BSL Season 21

We are happy to invite you to participate in next season of BSL. Sign up on battle.net ladder, earn BSL 2025 Points or qualify through open tournaments. Let's go!

We didn't find any sponsor for BSL21, but there are people who support BSL and StarCraft nonetheless. Let’s thank all of those who made it possible.

• BSL21 Goal donators:
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  crvt2 - 2000€
  jziriy - 1400$
  StRyKeR - 600$
  Anonymous - 561$
  tanngard - 320€
  dragonbw - 200€
  Chaosu - 100€
  LML - 69€
  isdoomo - 65€
  Hazorath - 50€
  GreyShades - 45€
  agartha1337 - 40€
  BVG_SpideR - 24€
  andressandoval - 21€
  Gaznpom - 20€
  AncientSionX - 20€
  Rasowy - 17€
  clockware - 12€
  GauntletWizard - 10€
  zen_bw - 10€
  YuStarCraft - 10€
  earobSC - 8€
  Hejek_ - 6€
  raynor11111 - 6€
  dostoevsky272 - 3€
  LaidBackTaps - 3€
  BSL-BULGARIA - 3€
  MaraxusVonKeld - 3€
  dAbAdEEm - 3€
  cannonrushsucka - 3€
  
  Check them out here
  
• BSL Patreons -> Without the support of our Patreons it would be impossible to continue. BSL is scheduled months ahead, having regular support helps us plan the events for the future -> https://www.patreon.com/Bombastic (Check them out here)
  
  

Battle.net Ladder stage starts TODAY, it will end 26.10.2025 23:59 CET. You can start playing now!

How do I sign up to BSL21?

• Create a new account using the BSL- tag on any gateway
  BSL-, e.g.: BSL-MadiNho, BSL-CRVT, BSL-LML, ..
  
• Head over to: https://bombasticstarleague.com Register on the site and add your in-game BSL-account to the rankings (with 0:0 stats)
  
• Launch StarCraft: Remastered and start laddering!
  
• Join BSL Discord
  
• Confirm your participation on BSL Discord after the ladder stage ends.

But now hold onto your seats, and read carefully, because the changes are BIG

• BSL 2025 Points will allow to secure spots in all BSL21 Leagues.
  
• Earn BSL 2025 Points by playing in:
  
  

  Event	Date	Time	SIGN UP LINK	Countdown	Prize
  BSL 2025 weekly #15	September 27	20:00 CEST	SIGN UP HERE	()	$75 + BSL 2025 Points
  BSL 2025 weekly #16	October 04	20:00 CEST	SIGN UP HERE	()	$75 + BSL 2025 Points
  BSL 2025 weekly #17	October 11	20:00 CEST	SIGN UP HERE	()	$75 + BSL 2025 Points
  BSL 2025 weekly #18	October 18	20:00 CEST	SIGN UP HERE	()	$75 + BSL 2025 Points
  BSL 2025 weekly #19	October 25	20:00 CEST	SIGN UP HERE	()	$75 + BSL 2025 Points
  BSL21 ProLeague Open Qualifier Tour #1	October 28	02:00 CEST	SIGN UP HERE	()	2 ProLeague spots + BSL 2025 Points
  BSL21 ProLeague Open Qualifier Tour #2	October 29	02:00 CEST	SIGN UP HERE	()	2 ProLeague spots + BSL 2025 Points
  BSL21 ProLeague Open Qualifier Tour #3	November 01	20:00 CEST	SIGN UP HERE	()	2 ProLeague spots + BSL 2025 Points
  BSL21 ProLeague Open Qualifier Tour #4	November 02	20:00 CEST	SIGN UP HERE	()	2 ProLeague spots + BSL 2025 Points

  
  
• by playing Battle.net ladder Stage and BWCL.
  

