• Log InLog In
  • Register
Liquid`
Team Liquid Liquipedia
EDT 20:52
CEST 02:52
KST 09:52
  • Home
  • Forum
  • Calendar
  • Streams
  • Liquipedia
  • Features
  • Store
  • EPT
  • TL+
  • StarCraft 2
  • Brood War
  • Smash
  • Heroes
  • Counter-Strike
  • Overwatch
  • Liquibet
  • Fantasy StarCraft
  • TLPD
  • StarCraft 2
  • Brood War
  • Blogs
Forum Sidebar
Events/Features
News
Featured News
RSL Season 1 - Final Week6[ASL19] Finals Recap: Standing Tall12HomeStory Cup 27 - Info & Preview18Classic wins Code S Season 2 (2025)16Code S RO4 & Finals Preview: herO, Rogue, Classic, GuMiho0
Community News
Esports World Cup 2025 - Brackets Revealed10Weekly Cups (July 7-13): Classic continues to roll4Team TLMC #5 - Submission extension3Firefly given lifetime ban by ESIC following match-fixing investigation17$25,000 Streamerzone StarCraft Pro Series announced7
StarCraft 2
General
Who will win EWC 2025? The GOAT ranking of GOAT rankings RSL Revival patreon money discussion thread Weekly Cups (July 7-13): Classic continues to roll Esports World Cup 2025 - Brackets Revealed
Tourneys
FEL Cracov 2025 (July 27) - $8000 live event RSL: Revival, a new crowdfunded tournament series $5,100+ SEL Season 2 Championship (SC: Evo) WardiTV Mondays Sparkling Tuna Cup - Weekly Open Tournament
Strategy
How did i lose this ZvP, whats the proper response Simple Questions Simple Answers
Custom Maps
External Content
Mutation # 482 Wheel of Misfortune Mutation # 481 Fear and Lava Mutation # 480 Moths to the Flame Mutation # 479 Worn Out Welcome
Brood War
General
BGH Auto Balance -> http://bghmmr.eu/ Flash Announces (and Retracts) Hiatus From ASL BW General Discussion Starcraft in widescreen A cwal.gg Extension - Easily keep track of anyone
Tourneys
[Megathread] Daily Proleagues Cosmonarchy Pro Showmatches CSL Xiamen International Invitational [BSL20] Non-Korean Championship 4x BSL + 4x China
Strategy
Simple Questions, Simple Answers I am doing this better than progamers do.
Other Games
General Games
Nintendo Switch Thread Stormgate/Frost Giant Megathread Path of Exile CCLP - Command & Conquer League Project The PlayStation 5
Dota 2
Official 'what is Dota anymore' discussion
League of Legends
Heroes of the Storm
Simple Questions, Simple Answers Heroes of the Storm 2.0
Hearthstone
Heroes of StarCraft mini-set
TL Mafia
TL Mafia Community Thread Vanilla Mini Mafia
Community
General
US Politics Mega-thread Russo-Ukrainian War Thread Stop Killing Games - European Citizens Initiative Summer Games Done Quick 2025! Things Aren’t Peaceful in Palestine
Fan Clubs
SKT1 Classic Fan Club! Maru Fan Club
Media & Entertainment
[Manga] One Piece Movie Discussion! Anime Discussion Thread [\m/] Heavy Metal Thread
Sports
Formula 1 Discussion TeamLiquid Health and Fitness Initiative For 2023 2024 - 2025 Football Thread NBA General Discussion NHL Playoffs 2024
World Cup 2022
Tech Support
Computer Build, Upgrade & Buying Resource Thread
TL Community
The Automated Ban List
Blogs
Men Take Risks, Women Win Ga…
TrAiDoS
momentary artworks from des…
tankgirl
from making sc maps to makin…
Husyelt
StarCraft improvement
iopq
Trip to the Zoo
micronesia
Customize Sidebar...

Website Feedback

Closed Threads



Active: 682 users

ESL Open Week #66: Stats, Clem, Solar win

Forum Index > SC2 General
6 CommentsPost a Reply
TL.net ESPORTS
Profile Joined July 2011
4 Posts
April 14 2021 02:11 GMT
#1
[image loading]
2021-22 ESL Pro Tour: Open Cups


The second week of the ESL Open Cups for the 2021-22 ESL Pro Tour (and 66th overall) have come and gone: On Sunday, (Wiki)Stats marked his first win of the second season in Korea, while (Wiki)Clem defended his title in the European showdown on Monday. In the American cup, (Wiki)Solar celebrated his first successful overseas campaign of the season.

