StarCraft II StarLeague

Not to be confused with SonicTV BJ Starleague (SSL).

The StarCraft II StarLeague (or SSL for short) is a large tournament-based League held on location in South Korea and holds multiple events each year. Started by SPOTV in 2015.

Tournaments

The first tournament in the league was the 2015 StarCraft II StarLeague Season 1.

SSL Events

	Event	Date	Winner	Runner-Up	Score	TL Articles

2016 StarCraft II World Championship Series
	2016 StarCraft II StarLeague Season 1	2016-01-07 – 2016-04-09	Dark	Stats	4-2	[R&S]
	2016 StarCraft II StarLeague Season 2	2016-06-02 – 2016-09-11	Solar	Dark	4-3	[R&S]

2017 StarCraft II World Championship Series
	2017 StarCraft II StarLeague Season 1	2017-03-20 – 2017-06-10	INnoVation	Solar	4-1	Recap
			herO	Classic	4-1 Grp. S.
	2017 StarCraft II StarLeague Season 2	2017-07-03 – 2017-09-24	Stats	Dark	4-3	Recap
			soO	Bunny	4-1 Grp. S.

Tournament Format

The SSL is an elaborate tournament which is separated into two tiers:

• Main Event contains the top tier players who are competing against each other to win the SSL
• Challenge contains players who are competing against each other to enter the Main Event.

Challenge

• 32 players in a single round of 16 Up-and-Down matches.
• 28 players come from the qualifiers and 4 players who are seeded.
• Matches are Best-of-five.
  • The winner of the Bo5 advance to the Group Stage.
  • The loser of the Bo5 is eliminated and may qualify through next season's qualifiers.

Main Event

• Group Stage
  • 16 players in four groups of 4 players each, played in a double-elimination format.
  • Matches ares Best-of-three.
  • The 4 players of each group are split into two pairs and play each other.
  • The winners of these matches will then face each other in the Winner’s match.
    • The winner places first in the group and advances to the Playoffs.
  • The losers of the initial matches face each other in the Loser’s match.
    • The loser places fourth in the group and may qualify through next season's qualifiers.
  • The loser of the Winner’s match and the winner of the Loser’s match will face each other in a fifth match.
    • The winner places second place in the group and advances to the Playoffs.
    • The loser places third in the group and may qualify through next season's qualifiers.
• Playoffs
  • 8 players in a single-elimination bracket.
    • Quarterfinals: Best-of-five.
    • Semifinals: Best-of-seven.
    • Finals: Best-of-seven.

Maps

The SSL map pool is an ever-evolving set of maps. Players are each allowed to veto one map for each match.

Current Pool

• Abyssal Reef
• Ascension to Aiur
• Frost
• Newkirk Precinct
• Odyssey
• Overgrowth
• Whirlwind

Prize Pool

Place	Prize (KRW)	≈ USD	Points
1st	₩40,000,000	$36,068	2,000
2nd	₩10,000,000	$9,017	1,250
3rd-4th	₩4,500,000	$4,057	900
5th-8th	₩2,000,000	$1,803	600
9th-12th	₩1,000,000	$901	400
13th-16th	₩1,000,000	$901	300
17th-28th	₩200,000	$180	50
Total	₩77,400,000	$69,792	10,850

Medal Counts

Medals won per Race

As of September 2017 :

Race				Total
Protoss	3	1	10	14
Terran	2	2	1	5
Zerg	2	4	3	9

Medals won per Player

Gold

Maru

-

Classic

-

herO

-

Dark

-

Solar

-

INnoVation

-

Stats

Silver

Dream

-

Dark

ByuL

-

Stats

-

Solar

Semifinals

Stats

Patience

-

Classic

Life

-

herO

-

TY

-

Rain

-

Solar

-

Classic

-

ByuL

-

Dear

Medals won per Team

• Note: Medals won per Team shows the team that a player was on when the medal was won, not their current team.

Team				Total
SK Telecom T1	2	2	0	4
Jin Air Green Wings	1	0	0	1
KT Rolster	0	1	4	5
CJ Entus	1	1	1	3
mYinsanity	0	0	1	1
Samsung Galaxy	0	0	1	1
Dead Pixels	0	0	1	1

External links

• SSL on Wikipedia