MBCGame StarCraft League

MBCGame StarCraft League
FormerlyKPGA Tour
SportStarCraft: Brood War
Founded2002
Ceased2012
CountrySouth Korea
Venue(s)HERO Center at the COEX Convention & Exhibition Center (2006–2008)
HERO Center at the Mullae-dong LOOX (2008–2012)
Last
champion(s)		Lee "Flash" Young-ho
Most titlesThree times:
Flash
iloveoov
NaDa
sAviOr
Bisu
TV partner(s)MBCGame

The MBCGame StarCraft League, also known as MSL, was a StarCraft tournament hosted by Korean television network MBCGame. The tournament started out in 2002 under the name of KPGA Tour, and in 2003 it was renamed the MSL. On February 1, 2012, MBCGame ceased operations and the MSL was discontinued. Throughout its lifetime, the MSL gave away the equivalent of over US$1.6 million in prize money.

League Championships

Year Tournament Winner Runner-up
2002 KPGA 1st Tour BoxeR YellOw
2002 Reebok KPGA 2nd Tour NaDa YellOw
2002 Pepsi Twist KPGA 3rd Tour NaDa Reach
2002 Baskin Robbins KPGA 4th Tour NaDa ChoJJa
2003 Stout MSL Nal_rA NaDa
2003 TriGem MSL iloveoov YellOw
2004 HanaFOS CENGAME MSL iloveoov NaDa
2004 SPRIS MSL iloveoov Kingdom
2004 You Are The Golf King MSL GoRush NaDa
2005 UZOO MSL sAviOr Reach
2005 LG CYON MSL ChoJJa sAviOr
2006 Pringles MSL sAviOr Nal_rA
2006 Pringles MSL Season 2 sAviOr Silver
2006 GomTV MSL Bisu sAviOr
2007 GomTV MSL Season 2 Bisu Stork
2007 GomTV MSL Season 3 Mind Bisu
2008 GomTV MSL Season 4 Jaedong Kal
2008 Arena MSL fOrGG Jaedong
2008 ClubDay Online MSL Bisu JangBi
2009 Lost Saga MSL Luxury JangBi
2009 Avalon MSL Calm Kwanro
2009 Nate MSL Jaedong FlaSh
2010 Hana Daetoo Securities MSL FlaSh Jaedong
2010 BigFile MSL FlaSh Jaedong
2010 PDPop MSL Hydra Great
2011 ABC-Mart MSL FlaSh Zero

Brackets

Note: Brackets are re-seeded according to KeSPA ranking in the quarterfinals.

2009 Avalon MSL

Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
Calm 2
fOrGG 0 Calm 3
UpMaGiC 0 EffOrt 0
EffOrt 2 Calm 3
Jaedong 2 Jaedong 1
Kal 0 Jaedong 3
Canata 2 Canata 2
PianO 0 Calm 3
Flash 1 Kwanro 1
Kwanro 2 Kwanro 3
Pure 0 ZerO 0
ZerO 2 Kwanro 3
Hwasin 0 Iris 2
Iris 2 Iris 3
fantasy 0 Bisu 2
Bisu 2

2009 Nate MSL

Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
Jaedong (Z) 2
FireFist (Z) 0 Jaedong (Z) 3
Stats (P) 2 Stats (P) 0
JangBi (P) 1 Jaedong (Z) 3
Hwasin (T) 2 Kal (P) 0
Guemchi (P) 0 Hwasin (T) 1
Kal (P) 2 Kal (P) 3
Saint (Z) 0 Jaedong (Z) 3
Light (T) 2 Flash (T) 1
Hero (Z) 0 Light (T) 0
Kwanro (Z) 2 Kwanro (Z) 3
Bogus (T) 1 Kwanro (Z) 1
Best (P) 2 Flash (T) 3
Canata (T) 0 Flash (T) 3
Flash (T) 2 Best (P) 0
ZerO (Z) 1

2010 Hana Daetoo Securities MSL

Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
BaBy (T) 0
MVP (T) 2 FlaSh (T) 3
Hydra (Z) 1 MVP (T) 1
Jaedong (Z) 2 FlaSh (T) 3
Midas (T) 2 Free (P) 0
JangBi (P) 1 Free (P) 3
Hwasin (T) 0 HiyA (T) 2
FlaSh (T) 2 By.Flash (T) 3
Sea (T) 1 n.Die_Jaedong (Z) 0
Free (P) 2 Jaedong (Z) 3
Calm (Z) 2 Midas (T) 0
FanTaSy (T) 1 Jaedong (Z) 3
great (Z) 2 Calm (Z) 1
Movie (P) 1 Calm (Z) 3
Shuttle (P) 0 great (Z) 2
HiyA (T) 2

2010 Bigfile MSL

Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
EffOrt (Z) 2
Midas (T) 0 FlaSh (T) 3
FlaSh (T) 2 fOrGG (T) 0
Violet (P) 0 FlaSh (T) 3
Jaedong (Z) 2 FanTaSy (T) 2
Kal (P) 1 Calm (Z) 0
Light (T) 2 FanTaSy (T) 3
RorO (Z) 1 FlaSh (T) 3
Bisu (P) 0 Jaedong (Z) 2
Sea (T) 2 Light (T) 3
Stats (P) 1 EffOrt (Z) 1
Calm (Z) 2 Light (T) 2
FanTaSy (T) 2 Jaedong (Z) 3
Hyuk (Z) 0 Sea (T) 1
Hero (Z) 1 Jaedong (Z) 3
fOrGG (T) 2

2010 PDPop MSL

Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
Calm 2
Ssak 1 Jaedong 3
Hydra 2 Snow 2
Classic 0 Hydra 3
Jaedong 2 Jaedong 2
Midas 0 Hydra 3
Snow 2 Calm 0
HoGiL 0 Hydra 3
Action 0 great 1
great 2 ZerO 3
Soulkey 1 Stork 0
ZerO 2 great 3
RorO 0 ZerO 1
Kal 2 great 3
Bisu 0 Kal 2
Stork 2

2011 ABC Mart MSL

Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
Hydra 2
Stork 1 Jaedong 3
Light 1 Grape 1
Mind 2 Jaedong 1
Leta 2 ZerO 3
Soulkey 1 ZerO 3
Calm 2 Calm 2
Hyuk 1 ZerO 0
hero 0 Flash 3
ZerO 2 Hydra 3
Horang2 1 Mind 1
Grape 2 Hydra 0
Reality 1 Flash 3
Jaedong 2 Flash 3
Really 1 Leta 1
Flash 2

See also

References