VANT36.5 National Starleague

[e][h]VANT36.5 National Starleague

League Information

Series:

ASL

Organizer:

Kongdoo, Afreeca

Sponsor:

VANT36.5

Type:

Offline

Location:

Seoul

Busan

Format:

Ro32 and Ro16 Dual Tournament Groupstage Ro8 and on Single-Elimination

Prize pool:

₩38,000,000 (≃ 31,207)

Start Date:

2015-10-28

End Date:

2016-01-16

Liquipedia Tier:

Premier

Links

Winners

EffOrt

Bisu

Sharp

ZerO

Player Breakdown

Number of Players:

32

10

12

10

Maps

Circuit Breaker • Fighting Spirit • Match Point • Arcadia 2 • Gladiator

Chronology

HungryApp Starz League

Afreeca Starleague S1

Overview[edit]

The VANT36.5 National Starleague or KSL2 (VANT36.5 대국민 스타리그의) is an offline tournament broadcasted live on Afreeca. 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 Afreeca 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]

Protoss (10)	Terran (12)	Zerg (10)
Bisu	Sharp	hero
Movie	sSak	Larva
free	PianO	ZeLoT
Olympus	Last	ZerO
Britney*	Sea	July
Jung Yoon-Sung 정윤성 ("Ever)P(NaBi")*	Mong	Bale*
GuemChi*	Mind	Kwanro*
Shuttle*	Leta*	EffOrt*
Pure*	Rush*	Shim Dae-Sung 심대성* ("Jeco")
Jaehoon*	Shinee*	By.Spire*
	Major*
	HiyA*
*Qualified from Busan preliminary, other participants advanced from Seoul

Mini and

Lee Soon-Jae (이순재) both qualified through the offline Busan preliminaries but did not participate. Their spots were instead allotted to

GuemChi and

By.Spire, who qualified as wild card qualifiers via a later offline preliminary held in Busan.

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
1st	$27,000	₩ 30,000,000	EffOrt
2nd	$4,500	₩ 5,000,000	Bisu
3rd	$2,700	₩ 3,000,000	Sharp
4th	$2,700	₩ 3,000,000	ZerO
5th-8th	-	-	Last
			Mind
			free
			GuemChi
9th-12th	-	-	Larva
			Bale
			July
			Sea
13th-16th	-	-	Jaehoon
			HiyA
			Rush
			sSak
17th-24th	-	-	Kwanro
			PianO
			Movie
			ZeLoT
			Major
			Shinee
			hero
			Mong
25th-32nd	-	-	Leta
			Britney
			Shuttle
			Pure
			Olympus
			Jeco
			Ever)P(NaBi
			By.Spire

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
Circuit Breaker	Fighting Spirit	Match Point	Gladiator	Arcadia 2

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]

Group A
October 28, 2015 - 19:00 KST
1.	Bisu	2-0
2.	Bale	2-1
3.	Kwanro	1-2
4.	Leta	0-2

Detailed Results
Bisu	1	0	Bale
Circuit Breaker

Kwanro	1	0	Leta
Circuit Breaker

Bisu	1	0	Kwanro
Fighting Spirit

Bale	1	0	Leta
Fighting Spirit

Kwanro	0	1	Bale
Match Point

Group B[edit]

Group B
October 29, 2015 - 19:00 KST
1.	ZerO	2-0
2.	Rush	2-1
3.	PianO	1-2
4.	Britney	0-2

Detailed Results
ZerO	1	0	Britney
Circuit Breaker

PianO	1	0	Rush
Circuit Breaker

ZerO	1	0	PianO
Fighting Spirit

Britney	0	1	Rush
Fighting Spirit

PianO	0	1	Rush
Match Point

Group C[edit]

Group C
November 2, 2015 - 19:00 KST
1.	Larva	2-0
2.	sSak	2-1
3.	Movie	1-2
4.	Shuttle	0-2

Detailed Results
sSak	0	1	Larva
Circuit Breaker

Movie	1	0	Shuttle
Circuit Breaker

Larva	1	0	Movie
Fighting Spirit

sSak	1	0	Shuttle
Fighting Spirit

Movie	0	1	sSak
Match Point

Group D[edit]

Group D
November 5, 2015 - 19:00 KST
1.	HiyA	2-0
2.	EffOrt	2-1
3.	ZeLoT	1-2
4.	Pure	0-2

Detailed Results
ZeLoT	0	1	HiyA
Circuit Breaker

Pure	0	1	EffOrt
Circuit Breaker

HiyA	1	0	EffOrt
Fighting Spirit

ZeLoT	1	0	Pure
Fighting Spirit

EffOrt	1	0	ZeLoT
Match Point

Group E[edit]

Group E
November 11, 2015 - 19:00 KST
1.	Sharp	2-0
2.	Mind	2-1
3.	Major	1-2
4.	Olympus	0-2

Detailed Results
Olympus	0	1	Sharp
Circuit Breaker

Mind	0	1	Major
Circuit Breaker

Sharp	1	0	Major
Fighting Spirit

Olympus	0	1	Mind
Fighting Spirit

Major	0	1	Mind
Match Point

Group F[edit]

Group F
November 12, 2015 - 19:00 KST
1.	Jaehoon	2-0
2.	July	2-1
3.	Shinee	1-2
4.	Jeco	0-2

Detailed Results
July	1	0	Jeco
Circuit Breaker

Jaehoon	1	0	Shinee
Circuit Breaker

July	0	1	Jaehoon
Fighting Spirit

Jeco	0	1	Shinee
Fighting Spirit

July	1	0	Shinee
Match Point

Group G[edit]

Group G
November 16, 2015 - 19:00 KST
1.	GuemChi	2-0
2.	Sea	2-1
3.	hero	1-2
4.	Ever)P(NaBi	0-2

Detailed Results
hero	1	0	Ever)P(NaBi
Circuit Breaker

Sea	0	1	GuemChi
Circuit Breaker

hero	0	1	GuemChi
Fighting Spirit

Ever)P(NaBi	0	1	Sea
Fighting Spirit

hero	0	1	Sea
Match Point

Group H[edit]

Group H
November 19, 2015 - 19:00 KST
1.	Last	2-0
2.	free	2-1
3.	Mong	1-2
4.	By.Spire	0-2

Detailed Results
free	0	1	Last
Circuit Breaker

Mong	1	0	By.Spire
Circuit Breaker

Last	1	0	Mong
Fighting Spirit

free	1	0	By.Spire
Fighting Spirit

Mong	0	1	free
Match Point