SOOP StarCraft League

SOOP StarCraft League (SSL)
SportStarCraft: Brood War
StarCraft: Remastered
FoundedJune 2016
CountrySouth Korea
ContinentAsia
Most recent
champion(s)		Kim "SoulKey" Minchul (Zerg)
Most titlesLee "Flash" Young-ho (4)
TV partner(s)SOOP
YouTube
Official websitehttps://ch.sooplive.co.kr/afstar1

The SOOP StarCraft League (SSL), formerly the AfreecaTV StarCraft League (ASL) (Korean: 아프리카TV 스타리그), is a StarCraft: Remastered tournament series hosted by SOOP[1] in South Korea. It began its first season in June 2016 and used StarCraft: Brood War for its first three seasons prior to the release of StarCraft: Remastered. It is broadcast regularly in Korean on SOOP.[2] Dan "Artosis" Stemkoski and Nicolas "Tasteless" Plott provide English rebroadcasts on SOOP's YouTube channel.

In 2018 and 2019 it ran alongside Blizzard Entertainment's Korea StarCraft League (KSL) as one of the two top level Korean leagues for StarCraft: Remastered.[3] On March 20, 2020, Blizzard discontinued the KSL tournament series, once again leaving the ASL as the only top level Korean league for StarCraft: Remastered.

On July 25, 2024, it rebranded to SOOP StarCraft League (SSL) to reflect the recent rebranding of AfreecaTV to SOOP. The naming format of the tournament also changed, with the first season under the SSL branding being SOOP StarCraft League 2024 AUTUMN, starting on August 26, 2024.[4][5]

Results

Year Name of Tournament Winner Result of Final Runner-up
2016 Afreeca StarCraft League Season 1 Kim "Shuttle" Yoon Joong (Protoss) 3 - 0 Jo "Sharp" Ki Seok (Terran)
2016 Afreeca StarCraft League Season 2 Lee "Flash" Young-ho (Terran) 3 - 1 Yum "Sea" Bo Sung (Terran)
2017 Afreeca StarCraft League Season 3 Lee "Flash" Young-ho (Terran) 3 - 0 Lee "Shine" Young Han (Zerg)
2017 Afreeca StarCraft League Season 4 Lee "Flash" Young-ho (Terran) 3 - 1 Jo "hero" Il Jang (Zerg)
2018 Afreeca StarCraft League Season 5 Jung "Rain" Yoon Jong (Protoss) 3 - 1 Jang "Snow" Yoon Chul (Protoss)
2018 Afreeca StarCraft League Season 6 Kim "Effort" Jung Woo (Zerg) 3 - 2 Lee "Flash" Young-ho (Terran)
2019 Afreeca StarCraft League Season 7 Kim "Last" Sung Hyun (Terran) 3 - 1 Byun "mini" Hyun Je (Protoss)
2019 Afreeca StarCraft League Season 8 Lee "Flash" Young-ho (Terran) 4 - 0 Jang "Snow" Yoon Chul (Protoss)
2020 Afreeca StarCraft League Season 9 Kim "Queen" Myung Woon (Zerg) 4 - 1 Lee "Light" Jae Ho (Terran)
2020 Afreeca StarCraft League Season 10 Kim "Queen" Myung Woon (Zerg) 4 - 3 Park "Soma" Sang Hyun (Zerg)
2021 Afreeca StarCraft League Season 11 Lim "Larva" Hong Gyu (Zerg) 4 - 3 Byun "mini" Hyun Je (Protoss)
2021 Afreeca StarCraft League Season 12 Byun "mini" Hyun Je (Protoss) 4 - 3 Yoo "Rush" Young Jin (Terran)
2022 Afreeca StarCraft League Season 13 Lee "Light" Jae Ho [ko] (Terran) 4 - 0 Jung "Rain" Yoon Jong (Protoss)
2022 Afreeca StarCraft League Season 14 Kim "Royal" Ji Sung (Terran) 4 - 2 Yoo "Rush" Young Jin (Terran)
2023 Afreeca StarCraft League Season 15 Jung "JyJ" Young Jae (Terran) 4 - 1 Park "Mind" Sung Gyoon (Terran)
2023 Afreeca StarCraft League Season 16 Kim "SoulKey" Minchul (Zerg) 4 - 1 Byun "mini" Hyun Je (Protoss)
2024 Afreeca StarCraft League Season 17 Kim "SoulKey" Minchul (Zerg) 4 - 3 Jo "Hero" Iljang (Zerg)
2024 SOOP StarCraft League 2024 AUTUMN Kim "SoulKey" Minchul (Zerg) 4 - 1 Jo "Sharp" Ki Seok (Terran)

References

  1. ^ "2016 아프리카TV 스타리그 안내" [2016 Africa TV Star League Information]. starleague.kr (in Korean). Archived from the original on 15 June 2016. Retrieved 4 March 2019.
  2. ^ Barrett, Ben (2 August 2016). "StarCraft: Brood War resurges in Korea thanks to the Afreeca StarLeague". PCGamesN. Retrieved 4 March 2019.
  3. ^ "Introducing the Korea Starcraft League". Blizzard.com. 14 June 2008. Retrieved 4 March 2019.
  4. ^ "KB리브모바일 2024 SSL AUTUMN 예선전 안내". SOOP. 25 July 2024. Retrieved 30 December 2024.
  5. ^ "SOOP Starleague Autumn (ASL18) announced". TLnet. 26 July 2024. Retrieved 30 December 2024.