Americas Open ESL

Americas Open

Series Information

Organizer:

ESL

Start Date:

2015-02-01

End Date:

2017-05-28

Game version:

Wings of Liberty

Server:

NA

Type:

Online

Format:

1v1
Single-elimination Bracket

Cumulative Prize Pool:

≃ $5,800 USD
Basic: ≃ $5,650 USD
Minor: ≃ $150 USD

Liquipedia Tier:

Weekly (Basic)

Links

Americas Open was a weekly American online tournament for StarCraft II players produced by ESL. Hosted every Sunday night, Americas Open was a single elimination, that could be played by players from the entire world, but the games were hosted on the Americas server.

History[edit]

Starting with Americas Open 20 the series known as NA Open was officially extended to include the Latin America, and thus, it was renamed to Americas Open.

With the Americas Open 42, the series is played on Legacy of the Void.

With the Americas Open 44, OSC Points are awarded to the top 16 players and the series changed its format.

On July 4, 2017, after 120 tournaments, it was announced that the series was officially discontinued.^[1]

Format[edit]

It is a single elimination tournament with the following setup

Best of one until the round of 32.
Round of 16, Round of 8 and Round of 4 are best of three.
Finals are best of Five.
Default server: Americas

Map pool picked by admin from the Ladder Season Map Pool.

Prize Pool[edit]

The prize pool, until the edition #13 was $25 and starting in the edition #14 the prize pool was increased to $50.

Place	Prize (USD)	OSC Points
1st	$50	60
2nd	-	30
3rd-4th	-	15
5th-8th	-	5
9th-16th	-	2.5

Weekly Results[edit]

2015[edit]

#	Date	1st	2nd
#1	2015-02-01	Trace	Bioice
#2	2015-02-08	Moosegills	Sorrow
#3	2015-02-15	Bly	TomikuS
#4	2015-02-22	Spear	KoNtiNuE
#5	2015-03-01	Bly	TOP
#6	2015-03-08	Arthur	PiLiPiLi
#7	2015-03-15	Arthur	PikA
#8	2015-03-22	Bly	KiF1rE
#9	2015-03-29	Bly	KoNtiNuE
#10	2015-04-05	Sonic	NoRegreT
#11	2015-04-12	Arthur	Cube
#12	2015-04-19	Scarlett	PiLiPiLi
#13	2015-04-26	Sonic	PiLiPiLi
#14	2015-05-03	Bly	Revolver
#15	2015-05-10	Trace	Hunter
#16	2015-05-17	Bly	Hunter
#17	2015-05-24	Gamja	KiToO
#18	2015-05-31	Hunter	Gamja
#19	2015-06-07	Spear	Silky
#20	2015-06-14	Arthur	PandaBearMe
#21	2015-06-21	Apocalypse	CharSiuBao
#22	2015-06-28	Apocalypse	Gamja
#23	2015-07-05	Drunkenboi	Cute
#24	2015-07-12	blu	Nistic
#25	2015-07-19	Apocalypse	Miniraser
#26	2015-07-26	TRUE	Semper
#27	2015-08-02	PiLiPiLi	blu
#28	2015-08-09	PiLiPiLi	Revolution
#29	2015-08-16	Bly	Revolution
#30	2015-08-23	Bly	Lancel
#31	2015-08-30	CoolTea	Abbadon
#32	2015-09-06	Apocalypse	DmC
#33	2015-09-13	Astrea	EnDerr
#34	2015-09-20	CoolTea	MygraiN
#35	2015-09-27	Kelazhur	Bly
#36	2015-10-04	Apocalypse	CoolTea
#37	2015-10-11	Kelazhur	CoolTea
#38	2015-10-18	PiLiPiLi	Creature
#39	2015-10-25	ByuN	Reality
#40	2015-11-01	Solar	Alceister
#41	2015-11-08	TeebuL	BowmanSX
#42	2015-11-15	ByuN	TOP
#43	2015-11-22	Fusion	Dolan
#44	2015-11-29	PiLiPiLi	PsychO
#45	2015-12-06	ByuN	Bly
#46	2015-12-13	HuK	Neeb
#47	2015-12-20	Neeb	Kelazhur
#48	2015-12-27	Neeb	Bly

