2015 StarCraft II StarLeague Season 1

[e][h]2015 StarCraft II StarLeague Season 1

League Information

Series:

SSL

Organizers:

SPOTV Games
Blizzard Entertainment

Sponsor(s):

Naver

Game Version:

Heart of the Swarm
Patch 2.1.7 – Patch 2.1.8

Server:

South Korea

Type:

Offline

Location:

 Seoul

Format:

Challenge
Group Stage
Single-elimination bracket

Prize Pool:

₩75,000,000 KRW
(≃ $67,685 USD)

Start Date:

2014-12-17

End Date:

2015-03-21

Liquipedia Tier:

Premier

Participants

Number of Players:

32

12

12

8

Maps

Catallena LE • Deadwing LE • Foxtrot Labs LE • King Sejong Station LE • Merry Go Round LE • Nimbus LE • Overgrowth LE

Chronology

StarCraft II StarLeague S2

Information

The 2015 StarCraft II StarLeague Season 1 is one of the two Korean leagues of the 2015 StarCraft II World Championship Series.

Format

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.

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
Total	₩75,000,000	$67,628	10,250