Global StarCraft II League
The Global Starcraft II League (GSL for short) is a StarCraft II tournament, which is organized by GomTV and Blizzard Entertainment in South Korea . Since 2016 the tournament is no longer organized by GomTV, but by AfreecaTV. All broadcasts are accompanied by experienced commentators.
There is an English stream for all non-Korean viewers. With the Global StarCraft II Team League (GSTL for short), there was also a team league until 2013 that was held parallel to the GSL and competed with the Proleague .
Story and mode
The 2010 Open Seasons were the first GSL tournaments. There were three first-time tournaments with a total prize pool of 600 million won (around € 380,000) and prize money of 100 million won for the winner. These sums attracted worldwide attention because they were among the largest in esports history to date. The purpose of the 2010 Open Season was to qualify players for the Code S and Code A leagues.
From 2011 the GSL became a regular tournament that was held several times a year. The qualification for the Code A minor league is always held before a new season. Only the top players of the Korean Battle.net (Code B) are allowed to participate. A total of 32 players play in the Code A League. The top seven of the Code-A-League and the last eight Code-S players take part in Up & Down matches , five in each group. The two best players in each group of five qualify for the Code S League, which consists of the 32 best players in Korea. The Code-S winner is chosen as the GSL Champion .
The top 3 players in the GSL rankings as well as 7 winners of other important tournaments from last year such as B. MLG , DreamHack or the World Cyber Games qualify for the Blizzard Cup. The tournament started with a group stage with 2 groups of 5 players. The two first placed go straight to the semifinals, the second and third placed play in 2 quarterfinals for a place in the semifinals. The winner can call himself the best player of the GSL Tour of the past year.
The American Major League Gaming and GomTV organized a player exchange between the tournaments in 2011 and 2012. The MLG invited four Korean players directly to the championship pool for each tournament. Since the MLG Anaheim 2011, the MLG winner has achieved a Code-S placement. The top three non-Korean players (top four if the winner is Korean) received Code A placements.
The GSL has been part of the international StarCraft II World Championship Series (WCS for short) since 2013 .
Results GSL
| year | Name of the tournament | Prize money | winner | Result | finalist | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name / Race | team | Name / Race | team | ||||||
