Korea StarCraft League Season 1

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[e][h]Korea StarCraft League Season 1
League Information
Organizer:
Blizzard
Server:
South Korea
Type:
Offline
Location:
South Korea Seoul
Format:
Ro16 Dual Tournament Group stage Ro8 and on Single-Elimination
Prize pool:
₩ 80,000,000 KRW
(≃ $71,254 USD)
Start Date:
2018-07-19
End Date:
2018-09-08
Liquipedia Tier:
Premier
Links
Winners
South Korea  Last
South Korea  Jaedong
South Korea  Rain
South Korea  Soulkey
Player Breakdown
Number of Players:
16
8
5
3
Maps
Chronology

Overview[edit]

The Korea StarCraft League Season 1, or KSL Season 1, was an offline tournament, organized by Blizzard in celebration of the 20th anniversary of StarCraft.

The tournament featured open online qualifiers [1] with top 256 players advancing to the offline stage. 16 best players from the offline qualifiers participated in the main tournament.

Round of 16 play began on Thursday July 19, 2018. Matches were broadcast every week on Thursday and Friday, 19:00 KST. English coverage was provided by Artosis and Tasteless with Korean commentary done by KCM, Zeus, and trOt. [2][3][4]

Tournament Information[edit]

Participants[edit]

Protoss Protoss (8) Terran Terran (5) Zerg Zerg (3)
South Korea BeSt South Korea Last South Korea Jaedong
South Korea Horang2 South Korea Light South Korea Shine
South Korea Mini South Korea Mind South Korea SoulKey
South Korea Movie South Korea Sea
South Korea Rain South Korea Sharp
South Korea Shuttle
South Korea Snow
South Korea Stork

Prize Pool[edit]

Prize pool of total ₩80,000,000 will be distributed as follows:[2]

(Converted USD prizes are based on the currency rate on Sep 8, 2018: 1 KRW ≃ 0.00089 USD.)

Format[edit]

  • Round of 16 group stage
  • Elimination Stage
    • Eight player single-elimination bracket
    • Quarterfinals: best-of-five
    • Semifinals and Final: best-of-seven

Maps[edit]

Blue StormCircuit BreakerFighting SpiritFortress SEGladiatorPolaris RhapsodyRoadkill
Blue StormCircuit BreakersFighting SpiritFortressGladiatorPolaris RhapsodyRoadkill

Casters[edit]

  • Korean Casters:
    • South Korea KCM (Kim Chul Min)
    • South Korea trOt (Park Sung Jin)
    • South Korea Zeus (Jun Tae Gyu)

Results[edit]

Round of 16 Group Stage[edit]

Group A[edit]

Group A Recap
1. South Korea  Rain 2-0 6-2
2. South Korea  Last 2-1 6-6
3. South Korea  Mini 1-2 6-6
4. South Korea  Movie 0-2 2-6

Group B[edit]

Group B Recap
1. South Korea  Snow 2-0 6-1
2. South Korea  Sharp 2-1 7-5
3. South Korea  Sea 1-2 5-7
4. South Korea  Shine 0-2 2-6

Group C[edit]

Group C Recap
1. South Korea  Soulkey 2-0 6-3
2. South Korea  Jaedong 2-1 7-5
3. South Korea  Light 1-2 7-7
4. South Korea  Shuttle 0-2 1-6

Group D[edit]

Group D Recap
1. South Korea  Horang2 2-0 6-3
2. South Korea  BeSt 2-1 8-4
3. South Korea  Stork 1-2 5-8
4. South Korea  Mind 0-2 2-6

Elimination Bracket[edit]

Quarterfinals (Bo5)
 South Korea Rain
3
Rain 
 BeSt
August 23, 2018 - 19:00 KST
preview lrthread
 South Korea BeSt
0
 South Korea Snow
2
Snow 
 Jaedong
August 23, 2018 - 20:10 KST
preview lrthread
 South Korea Jaedong
3
 South Korea Soulkey
3
Soulkey 
 Sharp
August 24, 2018 - 19:00 KST
preview lrthread
 South Korea Sharp
1
 South Korea Horang2
2
Horang2 
 Last
August 24, 2018 - 20:20 KST
preview lrthread
 South Korea Last
3
Semifinals (Bo7)
 South Korea Rain
0
Rain 
 Jaedong
August 30, 2018 - 19:00 KST
preview lrthread Watch VOD recap
 South Korea Jaedong
4
 South Korea Soulkey
2
Soulkey 
 Last
August 31, 2018 - 19:00 KST
preview lrthread Watch VOD recap
 South Korea Last
4
Finals (Bo7)
 South Korea Jaedong
0
Jaedong 
 Last
September 8, 2018 - 16:30 KST
preview lrthread Watch VOD
 South Korea Last
4

Racial Distribution[edit]

  Protoss Terran Zerg Random
Round of 16
853
Quarterfinals
422
Semifinals
112
Finals
11
Winner
1

Map Statistics[edit]

Terran vs. ZergZerg vs. ProtossProtoss vs. TerranMirrors
Map#ΣTerranZergTerran%ΣZergProtossZerg%ΣProtossTerranProtoss%TerranZergProtoss
Blue Storm1554180.0%32166.7%440100.0%--3
Circuit Breaker1864266.7%21150.0%42250.0%2-4
Fighting Spirit1754180.0%440100.0%42250.0%2-2
Fortress91010.0%21150.0%3030.0%1-2
Gladiator2052340.0%41325.0%440100.0%2-5
Polaris Rhapsody1452340.0%----43175.0%--5
Roadkill1953260.0%550100.0%52340.0%1-3
Total Sum (Σ)11232191359.4%2014670.0%28171160.7%8-24

Media[edit]

Streams[edit]

VODs[edit]

Gallery[edit]

External Links[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ↑ Qualifier Brackets
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 KSL Official website
  3. ↑ Blizzard Press Pelease
  4. ↑ TL Thread
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