• Log InLog In
  • Register
Liquid`
Team Liquid Liquipedia
EDT 05:18
CEST 11:18
KST 18:18
  • 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 Revealed14Weekly Cups (July 7-13): Classic continues to roll5Team TLMC #5 - Submission extension3Firefly given lifetime ban by ESIC following match-fixing investigation17$25,000 Streamerzone StarCraft Pro Series announced7
StarCraft 2
General
Esports World Cup 2025 - Final Player Roster Esports World Cup 2025 - Brackets Revealed Weekly Cups (July 7-13): Classic continues to roll The GOAT ranking of GOAT rankings RSL Revival patreon money discussion thread
Tourneys
FEL Cracov 2025 (July 27) - $8000 live event Sea Duckling Open (Global, Bronze-Diamond) RSL: Revival, a new crowdfunded tournament series $5,100+ SEL Season 2 Championship (SC: Evo) WardiTV Mondays
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
Flash Announces (and Retracts) Hiatus From ASL BW General Discussion Help: rep cant save ASL20 Preliminary Maps BGH Auto Balance -> http://bghmmr.eu/
Tourneys
CSL Xiamen International Invitational Cosmonarchy Pro Showmatches [Megathread] Daily Proleagues [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
Stormgate/Frost Giant Megathread Path of Exile Nintendo Switch Thread 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 Things Aren’t Peaceful in Palestine Russo-Ukrainian War Thread Stop Killing Games - European Citizens Initiative Summer Games Done Quick 2025!
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: 725 users

ESL Open #125: GuMiho, HeroMarine, Neeb win

Forum Index > SC2 General
2 CommentsPost a Reply
TL.net ESPORTS
Profile Joined July 2011
4 Posts
June 03 2022 06:28 GMT
#1
[image loading]
2022-23 ESL Pro Tour - Open Cups: Week #125


Week #125 saw (Wiki)GuMiho win in Korea, but perhaps more amusingly saw soO pick up his first EPT silver medal since his return from military service. In Europe, (Wiki)HeroMarine won his third gold medal of the 2022-2023 season, which also allowed him to retake the #1 spot in the overall EPT gold medal rankings with 45 cups won (Zest is #2 with 44 cups won). Finally, a NA player managed to win the home server cup, as (Wiki)Neeb triumphed versus herO. It was Neeb's first win since cup #34 in August of 2020, and his fourth cup win overall.

Korean Cup: The KR cup had a small number of participants as usual, but it remained fairly competitive with soO and Rex on the Zerg side, ByuN, GuMiho, and SpeCial representing Terran, and Classic, Creator, herO, Jieshi, and Nice among others joining a powerful contingent from Aiur.

ByuN and GuMiho was the first big clash of the upper bracket, with GuMiho winning 2-0 in their quarterfinal match. herO came up from the other quadrant to oppose GuMiho in the semis, having gone on a successful PvP run with a 2-0 against fork and 2-1 win versus Creator. The DPG Protoss won the first map of the semis, but GuMiho rallied to win in a comeback 2-1 victory and reach the finals.

The bottom side of the bracket had fierce competition as well, with Classic beating both Chance and Nice 2-0 in consecutive PvP mirrors. soO also dominated his opponents, winning 2-0 against both SpeCial and Jieshi to face his friend and ex-SKT teammate Classic in the semifinals. Classic managed to take the first map, but soO ultimately prevailed 2-1 to qualify for the finals. The reverse-sweep trend carried on until the end, with soO initially looking like he had victory within his grasp when he went up 2-0 against GuMiho. However, the resilient PSISTORM Gaming Terran came back with three wins in a row, taking his first cup since Week #116 (March 27th).

Upset(s) of the day: The overall run of GuMiho was very impressive—particularly his comebacks against herO and soO. His chance of winning a BO3 against herO is under 20% according to Aligulac, and that's after giving him credit for the win. soO was deemed as the clear favorite as well on Aligulac, although one could contend that his rating hasn't sufficiently corrected itself since his return from military service (Aligulac ratings don't decay while inactive).Going to the numbers again, ByuN was also considered a moderate favorite against GuMiho, making GuMiho's cup win a huge under triumph all around.

*****

European Cup: The European Cup boasted a solid line-up of players, although several strong regulars such as Reynor, Clem, MaxPax, and ShoWTimE were missing. This did end up leading to a rather balanced bracket in terms of seeding, with interesting clashes occurring throughout the rounds.

The top side of the bracket was mostly dominated by Terrans, with HeroMarine beating Brat_OK 2-0 and Elazer (who notably won against BabyMarine and GunGFuBanda) 2-1, while Spirit beat both Strange and Lambo (who won against trigger 2-0) by 2-1 scores. The EU cup king HeroMarine continued on to beat Spirit 2-0 in the semifinals, qualifying for the finals and getting a chance break his tie with Zest and retake the #1 spot for most cups won.

