2004 KT KTF Premier League

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[e][h]2004 KT KTF Premier League
League Information
Series:
KT KTF
Type:
Offline
Location:
South Korea South Korea
Format:
1v1
Prize Pool:
₩128,200,000 KRW
(≃ $123,552 USD)
Start Date:
2004-09-08
End Date:
2005-01-23
Liquipedia Tier:
Links
Participants
Number of Players:
20
Protoss 6
Terran 9
Zerg 5
Maps
Arizona • Luna • Nostalgia • Requiem
Chronology

Overview[edit]

The 2004 KT KTF Premier League was held from September 8, 2004 to January 23, 2005 in South Korea. It was composed of 20 of the top players at the time the tournament was held, with the tournament series being sponsored and created by KT KTF, a South Korean telecommunication company, as a complement to the OGN Starleague (OSL) and MBCGame StarCraft League (MSL).[1][2]

The KT KTF Premier League distributed to 20 players across two separate leagues, the KTF Fimm Premier League, which was broadcast on OnGameNet, and the KT Megapass Premier League, which was broadcast on MBCGame.[3][4] Matches were generally played on a weekly basis on each of the two gaming networks, with participants competing against both those in their own and their counterpart leagues. The top finishers, one from each league, then advanced to a playoff format competition to crown the grand champion. [5]

The tournament was the second and last of the series and was preceded by the 2003 KT KTF Premier League.

Tournament Information[edit]

The matches were played as a best of one format in the Group Stage, while the Elimination Stage bracket was a best of three format, until the best of five championship round. The Group Stage, which was played as ten-person round robins, enabled the selection of the top four finishers in each league. The Elimination Stage then followed as single-elimination brackets.

Prize Pool[edit]

₩128,200,000+ ( ≃ $ 123,379) was awarded to the players, with ₩300,000 ( ≃ $ 289) per victory and a bonus of ₩1,000,000 ( ≃ $ 964) for each consecutive victory The winners of each league earned an additional ₩10,000,000 ( ≃ $ 9,637), with the grand champion earning the remainder of the purse. The prize pool distribution was as follows:[6][7][8]


Bonuses[edit]

South Korea Terran (Oops)ClouD was also rewarded additional bonuses for playoff victories, but their exact amounts are not clear. Converted USD amounts calculated on January 23, 2005 with a currency rate of 0.000966 USD per KRW provided by XE.com.

Participants[edit]

KTF Fimm
Protoss Protoss (4) Terran Terran (4) Zerg Zerg (2)
South Korea Kingdom South Korea NaDa South Korea ChoJJa
South Korea Reach South Korea XellOs South Korea July
South Korea Rage South Korea Oddysay  —
South Korea TerAtO South Korea BoxeR  —
KT Megapass
Protoss Protoss (2) Terran Terran (5) Zerg Zerg (3)
South Korea Nal_rA South Korea TheMarine South Korea YellOw
South Korea RainBOw South Korea (Oops)ClouD South Korea GoRush
 — South Korea Sync South Korea MuMyung
 — South Korea Goodfriend  —
 — South Korea iloveoov  —


Maps[edit]

2004 KT KTF Premier League
ArizonaLunaNostalgiaRequiem
ArizonaLunaNostalgiaRequiem

Results: Group Stage[edit]

The Group Stage enabled the top four finishers to advance to the Elimination Stage.[9][10] The Group Stage was composed of a series of 1v1 round-robin matches within each league (KTF Fimm and KT Megapass), in addition to interleague play between the two leagues, with participants competing against players in the other league.

KTF Fimm — KT Megapass

Interleague Play[edit]

Participants from each of the two leagues competed against players in the opposing league during this phase of the Group Stage. Each participant generally played two games against members of the counterpart league.


