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What is the Starchallenge?
Sources tell me that this is the brand new name for the former Challenge League, or Dual Tournament Round 1. For those not familiar with the Challenge League Format:
Every Wednesday, 4 players in every group will play a Dual Tournament style round robin on different maps. The players who advance from their group go on to the Dual Tournament (Qualifiers for the Starleague). A few changes have been implemented this season, such as the 4th place finisher of the previous starleague goes directly to the Starchallenge semi-finals, while the Round Robin has been changed to a Bracket Style, Bo3 format with, as said before, the fourth spot taken by the 4th place finisher in the last starleague.

History of the Challenge League
This does not include automatic 4th place seeds.
October 2002 for Panasonic - XellOs (T) > IntoTheRain (P) 3-1
March 2003 for Olympus - Kingdom (P) > Nal_rA (P) 3-1
July 2003 for mycube - Side (Z) > JunioR (Z) 3-2
November 2003 for HanGame - GoRush (Z) > JJu (Z) 3-0
March 2004 for Gilette - XellOs (T) > Sync (T) 3-1
July 2004 for EVER1 - BoxeR (T) > Max (Z) 2-1
November 2004 for IOPS - ChOJJa (Z) > SaferZerg (Z) 3-2
March 2005 for EVER2 - StOrk (P) > fOru (P) 3-1
July 2005 for So1 - AnyTime (P) > Rock (P) 3-2
November 2005 for Shinhan 2005 - Midas (T) > Casy (T) 3-2
March 2006 for Shinhan 2006 Season 1 - Sea (T) > Nal_rA (P) 3-2

Maps
The maps that OGN are going to use for this tournament are the same as the Daum OSL currently running at the moment. They are

Python
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Monty Hall
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Hitchhiker
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Fantasy
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Players

Terran (9)
FrOzean (Samsung KHAN) - 김동건 Kim Dong Kun
FireBatHero (Samsung KHAN) - 이성은 Lee Sung Eun
fOrGG (Lecaf OZ) - 박지수 Park Ji Soo
HiyA (Lecaf OZ) - 구성훈 Ku Sung Hoon
TheMania (CJ Entus) - 주현준 Ju Hyun Jun
Yooi (Hanbit Stars) - 한승엽 Han Seung Yup
Sea (MBCGame HERO) - 염보성 Yum Bo Sung
Shudder (SK Telecom T1) - 오충훈 Oh Chung Hoon
Mind (Pantech EX) - 박성균 Park Sung Goon

Zerg (8)
JulyZerg (SK Telecom T1) - 박성준 Park Sung Jun
Calm (STX Soul) - 김윤환 Kim Yoon Hwan
ZergBOy (KTF MagicNs) - 임재덕 Lim Jae Duk
Jaedong (Lecaf OZ) - 이제동 Lee Jae Dong
Junwi (Hanbit Stars) - 박경락 Park Kyung Rak
Luxury (OGN Sparkyz) - 박찬수 Park Chan Soo
ZergMan (Samsung KHAN) - 박성준 Park Sung Jun
Orion (CJ Entus) - 권수현 Kwun Soo Hyun

Protoss (7)
Rock (Pantech EX) - 안기효 Ahn Ki Ho
Hero (Pantech EX) - 한동훈 Han Dong Hoon
BestGod (Lecaf OZ) - 김민제 Kim Min Jae
MuJuK (SK Telecom T1) - 박대경 Park Dae Kyung
Free (Hanbit Stars) - 윤용태 Yoon Yong Tae
BackHo (Lecaf OZ) - 손찬웅 Son Chan Woong
Much (CJ Entus) - 박영민 Park Yeong Min

Team Distribution
Lecaf OZ: 4
Samsung KHAN: 3
SK Telecom T1: 3
CJ Entus: 3
STX Soul: 3
Pantech EX: 3
Hanbit Stars: 2
OGN Sparkyz: 1
KTF: 1
MBC: 1
eSTRO: 0
Air Force ACE: 0

Group Play Results

Group A (May 30th 2007)
1. FrOzean > Junwi @ Monty Hall
2. Shudder > BestGod @ Monty Hall
Winners Game: FrOzean < Shudder @ Hitchhiker
Losers Game: Junwi < BestGod @ Fantasy
Final Game: FrOzean > BestGod @ Python

Shudder and FrOzean advance to Dual Tournament, Junwi and BestGod go down to offline qualifiers. Shudder is now in the running for the 4th seed.

Group B (June 6th 2007)
1. FireBatHero > Free @ Monty Hall
2. Hero > Calm @ Monty Hall
Winners Game: FireBatHero > Hero @ Hitchhiker
Losers Game: Free > Calm @ Fantasy
Final Game: Hero < Free @ Python

FireBatHero and Free advance to Dual Tournament, Calm and Hero go down to offline qualifiers. FireBatHero is now in the running for the 4th seed.

Group C (June 13th 2007)
1. TheMania > JulyZerg @ Monty Hall
2. Rock > fOrGG @ Monty Hall
Winners Game: TheMania < Rock @ Hitch Hiker
Losers Game: JulyZerg > fOrGG @ Fantasy
Final Game: TheMania < JulyZerg @ Python

Rock and JulyZerg advance to Dual Tournament, fOrGG and TheMania go down to offline qualifiers. Rock is now in the running for the 4th seed.