The top echelon of Korean Protoss players seem to have thing for EPT points. Their participation in these cups has been steady week after week, while their colleague's spirits seem lacking in this regard. No wonder, then, that once more the warriors from Aiur dominated the competition on Sunday by taking three out of four top spots in the Asian cup. Stats had a pretty comfortable way to the finals, with (Wiki)MacSed and (Wiki)SpeCial being the only notable opponents he had to overcome to gain entry to the decisive bout. There, he clashed with (Wiki)PartinG, who had already stood in the finals in the previous week (eliminating Stats along the way). Unfortunately for PartinG, he had his hopes thwarted once again. Just like in Cup #65, the Big Boy won the first map, only to be crushed in the three subsequent games. Having defeated (Wiki)Has and (Wiki)Trap along the way, his PvP mojo seemed depleted.

While 'the Clem Weekly' really doesn't have the same ring to it as 'the Big Gabe Weekly', the Liquid player seems to have the will to make the new unofficial title for the tournament series a reality, having already secured the second win in the new season and laying a foundation for a long streak of victories. It was a hard-won triumph, for Clem had to contend with (Wiki)souL and (Wiki)HeRoMaRinE to reach the finals. But with his reputed weakness in TvT really not being as much of an issue anymore, the two Terrans were nothing the Frenchman couldn't handle. On the other side of the bracket, another heavy hitter cruised through the bracket without breaking a sweat: the reigning world champion (Wiki)Reynor graced the cup with his presence and reached the finals without losing a map, disposing of (Wiki)GunGFuBanDa in the semis—already the second top four placement for the German this season. The Italian and his opponent from France rekindled their rivalry from last season, Clem winning the first map after a series of Bio pushes. Reynor struck back by taking a page out of Dark's book and opting for Roach-Ravager, transitioning into Lurker-Viper and eventually winning the macro game in the second match. He followed this up by showing his range on the third map, taking a win with Muta-Ling-Bane. A wonky base trade scenario on Blackburn equalized the series, with Clem closing things out in another Bio-Mine vs. Muta-Ling-Bane match on the final map—it wasn't the most exciting series these two have played against each other, but seeing this duel in a weekly cup sure is a fantastic thing for the fans.

After crashing out of the Korean/Asian cup early on, Solar made up for it with a dominating performance in the American ESL Open Cup one day later, going through (Wiki)Vanya, Has and SpeCial without dropping a map to claim the win. Has had already reached the semi-finals in the previous week, seemingly gaining some consistency. The same goes for Polish Protoss (Wiki)Gerald, who had appeared in the finals of Cup #65 and only narrowly missed out on repeating this feat, being eliminated by the Mexican Terran with a 2-3 score after himself defeating the defending champion (Wiki)MaxPax and Korean player (Wiki)NightMare. Taken together with his very solid performance in the World Team League on the weekend, the eXoN player's form seems to be quite good at the moment, so another finals appearance or perhaps even a win look like they're in the cards for him.

ESL Open Cup winners earn $200 in prize money and 10 ESL Pro Tour points. Players who finish second earn 5 ESL Pro Tour points and $100. A top 4 finish guarantees at least $50. Edition #67 of the ESL Open Cups will take place on the 18th (Korea) and the 19th of April (Europe and America).

by TheOneAboveU

Korean Server Cup #65 (Click for full bracket)



European Server Cup #65 (Click for full bracket)



Americas Server Cup #65 (Click for full bracket)

Facebook Twitter Reddit
TL+ Member
Elantris
Profile Joined June 2018
66 Posts
April 14 2021 12:45 GMT
#2
Have americans considered playing sc2?
tommey.liang
Profile Joined November 2020
United States362 Posts
April 14 2021 13:27 GMT
#3
Congrats to Stats, Clem and Solar on winning the respective cups.

It was epic to see the epic best-of-5 from Clem and Reynor again, missed seeing those a lot especially in 2020.
FF, KH, Persona, Uncharted, Yakuza | Porter, Illenium, MitiS, Dabin, Seven Lions, Petit Biscuit | Diablo II, SC2 | Pho, sushi, tacos
fanastos
Profile Joined April 2021
3 Posts
Last Edited: 2021-04-14 15:13:56
April 14 2021 15:05 GMT
#4
--- Nuked ---
tilhorizon
Profile Joined September 2008
Germany191 Posts
April 14 2021 15:30 GMT
#5
Grats also to Gungfubanda best EU Protoss in EU for 3 weeks in a row
WombaT
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Northern Ireland25082 Posts
April 14 2021 16:30 GMT
#6
On April 15 2021 00:05 fanastos wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 14 2021 21:45 Elantris wrote:
Have americans considered playing sc2?

