ESL Open Cups
Single-elimination bracket
The ESL Open Cups allow all aspiring professionals and talented players to participate in weekly tournaments. These contribute 15 points [1] towards the ESL Pro Tour ranking and $100 USD in prize money, each tournament, each region, each week.
On May 13, 2020 it was announced that the cups' prize would be increased to $400 USD until January 18th, 2021 and that they would be played on Mondays instead of Sundays.[2]
On March 30, 2021 it was announced that due to scheduling confilcts with GSL the Asia cups would be played on Sundays again.[3]
On May 21, 2021 it was announced that due to a Partnership with shopify the Prize Pool was increased to $800 USD[4]
These tournaments are open for all players, there are no regional restrictions.
Format[edit]
- Single-elimination bracket.
- All Matches are Bo3.
- Finals are Bo5.
Talents[edit]
- Regular Russian Commentators:
Prize Pools[edit]
Cups #19 to #53 and #65 to #71[edit]
$400 and 15 EPT points:
Place | Prize (USD) | EPT Points |
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$200 | 10 |
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$100 | 5 |
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$50 | 0 |
Cups #54 to #64, #111 to #116 and #153 to #168[edit]
$400:
Place | Prize (USD) |
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$200 |
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$100 |
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$50 |
Cups #72 to #74[edit]
$800 and 15 EPT points:
Place | Prize (USD) | EPT Points |
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$250 | 10 |
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$150 | 5 |
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$100 | 0 |
5th-8th | $50 | 0 |
Cups #75 to #105[edit]
$800 and 19 EPT points:
Place | Prize (USD) | EPT Points |
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$250 | 10 |
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$150 | 5 |
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$100 | 2 |
5th-8th | $50 | 0 |
Cups #117 to #153 and #169+[edit]
$400 and 19 EPT points:
Place | Prize (USD) | EPT Points |
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$200 | 10 |
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$100 | 5 |
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$50 | 2 |
Results[edit]
Overall Medals[edit]
Medals won per Player[edit]
Medals won per Race[edit]
Race | ![]() | ![]() | Total |
---|---|---|---|
![]() | 228 | 265 | 493 |
![]() | 227 | 181 | 408 |
![]() | 125 | 132 | 257 |
![]() | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Medals won per Country[edit]
Country | ![]() | ![]() | Total |
---|---|---|---|
![]() | 310 | 260 | 570 |
![]() | 79 | 70 | 149 |
![]() | 70 | 49 | 119 |
![]() | 54 | 41 | 95 |
![]() | 16 | 12 | 28 |
![]() | 14 | 30 | 44 |
![]() | 7 | 28 | 35 |
![]() | 6 | 15 | 21 |
![]() | 6 | 13 | 19 |
![]() | 4 | 14 | 18 |
![]() | 4 | 10 | 14 |
![]() | 3 | 15 | 18 |
![]() | 2 | 10 | 12 |
![]() | 2 | 4 | 6 |
![]() | 1 | 1 | 2 |
![]() | 1 | 0 | 1 |
![]() | 1 | 0 | 1 |
![]() | 0 | 3 | 3 |
![]() | 0 | 3 | 3 |
![]() | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Medals won per Team[edit]
Note: Medals won per Team shows the team that a player wason when the medal was won, not their current team.
Team | ![]() | ![]() | Total |
---|---|---|---|
![]() ![]() | 116 | 74 | 190 |
Team Liquid | 74 | 47 | 121 |
PSISTORM Gaming | 61 | 56 | 117 |
MOUZ | 59 | 38 | 97 |
Shopify Rebellion | 43 | 42 | 85 |
![]() ![]() | 34 | 30 | 64 |
DKZ Gaming | 24 | 14 | 38 |
Freecs | 22 | 21 | 43 |
![]() | 21 | 45 | 66 |
![]() ![]() | 17 | 20 | 37 |
![]() ![]() | 16 | 31 | 47 |
![]() ![]() | 16 | 17 | 33 |
Onsyde | 14 | 11 | 25 |
![]() ![]() | 12 | 9 | 21 |
Club NV | 9 | 14 | 23 |
![]() ![]() | 6 | 8 | 14 |
![]() ![]() | 5 | 18 | 23 |
![]() ![]() | 4 | 4 | 8 |
![]() ![]() | 4 | 1 | 5 |
ABYDOS | 3 | 5 | 8 |
![]() ![]() | 3 | 5 | 8 |
![]() ![]() | 3 | 3 | 6 |
![]() ![]() | 2 | 7 | 9 |
![]() ![]() | 2 | 3 | 5 |
![]() ![]() | 2 | 1 | 3 |
![]() ![]() | 2 | 0 | 2 |
![]() ![]() | 1 | 4 | 5 |
![]() ![]() | 1 | 3 | 4 |
Team LaoPaoer | 1 | 1 | 2 |
![]() ![]() | 1 | 0 | 1 |
![]() ![]() | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Starlight Twinkle | 1 | 0 | 1 |
![]() ![]() | 0 | 6 | 6 |
BASILISK | 0 | 5 | 5 |
Good Game Gaming | 0 | 5 | 5 |
PREP eSPORTS | 0 | 3 | 3 |
![]() ![]() | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Koka Authentique Pépite | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Matcherino Esports | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Mystery Gaming | 0 | 2 | 2 |
![]() ![]() | 0 | 2 | 2 |
瘦死骆驼 (SSLT) | 0 | 2 | 2 |
![]() ![]() | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Twisted Minds | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Altar | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Apprentice Esports | 0 | 1 | 1 |
![]() ![]() | 0 | 1 | 1 |
![]() ![]() | 0 | 1 | 1 |
![]() ![]() | 0 | 1 | 1 |
CranKy Ducklings | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Dominaticus Esports | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Genesis Gaming | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Platinum Heroes | 0 | 1 | 1 |
![]() ![]() | 0 | 1 | 1 |
![]() ![]() | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Team Super | 0 | 1 | 1 |
![]() ![]() | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Trivia[edit]
- The only players to have won two ESL Open Cups on the same (playing) day are:
Zest, eight times: KR - AM #47, KR - AM #53, KR - AM #74, KR - AM #83, KR - AM #88, KR - AM #103, KR - AM #106 and KR - AM #108.
