2016 KeSPA Cup

[e][h]2016 KeSPA Cup

League Information

Organizer(s):

KeSPA

Sponsor(s):

KeSPA

Game Version:

Legacy of the Void
Patch 3.6.0

Server:

South Korea

Type:

Offline

Location:

Seoul

Format:

1v1
Group Stage
Single-elimination bracket

Prize Pool:

₩55,000,000 (≃ $49,735 USD)

Start Date:

2016-09-27

End Date:

2016-10-03

Liquipedia Tier:

Premier

Player Breakdown

Number of Players:

16

7

4

5

Maps

Apotheosis • Dasan Station • Frost • Frozen Temple • Galactic Process • King Sejong Station • New Gettysburg

Chronology

2015 KeSPA Cup S2

KeSPA Cup was an international StarCraft II tournament pitting the best players around the world in a cut throat tournament to determine the best StarCraft II player in the world.

Format[edit]

Invites[edit]

Proleague top 4 players are invited.

Qualifier[edit]

Global Qualifier^[1]
- September 13, 2016 - 16:00 KST
- Top 8 players will advance to the main tournament.
NA Seed Challenge
- September 15, 2016 - 18:00 EDT
- Top 2 players will advance to the main tournament.
EU Seed Challenge
- September 16, 2016 - 18:00 CEST
- Top 2 players will advance to the main tournament.

Main Tournament[edit]

Dual Tournament Group Stage:
- All matches are best of 3.
- Top 2 players of each group advance to the Playoffs.
Playoffs Stage:
- Single-elimination brackets.
- All matches are best of 5.
- Final Match is played in best of 7.

Prize Pool[edit]

55,000,000 KRW (~49,735 USD) and 7,500 WCS Points are spread among the players as seen below.

Place	$USD	₩ KRW	WCS Global Pts	Player	Team
1st	$18,100	₩20,000,000	1500	Neeb	Ting
2nd	$9,050	₩10,000,000	1050	Trap	Jin Air Green Wings
3rd-4th	$4,072	₩4,500,000	675	Stats	KT Rolster
3rd-4th	$4,072	₩4,500,000	675	TY	KT Rolster
5th-8th	$1,810	₩2,000,000	450	Maru	Jin Air Green Wings
				Pet	MVP
				Zest	KT Rolster
				Patience	Afreeca Freecs
9th-12th	$905	₩1,000,000	225	ByuN	ZZZZZ
				TRUE	PSISTORM Gaming
				Solar	Samsung Galaxy
				Nerchio	EURONICS Gaming
13th-16th	$905	₩1,000,000	225	Rogue	Jin Air Green Wings
				MarineLorD	Millenium
				Classic	SK Telecom T1
13th-16th	$905	₩1,000,000	-	herO	CJ Entus

* Currency conversion is based on the currency exchange rate (taken from xe.com) on 2016-09-06.

Participants[edit]

Top 4 Proleague players (4)
Protoss (7)	Terran (4)	Zerg (5)
herO	Maru
Zest
Stats
EU Seed Challenge (2)
	MarineLorD	Nerchio
NA Seed Challenge (2)
Neeb		TRUE
Global Qualifier (8)
Patience	TY	Pet
Classic	ByuN	Rogue
Trap		Solar

Results[edit]

Group Stage[edit]

Group A[edit]

Group A
September 27, 2016 - 18:00 KST
1.	Neeb	2-0	4-0
2.	Zest	2-1	4-3
3.	ByuN	1-2	3-4
4.	Rogue	0-2	0-4

Group A Matches
Zest	2	1	ByuN
Frost King Sejong Station New Gettysburg

Neeb	2	0	Rogue
Frost Frozen Temple New Gettysburg

Zest	0	2	Neeb
King Sejong Station New Gettysburg Frost

ByuN	2	0	Rogue
Frost King Sejong Station Frozen Temple

Zest	2	0	ByuN
King Sejong Station Dasan Station Frost

Group B[edit]

Group B
September 28, 2016 - 18:00 KST
1.	TY	2-0	4-0
2.	Pet	2-1	4-4
3.	TRUE	1-2	3-4
4.	herO	0-2	1-4