IMPORTANT NOTES

• You have to play on your real nickname (no smurfs)
  
• You can have only one nickname registered (register is available only with 0:0 stats)
  
• No account reset available
  
• RO32 will be FOUR groups 8 players each, TOP2 advances to RO16, TOP3-4 to RO16 Tie Breaker - all bo1
  
• TOP4 players from BSL21 GosuLeague will have seed in BSL22 ProLeague
  
• Continue improving your BSL21 Ladder placement even after being qualified - the player with the higher ladder placement will be given priority during map vetoes in the bracket stage
  
  

How do I qualify for each division?

• ProLeague RO32 (min. 40 games)

• BSL21 Latin America Ladder -> 1st - 2nd -> Ro32
  
• BSL21 North America Ladder -> 1st - 2nd -> Ro32
  
• BSL21 Europe Ladder -> 1st - 2nd -> Ro32
  
• BSL21 World Ladder -> 1st - 4th -> Ro32
  BSL 2025 Points -> 1st - 9th - RO32
  
• 4x Open Tournament with 2x slots in ProLeague each
  
• TOP1 of BSL Warsaw LAN 2025

RO32 Seeds from BSL20 GosuLeague: Semih, Aeternum, Hejek, TousaN
RO16 Seeds from BSL20 ProLeague : Bonyth, Dewalt, Hawk, Sziky

• ProLeague RO32(min. 40 games)
  - BSL21 Battle.Net ladder - 10 slots
  - BSL 2025 Points - 9 slots
  - Open Qualifier Tours - 8 slots
  - BSL20 GosuLeague - 4 slots
  - BSL Warsaw LAN - 1 slot

• GosuLeague Tier 1 (min. 25 games)
  BSL21 World Ladder -> 8 spots
  BSL 2025 Points -> 4 spots
  BSL20 Hasu Tier 1 TOP4 -> 4 spots
  
• GosuLeague Tier 2 (min. 25 games)
  BSL20 World Ladder -> 8 spots
  BSL 2025 Points -> 4 spots
  BSL20 Hasu Tier 2 TOP4 -> 4 spots

• HasuLeague Tier 1 (min. 20 games)
  BSL20 World Ladder -> 8 spots
  BSL 2025 Points -> 4 spots
  BSL20 Chobo TOP4 -> 4 spots
  
• HasuLeague Tier 2 (min. 20 games)
  BSL20 World Ladder -> 12 spots
  BSL 2025 Points -> 4 spots

• ChoboLeague Tier 1 (min. 15 games)
  BSL20 World Ladder -> 12 spots
  BSL 2025 Points -> 4 spots -> 16 spots
  
• ChoboLeague Tier 2 (min. 15 games)
  BSL20 World Ladder -> 12 spots
  BSL 2025 Points -> 4 spots
  
• ChoboLeague Tier 3 (min. 15 games)
  BSL20 World Ladder -> 12 spots
  BSL 2025 Points -> 4 spots
  
• ChoboLeague Tier X (min. 15 games)
  BSL20 World Ladder -> X spots
  BSL 2025 Points -> X spots

Amount of ChoboLeague tiers will depend on the number of confirmation on BSL Discord after the ladder stage.

• Ro32 Group Stage – Four groups of eight players each, double elimination, best-of-one. The top 2 players in each group advances directly to the Ro16. Top 3-4 players in each group advances to Ro16 Tie-Breaker
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• Ro16 Tie Breaker – Two groups of four players each, double elimination, best-of-three. The top 2 players in each group advances directly to the Ro16.
• Ro16 Group Stage – Four groups of four players each, double elimination, best-of-three. The top 2 players in each group advance to the double elimination bracket. + Show Spoiler +
  
• Play-off WB - best-of-five, LB - best-of-three, LB Quarter, Semis - best-of-five.
• LB Finals - Best-of-seven
  
• Grand Finals – Best-of-nine.


GosuLeague, HasuLeague and ChoboLeague
• Ro16 Group Stage – ONE 16 players Swiss Group Stage - one bo3 a week (4 rounds + tie breakers). The top 4 of each division go into the second round of the SE bracket, next 8 players (rank 5-12) go into the first round of the bracket. Single elimination bracket, best-of-five.
• Grand finals – Best-of-seven.





