KeSPA Cup 2017

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2017 LoL KeSPA Cup
League Information
Organizer:	KeSPA Riot Games OnGameNet
Event Type:	Offline
Country	South Korea
Prize Pool:	₩ 100,000,000
Start Date:	2017-11-20
End Date:	2017-12-02
Links:	Website
Stream:	YouTube
Spoiler-Free Schedule:	Link
Results
Winner:	KT Rolster
Second:	Longzhu Gaming
Third:	Samsung Galaxy  SK Telecom T1

The 2017 LoL KeSPA Cup is the third time LoL will feature at the annual tournament, organized by the Korea e-Sports Association.

Overview

Format

• Nineteen teams participate: [Show][Hide]

• All participating 2017 LCK Summer teams
• All participating 2017 CK Summer teams minus CJ Entus and Rising Star Gaming
• Top 3 from 2017 KeG Championship

• Top 4 from the 2017 LCK Summer Playoffs are granted a bye to the Playoffs
• Elimination and Qualification Rounds
  • Single elimination
  • Matches are best of three
• Playoffs
  • Single elimination
  • Finals are best of five
  • All other matches are best of three
• Patch Information: v7.22

Prize Pool

₩ 100,000,000 South Korean Won are spread among the teams as seen below:

Place	Prize (%)	Prize (KRW)	≈Prize (USD)	≈Prize (EUR)	Team
1	40%	₩ 40,000,000	$ 36,800	€ 30,800	KT Rolster
2	20%	₩ 20,000,000	$ 18,400	€ 15,400	Longzhu Gaming
3-4	10%	₩ 10,000,000	$ 9,200	€ 7,700	Samsung Galaxy
					SK Telecom T1
5-8	5%	₩ 5,000,000	$ 4,600	€ 3,850	MVP
					Ever8 Winners
					Griffin
					Jin Air Green Wings
9-12	-	-	-	-	Afreeca Freecs
					bbq Olivers
					DAMWON Gaming
					ROX Tigers
13-19	-	-	-	-	APK Prince
					Gangwon
					I Gaming Star
					Gwangju City
					Kongdoo Monster
					Gyeonggi
					Team BattleComics

Converted prizes calculated with values provided by http://www.xe.com on December 2, 2017, as follows:

• ₩ 1 South Korean Won = $ .00092 US Dollars
• ₩ 1 South Korean Won = € .00077 Euros

Participants

Rosters

From 2017 LCK Summer

Afreeca Freecs  Summit  Spirit  Mowgli  Kuro  Kramer  TusiN bbq Olivers  Crazy  Bono  Tempt  Ghost  Totoro Ever8 Winners  Kiin  Malrang  Cepted  Deul  Aegis Jin Air Green Wings  SoHwan  UmTi  Yaharong  Teddy  SnowFlower KT Rolster  Smeb  Score  PawN  Deft  Mata Longzhu Gaming  Khan  Peanut  Bdd  PraY  GorillA MVP  ADD  Beyond  Ian  MaHa  Max ROX Tigers  Lindarang  SeongHwan  Mightybear  Lava  Sangyoon  Key Samsung Galaxy  CuVee  Haru  Ambition  Crown  Ruler  CoreJJ SK Telecom T1  Untara  Blank  Faker  Bang  Effort  Wolf

From 2017 CK Summer

APK Prince  kingen  Krvavy  Rainbow  Speed  Medic DAMWON Gaming  Nuguri  Crush  ShowMaker  Alive  Hoit Griffin  Sword  Tarzan  Rather  Viper  Lehends I Gaming Star  bear  BroCColi  Dasher  Moyoh  doran Kongdoo Monster  Roach  U Jun  Edge  SSol  Secret Team BattleComics  Hipo  Ryan  Dove  Hollow  Joker

From 2017 KeG Championship

Gangwon  Poss  Hyeok  Gori  WooPy  Arcane Gwangju City  Cheolmin  ji won  ji hun  young do  seung min Gyeonggi  Hoon  As  Kano  Tear  Keria

Results

Elimination and Qualifying Rounds

Elimination Qualifying                  AFs W   BYE -    AFs 0    GRF 2    APK 0    GRF 2   Elimination Qualifying                  MVP 2    Gangwon 0    MVP 2    bbq 0    bbq 2    IGS 0

Elimination Qualifying                  JAG 2    Gwangju 1    JAG 2    DWG 0    KDM 1    DWG 2   Elimination Qualifying                  ROX 2    Gyeonggi 0    ROX 1    E8W 2    E8W 2    BtC 1

Playoffs

	Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Finals
	SSG	2
	MVP	0
					SSG	1
					KT	2
	KT	2
	E8W	0
									KT	3
									LZ	2
	SKT	2
	GRF	1
					SKT	0
					LZ	2
	LZ	2
	JAG	1

Schedule

• Elimination Round
• Qualifying Round
• Playoffs

Game Schedule
Round	Match	Result	Date	YOU	PST	CET	KST	Countdown	VoDs/Stream	Reddit
Elim	APK  vs  GRF	0:2	2017,11,20,08,00	2017,11,20,08,00	00:00	09:00	17:00	20 November 2017 08:00:00 +0000-	12	-
Elim	MVP  vs  Gangwon	2:0	2017,11,20,11,00	2017,11,20,11,00	03:00	12:00	20:00	20 November 2017 11:00:00 +0000-	12	-
Elim	bbq  vs  IGS	2:0	2017,11,21,08,00	2017,11,21,08,00	00:00	09:00	17:00	21 November 2017 08:00:00 +0000-	12	-
Elim	JAG  vs  Gwangju	2:1	2017,11,21,11,00	2017,11,21,11,00	03:00	12:00	20:00	21 November 2017 11:00:00 +0000-	123	-
Elim	KDM  vs  DWG	1:2	2017,11,22,08,00	2017,11,22,08,00	00:00	09:00	17:00	22 November 2017 08:00:00 +0000-	123	-
Elim	ROX  vs  Gyeonggi	2:0	2017,11,22,11,00	2017,11,22,11,00	03:00	12:00	20:00	22 November 2017 11:00:00 +0000-	12	-
Elim	E8W  vs  BtC	2:1	2017,11,25,08,00	2017,11,25,08,00	00:00	09:00	17:00	25 November 2017 08:00:00 +0000-	123	-

