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Korea StarCraft League Season 2

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[e][h]KSL Season 2
League Information
Sponsor(s):
KStar Group
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
(≃ $71,014 USD)
Start Date:
2018-10-18
End Date:
2018-12-15
Liquipedia Tier:
Links
Participants
Number of Players:
16
Protoss 4
Terran 6
Zerg 6
Maps
Chronology

Overview[edit]

The Korea StarCraft League Season 2 (KSL Season 2), was an offline tournament, organized by Blizzard.

The tournament featured open online qualifiers leading into offline ones. 12 best players from the offline qualifiers participated in the main tournament along with top 4 of 2018 Korea StarCraft League Season 1.

Round of 16 play began on October 18, 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.

Tournament Information[edit]

Participants[edit]

Protoss Protoss (4) Terran Terran (6) Zerg Zerg (6)
From 2018 Korea StarCraft League Season 1 (3)
South Korea Rain South Korea Last South Korea Jaedong 1
 —  — South Korea Soulkey
From the Qualifiers (13)
South Korea Jaehoon South Korea JyJ South Korea Action
South Korea Mini South Korea Light South Korea Killer
South Korea Movie South Korea Leta South Korea Larva
 — South Korea Mind South Korea Modesty
 — South Korea Sharp South Korea Where

1 Jaedong forfeits his seed from the previous season for undisclosed reasons. His spot is thus given to the qualifiers.

Prize Pool[edit]

Prize pool of total ₩80,000,000 are distributed as follows:

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]

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 preview
1. South Korea Protoss Rain 2-0 6-1
2. South Korea Zerg Where 2-1 6-6
3. South Korea Terran Light 1-2 5-6
4. South Korea Zerg Action 0-2 2-6
Detailed Results
October 18, 2018 - 19:00 KST
South KoreaZergAction
2
3
South KoreaZergWhere
October 18, 2018 - 20:40 KST
November 8, 2018 - 19:00 KST
South KoreaZergWhere
0
3
South KoreaProtossRain
November 8, 2018 - 20:20 KST
South KoreaZergAction
0
3
South KoreaTerranLight
November 22, 2018 - 19:00 KST
South KoreaZergWhere
3
1
South KoreaTerranLight

Group B[edit]

Group B preview
1. South Korea Terran Mind 2-0 6-1
2. South Korea Zerg Soulkey 2-1 6-6
3. South Korea Protoss Mini 1-2 6-8
4. South Korea Zerg Killer 0-2 3-6
Detailed Results
October 19, 2018 - 19:00 KST
South KoreaZergKiller
1
3
South KoreaTerranMind
October 19, 2018 - 20:50 KST
South KoreaProtossMini
2
3
South KoreaZergSoulkey
November 9, 2018 - 19:00 KST
South KoreaTerranMind
3
0
South KoreaZergSoulkey
November 9, 2018 - 19:00 KST
November 9, 2018 - 20:10 KST
South KoreaZergKiller
2
3
South KoreaProtossMini
November 22, 2018 - 20:30 KST
South KoreaZergSoulkey
3
1
South KoreaProtossMini

Group C[edit]

Group C preview
1. South Korea Zerg Larva 2-0 6-4
2. South Korea Terran Sharp 2-1 8-6
3. South Korea Protoss Jaehoon 1-2 6-8
4. South Korea Protoss Movie 0-2 4-6
Detailed Results
October 25, 2018 - 19:00 KST
October 25, 2018 - 21:30 KST
November 15, 2018 - 19:00 KST
South KoreaZergLarva
3
2
South KoreaProtossJaehoon
November 15, 2018 - 20:55 KST
South KoreaTerranSharp
3
2
South KoreaProtossMovie
November 23, 2018 - 19:00 KST
South KoreaProtossJaehoon
1
3
South KoreaTerranSharp

Group D[edit]

Group D preview
1. South Korea Terran Last 2-0 6-1
2. South Korea Terran Leta 2-1 8-4
3. South Korea Zerg Modesty 1-2 4-8
4. South Korea Terran JyJ 0-2 1-6
Detailed Results
October 26, 2018 - 19:00 KST
South KoreaTerranLast
3
0
South KoreaTerranJyJ
October 26, 2018 - 19:00 KST
October 26, 2018 - 20:30 KST
November 16, 2018 - 20:50 KST
South KoreaTerranLast
3
1
South KoreaZergModesty
November 16, 2018 - 19:00 KST
November 23, 2018 - 20:45 KST
South KoreaZergModesty
0
3
South KoreaTerranLeta
November 23, 2018 - 20:45 KST

Elimination Bracket[edit]

Quarterfinals (Bo5)
Semifinals (Bo7)
Finals (Bo7)
South KoreaProtossRain
3
South KoreaTerranLeta
0
November 29, 2018 - 19:00 KST
South KoreaTerranMind
0
South KoreaTerranSharp
3
South KoreaZergSoulkey
3
South KoreaZergLarva
1
South KoreaTerranLast
3
South KoreaZergWhere
0
South KoreaZergSoulkey
4
South KoreaTerranLast
0

Racial Distribution[edit]

ProtossTerranZerg
Round of 16
466
Quarterfinals
143
Semifinals
121
Finals
11
Winner
1

Map Statistics[edit]

Terran vs. ZergZerg vs. ProtossProtoss vs. TerranMirrors
Map#ΣTerranZergTerran%ΣZergProtossZerg%ΣProtossTerranProtoss%ProtossTerranZerg
Aztec1353260.0%31233.3%2020.0%111
Benzene1353260.0%3030.0%330100.0%1-1
Circuit Breakers1994544.4%32166.7%31233.3%112
Eddy1463350.0%32166.7%31233.3%--2
Fighting Spirit1542250.0%220100.0%52340.0%13-
Heartbreak Ridge27118372.7%52340.0%54180.0%132
Roadkill1131233.3%32166.7%21150.0%-21
Total Sum (Σ)11243241955.8%22111150.0%23121152.2%5109

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