• 27.09.2025 - 26.10.2025 Ladder Stage
  
• RO32 Group 1 - Saturday, November 08, 21:00 CET
  
• RO32 Group 2 - Sunday , November 19, 21:00 CET
  
• RO32 Group 3 - Saturday, November 15, 21:00 CET
  
• RO32 Group 4 - Sunday , November 16, 21:00 CET
  
• RO16 Tie Breaker - Saturday, November 22, 21:00 CET
  
• RO16 Tie Breaker - Sunday , November 23, 21:00 CET
  
• RO16 Group 1 - Saturday, November 29, 21:00 CET
  
• RO16 Group 2 - Sunday , November 30, 21:00 CET
  
• RO16 Group 3 - Saturday, December 06, 21:00 CET
  
• RO16 Group 4 - Sunday, December 07, 21:00 CET
  
• RO8 Day 1 - Saturday, December 13, 21:00 CET
  
• RO8 Day 2 - Sunday, December 14, 21:00 CET
  
• RO8 Day 3 - Saturday, December 20, 21:00 CET
  
• RO8 Day 4 - Sunday, December 21, 21:00 CET
  
• RO8 Day 5 - Sunday, December 27, 21:00 CET
  
• RO8 Final - Sunday, January 04, 21:00 CET
  
  

Every game of BSL ProLeague will be casted on BSL’s Official Twitch Channel

RESTREAMING or STREAMING the EVENT without permission is NOT ALLOWED, our goal is to maximize viewers on the official BSL channels, as we’re trying to attract some sponsors.





RO32 Group Stage - all bo1
First games -> Pole Star
Winners Matches & Losers matches -> Knock Out
LB Advancements matches -> Radeon

RO16 Tie Breaker - all bo3
Game 1 & 2 -> Litmus
Winners Match & Losers match -> Metropolis
Advancements match -> Dominator

RO16 Group Stage - all bo3
Game 1 & 2 -> Screaming Sea
Winners Match & Losers match -> Dominator
Advancements match -> Metropolis

Choosing second / third map rules: winner bans one map, loser chooses map from remaining maps in the map pool (no repeats).

Bracket Stage Map Picks
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All vetoes and map picks need to be made before the matches. The player with the higher ladder stage ranking can decide if they want to veto first or second. The example order for vetoes is AB ABABC for BO5.

Example of vetoes for the BO5 match:
player A vetoes a map
player B vetoes a map
player A picks the first map
player B picks the second map
player A picks the third map
player B picks the fourth map
the remaining map will be played in the decider match
Once all vetoes and mappicks are done you can start the matches.

Grand Finals
After picking the first 7 maps, each player picks one map (as repeat) to play the 8th and 9th match on.





Same as after BSL20, we will held BSL21 Non-Korean Championship

• TOP4 players from BSL20 & TOP4 Chinese players will be invited for the event.
  
• All the support from Chinese fans towards BSL will be spent to fund this event.


FORMAT
• One RO8 Group, Round Robin, bo3
  
• TOP2 goes to 2nd round of SE Bracket, TOP3-6 goes to 1st round of SE Bracket
  
• SE Bracket: Bo5 -> Bo7 Finals
  
• Three weekends (6 cast days)
  
• Week 1 & Week 2 - Group Stage matches, Week 3 - SE Bracket

Bombastic StarLeague Season 21 total prize pool of $4,100 USD will be distributed as follows:
BSL21 ProLeague: $3000
BSL21 Non-Korean Championship - $1000 (Still looking for sponsor)
BSL21 GosuLeague tier 1: $100

The BSL21 Proleague:
1st place - $1200
2nd place -$600
3rd place - $350
4th place - $250
5th - 6th place - $100
7th - 8th place - $60
9th - 12nd place - $40
13rd - 16th place - $30

The BSL21 Gosuleague Tier 1
1st place - $50 + BSL22 RO32 Seed
2nd place - $30 + BSL22 RO32 Seed
3rd place - $20 + BSL22 RO32 Seed