| 2010 | TG-Intel Open Season 1 | ₩ 199,600,000 | Kim "FruitDealer" Won-gi | Z | TSL | 4 - 1 | Kim "Rainbow" Sung-je | T | StarTale |
| Sony Ericsson Open Season 2 | ₩ 199,600,000 | Lim "NesTea" Jae-duk | Z | IN THE | 4 - 3 | Lee "MarineKing" Jung-hoon | T | Prime | |
| Sony Ericsson Open Season 3 | ₩ 199,600,000 | Jang "MC" Min-chul | P | oGs | 4 - 1 | Park "Rain" Seo-yong | T | TSL | |
| 2011 | Sony Ericsson GSL Jan. | ₩ 132,000,000 | Jung "Mvp" Jong-hyun | T | IN THE | 4 - 0 | Lee "MarineKing" Jung-hoon | T | Prime |
| 2nd generation Intel Core GSL Mar. | ₩ 132,000,000 | Jang "MC" Min-chul | P | oGs | 4 - 1 | Park "July" Sung-joon | Z | StarTale | |
| LG Cinema 3D World Championship Seoul | ₩ 109,000,000 | Jung "Mvp" Jong-hyun | T | IN THE | 4 - 2 | Lee "MarineKing" Jung-hoon | T | Prime | |
| LG Cinema 3D GSL May | ₩ 132,000,000 | Lim "NesTea" Jae-duk | Z | IN THE | 4 - 0 | Song "InCa" Joon-hyuk | P | oGs | |
| LG Cinema 3D GSL Super Tournament | ₩ 202,000,000 | Choi "Polt" Sung-hoon | T | Prime | 4 - 0 | Moon "MMA" Sung-won | T | SlayerS | |
| Pepsi GSL July | ₩ 132,000,000 | Lim "NesTea" Jae-duk | Z | IN THE | 4 - 0 | Hwang "LosirA" Kang-ho | Z | IN THE | |
| Pepsi GSL August | ₩ 132,000,000 | Jung "Mvp" Jong-hyun | T | IN THE | 4 - 1 | Kim "TOP" Jung-hoon | T | oGs | |
| Sony Ericsson GSL October | ₩ 132,000,000 | Moon "MMA" Sung-won | T | SlayerS | 4 - 1 | Jung "Mvp" Jong-hyun | T | IN THE | |
| Sony Ericsson GSL November | ₩ 132,000,000 | Jung "Jjakji" Ji-hoon | T | Hoseo | 4 - 2 | Lee "Leenock" Dong-nyoung | Z | FXOpen | |
| Blizzard Cup | ₩ 68,000,000 | Moon "MMA" Sung-won | T | SlayerS | 4 - 3 | Park "DongRaeGu" Soo-ho | Z | MVP | |
| 2012 | Hot6ix GSL Season 1 | ₩ 132,000,000 | Park "DongRaeGu" Soo-ho | Z | MVP | 4 - 2 | Jung "Genius" Min-soo | P | MVP |
| Hot6ix GSL Season 2 | ₩ 132,000,000 | Jung "Mvp" Jong-hyun | T | IN THE | 4 - 3 | Park "Squirtle" Hyun-woo | P | StarTale | |
| Monsieur J GSL Season 3 | ₩ 132,000,000 | Ahn "Seed" Sang-won | P | IN THE | 4 - 1 | Jang "MC" Min-chul | P | SK | |
| Hot6ix GSL Season 4 | ₩ 132,000,000 | Lee "Life" Seung-hyun | Z | StarTale | 4 - 3 | Jung "Mvp" Jong-hyun | T | IN THE | |
| Hot6ix GSL Season 5 | ₩ 132,000,000 | Kwon "Sniper" Tae-hoon | Z | MVP | 4 - 3 | Ko "Hyun" Seok-hyun | Z | TSL | |
| Blizzard Cup | ₩ 68,000,000 | Lee "Life" Seung-hyun | Z | StarTale | 4 - 2 | Won "PartinG" Lee-sak | P | StarTale | |
| 2013 | Hot6ix GSL Season 1 | ₩ 132,000,000 | Shin "RorO" No-yeol | Z | Samsung | 4 - 2 | Kang "symbol" Dong-hyun | Z | TRAINEE |
| WCS Korea Season 1 Mangosix GSL | $ 100,000 | Kim "Soulkey" Min-chul | Z | Woongjin | 4 - 3 | Lee "INnoVation" Shin-hyung | T | STX SouL | |
| WCS Korea Season 3 Jogunshop GSL | $ 100,000 | Baek "Dear" Dong-jun | P | STX SouL | 4 - 2 | Eo "soO" Yoon-su | Z | SKT T1 | |
