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What is KeSPA Cup?
KeSPA Cup is a Team-league event that took place today, and will continue tomarrow. Actually KeSPA Cup includes other games like Special Force and Counter Strike, but of course I will only cover Starcraft.
How is it played, what's the format?
The teamleaque will be consisting of 16 teams. 12 Proteams, and 4 amateur teams (actually 3, u'll see what I mean). The format will be a regular Single Elimination Tournament, with the first team to win 3 games to advance to the next round.
However, the "clanwars" will be a format known as "Korean Style Clanwar". Each team sends out 1 player, and the winner of that match stays, while the team that lost sends out another player, and they play... and the process goes on until one team gets 3 wins. (This is how Legionnaire did his famous SKT1 all-kill)
So, let's get right into it.
DRAW:
Round of 16
Samsung KHAN 3 > 0 Double S.
FroZean[Name] (T) > By.Hero (Z) @ Sin Peaks of Baekdu
FroZean[Name] (T) > By.Island (Z) @ Tau Cross
FroZean[Name] (T) > By.1st (T) @ Arcadia 2
OGN Sparkyz 3 > 0 KTF MagicNs
Luxury[GsP] (Z) > Hery[HyO] (T) @ Sin Peaks
Luxury[GsP] (Z) > YellOw (Z) @ Tau Cross
Luxury[GsP] (Z) > Sync (T) @ Arcadia 2
SKTelecom T1#2 3 > 2 CJ Entus
NsP_punsoo (Z) > DArKeLf (T) @ Sin Peaks
NsP_punsoo (Z) < MinGu (Z) @ Tau Cross
s2[fOu] (Z) > MinGu (Z) @ Arcadia 2
s2[fOu] (Z) < TheManiaMST (T) Sin Peaks
By.Fantasy (T) > TheManiaMST (T) Tau Cross
eStro 3 > 1 Air Force
Tester (P) > Chrh (T) @ Sin Peaks
Tester (P) < Clon (Z) @ Tau Cross
Up.MagiC (T) > Clon (Z) @ Arcadia 2
Up.MagiC (T) > BoxeR (T) @ Sin Peaks (54min insane game)
Hanbit Stars 3 > 1 팀명은왜정해? (Why Make A Team Name?)
Ganzi[3.33] (T) > NsP_jojoba (Z) @ Sin Peaks
Ganzi[3.33] (T) < NsP_Raynor (T) @ Tau Cross
GGPlay (Z) > NsP_Raynor (T) @ Arcadia 2
GGPlay (Z) > zergboy[fOu] @ Sin Peaks
Pantech Ex 1 < 3 Lecaf Oz
HerO_V_ (P) < AnyTime (P) @ Sin Peaks
Sea.FireFist (Z) > AnyTime (P) @ Tau Cross
Sea.FireFist (Z) < JaeDong (Z) @ Arcadia 2
NaDa (T) < JaeDong (Z) @ Sin Peaks
MBC Hero 3 > 1 fou Team
Jaehoon (P) < Air[fOu] (P) @ Sin Peaks
Shark[gm] (Z) > Air[fOu] (P) @ Tau Cross
Shark[gm] (Z) > Try[fOu] (Z) @ Arcadia 2
Shark[gm] (Z) > C[fOu] (T) @ Sin Peaks
STX SouL 3 > 0 SKTelecom T1
Siz)KaL (P) > Oov (T) @ Sin Peaks
Siz)KaL (P) > KT.MGW)Hyuk (Z) @ Tau Cross
Siz)KaL (P) > Canata (T) @ Arcadia 2
Quarter Finals
OGN Sparkyz 3 > 2 Samsung KHAN
Justin (T) < StOrk (P) @ Sin Peaks
YellOw[ArnC] (Z) < StOrk (P) @ Arcadia 2
n.Die_Chalrenge (P) > StOrk (P) @ Tau Cross
n.Die_Chalrenge (P) > JJu (Z) @ Sin Peaks
n.Die_Chalrenge (P) > ZergMan (Z) @ Arcadia 2
eStro 3 > 1 SKT1#2
Up.MagiC (T) < By.Fantasy (T) @ Sin Peaks
Cool[fOu] (Z) > By.Fantasy (T) @ Arcadia 2
Cool[fOu] (Z) > NsP_punsoo (Z) @ Tau Cross
Cool[fOu] (Z) > s2[fOu] (Z) @ Arcadia 2
Lecaf Oz 3 > 2 Hanbit Stars
fOrGG_V_ (T) > Free (P) @ Sin Peaks
fOrGG_V_ (T) > GGPlay (Z) @ Arcadia 2
fOrGG_V_ (T) < DaeZanG (P) @ Tau Cross
AnyTime (P) < DaeZanG (P) @ Sin Peaks
JaeDong (Z) > DaeZanG (P) @ Arcadia 2
MBC Hero 3 > 2 STX SouL
Sea (T) < InteR.Calm (Z) @ Sin Peaks
Light (T) > InteR.Calm (Z) @ Arcadia 2
Light (T) > Siz)KaL (P) @ Tau Cross
Light (T) < Hwasin (T) @ Sin Peaks
Bisu (P) > Hwasin (T) @ Arcadia 2
Semi Finals
Games will be best of 7 now.
OGN Sparkyz 4 > 0 eStro
YellOw[ArnC] (Z) > Cool[fOu] (Z) @ Arcadia 2
YellOw[ArnC] (Z) > Tester (P) @ Sin Peaks
YellOw[ArnC] (Z) > maGma[S.G] (Z) @ Tau Cross
YellOw[ArnC] (Z) > Up.MagiC (T) @ Blitz X
Lecaf OZ 2 < 4 MBC Hero
JaeDong (Z) > Saint (Z) @ Arcadia 2
JaeDong (Z) < Bisu (P) @ Sin Peaks
fOrGG_V_ (T) > Bisu (P) @ Tau Cross
fOrGG_V_ (T) < Sea (T) @ Blitz X
BackHo[WHITE] (P) < Sea (T) @ Arcadia 2
AnyTime (P) < Sea (T) @ Sin Peaks
Finals
OGN Sparkyz 3 < 4 MBC Hero
Luxury[GsP] (Z) > Light (T) @ Arcadia 2
Luxury[GsP] (Z) < Bisu (P) @ Tau Cross
Shine[Name] (T) < Bisu (P) @ Blitz X
YellOw[ArnC] (Z) < Bisu (P) @ Sin Peaks
Casy (T) > Bisu (P) @ Arcadia 2
Casy (T) > Saint (Z) @ Tau Cross
Casy (T) < Sea (T) @ Blitz X
Interesting Points:
- The once-top 2 teams, KTF and SKT1, each got 3-0'd respectively.
- CJ, also a top team, also gets eliminated by SKT1's 2nd team.
- BoxeR vs Up.MagiC's game is reported to be 54 minutes, and was intense, with massive BC's, Wraiths, and lockdown.
- Holy shit YellOw[ArnC] all-killed eStro! Speaking of all-kills, Yarnc's twin brother, Luxury[GsP], all-killed KTF!! And I'm not done! Chalrenge turned an 0-2 game around to 3-2, getting an all-kill himself!!!
- In other words, OGN got to the finals with only all-kills.
- Irony at it's best, MBC and OGN, the two companies that were at war with KeSPA, advanced to the finals of KeSPA's tournament. (fans are joking around, saying OGN and MBC should just not show up at the finals in protest)
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