11th SonicTV Starleague
(≃ $32,450 USD)
Overview[edit]
The SBENU 11th SonicTV BJ Starleague with OnGameNet (스베누 스타리그 시즌2) or SSL 11 started in May of 2015. The earliest news announcing the tournament emerged during 10th SonicTV Starleague, with news of Sonic negotiating with OnGameNet (OGN) for a series of Starleague broadcasts.[1] During the finals of SSL 10, Sonic and the commentators stated SSL 11 would be commencing soon thereafter.[2]
On March 10th, 2015, Sonic announced a 128 player amateur selection tournament to be held online from March 14th to the 15th, 2015, with the winners advancing to SSL 11. Additionally, OGN and SonicTV were announced as the organizers.[3]
Participants gathered on May 10th, 2015 for a pre-tournament meeting and photo shoot in Yongsan, Seoul, while a SSL 11 "Challenge Day" and the names of several participants were announced on May 13th, 2015.[4][5]
SSL 11 was casted by TheMarine, Jung So-rim and Kim Carrier. The Finals were played at Korea University's Tiger Dome in Seoul.[6]
Tournament Information[edit]
Participants[edit]
Protoss (16) |
Terran (14) |
Zerg (10) |
Participant Qualification[edit]
SSL 11 revised its tournament format and qualification system from the one used during SSL 10, reverting to the format used during previous Ongamenet Starleagues (OSLs). As such, the top four finishers from SSL 10 automatically qualified for the round of 16. The preceding round of 24, meanwhile, was composed of a combination of automatic entries: the remainder of the SSL top-16 players and three invited "legacy" players who did not participate in or advance into the top 16 of SSL 10. These three legacy players replaced JangBi, Mini, and Snow, who were SSL 10 top-16 finishers but did not participate in SSL 11 for various reasons (e.g. military). In addition to these players, twelve qualifiers from the Challenge Round (Ro40) joined the Ro24. Four spots in the Ro40 were allocated to players who competed and qualified through an earlier preliminary tournament.[7][8]
Protoss (16) | Terran (14) | Zerg (10) |
Qualified for Challenge Round | ||
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From Online Preliminaries (4) | ||
Olympus | IcaruS | — |
Hi | Minam | — |
Other Players (20) | ||
Jaehoon | Ample | By.Spire |
Lazy | Iris | Child |
LuCifer | Major | force |
Noble | Sea | Hyuk |
RainBOw | Sharp | Killer |
Shuttle | ToSsGirL | Kwanro |
Tyson | — | — |
Zeus | — | — |
Qualified for Round of 24 | ||
From SSL 10: 5th–16th Place (9) | ||
free | Mind | hero |
GuemChi | PianO | Larva |
Movie | — | — |
Pure | — | — |
Sea.KH | — | — |
Legacy Players (3) | ||
Bisu | — | EffOrt |
— | — | ZerO |
Qualified for Round of 16 | ||
From SSL 10: 1st–4th Place (4) | ||
— | HiyA | — |
— | Last | — |
— | Mong | — |
— | sSak | — |
Prize Pool[edit]
Format[edit]
- Challenge Round
- 12 head-to-head matches, winners advance
- Best of three
- Round of 24 Group Stage
- Six groups of four players each
- Dual tournament format, best of one
- Top two players in each group advance
- Round of 16 Group Stage
- Four groups of four players each
- Round-robin format, best-of-one
- Top two players in each group advance
- Elimination Stage
- Eight player single-elimination bracket
- Quarterfinals & semifinals: best-of-five
- Third place and finals: best-of-five
Map Pool[edit]
SSL 11 | |||
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Neo Jade | New Heartbreak Ridge | Circuit Breaker | La Mancha |
La Mancha was introduced for the Round of 16, with the earlier rounds only using three maps. |
Results[edit]
Challenge Round[edit]
Group A[edit]
Group B[edit]
Group C[edit]
Round of 24 Group Stage[edit]
Round of 16 Group Stage[edit]
Group A[edit]
Group C[edit]
Group C Tie Breakers[edit]
Elimination Bracket[edit]
Racial Distribution[edit]
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Round of 24 |
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Round of 16 |
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Quarterfinals |
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Semifinals |
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Finals |
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Winner |
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Media[edit]
English broadcasts by XKCD and BisuDagger[edit]
English broadcasts by Sayle[edit]
Highlight videos from OGN[edit]
Promotional videos from Sonic and OGN[edit]
Gallery[edit]
[SSL11] Finals Photo Album by GTR
References[edit]
- ↑ Sonic interview and OGN dreams
- ↑ SSL 11 noted at SSL 10 finals
- ↑ SSL 11 preliminaries announced
- ↑ SSL 11 participants news
- ↑ SSL 11 announcement
- ↑ SSL11 finals
- ↑ SSL 11 challenge round and Ro40
- ↑ SSL 11 Ro24 participants
- ↑ SSL 11 first and second prizes
- ↑ SSL 11 third and fourth prizes
- ↑ EffOrt withdraws from SSL 11