Meanwhile, the bottom side of the bracket was mostly dominated by Protoss players. Gerald beat arrogfire 2-0 in the PvP mirror, won 2-1 against Kelazhur in PvT, and finally won 2-0 against ForJumy in quarterfinals. Lest one brush off that win over ForJumy—the German Protoss had a good run up to that point, beating Kas 2-0 and upsetting Neeb 2-1 as well. Milkicow, the underdog star of DHM: Europe, managed to beat DIMAGA 2-0 but could not win against SpeCial in the RO16 and lost 0-2 there. SKillous won versus both CuKu and goblin without dropping a map, and then beat SpeCial 2-1 in a quarterfinal clash.Similarly to the TvT semifinals from the top side, SKillous won the PvP mirror against Gerald in a clean 2-0 to earn a spot in the finals.

Alas, EU cups #119 and #120 had seen SKillous lose 0-3 against HeroMarine, and this time was no different. Big Gabe beat his Protoss opponent in dominant fashion to win his 45th EU cup, and also retake his position on top of the overall cup win ranking.

Upset(s) of the day: The most impressive upset for me was ForJumy beating Neeb 2-1. The German Protoss had less than a 10% chance of winning according to Aligulac, making this a particularly rare upset in the cups.

*****

American Cup: In a strange twist, the NA cup ended up looking like a stronger version of the Korean cup from the same week. Many of the top players from the Korean cup participated once more, but they were also joined by the likes of Gerald, trigger, Neeb, and goblin.

The top side of the bracket was dominated by Korean players with Solar beating PiG and goblin 2-0, while herO notably won against soO 2-0 to qualify for the semifinals. herO was able to beat Solar 2-0 in the semifinal match, earning a second straight spot in the finals (he lost the previous finals versus ByuN).

On the other side of the bracket, the non KR players were the dominant force: Neeb got his revenge against ForJumy 2-0, this time on his server and time zone. GuMiho won versus RockEr, an American Protoss who upset Creator 2-1 in the previous round, but Neeb was too strong that night and beat GuMiho 2-0 in the quarterfinals. trigger was on fire as well, and beat both Gerald and ByuN without dropping a map. Although trigger had a strong run, Neeb was looking even stronger on the day and beat him 2-0 to qualify for the finals. Neeb's domination continued all the way to the end, as he defeated herO 3-0 to complete a perfect run and win his fourth NA cup.

Upset(s) of the day: The biggest upset was obviously RockEr defeating a Code S finalist in Creator, but Neeb’s run was super dominant and also worth commending. Still, RockEr has to take the crown here, as his Aligulac.com odds for winning were below 3% and almost worthy of inclusion on the greatest upsets of all time list.

by Poopi
Facebook Twitter Reddit
TL+ Member
[PkF] Wire
Profile Joined March 2013
France24193 Posts
June 03 2022 21:31 GMT
#2
RockEr's run was hilarious (cannon rushes galore !) and his two series vs Creator and Gumiho were streamed, so don't hesitate to catch up on them, they were worth it
Die4Ever
Profile Joined August 2010
United States17671 Posts
June 05 2022 08:33 GMT
#3
VODs here btw, I feel like this should start being linked in these recaps since it's a pain to find the VODs any other way

https://www.sc2links.com/tournament/?match=643
"Expert" mods4ever.com
Please log in or register to reply.
Live Events Refresh
Next event in 42m
[ Submit Event ]
Live Streams
Refresh
StarCraft 2
Nina 264
StarCraft: Brood War
Sea 2822
hero 2042
Mind 1169
firebathero 917
BeSt 232
Leta 162
TY 118
Light 102
Backho 64
sSak 57
[ Show more ]
JulyZerg 40
sorry 36
ToSsGirL 32
Sacsri 32
Sharp 18
Noble 6
Dota 2
Gorgc4065
monkeys_forever857
XaKoH 422
ODPixel349
canceldota83
League of Legends
JimRising 483
Counter-Strike
Stewie2K1024
shoxiejesuss593
allub126
sgares76
Other Games
Fuzer 245
SortOf118
Mew2King55
Trikslyr19
Organizations
Other Games
gamesdonequick2216
StarCraft 2
Blizzard YouTube
StarCraft: Brood War
BSLTrovo
sctven
[ Show 12 non-featured ]
StarCraft 2
• LUISG 17
• AfreecaTV YouTube
• intothetv
• Kozan
• IndyKCrew
• LaughNgamezSOOP
• Migwel
• sooper7s
StarCraft: Brood War
• BSLYoutube
• STPLYoutube
• ZZZeroYoutube
League of Legends
• Jankos1006
Upcoming Events
The PondCast
42m
OSC
3h 42m
WardiTV European League
6h 42m
Fjant vs Babymarine
Mixu vs HiGhDrA
Gerald vs ArT
goblin vs MaNa
Jumy vs YoungYakov
Replay Cast
14h 42m
Epic.LAN
1d 2h
CranKy Ducklings
2 days
Epic.LAN
2 days
CSO Contender
2 days
BSL20 Non-Korean Champi…
2 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
3 days
[ Show More ]
Online Event
3 days
BSL20 Non-Korean Champi…
3 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
5 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
Esports World Cup
6 days
Liquipedia Results

Completed

JPL Season 2
RSL Revival: Season 1
Murky Cup #2

Ongoing

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.