Cure, four times (three of them also consecutive): KR - AM #77, KR - AM #78, KR - AM #79 and KR - AM #81;
MaxPax, four times: EU - AM #111, EU - AM #138, EU - AM #150 and EU - AM #187.
ByuN, three times: KR - AM #93, KR - AM #144 and KR - AM #146.
Dark, three times: KR - AM #98, KR - AM #171 and KR - AM #189.
herO, three times (two of them also consecutive): KR - AM #123, KR - AM #163 and KR - AM #164.
Solar, twice: KR - AM #39 and KR - AM #42.
Clem, once: EU - AM #184.
HeRoMaRinE, once: EU - AM #160.
- With his wins in KR and AM #39,
Solar is the first player to have won two ESL Open Cups on the same (playing) day.
- With his wins in EU and AM #111,
MaxPax is the first Foreigner player to have won two ESL Open Cups on the same (playing) day.
- With his victory in EU Cup #80,
Cure is the first player to have won (at least) one cup in each of the three regions: this win also marks the first EU cup won by a South Korean player.
MaxPax became the second player to achieve this feat in July 2023 by winning KR Cup #186.
- With his victory in EU Cup #5,
Neeb is the first (and only) American player to have won an EU cup.
- With her victory in KR Cup #11,
Scarlett is the first Foreigner player to have won one KR cup.
TIME was the second, about 9 months later, by winning KR Cup #101 and then KR Cup #152 (which makes him the only Foreigner player to have won more than one EPT Cup in KR) while
MaxPax was the third one by winning KR Cup #186.
- With his 3rd-4th place in AM Cup #123 (then repeated in EU Cup #129),
Reynor is the only player to have earned EPT Points while fully offracing (as Protoss).
- He repeated the feat a few weeks later, this time in the EU Cups and also improving the placement (and points earned), ending up in 2nd place in the EU Cup #127 (as Protoss).
- With his 2nd place in EU Cup #166 and EU Cup #167,
Reynor is the only player to have finished in money placement while fully playing Random.
- The
European Series was often referred to as the Big Gabe Weekly by casters, viewers and in tl.net reviews due to HeRoMaRinE winning half of the cups and reaching the Finals in some more cups as well in the 2020/21 Season. In the following season, due to Clem rising to dominance in Europe, HeRoMaRinE himself started calling it the Clem Weekly Cup.
- The "most consecutive first place" streak is 7 and it was achieved by
Dark who won the KR Cups from #166 to #172.
- The "most times first place" is 68 and it is owned by
Clem followed by
HeRoMaRinE at 58 and by
MaxPax at 54.
- The "Most Dominant Player" are:
- The "King of the Region" are:
- Europe:
HeRoMaRinE with 57 wins;
- Americas:
Solar with 26 wins;
- Asia:
Dark with 31 wins.
- Europe:
Most EPT Points earned in a Season from Open Cups[edit]
2020/21[edit]
Players[edit]
- South Korea:
Solar (225) -
Zest (145) -
PartinG (140).
- Europe:
HeRoMaRinE (275) -
Clem (190) -
ShoWTimE (105).
- North America:
Neeb and
Scarlett (55) -
Astrea (30).
- Latin America:
SpeCial (40) -
Cham (20) -
Kelazhur (5).
- China:
TIME (15).
- TW/HK:
Nice (15).
- Oceania: No Players earned points from the Open Cups.
Regions[edit]
- South Korea: 1,225 (26p).
- Europe: 995 (24p).
- North America: 195 (8p).
- Latin America: 65 (3p).
- China: 15 (1p).
- TW/HK: 15 (1p).
- Oceania: 0 (0p).
2021/22[edit]
Players[edit]
Regions[edit]
- South Korea: 1,244 (24p).
- Europe: 836 (25p).
- North America: 67 (3p).
- Latin America: 66 (2p).
- China: 25 (2p).
- TW/HK: 43 (2p).
- Oceania: 2 (1p).
2022/23[edit]
Players[edit]
- South Korea:
ByuN (326) -
herO (165) -
Solar (134).
- Europe:
MaxPax (271) -
Clem (156) -
HeRoMaRinE (148).
- North America:
Neeb (46) -
trigger (23) -
Astrea (19).
- Latin America:
SpeCial (41) -
Kelazhur (6) -
Cham (4).
- China:
TIME (26) -
Firefly (13) -
Cyan (7).
- TW/HK:
Nice (10).
- Oceania: No Players earned points from the Open Cups.
Regions[edit]
- South Korea: 1,188 (24p).
- Europe: 828 (23p).
- North America: 117 (8p).
- Latin America: 51 (3p).
- China: 52 (4p).
- TW/HK: 10 (1p).
- Oceania: 0 (0p).
External Links[edit]
- Website
- Rules
- Thread on TL.net
- Recap Weekly Threads on TL.net: #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7-#8, #9, #10, #11, #12, #13, #14, #15, #16, #17, #18, #19, #20, #21, #22, #23, #24, #25, #29, #30, #31, #32, #33, #34, #35, #36, #37, #38, #39, #40, #41, #42, #43, #44, #45, #46. #47, #48, #49. #50, #51, #52. #53.
#65, #66, #67.