2011 GSL Blizzard Cup

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The Blizzard Cup is a tournament organized by GOMTV in which it plans to look back at and to conclude the year 2011 and determine the best of the best player.

[e][h]2011 GSL Blizzard Cup
League Information
Series:
Organizer:
Server:
South Korea
Type:
Offline
Location:
South Korea Seoul
Format:
Group stage, then playoffs
Prize Pool:
₩68,000,000 KRW
(≃ $58,480 USD)
Start Date:
2011-12-12
End Date:
2011-12-17
Liquipedia Tier:
Links
Participants
Number of Players:
10
Protoss 3
Terran 3
Zerg 4
Chronology

About

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The 2011 GSL Blizzard Cup is 10 player invitational tournament featuring champions from all over the world. Presentation of the 2011 GSL Tour Awards is also planned.[1]

Format

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The 2011 GSL Blizzard Cup format.
  • 10 players will be divided in 2 groups of 5.
  • Single game matches, round robin.
  • The 3 top players of each group advance to the playoffs.
  • Group A 1st vs (Group A 3rd vs Group B 2nd)
  • Group B 1st vs (Group B 3rd vs Group A 2nd)

Prize Pool

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Converted USD prizes calculated on June 18, 2011 with a currency rate of 1 KRW = 0.00086 USD provided by http://xe.com.

2011 GSL Tour Awards

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The 2011 GSL Tour Awards will be given in the following categories:

Award ID
Best Match (User Vote) MMA vs Mvp in GSL October: Code S finals Game 5
Most Improved Player of Each Race (Chosen by Reporters) 36x24px link= Terran MMA 36x24px link= Zerg Leenock 36x24px link= Protoss HuK
Best Ceremony 36x24px link= Protoss AcE
Special Award for promoting eSports Artosis and Tasteless
Best K-Pop Girl Group (User Vote) T-ara
Most Popular Team (User Vote) SlayerSSlayerS SlayerS
Most Popular Player (User Vote) 36x24px link= Zerg NesTea
Best Coach (Chosen by Reporters) IM Coach - Kang Dong-Hoon
Best Race Players (By GSL Points for Each Race) 36x24px link= Terran Mvp 36x24px link= Zerg NesTea 36x24px link= Protoss MC
Best Player (Winner of 2011 GSL Blizzard Cup) 36x24px link= Terran MMA

Participants

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The top 10 players of 2011, as determined by major tournament results, will qualify for the event. If players qualify for more than one invitation, suitable replacements will be invited.

Qualified Players

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Global StarCraft II League 2011 MLG Providence
Point Ranking Top 3 Winner Runner-Up
Incredible MiracleIncredible Miracle
South Korea Terran Mvp
Incredible MiracleIncredible Miracle
South Korea Zerg NesTea
Old GenerationsOld Generations
South Korea Protoss MC
FXOpen e-SportsFXOpen e-Sports
South Korea Zerg Leenock
Quantic GamingQuantic Gaming
Sweden Protoss NaNiwa
IEM VI - GC New York IGN ProLeague 3 DreamHack Winter 2011 BlizzCon 2011 World Cyber Games 2011
Winner Winner Winner Winner Winner
MVPMVP
South Korea Zerg DongRaeGu
MilleniumMillenium
France Zerg Stephano
Team LiquidTeam Liquid
South Korea Protoss HerO
Incredible MiracleIncredible Miracle
South Korea Terran Mvp
Incredible MiracleIncredible Miracle
South Korea Terran Mvp

Results

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Group Stage

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Group A
1.
3–1
0–0
0
2.
South Korea Terran Mvp
3–1
0–0
0
3.
South Korea Protoss MC
2–2
0–0
0
4.
2–2
0–0
0
5.
South Korea Protoss HerO
0–4
0–0
0
Group B
1.
South Korea Terran MMA
5–1
0–0
0
2.
4–2
0–0
0
3.
South Korea Terran Polt
3–3
0–0
0
4.
South Korea Zerg NesTea
1–3
0–0
0
5.
Sweden Protoss NaNiwa
0–4
0–0
0

