2003 KeMongSa KPGA Tour Team League

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[e][h]2003 KeMongSa KPGA Tour Team League
League Information
Series:
Organizer:
Sponsor(s):
KeMongSa, LifeZone
Type:
Offline
Location:
South Korea South Korea
Format:
1v1
Prize Pool:
₩37,000,000 KRW
(≃ $31,078 USD)
Start Date:
2003-02-04
End Date:
2003-06-22
Liquipedia Tier:
Participants
Number of Teams:
5
Maps
Chronology

Introduction[edit]

The KeMongSa KPGA Tour Team League was the first Team League and was broadcasted by MBCGame from February 2, 2003 to June 22, in 2003. The league featured 5 Proteams who managed to advance through the Qualifier by defeating one of the other 5 Proteams each. The qualified teams played a Round Robin with the 2nd and 3rd place finisher facing each other in a Playoff Match to determine who faces the Winner of the Regular Season in the Grand Finals. The tournament was at first sponsored by KeMongSa but after they declared bankruptcy LifeZone took over. LifeZone later went on to also sponsor 2003 LifeZone KPGA Team League

The finals venue was the Convention & Exhibition Center in Seoul.

Tournament Information[edit]

Prize Pool[edit]

37,000,000 KRW is spread amongst the finalists as seen below:

Map Pool[edit]

Four Maps were used in the 2003 KeMongSa KPGA Tour Team League

2003 KeMongSa KPGA Tour Team League Maps
Dark SauronBlade StormLost TemplePlains to Hill D
Dark SauronBlade StormLost TemplePlains to Hill D

Participating Teams[edit]

  • Only Players that played in this season are listed

Format[edit]

Qualifier Format[edit]

  • Every game is a Best-of-Five
  • Ten teams try to qualify for the Group Stage

Group Stage[edit]

  • The five qualified teams play a Round Robin
  • Every match consists of five games
    • These games are always played even if some team already reached three wins
    • After each game the winning team decides which player of the opponent team plays next
  • Regular Season winner advances to the Grand Final
  • The 2nd and 3rd place finisher of the Group Stage advance to Playoffs to determine who faces the Regular Season winner in the Finals
  • Finalists are seeded for 2003 LifeZone KPGA Team League

Results[edit]

No. Team Matches Wins Losses 1v1 Games 1v1 Win 1v1 Loss Points
1 Greatest One 4 2 2 20 11 9 +2
2 STX Soul 4 2 2 20 10 10 +0
2 KTF MagicNs 4 3 1 20 10 10 +0
2 Hanbit Stars 4 1 3 20 10 10 +0
5 Pirates of Space 4 2 2 20 9 11 -2
No. Team Matches Wins Losses 1v1 Games 1v1 Win 1v1 Loss Points
1 KTF MagicNs 2 2 0 10 6 4 +2
1 STX Soul 2 1 1 10 6 4 +2
3 Hanbit Stars 2 0 2 10 3 7 -2

Greatest One advance to the final and Pirates of Space drop out of the League in last place. The other three teams needed to play a tiebreaker round to determine the 2nd and 3rd place finisher. KTF MagicNs and SouL advance to the Playoffs.

Semifinals
Semifinals
Semis
SF
Grand Final
Grand Final
Final
GF
STX SouLSTX SouLSTX
3
KTF MagicNsKTF MagicNsKTF
0
Greatest OneGreatest OneGO
4
STX SouLSTX SouLSTX
1

SouL defeat KTF MagicNs to advance to the Finals.

Greatest One defeat SouL in the Finals with a score of 4-1 and become the 2003 KeMongSa KPGA Tour Team League Champions.