2017 StarCraft II StarLeague Season 1: Challenge

[e][h]2017 StarCraft II StarLeague Season 1 - Challenge

League Information

Series:

SSL

Organizers:

SPOTV Games
Blizzard Entertainment

Sponsor(s):

Jin Air

Game version:

Legacy of the Void
Patch Patch 3.11.0 – Patch Patch 3.14.0

Server:

South Korea

Type:

Online/Offline

Location:

Seoul

Format:

Challenge
Ro10 Round-Robin Group play
Ro6 Round-Robin Group play

Prize pool:

₩13,500,000 KRW
(≃ $11,960 USD)

Start Date:

2017-03-24

End Date:

2017-06-03

Liquipedia Tier:

Major

Player breakdown

Number of players:

10

3

6

1

Chronology

2016 SSL Season 2

2017 Jin Air SSL Season 2

The 2017 StarCraft II StarLeague Season 1 is one of the two Korean leagues of the 2017 StarCraft II World Championship Series Korea.

Format[edit]

First Stage
- Two round-robin groups of five players each.
- All matches best-of-three.
- Top three players from each group advance to Challenge: Second Stage.
- Bottom two players are eliminated from SSL and must re-qualify.
- Prize money:
  - Each series awards ₩300,000 (≈$265)
    - ₩200,000 (≈$175) for the winner, ₩100,000 (≈$90) for the loser.
Second Stage
- Single round-robin group of 6 players.
- All matches best-of-five.
- First place advances directly to Premier for Season 2.
- Second and third place advance to Fast Lane: Day One.
- Fourth place advances to Fast Lane: Day Two.
- Fifth and sixth place are eliminated from SSL and must re-qualify.
- Prize money:
  - Each series awards ₩500,000 (≈$440)
    - ₩300,000 (≈$265) for the winner, ₩200,000 (≈$175) for the loser.

Prize Pool[edit]

₩13,500,000 KRW (≈ $11,960 USD) are divided among participants.

Winnings Table[edit]

First Stage

Player	Team	Winnings (KRW)
herO	ROOT Gaming	₩800,000
Classic	ZZZZZ	₩700,000
ByuN	Team expert	₩600,000
Dear	ZZZZZ	₩600,000
Losira	ZZZZZ	₩600,000
Ryung	True eSport	₩600,000
TY	ZZZZZ	₩600,000
Bunny	ZZZZZ	₩500,000
GuMiho	PSISTORM Gaming	₩500,000
jjakji	Team RevolutioN	₩500,000

Second Stage[edit]

Player	Team	Winnings (KRW)
herO	ROOT Gaming	₩1,400,000
ByuN	Team expert	₩1,300,000
Classic	ZZZZZ	₩1,300,000
Dear	ZZZZZ	₩1,300,000
TY	Splyce	₩1,200,000
Ryung	True eSport	₩1,000,000

First Stage[edit]

Participants[edit]

Protoss (3)	Terran (6)	Zerg (1)
Classic	Bunny	Losira
Dear	ByuN
herO	GuMiho
	jjakji
	Ryung
	TY

Results[edit]

Group A (Bo3)
1.	Classic	3-1	6-3
2.	Ryung	2-2	5-4
3.	TY	2-2	5-4
4.	Losira	2-2	5-5
5.	Bunny	1-3	2-7

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	Losira	TY	Ryung	Classic	Bunny
Losira		0-2	2-1	2-0	1-2
TY	2-0		0-2	1-2	2-0
Ryung	1-2	2-0		0-2	2-0
Classic	0-2	2-1	2-0		2-0
Bunny	2-1	0-2	0-2	0-2

Group B (Bo3)
1.	herO	4-0	8-3
2.	ByuN	2-2	5-5
3.	Dear	2-2	5-6
4.	GuMiho	1-3	5-6
5.	jjakji	1-3	4-7

}}

	jjakji	herO	GuMiho	ByuN	Dear
jjakji		1-2	2-1	0-2	1-2
herO	2-1		2-1	2-0	2-1
GuMiho	1-2	1-2		1-2	2-0
ByuN	2-0	0-2	2-1		1-2
Dear	2-1	1-2	0-2	2-1

Detailed Results[edit]

Day 1[edit]

Day 1 Matches

March 24, 2017 - 22:00 KST

Day 2[edit]

Day 2 Matches

April 1, 2017 - 22:00 KST

Day 3[edit]

Day 3 Matches

April 15, 2017 - 22:00 KST

Day 4[edit]

Day 4 Matches

April 22, 2017 - 22:00 KST

Day 5[edit]

Day 5 Matches

April 29, 2017 - 22:00 KST

Second Stage[edit]