2002 SKY OSL

League Information

Series:

OSL

Organizer:

OnGameNet

Sponsor(s):

SKY

Type:

Offline

Location:

South Korea

Format:

1v1

Prize Pool:

₩45,000,000 KRW
(≃ $35,848 USD)

Start Date:

2002-07-12

End Date:

2002-10-12

Liquipedia Tier:

Premier

Links

Participants

Number of Players:

16

2

7

Maps

Gaema Gowon • Neo Bifrost • Neo Forbidden Zone • Neo Vertigo

Chronology

2002 NATE OSL

2002 Panasonic OSL

Overview[edit]

The 2002 SKY OSL was held from July through October 2002.

BoxeR made a strong return in the OnGameNet Starleague (OSL) (after being defeated 0-3 in the previous season) to advance 3-0 in a strong group in the Ro16, besting YellOw, TheMarine and Jinnam to go 3-0 in the Ro8 and overwhelming an on-fire Elky.

Elky, one of the few non-Koreans to participate in an OSL, attracted attention in this tournament by advancing from his group 3-0 and 2-1 in the Ro16 and Ro8 respectively. His run was finally stopped when he ran into a resurgent BoxeR, taking him down 0-3 in the semis. After this no foreigner has made it this far in an individual league.

Reach advanced into the semifinals where he triumphed against YellOw in a close 3-2. By advancing into the finals, BoxeR made his fourth OSL championship appearance. BoxeR looked to win another title, having been undefeated in this OSL so far, but was defeated by Reach 3-1, denying BoxeR of an opportunity at a third OSL title and fulfilling the Legend of the Fall.^[1]

Tournament Details[edit]

Prize Pool[edit]

₩45,000,000 (~$35,848) was awarded to the top finisher per the below:^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]

Players[edit]

Protoss

Terran

Zerg

GARIMTO

BoxeR

ChoJJa

Reach

ChRh

CryStal

ElkY

H.O.T-Forever

Oddysay

JinNam

Sync

YellOw

Format[edit]

The 2002 SKY OSL used a similar format to the previous Starleagues, with group stages for both the round of sixteen and the round of eight, which led into a bracket of best of five semifinals (previous OSLs having used a best of three) and a best of five finals. Based on their performances in the previous OSL, Sync, H.O.T-Forever, Chrh and Oddysay were all seeded, while the other twelve qualified through the Dual Tournament.

Maps[edit]

2002 SKY OSL
Gaema Gowon	Neo Bifrost	Neo Forbidden Zone	Neo Vertigo

Talents[edit]

Caster:
- Caster Jun (Jeon Yong-june)

Commentators:
- Eom Jae-gyung
- Kim Carrier (Kim Tae-hyung)

Results[edit]

Round of 16[edit]

Group A
1.	Sync	3-0
2.	TheMarine	2-1
3.	Sinji_NT	1-2
4.	Crystal	0-3

Group A Matches

Group B
1.	YellOw	2-1
1.	Reach	2-1
3.	H.O.T-Forever	2-1
4.	V-Gundam	0-3

Group B Matches

Tie Breaker

Group C
1.	BoxeR	3-0
2.	ChoJJa	1-2
3.	Chrh	1-2
3.	Mumyung	1-2

Group C Matches

Tie Breaker

Group D
1.	Elky	3-0
2.	Jinnam	2-1
3.	Oddysay	1-2
4.	GARIMTO	0-3

Group D Matches

Round of 8[edit]

Group A
1.	Reach	2-1
1.	Elky	2-1
3.	Sync	1-2
3.	ChoJJa	1-2

Group A Matches

Group B
1.	BoxeR	3-0
2.	YellOw	2-1
3.	TheMarine	1-2
4.	Jinnam	0-3

Group B Matches

Round of 4[edit]

Semifinals

Semis

SF

Grand Final

Final

GF

Third Place Match

3rd Place

3rd

Racial Distribution[edit]

Protoss

Terran

Zerg

Round of 16

2	7	7

Round of 8

1	3	3

Semifinals

1	2	1

Finals

1	1

Winner

1

Maps Statistics[edit]

		vs.				vs.				vs.				Mirrors
Map	#	Σ			%	Σ			%	Σ			%
Bifrost	14	3	1	2	33.3%	3	3	0	100.0%	2	2	0	100.0%	-	4	2
Forbidden Zone	13	4	3	1	75.0%	2	1	1	50.0%	2	2	0	100.0%	-	3	2
Gaema Gowon	14	7	4	3	57.1%	3	0	3	0.0%	3	2	1	66.7%	-	1	-
Vertigo	14	8	5	3	62.5%	2	2	0	100.0%	3	1	2	33.3%	-	-	1
Total Sum (Σ)	55	22	13	9	59.1%	10	6	4	60.0%	10	7	3	70.0%	-	8	5

Media[edit]

Opening

Soundtrack[edit]

B'z - Devil
Doyle Bramhall II - Green Light Girl
Halford - Betrayal
Halford - Crucible
Halford - Weaving Sorrow
Judas Priest - Painkiller
Sum 41 - It's What Were All About

Gallery[edit]

References[edit]

Previous Starleague: NATE OSL \|	SKY2002 OSL	\| Next Starleague: 2002-2003 Panasonic OSL

[1] 2002 SKY OSL at Wikipedia Korea

[2] PGR21 tournament winnings

[3] Compilation of historical StarCraft prize purses

[4] TL thread on prize money

[5] Prize Pool Card

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