They dont have to. They are allowed to play in the NA qualifiers for world finals and are automatically qualified anyway. They might as well scratch the region or make them have to accumulate a threshold of EPT points for finals. Or else they will just stay afk like Scarlett on minimum points

It would still be decent practice if nothing else. Although many of the top NA players are at least getting good team league experience against quality players too.
'You'll always be the cuddly marsupial of my heart, despite the inherent flaws of your ancestry' - Squat
Kitai
Profile Joined June 2012
United States873 Posts
April 15 2021 00:04 GMT
#7
It's always a good time when Clem and Reynor face off. Two of the fastest players around makes for really entertaining series
"You know, I don't care if soO got 100 second places in a row. Anyone who doesn't think that he's going to win blizzcon watching this series is a fool" - Artosis, Blizzcon 2014 soO vs TaeJa
Please log in or register to reply.
Live Events Refresh
PiGosaur Monday
00:00
#40
CranKy Ducklings72
davetesta29
rockletztv 16
Liquipedia
[ Submit Event ]
Live Streams
Refresh
StarCraft 2
Nina 226
UpATreeSC 122
Livibee 72
RuFF_SC2 55
CosmosSc2 51
StarCraft: Brood War
Leta 187
MaD[AoV]42
Dota 2
NeuroSwarm110
Counter-Strike
Coldzera 149
Super Smash Bros
hungrybox412
Mew2King103
AZ_Axe72
Other Games
summit1g13636
shahzam968
Day[9].tv897
ViBE209
C9.Mang0192
Maynarde155
Trikslyr78
Organizations
Other Games
gamesdonequick3411
StarCraft 2
Blizzard YouTube
StarCraft: Brood War
BSLTrovo
sctven
[ Show 18 non-featured ]
StarCraft 2
• Berry_CruncH94
• Hupsaiya 75
• RyuSc2 37
• Kozan
• LaughNgamezSOOP
• sooper7s
• AfreecaTV YouTube
• intothetv
• Migwel
• IndyKCrew
StarCraft: Brood War
• STPLYoutube
• ZZZeroYoutube
• BSLYoutube
Dota 2
• masondota21646
League of Legends
• Doublelift4492
• TFBlade865
Other Games
• Scarra1121
• Day9tv897
Upcoming Events
uThermal 2v2 Circuit
15h 8m
Replay Cast
23h 8m
The PondCast
1d 9h
OSC
1d 12h
WardiTV European League
1d 15h
Replay Cast
1d 23h
Epic.LAN
2 days
CranKy Ducklings
3 days
Epic.LAN
3 days
CSO Contender
3 days
[ Show More ]
BSL20 Non-Korean Champi…
3 days
Bonyth vs Sziky
Dewalt vs Hawk
Hawk vs QiaoGege
Sziky vs Dewalt
Mihu vs Bonyth
Zhanhun vs QiaoGege
QiaoGege vs Fengzi
Sparkling Tuna Cup
4 days
Online Event
4 days
BSL20 Non-Korean Champi…
4 days
Bonyth vs Zhanhun
Dewalt vs Mihu
Hawk vs Sziky
Sziky vs QiaoGege
Mihu vs Hawk
Zhanhun vs Dewalt
Fengzi vs Bonyth
Esports World Cup
6 days
ByuN vs Astrea
Lambo vs HeRoMaRinE
Clem vs TBD
Solar vs Zoun
SHIN vs Reynor
Maru vs TriGGeR
herO vs Lancer
Cure vs ShoWTimE
Liquipedia Results

Completed

CSL 17: 2025 SUMMER
RSL Revival: Season 1
Murky Cup #2

Ongoing

JPL Season 2
BSL 2v2 Season 3
Copa Latinoamericana 4
Jiahua Invitational
BSL20 Non-Korean Championship
Championship of Russia 2025
FISSURE Playground #1
BLAST.tv Austin Major 2025
ESL Impact League Season 7
IEM Dallas 2025
PGL Astana 2025
Asian Champions League '25
BLAST Rivals Spring 2025
MESA Nomadic Masters

Upcoming

CSL Xiamen Invitational
CSL Xiamen Invitational: ShowMatche
2025 ACS Season 2
CSLPRO Last Chance 2025
CSLPRO Chat StarLAN 3
BSL Season 21
K-Championship
RSL Revival: Season 2
SEL Season 2 Championship
uThermal 2v2 Main Event
FEL Cracov 2025
Esports World Cup 2025
Underdog Cup #2
ESL Pro League S22
StarSeries Fall 2025
FISSURE Playground #2
BLAST Open Fall 2025
BLAST Open Fall Qual
Esports World Cup 2025
BLAST Bounty Fall 2025
BLAST Bounty Fall Qual
IEM Cologne 2025
TLPD

1. ByuN
2. TY
3. Dark
4. Solar
5. Stats
6. Nerchio
7. sOs
8. soO
9. INnoVation
10. Elazer
1. Rain
2. Flash
3. EffOrt
4. Last
5. Bisu
6. Soulkey
7. Mini
8. Sharp
Sidebar Settings...

Advertising | Privacy Policy | Terms Of Use | Contact Us

Original banner artwork: Jim Warren
The contents of this webpage are copyright © 2025 TLnet. All Rights Reserved.