Overview [ edit ]

The 2016 AfreecaTV Starleague Season 1 (2016 아프리카TV 스타리그) or AfreecaTV Starcraft League, was an offline tournament organized and broadcast live on AfreecaTV.[1]

The Starleague was announced on June 15, 2016 with two open offline qualifiers scheduled for Seoul and Busan on June 25 and 26, 2016, respectively.

The grand final of the tournament was held at Seoul Children's Grand Park alongside 2016 GSL Code S Season 2 Finals (StarCraft 2).[2]



Tournament Information [ edit ]

Participants [ edit ]

Prize Pool [ edit ]

₩24,000,000 KRW (~$21,600) is to be awarded to the top placing players per the distribution below:

Format [ edit ]

Preliminary Qualifiers

14 groups of 32-128 players each, seven groups in each of Seoul and Busan

Single-elimination bracket: best-of-three

Winner of each group advances

Round of 16 Group Stage

Group selection: July 10, 2016

Four groups of four players each

Top two players in each group advance

Elimination Stage

Eight player single-elimination bracket

Quarterfinals through finals: best-of-five

Maps [ edit ]

Results [ edit ]

Group Stage [ edit ]

Group A [ edit ] Group A 1. sSak 2-1 1. Shuttle 2-1 3. free 1-2 3. EffOrt 1-2 Detailed Results July 17, 2016 - 19:00 KST EffOrt 0 1 Shuttle July 19, 2016 - 19:00 KST free 1 0 sSak July 24, 2016 - 19:00 KST EffOrt 1 0 free July 26, 2016 - 19:00 KST Shuttle 0 1 sSak July 31, 2016 - 19:00 KST EffOrt 0 1 sSak August 2, 2016 - 19:00 KST Shuttle 1 0 free Group B [ edit ] Group B 1. Sharp 2-1 1. Jaehoon 2-1 1. PianO 2-1 4. Larva 0-3 Detailed Results July 17, 2016 - 19:00 KST Sharp 1 0 PianO July 19, 2016 - 19:00 KST Larva 0 1 Jaehoon July 24, 2016 - 19:00 KST Sharp 1 0 Larva July 26, 2016 - 19:00 KST PianO 1 0 Jaehoon July 31, 2016 - 19:00 KST Sharp 0 1 Jaehoon August 2, 2016 - 19:00 KST PianO 1 0 Larva Group B Tiebreaker [ edit ] Group B Tiebreaker August 7, 2016 - 19:00 KST 1. Jaehoon 3-1 2. Sharp 2-2 3. PianO 1-3 Detailed Results Jaehoon 0 1 Sharp Jaehoon 1 0 PianO Sharp 0 1 PianO Jaehoon 1 0 Sharp Jaehoon 1 0 PianO Sharp 1 0 PianO Group C [ edit ] Group C 1. Sea 2-1 1. Flash 2-1 3. Mind 1-2 3. ZerO 1-2 Detailed Results July 17, 2016 - 19:00 KST ZerO 0 1 Flash July 19, 2016 - 19:00 KST Mind 1 0 Sea July 24, 2016 - 19:00 KST ZerO 1 0 Mind July 26, 2016 - 19:00 KST Flash 0 1 Sea July 31, 2016 - 19:00 KST ZerO 0 1 Sea August 2, 2016 - 19:00 KST Flash 1 0 Mind Group D [ edit ] Group D 1. Last 3-0 2. hero 2-1 3. BeSt 1-2 4. Mong 0-3 Detailed Results July 17, 2016 - 19:00 KST Last 1 0 Mong July 19, 2016 - 19:00 KST BeSt 0 1 hero July 24, 2016 - 19:00 KST Last 1 0 BeSt July 26, 2016 - 19:00 KST Mong 0 1 hero July 31, 2016 - 19:00 KST Last 1 0 hero August 2, 2016 - 19:00 KST Mong 0 1 BeSt

Elimination Bracket [ edit ]

Quarterfinals sSak 1 Sharp 3 Sea 3 hero 2 Shuttle 3 Jaehoon 1 Last 3 Flash 0 Semifinals Sharp 3 Sea 2 Shuttle 3 Last 1 Finals Sharp 0 Shuttle 3

Racial Distribution [ edit ]

Protoss Terran Zerg Random Round of 16 4 8 4 Quarterfinals 2 5 1 Semifinals 1 3 Finals 1 1 Winner 1

Media [ edit ]

Streams [ edit ]

Live broadcasts:

VODs [ edit ]

Gallery [ edit ]