AfreecaTV StarCraft League

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The AfreecaTV StarCraft League (ASL) (Korean아프리카TV 스타리그) is a StarCraft: Remastered tournament series hosted by afreecaTV[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 afreecaTV.[2] Dan "Artosis" Stemkoski and Nicolas "Tasteless" Plott provide English rebroadcasts on AfreecaTV's YouTube channel.

AfreecaTV StarCraft League (ASL)
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)afreecaTV
YouTube
Official websitehttp://play.afreecatv.com/afstar1/0

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.

Results

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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)

References

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  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.