2015 Kung Fu Cup Season 1

[e][h]2015 Kung Fu Cup Season 1

League Information

Series:

Organizer(s):

Sponsor(s):

Game Version:

Server:

South Korea

Type:

Online

Location:

China

Format:

Group Stage, Single-elimination bracket

Prize Pool:

132,000 CNY (≃ $21,120 USD)

Start Date:

2015-04-08

End Date:

2015-06-21

Liquipedia Tier:

Major

Links

Player Breakdown

Number of Players:

32

10

8

14

Maps

Cactus Valley • Catallena • Coda • Deadwing • Echo • Expedition Lost • Inferno Pools • Iron Fortress • Overgrowth • Secret Spring • Vaani Research Station

Chronology

Sesaon 2

Format[edit]

Qualifier[edit]

There are 25 spots for players from all over the world divided to regions as follows:

6 spots in the Korea Qualifier
6 spots in the America Qualifier
6 spots in the Europe Qualifier
3 spots in the Taiwan & SEA Qualifier
4 spots in the China Qualifier

Main Tournament[edit]

Group Stage #1 (Round of 32)

Dual Tournament format.
25 players from qualifiers
4 invited Chinese players from 2015 WCS Season 1 Premier League
Top 3 of 2014 Kung Fu Cup Season 1
Best-of-three.

Group Stage #2 (Round of 16)

Dual Tournament format.
Best-of-three.

8 players advancing from the groups are put into a single elimination bracket.

Quarterfinals: Best-of-five.
Semifinals: Best-of-five.
Finals: Best-of-seven.

Talents[edit]

Chinese Commentators
- F91 (Sun Yifeng)
- Xiaose (Huang Xudong)

English Commentators
- Tenshi (Lucas Collard)
- Zeweig (Alexander Lind)

Other Language Commentators
- Emil (Emil Wieczorek)
- NarutO (Silvano Bovo)

Prize Pool[edit]

132,000 CNY (~21,120 USD) are divided among participants as follows:

Place	$USD	¥ CNY	Player	Team
1st	$6,400	¥40,000	Trap	Jin Air Green Wings
2nd	$3,200	¥20,000	Snute	Team Liquid
3rd-4th	$1,600	¥10,000	PartinG	yoe Flash Wolves
3rd-4th	$1,600	¥10,000	HyuN	Team ROCCAT
5th-8th	$800	¥5,000	Ein	Hist
			Cure	Jin Air Green Wings
			Jaedong	Evil Geniuses
			Rogue	Jin Air Green Wings
9th-12th	$320	¥2,000	Hack	SBENU
			XiGua	Invictus Gaming
			Nerchio	Team Acer
			Suppy	Evil Geniuses
13th-16th	$320	¥2,000	Bbyong	CJ Entus
			NaNiwa	Team Property
			PtitDrogo	Nuit Blanche
			Sen	Hong Kong Attitude
17th-24th	$160	¥1,000	Has	yoe Flash Wolves
			iAsonu	Invictus Gaming
			MacSed	Invictus Gaming
			Top	Newbee
			intense	PSISTORM Gaming
			Jim	Invictus Gaming
			Kane	mYinsanity
			TooDming	Zenith of Origin
25th-32nd	$160	¥1,000	XY	Invictus Gaming
			Petraeus	mYinsanity
			Blysk	mYinsanity
			MarineLorD	Millenium
			JonSnow	Flipsid3 Tactics
			Bails	Flipsid3 Tactics
			PiG	Team Exile5
			MajOr	ZZZZZ

Conversion values taken from xe.com on 2015-02-10. 1 CNY ≈0.16 USD

Participants[edit]

Top 3 of Last Season (3)
Protoss (10)	Terran (8)	Zerg (14)
PartinG		Jaedong
		Sen
Invited (4)
Jim		XiGua
MacSed		iAsonu
Qualified (25)
Bails	MarineLorD	Petraeus
Trap	~~Bunny~~¹	Kane
NaNiwa	MajOr	Rogue
Blysk	Hack	HyuN
Has	Bbyong	Snute
Top	Cure	Nerchio
PtitDrogo¹	intense	JonSnow
	Ein	Suppy
	XY	PiG
		TooDming

1: Bunny could not play due to schedule conflicts and is replaced by PtitDrogo.

