Additional Data[edit]

Statistics[edit]

		Total				Blue Side				Red Side							Match Length (mins)
	Champion	∑	W	L	WR	∑	W	L	WR	∑	W	L	WR	Played By	Played With	Played Vs.	<25			25-30			30-35			35-40			40-45			>45
1	Alistar	20	7	13	35%	11	2	9	18%	9	5	4	56%	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)	0	0-0	0%	8	2-6	25%	8	4-4	50%	4	1-3	25%	0	0-0	0%	0	0-0	0%
2	Kai'Sa	19	6	13	32%	9	2	7	22%	10	4	6	40%	5 (3-2) 3 (0-3) 2 (2-0) 2 (0-2) 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)	0	0-0	0%	6	2-4	33%	9	3-6	33%	4	1-3	25%	0	0-0	0%	0	0-0	0%
3	Graves	17	10	7	59%	13	8	5	62%	4	2	2	50%	5 (3-2) 4 (4-0) 2 (1-1) 1 (1-0) 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)	0	0-0	0%	8	4-4	50%	7	4-3	57%	1	1-0	100%	1	1-0	100%	0	0-0	0%
4	Syndra	17	10	7	59%	14	9	5	64%	3	1	2	33%	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)	0	0-0	0%	5	3-2	60%	8	5-3	63%	3	1-2	33%	1	1-0	100%	0	0-0	0%
5	Leona	16	11	5	69%	8	6	2	75%	8	5	3	63%	5 (4-1) 2 (2-0) 2 (0-2) 1 (1-0) 1 (1-0)	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)	0	0-0	0%	5	3-2	60%	7	5-2	71%	4	3-1	75%	0	0-0	0%	0	0-0	0%
		33 games played				17W - 16L (52%)				16W - 17L (48%)							0 games			12 games			13 games			7 games			1 games			0 games
Click here for complete Champion Statistics table

Country Representation[edit]

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

External links[edit]

References[edit]

↑ "2020 KeSPA Cup Rosters" (in English). KeSPA. 2020-12-17.
↑ "Announcement about 2020 KeSPA Cup" (in English). KeSPA. 2020-12-24.

[academy_rosters-1] "2020 KeSPA Cup Rosters" (in English). KeSPA. 2020-12-17.

[brion_forfeit-2] "Announcement about 2020 KeSPA Cup" (in English). KeSPA. 2020-12-24.

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KeSPA Cup 2020

Contents

Format[edit]

Broadcast Talent[edit]

Prize Pool[edit]

Participating Teams[edit]