2011 Sony Ericsson Global StarCraft II League January

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[e][h]2011 Sony Ericsson Global StarCraft II League January

League Information

Series:

Global StarCraft II League

Organizer(s):

GOMTV

Sponsor(s):

Sony Ericsson emTek Incheon Tourism Organization

Game Version:

Wings of Liberty
Patch 1.1.3 – Patch 1.2.0

Server:

South Korea

Type:

Offline

Location:

Seoul

Format:

1v1, 2x Group play + Playoffs
1v1, Single-elimination

Prize pool:

₩144,900,000 (≃ $129,932 USD)

Start Date:

2011-01-02

End Date:

2011-01-29

Liquipedia Tier:

Premier

Player Breakdown

Number of Players:

32 32

Number of Players:

64

18

28

18

Maps

Metalopolis • Scrap Station • Xel'Naga Caverns • Blistering Sands • Steppes of War • Lost Temple • Delta Quadrant • Jungle Basin • Shakuras Plateau

Chronology

 2010 GSL Season 3

2011 GSL March 

Map Pool

This tournament used the same map pool as GSL 2 & GSL 3:

Blistering Sands • Delta Quadrant • Jungle Basin • Lost Temple • Metalopolis • Scrap Station • Shakuras Plateau • Steppes of War • Xel'Naga Caverns

Information

Ro32~Ro16

• Code S players each eliminated 1 map
• Code A players each eliminated 1 map

Prize Pool

The total prize pool was ₩144 900 000 (Approximately $129 932 USD, €95 475 EUR).

Code S

The Code S prize pool was ₩132 000 000 (Approximately $118 364 USD, €86 975 EUR), divided among participants as follows:

Converted USD prizes are based on the currency exchange rate (taken from xe.com) on January 29, 2011: 1,000 KRW = 0.89670 USD.

Code A

Converted USD prizes are based on the currency exchange rate (taken from xe.com) on January 29, 2011: 1,000 KRW = 0.89670 USD.

Trivia

• There were two Code S foreigners in this tournament: Jinro, IdrA, and 2 Code A foreigners: Ret, Loner.
• Pepsi remains the sponsor of the event.
• Bleach (ByuN) was the first player in the GSL to switch race, from Protoss to Terran.
• MarineKing was the first player to make it to two GSL finals.
• This GSL saw the first Mirror Match-up and 4-0 Win in the Final.
• Mvp became the first Terran champion.

Racial Distribution

	Protoss	Terran	Zerg
Winner	1
Final Match	2
Semi Finals	3 1
Quarter Finals	2 4 2
Ro16	4 9 3
Ro32	9 14 9
UD: After	5 6 5
UD: Before	5 5 6
UD: + Total	6 9 9
UD: Before	1 4 3
UD: After	1 3 4
Winner	1
Final Match	2
Semi Finals	4
Quarter Finals	1 4 3
Ro16	3 8 5
Ro32	9 14 9

See also

• Leagues Portal
• Premier Tournaments

External links

• GOMtv