Brackets

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Round of 6
Round of 4
Finals
South KoreaProtossMC
3
South KoreaZergLeenock
1
December 14, 2011 - 18:10 KST
South KoreaProtossMC
3:1(Bo5)
South KoreaZergLeenock
Dual Sight
Shakuras Plateau
Daybreak
Tal'Darim Altar
Bel'Shir Beach
https://tl.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=294558https://tl.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=295091https://tl.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=294499https://liquipedia.net/starcraft2/Special:RunQuery/Match_history?pfRunQueryFormName=Match+history&Head_to_head_query%5Bplayer%5D=MC&Head_to_head_query%5Bopponent%5D=Leenock&wpRunQuery=Run+query
South KoreaZergDongRaeGu
3
South KoreaProtossMC
2
December 15, 2011 - 18:10 KST
South KoreaZergDongRaeGu
3:2(Bo5)
South KoreaProtossMC
Antiga Shipyard
Shakuras Plateau
Dual Sight
Calm Before the Storm
Crossfire
https://tl.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=295091https://tl.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=295745https://tl.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=294849https://liquipedia.net/starcraft2/Special:RunQuery/Match_history?pfRunQueryFormName=Match+history&Head_to_head_query%5Bplayer%5D=DongRaeGu&Head_to_head_query%5Bopponent%5D=MC&wpRunQuery=Run+query
South KoreaTerranPolt
1
South KoreaTerranMvp
3
December 14, 2011 - 18:10 KST
South KoreaTerranPolt
1:3(Bo5)
South KoreaTerranMvp
Crossfire
Daybreak
Bel'Shir Beach
Calm Before the Storm
Dual Sight
https://tl.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=294558https://tl.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=295091https://tl.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=294499https://liquipedia.net/starcraft2/Special:RunQuery/Match_history?pfRunQueryFormName=Match+history&Head_to_head_query%5Bplayer%5D=Polt&Head_to_head_query%5Bopponent%5D=Mvp_(Korean_player)&wpRunQuery=Run+query
South KoreaTerranMMA
3
South KoreaTerranMvp
0
December 15, 2011 - 18:10 KST
South KoreaTerranMMA
3:0(Bo5)
South KoreaTerranMvp
Calm Before the Storm
Bel'Shir Beach
Shakuras Plateau
Dual Sight
Daybreak
https://tl.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=295091https://tl.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=295745https://tl.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=294849https://liquipedia.net/starcraft2/Special:RunQuery/Match_history?pfRunQueryFormName=Match+history&Head_to_head_query%5Bplayer%5D=MMA&Head_to_head_query%5Bopponent%5D=Mvp_(Korean_player)&wpRunQuery=Run+query
South KoreaZergDongRaeGu
3
South KoreaTerranMMA
4
December 17, 2011 - 17:10 KST
South KoreaZergDongRaeGu
3:4(Bo7)
South KoreaTerranMMA
Crossfire
Tal'Darim Altar
Bel'Shir Beach
Dual Sight
Daybreak
Antiga Shipyard
Shakuras Plateau
https://tl.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=295745https://tl.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=295584https://tl.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=297475https://tl.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=295447https://liquipedia.net/starcraft2/Special:RunQuery/Match_history?pfRunQueryFormName=Match+history&Head_to_head_query%5Bplayer%5D=DongRaeGu&Head_to_head_query%5Bopponent%5D=MMA&wpRunQuery=Run+query

Trivia

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  • In the 9th game of Group B, NaNiwa faced NesTea after both players were already mathematically eliminated from the tournament (with each posting 0-3). NaNiwa immediately sent his 7 initial Probes (with one trailing considerably behind) to NesTea's base. After issuing the blind attack-move command, he took his hand off the keyboard in resignation. He quickly lost 6 probes to NesTea's 9 Drones. The rematch between both players (after the 2011 MLG Global Invitational and MLG Providence) would have to wait until the MLG 2012 Winter Arena where NaNiwa would again triumph over NesTea[4] See main article.
  • Polt and MMA were both invited to the Blizzard Cup due to Mvp qualifying three times. Mvp had to play both of them, but ultimately lost to MMA, the eventual champion.

Racial Distribution

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ProtossTerranZerg
Round of 10
334
Round of 6
132
Semi Finals
121
Final Match
11
Winner
1

See also

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References

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  1. ↑ GOMTV presents The 2011 GSL Blizzard Cup
  2. ↑ South Korea MMA invited to Blizzard Cup Thisisgame.com, 3 December 2011 Google Translated version
  3. ↑ MVP Winning WCG; Polt qualifying for the Blizzard Cup
  4. ↑ Naniwa Interview - Blizzard Cup Group B
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