StarCraft II StarLeague
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Logo for 2015 season. | |
| Sport | StarCraft II |
|---|---|
| Founded | December 2014 |
| Country | South Korea |
| Continent | Asia |
| Most recent champion(s) | Kim "herO" Joon Ho |
| Official website | SPOTV GAMES Official Page (Korean) |
The StarCraft II StarLeague, also known as SSL or S2SL in short, is a large StarCraft II tournament hosted by SPOTV GAMES that is played offline in South Korea. This tournament is held in parallel with the Global StarCraft II League (GSL) as qualifiers for the StarCraft World Championship Series (WCS) held yearly at BlizzCon.[1]
History
Prior to the 2015 season, the StarCraft World Championship Series only had one StarCraft II individual league in South Korea, the GSL. On October 31, 2014 Blizzard Entertainment announced changes to the WCS system and that SPOTV GAMES would be holding a second individual league that would reward players with WCS points.[2] It was announced on January 15, 2015 that Naver, Korea's largest search engine, would sponsor the first SSL tournament.[3] The following two tournaments in the year were sponsored by SBENU, a casual footwear company.[4]
Tournaments
| Year | Name of Tournament | Winner | Result of Final | Runner-Up |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 2015 Naver StarCraft II StarLeague Season 1 | Cho "Maru" Seong Ju | 4 - 1 | Cho "Dream" Joong Hyuk |
| 2015 | 2015 SBENU StarCraft II StarLeague Season 2 | Kim "Classic" Doh Woo | 4 - 1 | Cho "Dream" Joong Hyuk |
| 2015 | 2015 SBENU StarCraft II StarLeague Season 3 | Kim "herO" Joon Ho | 4 - 2 | Han "ByuL" Ji Won |
| 2016 | 2016 StarCraft II StarLeague Season 1 | Park "Dark" Ryung Woo | 4 - 2 | Kim "Stats" Dae Yeob |
Format
Challenge League
The Challenge League are the qualifiers for the main event. Players that qualify for the league and players that were eliminated early from the main event face off in a best of five match. The winners of each match move on to the main event and the losers fall out of the league and have to participate in the general qualifiers again.[5]
Main Event
All 16 players start off divided into four groups of four. Matches are best of three in the group stage and the top two players from each group move onto the playoffs round whereas the bottom two players in each group fall down to Challenge League for the following season. Players that advance to the playoffs stay in the main event the following season. Matches in the quarterfinals are best of five and the semifinals and finals are best of seven.[5]
Prize Pool
The prize pool for each tournament in 2015 awarded a total of 75,000,000 KRW for the main event.[6] In addition, all players that lose in the Challenge League and do not proceed to the main event are awarded 200,000 KRW each.[7]
| Place | Amount (KRW) |
|---|---|
| 1st | 40,000,000 |
| 2nd | 10,000,000 |
| 3rd - 4th | 4,500,000 |
| 5th - 8th | 2,000,000 |
| 9th - 16th | 1,000,000 |
See also
- Global StarCraft II League
- StarCraft World Championship Series
- StarCraft professional competition
- Electronic Sports
External links
References
- ↑ "2015년 스타2 e스포츠, 기존 GSL에 더해 새로운 SPOTV 개인리그 출범!" [2015 StarCraft II eSports, the existing GSL and the newly formed SPOTV individual league] (in Korean). October 31, 2014. Retrieved November 15, 2015.
- ↑ "2015 StarCraft II World Championship Series". October 31, 2014. Retrieved November 19, 2015.
- ↑ "Naver sponsorise la StarLeague" [Naver Sponsors StarLeague] (in French). January 15, 2015. Retrieved November 19, 2015.
- ↑ "SBENU sponsors Starcraft2 Starleague Season 2". April 23, 2015. Retrieved November 19, 2015.
- 1 2 "About the StarCraft II World Championship Series (WCS)". Retrieved November 19, 2015.
- ↑ "2015 SBENU StarCraft II StarLeague Season 3 (Main Event)". Retrieved November 19, 2015.
- ↑ "2015 SBENU StarCraft II StarLeague Season 3 (Challenge)". Retrieved November 19, 2015.