VANT36.5 National Starleague
(≃ $31,207 USD)
Overview[edit]
The VANT36.5 National Starleague (VANT36.5 대국민 스타리그의) or KSL2 was an offline tournament broadcasted live on AfreecaTV. VANT36.5, which specializes in cosmetics, sponsored the event, as organized by Kongdoo and KJCOMMS, an online marketer.[1]
The Starleague was announced on September 21, 2014, with announcements noting the weekly Wednesday and Friday schedule to be help at the FreecUP studio, formerly operated by GOMeXP[2]. The ₩30,000,000 winner's prize pool is one of the largest in the post-KeSPA era.
32 players were selected from two open offline qualifiers held in Seoul and Busan on October 16-17, 2015, out of 512 entries.[3] The round of 32 groups were announced on October 23, 2015.[4]
Tournament Information[edit]
Participants[edit]
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*Qualified from Busan preliminary, other participants advanced from Seoul |




Prize Pool[edit]
₩38,000,000 KRW (~$34,000) is to be awarded to the top placing players per the distribution below[5]:
Place | $USD | ₩ KRW | Player |
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![]() | $27,000 | ₩ 30,000,000 | ![]() ![]() |
![]() | $4,500 | ₩ 5,000,000 | ![]() ![]() |
![]() | $2,700 | ₩ 3,000,000 | ![]() ![]() |
![]() | $2,700 | ₩ 3,000,000 | ![]() ![]() |
5th-8th | - | - | ![]() ![]() |
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9th-12th | - | - | ![]() ![]() |
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13th-16th | - | - | ![]() ![]() |
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17th-24th | - | - | ![]() ![]() |
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25th-32nd | - | - | ![]() ![]() |
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Format[edit]
- Preliminary Qualifiers
- 24 groups of 32 players each, 16 groups in Seoul and eight groups in Busan
- Single-elimination bracket: best-of-three
- Winner of each group in Seoul advances, top two players in each group in Busan advance
- Round of 32 Group Stage
- Eight groups of four players each
- Dual tournament format: best-of-one
- Top two players in each group advance
- Round of 16 Group Stage
- Group selection: November 23, 2015 - 19:00 KST
- Four groups of four players each
- Round-robin format
- Top two players in each group advance
- Elimination Stage
- Bracket placement selection: December 17, 2015 - 19:00 KST
- Eight player single-elimination bracket
- Quarterfinals through finals: best-of-five
Maps[edit]
VANT36.5 National Starleague | ||||
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Circuit Breaker | Fighting Spirit | Match Point | Gladiator | Arcadia 2 |
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Arcadia 2 was replaced with Gladiator after Ro16 due to racial imbalances |
Results[edit]
Group Stage[edit]
Round of 32 Group Stage[edit]
Group A[edit]
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Bisu ![]() | 1 | 0 | ![]() |
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Kwanro ![]() | 1 | 0 | ![]() |
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Bisu ![]() | 1 | 0 | ![]() |
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Bale ![]() | 1 | 0 | ![]() |
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Kwanro ![]() | 0 | 1 | ![]() |
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Group B[edit]
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ZerO ![]() | 1 | 0 | ![]() |
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PianO ![]() | 1 | 0 | ![]() |
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ZerO ![]() | 1 | 0 | ![]() |
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Britney ![]() | 0 | 1 | ![]() |
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PianO ![]() | 0 | 1 | ![]() |
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Group C[edit]
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sSak ![]() | 0 | 1 | ![]() |
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Movie ![]() | 1 | 0 | ![]() |
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Larva ![]() | 1 | 0 | ![]() |
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sSak ![]() | 1 | 0 | ![]() |
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Movie ![]() | 0 | 1 | ![]() |
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Group D[edit]
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ZeLoT ![]() | 0 | 1 | ![]() |
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Pure ![]() | 0 | 1 | ![]() |
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HiyA ![]() | 1 | 0 | ![]() |
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ZeLoT ![]() | 1 | 0 | ![]() |
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EffOrt ![]() | 1 | 0 | ![]() |
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Group E[edit]
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Olympus ![]() | 0 | 1 | ![]() |
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Mind ![]() | 0 | 1 | ![]() |
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Sharp ![]() | 1 | 0 | ![]() |
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Olympus ![]() | 0 | 1 | ![]() |
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Major ![]() | 0 | 1 | ![]() |
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Group F[edit]
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July ![]() | 1 | 0 | ![]() |
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Jaehoon ![]() | 1 | 0 | ![]() |
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July ![]() | 0 | 1 | ![]() |
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Jeco ![]() | 0 | 1 | ![]() |
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July ![]() | 1 | 0 | ![]() |
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Group G[edit]
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hero ![]() | 1 | 0 | ![]() |
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Sea ![]() | 0 | 1 | ![]() |
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hero ![]() | 0 | 1 | ![]() |
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Ever)P(NaBi ![]() | 0 | 1 | ![]() |
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hero ![]() | 0 | 1 | ![]() |
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Group H[edit]
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free ![]() | 0 | 1 | ![]() |
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Mong ![]() | 1 | 0 | ![]() |
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Last ![]() | 1 | 0 | ![]() |
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free ![]() | 1 | 0 | ![]() |
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Mong ![]() | 0 | 1 | ![]() |
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Round of 16 Group Stage[edit]
Group A[edit]
Group B[edit]
Group C[edit]
Group D[edit]
Elimination Bracket[edit]










Racial Distribution[edit]
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Round of 32 |
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Round of 16 |
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Quarterfinals |
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Semifinals |
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Finals |
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Winner |
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Media[edit]
Streams[edit]
Live broadcasts:
VODs[edit]
- Ro16 group selection ceremony:
- Spoiler-free VODs on SC2Links.com
- Afreeca TV (KOR) youtube playlist with EN and KOR videos