Group D (20th June 2007)
1. HiyA < MuJuK @ Monty Hall
2. Yooi > ZergBOy @ Monty Hall
Winners Game: MuJuK < Yooi @ Hitch Hiker
Losers Game: HiyA < ZergBOy @ Fantasy
Final Game: MuJuK < ZergBOy @ Python

Yooi and ZergBOy advance to Dual Tournament, HiyA and MuJuK go down to offline qualifiers. Yooi is now in the running for the 4th seed.

Group E (27th June 2007)
1. Mind > Much @ Monty Hall
2. Jaedong > Luxury @ Monty Hall
Winners Game: Mind < Jaedong @ Hitchhiker
Losers Game: Much < Luxury @ Fantasy
Final Game: Mind < Luxury @ Python

Jaedong and Luxury advance to Dual Tournament. Much and Mind go down to offline qualifiers. Jaedong is now in the running for the 4th seed.

Group F (4th July 2007)
1. Sea > ZergMan @ Monty Hall
2. BackHo < Orion @ Monty Hall
Winners Game: Sea > Orion @ Hitchhiker
Losers Game: ZergMan < BackHo @ Fantasy
Final Game: Orion < BackHo @ Python

Sea and BackHo advance to Dual Tournament. ZergMan and Orion go down to offline qualifiers. Sea is now in the running for the 4th seed.

Race for the 4th Seed (Finals)

Round of 6 (11th July 2007)

Bracket A
Jaedong < Sea @ Hitchhiker
Jaedong > Sea @ Monty Hall
Jaedong > Sea @ Python

Jaedong goes to the semi-finals, Sea goes to ODT.

Bracket B
Shudder > Yooi @ Python
Shudder < Yooi @ Monty Hall
Shudder < Yooi @ Hitchhiker

Yooi goes to the semi-finals, Shudder goes to ODT.

Bracket C
Rock > FireBatHero @ Monty Hall
Rock > FireBatHero @ Fantasy

Rock goes to the semi-finals, FBH goes to ODT.

Semi-Finals (20th July 2007)

Semi-Final A
Jaedong vs Yooi

Jaedong > Yooi @ Fantasy
Jaedong > Yooi @ Hitchhiker

Semi-Final B
Rock vs Flash

Rock > Flash @ Fantasy
Rock < Flash @ Hitchhiker
Rock > Flash @ Python

Final (23rd July 2007)
Jaedong vs Rock

Jaedong < Rock @ Monty Hall
Jaedong < Rock @ Hitchhiker
Jaedong > Rock @ Fantasy
Jaedong < Rock @ Python

Rock is your 4th seed for the next OSL!

Jathin

United States3505 Posts

June 09 2007 21:12 GMT

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ReTrooper

Germany526 Posts

June 09 2007 21:23 GMT

So Much is in groups B and E, which is quite strange.

Tyrio

United States3248 Posts

June 09 2007 21:40 GMT

It's Free who's in Group B, just a typo =O

hasuprotoss

United States4612 Posts

June 10 2007 04:05 GMT

SuperJongMan

Jamaica11586 Posts

June 10 2007 04:40 GMT

Wow, I want that shirt, even though its a very fruity pink.

KizZBG

u gotta skate8152 Posts

June 10 2007 05:33 GMT

Nice work GTR-2-Go

And that's a really awesome shirt.

Aepplet

Sweden2908 Posts

June 27 2007 04:52 GMT

"You're still in the running to become America's Next Top Model"

Guybrush

Spain4744 Posts

June 27 2007 21:32 GMT

Just to fill out the history of OCL finals

XellOs > IntoTheRain 3-1
SidE > Junior 3-2
GoRush > JJu 3-0
ChOJJa > SaferZerg 3-2
Stork > fOru 3-1

jkillashark

United States5262 Posts

June 28 2007 05:17 GMT

#10

Happy Birthday hasuprotoss! Thanks GTR! This is a really helpful thread!

GTR

51437 Posts

June 28 2007 06:50 GMT

#11

ty very much guybrush! added.

GTR

51437 Posts

July 03 2007 20:54 GMT

#12

Alright, I think I've figured out how this awkward system works.

VioleTAK

4315 Posts

July 05 2007 21:07 GMT

#13

Excellent work! Thanks!

Myrmidon

United States9452 Posts

July 06 2007 03:12 GMT

#14

So the Round of 6 and then the Semi-Finals (what about Finals match?) are for the 4th seed spot in the next OSL? It's just the one winner of the entire Star Challenge that gets to bypass Dual Tournament--everybody else goes to Dual Tournament to qualify for the remaining 12 spots?

I'm guessing that the 12 non-winners out of the 13 (including OSL 4th place) combine with the 5-16th place of the last OSL to make a 24-man Dual Tournament in 6 groups that yields those 12 spots. This right?

GTR

51437 Posts

July 06 2007 07:01 GMT

#15

I believe the final hasn't been scheduled yet I think.

So what your saying is yes.

All 12 losers (with one man left for that 4th seed) go down to the DT to fight for the last 12 spots for the next OSL.