BSL21 Non-Korean Championship
1st place - $400
2nd place -$250
3rd place - $150
4th place - $100
5th - 8th place - $25


- https://bombasticstarleague.com/ - BSL Webpage for SIGN UPS and LADDER RANKING
- https://www.patreon.com/bombastic or https://ko-fi.com/bombasticstarleague - Help us continue
- https://bombasticstarleague.com/tournaments/bombastic-starleague-21/bsl21-ladder-stage - ladder sign up
- https://linktr.ee/BOMBASTIC - all BSL links in one

0. ZZZero is always right

1. Everyone must join the BSL Official Discord server
------> https://discord.gg/ST6ktnD ←------

2. Confirmation after ladder stage.

Every player who played in the BSL21 ladder stage, has to confirm their participation in the tournament on BSL Discord:
a) ProLeague - within 12 hours after ladder stage ends
b) GosuLeague, HasuLeague & ChoboLeague - within one week from ladder stage ends

3. Qualification restriction
Players who have previously played in ProLeague (Seasons 14-19) can't qualify for Hasu and Chobo leagues. Players who have played in GosuLeague (Seasons 16-19) can't qualify for ChoboLeague. Players who weren't able to reach the needed MMR will have to skip this BSL Season.

4. The tournament is residency locked
The goal of the Bombastic StarLeague is to focus on the development of players outside of Korea. Therefore, only players that are living outside of South Korea can participate in this tournament

5. Smurfs
Smurfs are not allowed, you have to play on your real, most known nickname.

6. Race Picking
Upon confirming their participation, players need to declare race and matchups they play for the entire season.

7. Regular match rules
Players must be online and available on Battle.net channel Op BSL (Europe) 15 minutes before their scheduled match. Secondary channel of communication is the BSL Open Discord server - players have to be available on Discord during the matches.
15 minutes after scheduled time, if one of the players is not responding, his opponent may claim a technical win for one game.
15 minutes after that he can claim a win for the whole series.
It is not allowed to livestream your games or announce the result before they have been officially casted.

8. Playing matches before the schedule
Every match prior to the Elimination Stage can be played ahead of schedule if both players and admins agree.
Contact your opponent and set up the date to play. We strongly suggest using BSL Open Discord for this so admins can keep track of things.
On the selected day, play your match. Apply the same rules as for a regular match - use Op BSL and Discord to communicate.
If both players were unable to play on their selected date/time or weren't able to set one up, the match should be played at the official play date and time.

Both players must ensure that the replays are uploaded and available for the admins.

9. ShieldBattery
Any match can be played using ShieldBattery if both players and admins agree. For more info please visit the ShieldBattery website.

10. Latency
Default Turn Rate setting is DTR. If both players agree, the Turn Rate setting can be changed.

11. Disconnects
If one of the players gets disconnected from the game before the 2-minute mark, the game must be replayed. If one of the players had an advantage after the 2 minute mark, the decision is up to the admin.

12. Casting the game
Everyone should allow ZZZero or any other responsible person to join the game for broadcast.

13. Unsportsmanlike conduct
Any menace, insults, toxicity, bad manners, racism, homophobia, sexism and any kind of behavior which will be treated as offensive as well as unsportsmanlike conduct will be punished in BSL. If no mitigating circumstances are found, the penalty is the BAN from the BSL season.

14. Prize distribution
Winners of cash prizes are required to contact ZZZero on Discord to agree on the desired form of payment of the prize. Default payment form is via Paypal. Winners must also send Name + Surname and address to ZZZero on discord or email:zzzeropl@gmail.com within a month after the tournament is finished. The cost of sending funds and commissions are covered by the recipient.

15. Personal Data
Anyone who is participating in the tournament agrees to the processing of their personal data, which they made available to the organizer or which are accessible publicly.

16. Additional info
Anyone who is participating in the tournament and is listed in the PEP, SDN or OFAC lists is obligated to contact the organizer.