Results[edit]

Group Stage #1 (Ro32)[edit]

Group A[edit]

Group A
April 8, 2015 13:30 UTC
1.	Trap	2-0	4-0
2.	Nerchio	2-1	4-3
3.	Has	1-2	3-4
4.	XY	0-2	0-4

Group A Matches
Trap	2	0	Has
Overgrowth Deadwing
XY	0	2	Nerchio
Deadwing Vaani Research Station
Trap	2	0	Nerchio
Overgrowth Vaani Research Station
Has	2	0	XY
Deadwing Overgrowth
Nerchio	2	1	Has
Expedition Lost Overgrowth Vaani Research Station

Group B[edit]

Group B
April 9, 2015 15:00 UTC
1.	Bbyong	2-0	4-1
2.	NaNiwa	2-1	4-3
3.	iAsonu	1-2	3-4
4.	Petraeus	0-2	1-4

Group B Matches
Bbyong	2	0	NaNiwa
Overgrowth Secret Spring
iAsonu	2	0	Petraeus
Overgrowth Deadwing
Bbyong	2	1	iAsonu
Secret Spring Vaani Research Station Overgrowth
NaNiwa	2	1	Petraeus
Overgrowth Deadwing Catallena
iAsonu	0	2	NaNiwa
Vaani Research Station Catallena

Group C[edit]

Group C
April 15, 2015 13:30 UTC
1.	HyuN	2-0	4-2
2.	Sen	2-1	5-2
3.	MacSed	1-2	3-4
4.	Blysk	0-2	0-4

Group C Matches
HyuN	2	1	Sen
Catallena Overgrowth Expedition Lost
MacSed	2	0	Blysk
Overgrowth Vaani Research Station
MacSed	1	2	HyuN
Overgrowth Vaani Research Station Catallena
Sen	2	0	Blysk
Vaani Research Station Overgrowth
MacSed	0	2	Sen
Overgrowth Expedition Lost

Group D[edit]

Group D
April 16, 2015 13:30 UTC
1.	Suppy	2-0	4-0
2.	Jaedong	2-1	4-2
3.	Top	1-2	0-4
4.	MarineLorD	0-2	0-2

Group D Matches
Jaedong	2	0	MarineLorD
Overgrowth Catallena
Top	0	2	Suppy
Inferno Pools Overgrowth
Jaedong	0	2	Suppy
Overgrowth Expedition Lost
MarineLorD	-	W	Top
MarineLorD forfeited due to internet issues.
Jaedong	2	0	Top
Inferno Pools Expedition Lost

Group E[edit]

Group E
April 22, 2015 13:30 UTC
1.	Cure	2-0	4-0
2.	XiGua	2-1	4-2
3.	intense	1-2	2-5
4.	JonSnow	0-2	1-4

Group E Matches
Cure	2	0	JonSnow
Vaani Research Station Overgrowth
XiGua	2	0	intense
Vaani Research Station Deadwing
Cure	2	0	XiGua
Vaani Research Station Deadwing
JonSnow	1	2	intense
Overgrowth Catallena Expedition Lost
XiGua	2	0	intense
Overgrowth Expedition Lost

Group F[edit]

Group F
April 23, 2015 13:30 UTC
1.	Hack	2-0	4-2
2.	Snute	2-1	5-3
3.	Jim	1-2	4-4
4.	Bails	0-2	0-4

Group F Matches
Hack	2	1	Snute
Deadwing Overgrowth Catallena
Jim	2	0	Bails
Expedition Lost Deadwing
Hack	2	1	Jim
Vaani Research Station Catallena Overgrowth
Snute	2	0	Bails
Vaani Research Station Deadwing
Jim	1	2	Snute
Overgrowth Expedition Lost Deadwing

Group G[edit]

Group G
April 29, 2015 14:00 UTC
1.	PartinG	2-0	4-1
2.	~~Kane~~	2-1	5-3
3.	Ein	1-2	3-5
4.	PiG	0-2	1-4

Group G Matches
Ein	2	1	PiG
Expedition Lost Overgrowth Vaani Research Station
PartinG	2	1	Kane
Vaani Research Station Overgrowth Expedition Lost
Ein	0	2	PartinG
Overgrowth Expedition Lost Vaani Research Station
PiG	0	2	Kane
Overgrowth Expedition Lost Catallena
Ein	1	2	Kane
Overgrowth Expedition Lost Vaani Research Station

Group H[edit]

Group H
April 30, 2015 13:30 UTC
1.	PtitDrogo	2-0	4-1
2.	Rogue	2-1	4-2
3.	TooDming	1-2	1-4
4.	MajOr	0-2	0-2

Group H Matches
Rogue	2	0	MajOr
Inferno Pools Vaani Research Station
TooDming	1	2	PtitDrogo
Overgrowth Vaani Research Station Secret Spring
Rogue	0	2	PtitDrogo
Overgrowth Vaani Research Station Catallena
MajOr	-	W	TooDming
MajOr forfeited due to health issues
Rogue	2	0	TooDming
Vaani Research Station Expedition Lost Deadwing

Ein replaces Kane who could not play due to last minute travel commitments.