Group B Matches
herO	1	2	Pet
Frost New Gettysburg Galactic Process

TRUE	0	2	TY
New Gettysburg King Sejong Station Galactic Process

Pet	0	2	TY
New Gettysburg Frost Galactic Process

herO	0	2	TRUE
Frozen Temple Apotheosis King Sejong Station

Pet	2	1	TRUE
Frozen Temple King Sejong Station Galactic Process

Group C[edit]

Group C
September 29, 2016 - 18:00 KST
1.	Stats	2-0	4-1
2.	Trap	2-1	4-2
3.	Solar	1-2	3-4
4.	MarineLorD	0-2	0-4

Group C Matches
Stats	2	1	Solar
Galactic Process New Gettysburg Dasan Station

MarineLorD	0	2	Trap
Frost Frozen Temple King Sejong Station

Stats	2	0	Trap
Frozen Temple King Sejong Station Frost

Solar	2	0	MarineLorD
Frost Galactic Process King Sejong Station

Trap	2	0	Solar
Frost King Sejong Station New Gettysburg

Group D[edit]

Group D
September 30, 2016 - 18:00 KST
1.	Patience	2-0	4-1
2.	Maru	2-1	5-4
3.	Nerchio	1-2	3-4
4.	Classic	0-2	1-4

Group D Matches
Maru	1	2	Patience
Frozen Temple Frost Galactic Process

Nerchio	2	0	Classic
King Sejong Station New Gettysburg Galactic Process

Patience	2	0	Nerchio
King Sejong Station Frost New Gettysburg

Maru	2	1	Classic
Dasan Station Frost Galactic Process

Nerchio	1	2	Maru
King Sejong Station Frost Galactic Process

Playoffs[edit]

Quarterfinals (Bo5)

Stats

3

Maru

2

Neeb

3

Pet

2

TY

3

Zest

0

Patience

2

Trap

3

Semifinals (Bo5)

Stats

1

Neeb

3

TY

2

Trap

3

Finals (Bo7)

Neeb

4

Trap

0

Distribution[edit]

Race
WCS Region
Show All

Protoss

Terran

Zerg

Round of 16

7	4	5

Quarterfinals

5	2	1

Semifinals

3	1

Finals

2

Champion

1

Americas

Europe

Korea

Other

Round of 16

2	2	12

Quarterfinals

1	7

Semifinals

1	3

Finals

1	1

Champion

1

Maps Statistics[edit]

		vs.				vs.				vs.				Mirrors
Map	#	Σ			%	Σ			%	Σ			%
Apotheosis LE	2	-	-	-	-	1	1	0	100.0%	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Dasan Station LE	6	-	-	-	-	2	0	2	0.0%	4	2	2	50.0%	-	-	-
Frost	18	4	2	2	50.0%	5	0	5	0.0%	7	6	1	85.7%	-	-	2
Frozen Temple	11	-	-	-	-	3	1	2	33.3%	4	2	2	50.0%	-	1	3
Galactic Process LE	12	2	1	1	50.0%	3	3	0	100.0%	3	2	1	66.7%	-	1	3
New Gettysburg LE	13	2	2	0	100.0%	4	3	1	75.0%	4	1	3	25.0%	-	-	3
The King Sejong Station	16	3	3	0	100.0%	3	1	2	33.3%	4	2	2	50.0%	-	1	5
Total Sum (Σ)	78	11	8	3	72.7%	21	9	12	42.9%	26	15	11	57.7%	-	3	17

View Games[edit]

Streams[edit]

VODs[edit]

Spoiler-free VODs on SC2Links.com
Spoiler-free Official YouTube VODs @ SC2Casts

External Links[edit]

Tournament Announcement on TL.net

References[edit]

↑ Ansibled (September 06, 2016). "2016 KeSPA Cup Announced". TL.net. Retrieved September 06, 2016.

[1] Ansibled (September 06, 2016). "2016 KeSPA Cup Announced". TL.net. Retrieved September 06, 2016.

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