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ESL Open Cups
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ESL Open Cups
League Information
Organizer(s):
Game Version:
Server:
Europe / Americas / South Korea
Type:
Online
Location:
WorldFormat:
1v1
Single-elimination bracket
Single-elimination bracket
Prize Pool:
$100/$400
Series Total Prize:
≃ $54,600 USD
Start Date:
2020-01-12
Liquipedia Tier:
Links
The ESL Open Cups allow all aspiring professionals and talented players, based in Europe, South Korea and Americas, 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]
These tournaments are open for all players, there are no regional restrictions.
Format[edit]
- Single-elimination bracket.
- All Matches are Bo3.
- Finals are Bo5.
Prize Pools[edit]
Cups #19 to #53[edit]
$400 and 15 EPT points:
| Place | Prize (USD) | EPT Points |
|---|---|---|
 1st
|
$200 | 10 |
 2nd
|
$100 | 5 |
 3rd-4th
|
$50 | 0 |
Results[edit]
Overall Medals[edit]
Medals won per Player[edit]
| x26 |  HeRoMaRinE |
| x19 |  Solar |
| x16 |  Zest |
| x15 | Clem |
| x11 | PartinG - Stats |
| x9 | ShoWTimE |
| x8 | Reynor |
| Cure |
| Trap |
| Armani - Neeb - Scarlett |
| Dark - uThermal |
| Astrea - Bly - DongRaeGu - Dream - SpeCial - Zoun |
| AqueroN - Bunny - ByuN - Cham - Denver - Future - HerO - Lambo - MaNa - Nice - Patience - PiLiPiLi - PtitDrogo - RagnaroK - Rogue - SKillous - sOs - Serral - soO - souL - TRUE |
| x11 | Clem |
| x10 | Solar |
| x9 | HeRoMaRinE |
| x8 | Bly - PartinG |
| x7 | Trap |
| Armani - Zest |
| MaNa - ShoWTimE |
| Astrea - Harstem - Lambo - MaxPax - Neeb - Nina - PtitDrogo - Rogue - souL - SpeCial - Stats - TIME |
| Cure - Namshar - Scarlett - Zoun |
| Cham - Dark - Denver - Dream - Elazer - goblin - Hurricane - MarineLorD - Reynor - soO - uThermal |
| Bomber - Creator - DnS - DongRaeGu - Future - Gerald - GunGFuBanDa - Kelazhur - Nice - NightMare - Patience - PiLiPiLi - Prince - RagnaroK - Rail - Rodzyn - SKillous - Spatz - TLO - TRUE |
Medals won per Race[edit]
| Race | | | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Protoss | 68 | 78 | 146 |
| Terran | 59 | 44 | 103 |
| Zerg | 50 | 54 | 104 |
Medals won per Country[edit]
| Country | | | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
 South Korea | 90 | 67 | 157 |
 Germany | 36 | 21 | 57 |
 France | 17 | 20 | 37 |
 USA | 8 | 14 | 22 |
 Italy | 8 | 2 | 10 |
 Canada | 4 | 3 | 7 |
 Mexico | 3 | 6 | 9 |
 Netherlands | 3 | 6 | 9 |
 Poland | 2 | 13 | 15 |
 Ukraine | 2 | 8 | 10 |
 Russia | 1 | 2 | 3 |
 Taiwan | 1 | 1 | 2 |
 Finland | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Spain | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 China | 0 | 4 | 4 |
 Denmark | 0 | 4 | 4 |
 Sweden | 0 | 3 | 3 |
 Croatia | 0 | 2 | 2 |
 Brazil | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 mousesports | 26 | 9 | 35 |
 Dragon Phoenix Gaming | 20 | 14 | 34 |
 Team Liquid | 18 | 22 | 40 |
 Afreeca Freecs | 18 | 14 | 32 |
 RYE Gaming | 16 | 17 | 33 |
 KaiZi Gaming | 13 | 9 | 22 |
 Free Agents | 11 | 12 | 23 |
 BIG | 9 | 4 | 13 |
 Team QLASH | 8 | 3 | 11 |
 Jin Air Green Wings | 6 | 8 | 14 |
 Alpha X | 4 | 10 | 14 |
 Ting | 4 | 4 | 8 |
 Triumphant Song Gaming | 4 | 1 | 5 |
 Brave Star Gaming | 3 | 5 | 8 |
 Newbee | 3 | 3 | 6 |
 Team eXoN | 2 | 14 | 16 |
 Infinity Gaming | 2 | 3 | 5 |
 Mkers | 2 | 1 | 3 |
 Chivo SC | 2 | 0 | 2 |
 Cascade | 1 | 4 | 5 |
 Kosmos Esports | 1 | 4 | 5 |
 PSISTORM Gaming | 1 | 2 | 3 |
 Team LaoPaoer | 1 | 1 | 2 |
 Black Night | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 ENCE | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 AGO Esports | 0 | 2 | 2 |
 Archangel Gaming | 0 | 2 | 2 |
 Koka Authentique Pépite | 0 | 2 | 2 |
 Asterion | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Genesis Gaming | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Good Game Gaming | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Team GP | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Team NV | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Team Rotti | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Team WardiTV | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Trivia[edit]
- The only players to have won two ESL Open Cups on the same day are:
- Solar, twice: KR Cup #39 - AM Cup #39 and KR Cup #42 - AM Cup #42;
- Zest, twice: KR Cup #47 - AM Cup #47 and KR Cup #53 - AM Cup #53.
- The
European Series is 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.
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, #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.