| Hot6ix Cup | ₩ 44,000,000 | Jung "Rain" Yoon-jong | P | SKT T1 | 4 - 2 | Kim "Soulkey" Min-chul | Z | Woongjin | |
| 2014 | WCS Korea Season 1 GSL | ₩ 160,200,000 | Joo "Zest" Sung-wook | P | KT | 4 - 3 | Eo "soO" Yoon-su | Z | SKT T1 |
| GSL Global Championship | $ 18,900 | Joo "Zest" Sung-wook | P | KT | 4 - 3 | Won "PartinG" Lee-sak | P | SKT T1 | |
| WCS Korea Season 2 GSL | ₩ 160,200,000 | Kim "Classic" Doh-woo | P | SKT T1 | 4 - 2 | Eo "soO" Yoon-su | Z | SKT T1 | |
| WCS Korea Season 3 GSL | ₩ 160,200,000 | Lee "INnoVation" Shin-hyung | T | SKT T1 | 4 - 2 | Eo "soO" Yoon-su | Z | SKT T1 | |
| Hot6ix Cup | ₩ 43,000,000 | Kim "sOs" Yoo-jin | P | Jin Air | 4 - 1 | Lee "MarineKing" Jung-hoon | T | MVP | |
| 2015 | WCS Korea Season 1 GSL | ₩ 93,600,000 | Lee "Life" Seung-hyun | Z | KT | 4 - 3 | Won "PartinG" Lee-sak | P | yoe FW |
| WCS Korea Season 2 GSL | ₩ 93,600,000 | Jung "Rain" Yoon-jong | P | mYi | 4 - 1 | Han "ByuL" Ji-won | Z | CJ Entus | |
| WCS Korea Season 3 GSL | ₩ 93,600,000 | Lee "INnoVation" Shin-hyung | T | SKT T1 | 4 - 2 | Han "ByuL" Ji-won | Z | CJ Entus | |
| 2016 | GSL Season 1 | ₩ 182,000,000 | Joo "Zest" Sung-wook | P | KT | 4 - 2 | Jun "TY" Tae-yang | T | KT |
| GSL Season 2 | ₩ 182,000,000 | Byun "ByuN" Hyun-woo | T | (teamless) | 4 - 2 | Kim "sOs" Yoo-jin | P | Jin Air | |
| 2017 | GSL Season 1 | ₩ 170,000,000 | Kim "Stats" Dae-yeob | P | Splyce | 4 - 2 | Eo "soO" Yoon-su | Z | (teamless) |
| GSL Super Tournament # 1 | ₩ 30,000,000 | Kim "herO" Joon-ho | P | ROOT | 4 - 2 | Han "aLive" Lee-seok | T | mYi | |
| GSL Season 2 | ₩ 170,000,000 | Koh "GuMiho" Byung-jae | T | PSISTORM | 4 - 2 | Eo "soO" Yoon-su | Z | (teamless) | |
| GSL vs. The World | ₩ 108,000,000 | Lee "INnoVation" Shin-hyung | T | (teamless) | 4 - 0 | Jun "TY" Tae-yang | T | Splyce | |
| GSL Season 3 | ₩ 170,000,000 | Lee "INnoVation" Shin-hyung | T | (teamless) | 4 - 3 | Kim "sOs" Yoo-jin | P | Jin Air | |
| GSL Super Tournament # 2 | ₩ 30,000,000 | Lee "Rogue" Byung-ryul | Z | Jin Air | 4 - 3 | Kim "herO" Joon-ho | P | ROOT | |
| 2018 | GSL Season 1 | ₩ 170,000,000 | Cho "Maru" Seong Ju | T | Jin Air | 4 - 2 | Kim "Stats" Dae-yeob | P | Splyce |
| GSL Super Tournament # 1 | ₩ 30,000,000 | Kim "Stats" Dae-yeob | P | Splyce | 4 - 3 | Park "Dark" Ryung-woo | Z | (teamless) | |
| GSL Season 2 | ₩ 170,000,000 | Cho "Maru" Seong Ju | T | Jin Air | 4 - 0 | Joo "Zest" Sung-wook | P | (teamless) | |
| GSL vs. The World | ₩ 105,000,000 |
 Joona "Serral" Sotala
|
Z | ENCE | 4 - 3 | Kim "Stats" Dae-yeob | P | Splyce | |
| GSL Season 3 | ₩ 170,000,000 | Cho "Maru" Seong Ju | T | Jin Air | 4 - 3 | Jun "TY" Tae-yang | T | Splyce | |
| GSL Super Tournament # 2 | ₩ 30,000,000 | Kim "Classic" Doh-woo | P | Gosu crew | 4 - 3 | Kim "sOs" Yoo-jin | P | Jin Air | |
