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.
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| Formerly | KPGA Tour |
|---|---|
| Sport | StarCraft: Brood War |
| Founded | 2002 |
| Ceased | 2012 |
| Country | South 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 titles | Three times: Flash iloveoov NaDa sAviOr Bisu |
| TV partner(s) | MBCGame |
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
External links
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