Global StarCraft II Team League


GOMTV Global StarCraft II Team League is a tournament hosted by GomTV and Blizzard Entertainment in South Korea. While the Global StarCraft II League is an individual competition, the GSTL focuses on team play. The GSTL is broadcast on Thursday and Friday, whereas the GOMTV Global StarCraft II League is broadcast on Monday to Wednesday.

Teams

This is a list of teams currently participating in the GSTL.

Month Based Events

For the first season of the GOMTV Global StarCraft II League, the GSTL was a short, 4 day event that invited the top 8 Korean teams to play. This format was eventually abandoned due to the popularity of the team leagues.
YearName of TournamentWinnerResult of FinalRunner-UpLiquipedia
2011Sony Ericsson Global StarCraft II Team League Feb.Incredible Miracle 5 - 4Startale
2011Global StarCraft II Team League Mar.SlayerS5 - 4Incredible Miracle
2011Global StarCraft II Team League MaySlayerS5 - 4Most Valuable Player

Season Based Events

The GSTL format was drastically overhauled due to its popularity. The new format was season based, going on for three months at a time, and allowed all the teams that wanted to participate to participate, instead of limiting it to 8. This season also saw the debut of non-Korean teams participating in the GSTL.
YearName of TournamentWinnerResult of FinalRunner-UpLiquipedia
2011Global StarCraft II Team League Season 1Most Valuable Player 5 - 3Prime
2012Global StarCraft II Team League Season 1Prime5 - 2StarTale Quantic
2012Global StarCraft II Team League Season 2FXOpen e-Sports 5 - 0SlayerS

Also on March 28, 2011 to March 29, 2011 GomTV hosted a special tournament called the 2011 LG Cinema 3D GOMTV World Championship Seoul. The GOMTV World Championship hosted Team Korea vs. World All Stars in a single elimination best of 15 format. The tournament lasted all the way till game 15 but the World All Stars could not complete the come back and beat Team Korea.
YearName of TournamentWinnerResult of FinalRunner-UpLiquipedia
2011Team Korea vs World All Stars Korea8 - 7World

Preseason Events

On February 12, it was announced that GomTV would be hosting a GSTL Preseason event for the first StarCraft II expansion, Heart of the Swarm. This would be the first GomTV HotS tournament, and is played on the beta servers.
YearName of TournamentWinnerResult of FinalRunner-UpLiquipedia
20132013 Global StarCraft II Team League PreseasonIncredible Miracle 4-2AZUBU