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Welcome to this week's tournament recap! The GSL is in full swing in Korea and I'm losing sleep watching the torrent of games. On the other side of the world, there is no shortage of games in the West. The consistently impressive flood of smaller tournaments swept through one more time and I've got the bird's eye view for you right here.
Each week we will bring you a link-heavy thread summarising the results from the minor tournaments from the past week - linking replays
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, vods ![[image loading]](http://www.teamliquid.net/staff/Plexa/SC2_Coverage/vodaz1.gif)
, Liquipedia articles ![[image loading]](http://www.teamliquid.net/images/forum/wiki_icon.png){kind=icon}
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where possible. This should be the only stop necessary to get a glimpse at how the competitive scene is shaping up! Note that this post won't be covering the results from the major tournaments, those will be covered by separate news posts.![[image loading]](http://www.teamliquid.net/staff/olof/sc2/sc2weekly_header_recent_resu.jpg)
GSL Round of 64 (9/4-9/14) Oh yeah. It's on. There's so much high level Korean StarCraft 2 going on that its making my head spin (could be lack of sleep doing that). Idra, Cool and many big and small names are making waves with great games in Seoul, the StarCraft mecca.
Finland vs. Sweden (9/4). Two Nordic countries with some of the best players in the world faced off. From Sweden, SjoW, Thorzain, Jimpo and Naniwa all fell to the Fin Naama, 4-0.
IEM American Group Stage (9/4-9/5). Sixteen of the Western Hemisphere's best players faced off over the weekend to much fanfare, in pursuit of the $10,000 prize at the American Championships this October. Eight players came out of the fight with their gold medal and green dollar hopes still intact. You can check the Liquipedia page for the results so far in the tournament, or the spoiler below for the 8 players who survived:
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Group A:![[image loading]](http://www.teamliquid.net/tlpd/images/Ticon_small.png)
Fenix, ![[image loading]](http://www.teamliquid.net/tlpd/images/Picon_small.png)
Suggy
Group B: HuK, KiWiKaKi
Group C: qxc, Murder
Group D: drewbie, Cauthonluck
Fenix, SuggyGroup B:
HuK, KiWiKaKiGroup C:
qxc, MurderGroup D:
drewbie, CauthonluckIEM Netherlands Qualifier #1 (9/7) The first of the Dutch IEM qualifiers were held and old school great NTT came out on top, defeating dlovan in the final. There are 3 qualifiers remaining (6 spots up for grabs). The German qualifiers begin tonight, other regions to follow!
ESL Pro Series Germany (8/24-11/23) The Pro Series gets is now waist-deep in its 3 month season. Big European names are searching for gold and providing us all with great games along the way. Check the spoiler for the results of this weeks games.
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Naniwa 2-0 And3ad![[image loading]](http://www.teamliquid.net/tlpd/images/Zicon_small.png)
Xlord 0-2 ClouDDarK.FoRcE 2-0And3adGoOdy 2-0 sockeinuh 2-1 iNSoLeNCEDeMusliM 2-1 OgerTob King of SEA Nation War Series (9/5) The SouthEast Asian Nation Wars continued to burn hot this week. New Zealand stomped on Indonesia 4-0. Singapore matched the feat with a 4-0 victory over Vietnam. The week's marquee matchup, Australia versus Phillipines, ended in a 4-0 victory for the Aussies.
Dimaga vs. KiwiKaki (9/5) The Canadian Protoss KiwiKaki won a nailbiter against the fan favorite Ukranian Zerg, Dimaga, with a 4-3 score.
Huk vs. Morrow (9/3) In a truly marquee matchup, the Canadian wonderboy fell in 6 games to the perennial Swedish powerhouse Terran: MorroW.
GosuCup (9/5) The Canadian wonderboy HuK took another gold by overcoming an initial 0-3 deficit and toppling the Frenchman, Adelscott, with a 4-3 win.
Go4SC2 August Finals (9/02) BratOK came out on top of a star-studded field of 8 including Naniwa, Socke and Dimaga to win the 500 Euro prize.
Weekly Events
ESL Go4SC2 (Weekly: Wednesday, Sunday)
#35 1. MaNa 2. Naama
#36 1. Socke 2. BratOK
Open Wolf Cup (Weekly: Sunday)
#7 1. Fenix 2. MorroW
Zotac Cup (Weekly: Sunday)
#20 1. SelecT 2. MorroW
| Race | Player | ![[image loading]](http://www.teamliquid.net/tlpd/images/common/gold.png) | ![[image loading]](http://www.teamliquid.net/tlpd/images/common/silver.png) | Prize | | HuK | 1 | 0 | €900 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BratOK | 1 | 1 | €500 |
| Adelscott | 0 | 1 | €450 |
| Mana | 1 | 0 | $200 |
| SelecT | 1 | 1 | $100 |
| Fenix | 1 | 0 | $50 |
| Socke | 1 | 1 | $0 |
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Two rising European stars fight it out in the deciding game for the Go4SC2 Cup..
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Phew. A few of the weekly tournaments hiccuped but major tournaments have made the problems almost unnoticeable. We are starting to really see what the players in Korea are made of, that the top European players are intent on remaining in the spotlight and that the best Americans are ready to fight for every prize dollar they can get. Catch your breath - the rush is going to continue. Stay tuned this week for TaKe's invitational tournament as well as a host of smaller tournaments going on this week.
If you are a tournament organiser and want to know how you can cooperate with TeamLiquid to promote your tournament, get into this weekly report and any queries in general - please contact Plexa who is in charge of TL's SC2 content. TL is always happy to help out grass roots tournaments and those who genuinely care about the community - so please contact Plexa to see what we can work out for you!
Until next week!
chobopeon is the creator of SC Center, the daily show for competitive StarCraft 2 news.
I can't remember the last time a Zerg made the final of a zotac or a go4sc2 cup. It was probably dimaga though.