2016[edit]

#	Date	1st	2nd	SF	SF
#49	2016-01-03	MajOr	Nerchio	no Semifinalists
#50	2016-01-10	MajOr	Apocalypse	Haspe	Kelazhur
#51	2016-01-17	Snute	Semper	eMotion	SenSei
#52	2016-01-24	PiLiPiLi	Excel	eMotion	SuSpectZero
#53	2016-01-31	PiLiPiLi	Kelazhur	Tefel	Towelie
#54	2016-02-07	Hydra	NaNiwa	Beastyqt	Earendil
#55	2016-02-14	Drunkenboi	NoRegreT	Risk	SirRobin
#56	2016-02-21	PiLiPiLi	Lisandro	Beastyqt	Neuro
#57	2016-02-28	Beastyqt	Erik	Voltz	JimRising
#58	2016-03-06	NaNiwa	Erik	Beastyqt	Primelot
#59	2016-03-13	Bly	Beastyqt	DominiC	Martin
#60	2016-03-20	SortOf	PiLiPiLi	DominiC	MystiC
#61	2016-03-27	Hydra	MaSa	PengWin	PiLiPiLi
#62	2016-04-03	Snute	Kelazhur	EGoGsPrimeRC	JimRising
#63	2016-04-10	Hydra	PandaBearMe	JimRising	Zeal
#64	2016-04-17	NaNiwa	DominiC	Hydra	JimRising
#65	2016-04-24	NaNiwa	SortOf	DarKLoVeR	Pokebunny
#66	2016-05-01	Drunkenboi	Rodzyn	Erik	Nistic
#67	2016-05-08	TOP	Silky	KiToO	TAiLS
#68	2016-05-15	JonSnow	Soulspirit	DominiC	POX
#69	2016-05-22	NaNiwa	Zan	Silky	Ukko
#70	2016-05-29	JonSnow	PrimeLoT	PandaBearMe	Rodzyn
#71	2016-06-05	ByuN	Suppy	Chabby	Miniraser
#72	2016-06-12	SortOf	Semper	Bly	Suppy
#73	2016-06-19	Miniraser	EJK	JonSnow	Rodzyn
#74	2016-06-26	Kelazhur	Miniraser	CatZ	SolO
#75	2016-07-03	TRUE	Hellraiser	Revolution	TAiLS
#76	2016-07-10	TRUE	Silky	Chepurnov	goblin
#77	2016-07-17	ByuN	Snute	hinO	TRUE
#78	2016-07-24	ByuN	Gerald	Matiz	Semper
#79	2016-07-31	TRUE	NaTuRal	Nado	SKillous
#80	2016-08-07	KeeN	Hellraiser	HateMe	Neuro
#81	2016-08-14	JonSnow	Bluecheese	Hellraiser	Nice
#82	2016-08-21	POX	Matiz	goblin	TAiLS
#83	2016-08-28	KeeN	GAMETIME	aLive	HalfBreed
#84	2016-09-04	aLive	TRUE	KeeN	TAiLS
#85	2016-09-11	PandaBearMe	EJK	Matiz	Semper
#86	2016-09-18	Snute	Gerald	aLive	JimRising
#87	2016-09-25	SortOf	Matiz	BLord	Nero
#88	2016-10-02	PandaBearMe	SortOf	TOP	Neuro
#89	2016-10-09	aLive	Billowy	Matiz	PandaBearMe
#90	2016-10-16	KeeN	Namshar	Billowy	WoodedMicrob
#91	2016-10-23	KeeN	aLive	Raze	Towelie
#92	2016-10-30	Snute	ScaM	puCK	Operator
#93	2016-11-06	DominiC	DarK	BLord	RoRro
#94	2016-11-13	PandaBearMe	MystiC	Jig	Matiz
#95	2016-11-20	JimRising	Nedi	Matiz	TAiLS
#96	2016-11-27	Bly	Matiz	Erik	TAiLS
#97	2016-12-04	Bly	Cuddlebear	JimRising	PiLiPiLi
#98	2016-12-11	uThermal	SortOf	Billowy	PandaBearMe
#99	2016-12-18	Snute	Leenock	Cuddlebear	Lurker