| 2019 | GSL Season 1 | ₩ 170,000,000 | Cho "Maru" Seong Ju | T | Jin Air | 4 - 2 | Kim "Classic" Doh-woo | P | (teamless) |
| GSL Super Tournament # 1 | ₩ 28,000,000 | Kim "Classic" Doh-woo | P | (teamless) | 4 - 1 | Koh "GuMiho" Byung-jae | T | PSISTORM | |
| GSL Season 2 | ₩ 170,000,000 | Park "Dark" Ryung-woo | Z | Gosu crew | 4 - 2 | Cho "Trap" Sung-ho | P | Jin Air | |
| GSL vs. The World | ₩ 100,000,000 |
Joona "Serral" Sotala
|
Z | ENCE | 4 - 2 |
 Mikołaj "Elazer" Ogonowski
|
Z | AGO | |
| GSL Season 3 | ₩ 170,000,000 | Lee "Rogue" Byung-ryul | Z | Jin Air | 4 - 0 | Cho "Trap" Sung-ho | P | Jin Air | |
| GSL Super Tournament # 2 | ₩ 30,000,000 | Park "Dark" Ryung-woo | Z | (teamless) | 4 - 0 | Jun "TY" Tae-yang | T | Splyce | |
| 2020 | GSL Super Tournament # 1 | $ 30,000 | Cho "Maru" Seong Ju | T | Jin Air | 4 - 3 | Park "Dark" Ryung-woo | Z | DPG |
| GSL Season 1 | $ 140,000 | Jun "TY" Tae-yang | T | Afreeca | 4 - 0 | Kim "Cure" Doh-wook | T | DPG | |
| GSL Season 2 | $ 140,000 | Lee "Rogue" Byung-ryul | Z | Jin Air | 4 - 1 | Kim "Stats" Dae-yeob | P | Afreeca | |
| regular season | special event | T = Terran, P = Protoss, Z = Zerg | 150,000,000 ₩ corresponds to around 100,000 € |
Results GSTL
| year | Name of the tournament | Prize money | winner | Result | finalist |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | GSTL February | ₩ 15,000,000 | Incredible Miracle | 5 - 4 | StarTale |
| GSTL March | ₩ 15,000,000 | SlayerS | 5 - 4 | Incredible Miracle | |
| GSTL May | ₩ 15,000,000 | SlayerS | 5 - 3 | MVP | |
| GSTL Season 1 | ₩ 50,000,000 | MVP | 5 - 2 | Prime | |
| 2012 | GSTL Season 1 | ₩ 63,000,000 | Prime | 5 - 0 | StarTale Quantic |
| GSTL Season 2 | ₩ 63,000,000 | FXOpen | 5 - 0 | SlayerS- EG | |
| GSTL Season 3 | ₩ 63,000,000 | FXOpen | 5 - 3 | MVP | |
| 2013 | GSTL preseason | ₩ 3,000,000 | Incredible Miracle | 4 - 2 | Trainee |
| GSTL Season 1 | ₩ 92,000,000 | Incredible Miracle | 5 - 3 | MVP | |
| GSTL Season 2 | ₩ 79,400,000 | Axiom - Acer | 4 - 2 | Trainee |
Web links
Remarks
- ↑ Total prize money for Code S, Code A prize money is not included.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Casters for GSL Super Tournament ( Memento from January 12, 2013 in the web archive archive.today )
- ↑ GSTL - Back with new format and more fun ( Memento from August 1, 2012 in the web archive archive.today )
- ↑ Global StarCraft II League , on liquipedia.net
- ↑ TG-Intel STARCRAFT II Open Season1 ( Memento from July 31, 2012 in the web archive archive.today )
- ↑ Official Press Release: GOMTV Global StarCraft 2 League and MLG Announce First-Ever Player Exchange Program . May 19, 2011.
- ↑ Finanzen.net euro-won rate