Classic Wins 2018 AfreecaTV GSL Super Tournament 2
Classic Wins 2018 AfreecaTV GSL Super Tournament 2
2018 AfreecaTV GSL Super Tournament 2, a StarCraft II event with a $26,500 prize pool, has concluded. In the grand final Classic defeated sOs with the score of 4:3, securing $10,500 in prize money and 1,500 WCS KR points.
The event was held on September 27-30 in Seoul, South Korea. The tournament’s line-up included 16 players from South Korea, two of them – Maru and TY – were directly invited as 2018 GSL Season 3 finalists, while the other 14 players made it through the qualifiers. They competed in a single-elimination bracket, with regular matches being best-of-five and the finals being best-of-seven. On their way to the final sOs defeated KeeN (3:1), Maru (3:1) and Solar (3:2), while Classic outplayed FanTaSy (3:0), Creator (3:2) and Dark (3:2). In the grand final Classic lost the first three games but managed to make a huge comeback and win the following four matches.
Playoffs Bracket:
Tournament Results:
Place | $ USD | WCS KR Pts | Player |
1st | $10,663 | 1,500 | Classic |
2nd | $4,443 | 1,050 | sOs |
3rd-4th | $2,221 | 675 | Solar, Dark |
5th-8th | $888 | 450 | Maru, Stats, Bunny, Creator |
9th-16th | $444 | 225 | Rogue, KeeN, Impact, Trap, soO, Leenock, FanTaSy, TY |