2017[edit]

#	Date	1st	2nd	SF	SF
#100	2017-01-08	ByuN	aLive	no Semifinalists
#101	2017-01-15	ByuN	Snute	Azure	Hellraiser
#102	2017-01-22	TRUE	PiLiPiLi	BlueCheese	SortOf
#103	2017-01-29	PiLiPiLi	SortOf	FuturE	PandaBearMe
#104	2017-02-05	aLive	BLord	Voltz	TRUE
#105	2017-02-12	Namshar	aLive	DarK	Solar
#106	2017-02-19	SortOf	Matiz	BLord	ScaM
#107	2017-02-26	GAMETIME	aLive	Cuddlebear	MystiC
#108	2017-03-05	PandaBearMe	MCanning	Crowbar	ArchangeL
#109	2017-03-12	Namshar	FuturE	KeeN	MCanning
#110	2017-03-19	KeeN	Snute	PandaBearMe	Hush
#111	2017-03-26	KeeN	TRUE	BLord	Lucky
#112	2017-04-02	Jig	starkiller	Cuddlebear	TRUE
#113	2017-04-09	PiLiPiLi	Seigifried	Cuddlebear	ArchangeL
#114	2017-04-16	Namshar	TRUE	BLord	Jig
#115	2017-04-23	Armani	PenguiN	Nice	PandaBearMe
#116	2017-04-30	TAiLS	Nice	Armani	Kas
#117	2017-05-07	Namshar	PenguiN	Cham	Silky
#118	2017-05-14	PenguiN	JimRising	Armani	FuturE
#119	2017-05-21	Namshar	SortOf	FuturE	Gerald
#120	2017-05-28	Armani	PenguiN	BLord	TAiLS

Medal Counts[edit]

Medals won per Player[edit]

Participant			Total
Bly	11	3	14
PiLiPiLi	9	5	14
ByuN	8	0	8
KeeN	6	0	6
Snute	5	3	8
TRUE	5	3	8
Apocalypse	5	1	6
Namshar	5	1	6
SortOf	4	5	9
PandaBearMe	4	2	6
NaNiwa	4	1	5
Arthur	4	0	4
aLive	3	4	7
Kelazhur	3	3	6
Drunkenboi	3	0	3
Hydra	3	0	3
JonSnow	3	0	3
CoolTea	2	2	4
Neeb	2	1	3
Armani	2	0	2
Sonic	2	0	2
Spear	2	0	2
MajOr	2	0	2
Trace	2	0	2
PenguiN	1	3	4
Gamja	1	2	3
Hunter	1	2	3
TOP	1	2	3
Miniraser	1	2	3
Beastyqt	1	1	2
blu	1	1	2
DominiC	1	1	2
GAMETIME	1	1	2
JimRising	1	1	2
Astrea	1	0	1
HuK	1	0	1
Jig	1	0	1
Fusion	1	0	1
Moosegills	1	0	1
POX	1	0	1
Scarlett	1	0	1
Solar	1	0	1
TAiLS	1	0	1
TeebuL	1	0	1
uThermal	1	0	1
Matiz	0	4	4
Semper	0	3	3
EJK	0	2	2
Erik	0	2	2
Gerald	0	2	2
Hellraiser	0	2	2
KoNtiNuE	0	2	2
NoRegreT	0	2	2
Revolution	0	2	2
Silky	0	2	2
Abbadon	0	1	1
Alceister	0	1	1
Billowy	0	1	1
Bioice	0	1	1
BLord	0	1	1
BowmanSX	0	1	1
CharSiuBao	0	1	1
Creature	0	1	1
Cube	0	1	1
Cuddlebear	0	1	1
Cute	0	1	1
DarK	0	1	1
DmC	0	1	1
Dolan	0	1	1
EnDerr	0	1	1
Excel	0	1	1
FuturE	0	1	1
KiF1rE	0	1	1
KiToO	0	1	1
Lancel	0	1	1
Leenock	0	1	1
Lisandro	0	1	1
MaSa	0	1	1
MCanning	0	1	1
MygraiN	0	1	1
MystiC	0	1	1
NaTuRal	0	1	1
Nedi	0	1	1
Nerchio	0	1	1
Nice	0	1	1
Nistic	0	1	1
PikA	0	1	1
PrimeLoT	0	1	1
PsychO	0	1	1
Bluecheese	0	1	1
Reality	0	1	1
Revolver	0	1	1
Rodzyn	0	1	1
ScaM	0	1	1
Seigifried	0	1	1
Silky	0	1	1
Sorrow	0	1	1
Soulspirit	0	1	1
starkiller	0	1	1
Suppy	0	1	1
TomikuS	0	1	1
Zan	0	1	1