Game Schedule
Round	Match	Result	Date	YOU	PST	CET	KST	Countdown	VoDs/Stream	Reddit
Qual	AFs  vs  GRF	0:2	2017,11,26,08,00	2017,11,26,08,00	00:00	09:00	17:00	26 November 2017 08:00:00 +0000-	12	-
Qual	MVP  vs  bbq	2:0	2017,11,26,11,00	2017,11,26,11,00	03:00	12:00	20:00	26 November 2017 11:00:00 +0000-	12	-
Qual	JAG  vs  DWG	2:0	2017,11,27,08,00	2017,11,27,08,00	00:00	09:00	17:00	27 November 2017 08:00:00 +0000-	12	-
Qual	ROX  vs  E8W	1:2	2017,11,27,11,00	2017,11,27,11,00	03:00	12:00	20:00	27 November 2017 11:00:00 +0000-	123	-

Game Schedule
Round	Match	Result	Date	YOU	PST	CET	KST	Countdown	VoDs/Stream	Reddit
Quarter	SSG  vs  MVP	2:0	2017,11,28,08,00	2017,11,28,08,00	00:00	09:00	17:00	28 November 2017 08:00:00 +0000-	12	Reddit
Quarter	KT  vs  E8W	2:0	2017,11,28,11,00	2017,11,28,11,00	03:00	12:00	20:00	28 November 2017 11:00:00 +0000-	12	Reddit
Quarter	SKT  vs  GRF	2:1	2017,11,29,08,00	2017,11,29,08,00	00:00	09:00	17:00	29 November 2017 08:00:00 +0000-	123	Reddit
Quarter	LZ  vs  JAG	2:1	2017,11,29,11,00	2017,11,29,11,00	03:00	12:00	20:00	29 November 2017 11:00:00 +0000-	123	Reddit
Semi	SSG  vs  KT	1:2	2017,12,01,08,00	2017,12,01,08,00	00:00	09:00	17:00	1 December 2017 08:00:00 +0000-	123	Reddit
Semi	SKT  vs  LZ	0:2	2017,12,01,11,00	2017,12,01,11,00	03:00	12:00	20:00	1 December 2017 11:00:00 +0000-	12	Reddit
Finals	KT  vs  LZ	3:2	2017,12,02,08,00	2017,12,02,08,00	00:00	09:00	17:00	2 December 2017 08:00:00 +0000-	12345	Reddit

Media

Streams

• YouTube
• PandaTV

Articles & Videos

• November 30, KT Rolster and Heo "Pawn" Won-seok take a last shot at glory in KeSPA Cup by Young Jae Jeon on ESPN
• December 1, Peanut gets revenge on SKT in the KeSPA Cup semifinals by Xing Li on Dot Esports
• December 4, Speed, Destruction: The Fiery Pre-season (KeSPA Cup) by Jin Jeong on chhopsky
• December 5, KeSPA Cup performances -- four players to watch for 2018 by Emily Rand on ESPN
• December 12, The new Longzhu is not ROX Tigers by Emily Rand on ESPN

Interviews

• November 29, SKT Bengi: "kkOma called for me, and I responded. That's how I became a coach" with Sihoon "Maloo" Lee and Woo "Ready" Hyun on Inven Global
• November 29, SKT PoohManDu: "Effort is an earnest player that has great synergy with the team" with Sihoon "Maloo" Lee and Woo "Ready" Hyun on Inven Global
• November 29, SKT Faker: "It might be because we're still in the preseason, but Zoe seems pretty unbalanced right now" with Hee Eun "Youii" Yoo and Woo "Ready" Hyun on Inven Global
• November 29, LZ Peanut: "I got Kicked out of SKT? All these rumors are completely false." with Sihoon "Maloo" Lee and James "Bick" Hong on Inven Global
• December 1, KT Mata: "When our team failed to make it to Worlds... I was mentally struggling" with Woo "Ready" Hyun and Takyun "Laff" Pack on Inven Global
• December 1, PraY on All-Star: "I'd like to see Faker playing at his best to raise the trophy for Korea" with Woo "Ready" Hyun and Takyun "Laff" Pack on Inven Global
• December 2, kt Score: "Although I won the smite war today against Peanut, it might go the other way in future games." with Sihoon "Maloo" Lee, Hee Eun "Youii" Yoo, and James "Bick" Hong on Inven Global
• December 2, Smeb: "I really wanted to prove that kt is a strong team." with Jaehoon "Laffa" Jeong and Dasol "Viion" Jang on Inven Global
• December 5, The Success and Failure of "Peanut", and a New Challenge with Hee Eun "Youii" Yoo, Changsik "Alle" Son, and Dasol "Viion" Jang on Inven Global

Viewership Statistics

Data sourced from Esports Charts. Please note that frequently Chinese viewership numbers are inflated from actual values.

Peak Viewership
Total	5,763,668
Without Chinese Viewers	63,697
Chinese Streams	5,715,562
Other
Total Time Watched	49,196,141 Hours
Avg Concurrent Viewers	814,281