                    2004-09-08
South KoreaZergChoJJa
1
0
South KoreaTerranGoodfriend
South KoreaTerranSync
1
0
South KoreaZergJuly
South KoreaProtossReach
1
0
South KoreaTerran(Oops)ClouD
South KoreaTerraniloveoov
1
0
South KoreaProtossRage
South KoreaTerranTheMarine
1
0
South KoreaProtossKingdom


                    2004-09-09
South KoreaProtossNal_rA
1
0
South KoreaTerranNaDa
South KoreaZergGoRush
1
0
South KoreaProtossTerAtO
South KoreaTerranXellOs
1
0
South KoreaZergMuMyung
South KoreaTerranOddysay
1
0
South KoreaProtossRainBOw
South KoreaZergYellOw
1
0
South KoreaTerranBoxeR


                    2004-10-24
South KoreaZergChoJJa
1
0
South KoreaProtossRainBOw
South KoreaZergJuly
1
0
South KoreaTerranGoodfriend
South KoreaTerraniloveoov
1
0
South KoreaTerranXellOs
South KoreaZergGoRush
1
0
South KoreaTerranNaDa
South KoreaTerranSync
1
0
South KoreaProtossTerAtO
South KoreaTerranBoxeR
1
0
South KoreaProtossNal_rA
South KoreaProtossReach
1
0
South KoreaZergMuMyung
South KoreaTerranOddysay
1
0
South KoreaTerran(Oops)ClouD
South KoreaTerranTheMarine
1
0
South KoreaProtossRage
South KoreaZergYellOw
1
0
South KoreaProtossKingdom


Final Group Standings[edit]

The cumulative Group Stage records, totaling the individual league and interleague results, were:

KTF Fimm Final Standings
1. South Korea Zerg July    ► Advanced 8-3
2. South Korea Zerg ChoJJa    ► Advanced 8-3
3. South Korea Terran NaDa    ► Advanced 7-4
4. South Korea Protoss Reach    ► Advanced 7-4
5. South Korea Terran XellOs    --Eliminated 5-6
6. South Korea Terran Oddysay    --Eliminated 5-6
7. South Korea Protoss Kingdom    --Eliminated 4-7
8. South Korea Terran BoxeR    --Eliminated 4-7
9. South Korea Protoss Rage    --Eliminated 3-8
10. South Korea Protoss TerAtO    --Eliminated 3-8


KT Megapass Final Standings
1. South Korea Zerg GoRush    ► Advanced 8-3
2. South Korea Zerg YellOw    ► Advanced 8-3
3. South Korea Terran TheMarine    ► Advanced 7-4
4. South Korea Terran (Oops)ClouD    ► Advanced 7-4
5. South Korea Terran Sync    --Eliminated 5-6
6. South Korea Zerg MuMyung    --Eliminated 5-6
7. South Korea Protoss Nal_rA    --Eliminated 5-6
8. South Korea Terran Goodfriend    --Eliminated 4-7
9. South Korea Terran iloveoov    --Eliminated 4-7
10. South Korea Protoss RainbOw    --Eliminated 3-8


The top four finishers in each league advanced to the Elimination Stage.

Results: Elimination Stage[edit]

The two leagues played in independent single-elimination brackets with the winners of each playing in the championship match. The league brackets were a best of three format, while the championship was best of five.

Playoffs: KTF Fimm[edit]

Quarterfinals
Quarterfinals
Quarters
QF
Semifinals
Semifinals
Semis
SF
KTF Fimm League Finals

Playoffs: KT Megapass[edit]

Quarterfinals
Quarterfinals
Quarters
QF
Semifinals
Semifinals
Semis
SF
KT Megapass League Finals

Third Place[edit]

Third Place


Championship[edit]

The championship match brought together the winners of each respective league. With players largely competing against members of their own league, this was the first time the two finalists, South Korea Zerg GoRush and South Korea Zerg July, faced each other in the KT KTF Premier League.


The Finals[edit]

South Korea Zerg July defeated South Korea Zerg GoRush to win the tournament in five games in the finals.[11][12][13]

Racial Distribution[edit]

ProtossTerranZerg
Group Stage
695
Elimination Stage
134
Finals
2
Winner
1

Gallery[edit]

References[edit]