Group Stage #2 (Ro16)[edit]

Group A[edit]

Group A
May 20, 2015 13:30 UTC
1.	Trap	2-0	4-1
2.	HyuN	2-1	4-2
3.	Hack	1-2	2-4
4.	Bbyong	0-2	1-4

Group A Matches
Hack	2	0	HyuN
Vaani Research Station Expedition Lost
Bbyong	1	2	Trap
Iron Fortress Coda Cactus Valley
Hack	0	2	Trap
Iron Fortress Coda
HyuN	2	0	Bbyong
Iron Fortress Echo
Hack	0	2	HyuN
Echo Expedition Lost Iron Fortress

Group B[edit]

Group B
May 14, 2015 13:30 UTC
1.	Jaedong	2-0	4-1
2.	Ein	2-1	4-3
3.	XiGua	1-2	2-4
4.	NaNiwa	0-2	2-4

Group B Matches
XiGua	2	0	Ein
Iron Fortress Echo Expedition Lost
NaNiwa	1	2	Jaedong
Vaani Research Station Expedition Lost Coda
XiGua	0	2	Jaedong
Vaani Research Station Coda Expedition Lost
Ein	2	1	NaNiwa
Coda Expedition Lost Echo
XiGua	0	2	Ein
Iron Fortress Expedition Lost

Group C[edit]

Group C
May 13, 2015 13:30 UTC
1.	PartinG	2-0	4-0
2.	Snute	2-1	4-3
3.	Nerchio	1-2	2-4
4.	PtitDrogo	0-2	1-4

Group C Matches
Nerchio	2	0	Snute
Vaani Research Station Coda Echo
PtitDrogo	0	2	PartinG
Echo Expedition Lost Coda
Nerchio	0	2	PartinG
Expedition Lost Coda Cactus Valley
Snute	2	1	PtitDrogo
Vaani Research Station Coda Iron Fortress
Nerchio	0	2	Snute
Vaani Research Station Coda

Group D[edit]

Group D
May 21, 2015 13:30 UTC
1.	Rogue	2-0	4-1
2.	Cure	2-1	4-2
3.	Suppy	1-2	3-5
4.	Sen	0-2	1-4

Group D Matches
Rogue	2	0	Cure
Vaani Research Station Iron Fortress
Suppy	2	1	Sen
Echo Coda Vaani Research Station
Rogue	2	1	Suppy
Expedition Lost Coda Echo
Cure	2	0	Sen
Vaani Research Station Cactus Valley
Suppy	0	2	Cure
Vaani Research Station Coda

Playoffs[edit]

Quarterfinals (Bo5)

Trap

3

Ein

0

PartinG

3

Cure

1

Jaedong

2

HyuN

3

Rogue

1

Snute

3

Semifinals (Bo5)

Trap

3

PartinG

2

HyuN

2

Snute

3

Finals (Bo7)

Trap

4

Snute

1

Racial Distribution[edit]

Protoss

Terran

Zerg

Round of 32

9	9	14

Round of 16

4	3	9

Quarterfinals

2	2	4

Semifinals

2	2

Finals

1	1

Champion

1

Map Statistics[edit]

		vs.				vs.				vs.				Mirrors
Map	#	Σ			%	Σ			%	Σ			%
Cactus Valley	7	1	1	0	100.0%	-	-	-	-	2	2	0	100.0%	-	3	1
Catallena	8	3	2	1	66.7%	3	1	2	33.3%	1	1	0	100.0%	-	1	-
Coda	17	1	1	0	100.0%	4	1	3	25.0%	4	3	1	75.0%	-	7	1
Deadwing	11	4	2	2	50.0%	3	2	1	66.7%	1	1	0	100.0%	-	1	2
Echo	14	3	0	3	0.0%	1	0	1	0.0%	3	2	1	66.7%	-	5	2
Expedition Lost	26	7	5	2	71.4%	8	3	5	37.5%	2	2	0	100.0%	-	6	3
Inferno Pools	5	1	0	1	0.0%	3	2	1	66.7%	1	0	1	0.0%	-	-	-
Iron Fortress	11	4	1	3	25.0%	1	1	0	100.0%	4	3	1	75.0%	-	2	-
Overgrowth	29	8	2	6	25.0%	11	6	5	54.5%	4	2	2	50.0%	-	4	2
Secret Spring	3	1	1	0	100.0%	1	0	1	0.0%	1	0	1	0.0%	-	-	-
Vaani Research Station	35	12	6	6	50.0%	12	8	4	66.7%	1	0	1	0.0%	-	8	2
Total Sum (Σ)	166	45	21	24	46.7%	47	24	23	51.1%	24	16	8	66.7%	-	37	13

View Games[edit]

Streams[edit]

External Links[edit]

Announcement on tl.net

References[edit]

2015 Kung Fu Cup Season 1

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