Medals won per Race[edit]

Race			Total
Zerg	52	60	112
Terran	37	27	64
Protoss	31	33	64

Medals won per Country[edit]

Country			Total
South Korea	44	23	67
United States	18	30	48
Sweden	14	9	23
Ukraine	11	6	17
Kazakhstan	9	2	11
Canada	6	8	14
Norway	5	3	8
Brazil	3	5	8
Mexico	3	1	4
Russia	2	4	6
United Kingdom	1	3	4
Serbia	1	1	2
Uruguay	1	1	2
Denmark	1	0	1
Netherlands	1	0	1
Poland	0	9	9
Czechia	0	3	3
France	0	3	3
Germany	0	2	2
Austria	0	1	1
Bolivia	0	1	1
China	0	1	1
Peru	0	1	1
Philippines	0	1	1
Slovakia	0	1	1
Taiwan	0	1	1

Medals won per Team[edit]

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

Team			Total
Tollenz Lions	13	4	17
ROOT Gaming	11	6	17
PSISTORM Gaming	10	8	18
Team Liquid	6	3	9
Freecs	6	2	8
Dead Pixels	6	1	7
FlipSid3 Tactics	4	3	7
Sloth E-Sports Club	3	7	10
DuSt Gaming	3	6	9
Next Gaming	3	6	9
Team Gravity	3	6	9
compLexity Gaming	3	0	3
SCBoy	3	0	3
IsIMBA	2	2	4
Team RevolutioN	2	2	4
Team LeiFeng	2	0	2
Invasion eSport	1	3	4
NewRoSoft	1	2	3
ECV eSports	1	1	2
Evil Geniuses	1	1	2
Samsung Galaxy	1	1	2
nocturnal Gamers	1	0	1
Swarm Squad	1	0	1
Redbloods	0	3	3
BrawL eSports	0	2	2
ESC Gaming	0	2	2
EURONICS Gaming	0	2	2
HD Game	0	2	2
Next Gaming	0	2	2
Red Wolves	0	2	2
Rival Gaming	0	2	2
Cray Squad	0	1	1
Děravá Kapsa	0	1	1
Imaginary Gaming	0	1	1
Immortals eSports	0	1	1
MadCorps	0	1	1
MVP	0	1	1
Team BX3	0	1	1
Team eLevate	0	1	1
Team SC2Improve	0	1	1
Team SPACECRAFT	0	1	1
Thunder Awaken	0	1	1
Vination eSports	0	1	1