The ASL is a StarCraft: Remastered tournament series in South Korea, hosted by SOOP, a video streaming service. For most of its history, the tournament was named the AfreecaTV StarCraft League (), then the SOOP StarCraft League (SSL), and now simply ASL. 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 SOOP. Dan "Artosis" Stemkoski and Nicolas "Tasteless" Plott provide English rebroadcasts on SOOP's YouTube channel.
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. 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.
On July 25, 2024, it rebranded to SOOP StarCraft League (SSL) to reflect the rebranding of AfreecaTV to SOOP. The naming format of the tournament also changed, with the first season under the SSL branding being SOOP StarCraft League 2024 AUTUMN, starting on August 26, 2024.
The name was reverted to ASL the next season.
Results
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 (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)2024 SOOP StarCraft League 2024 AUTUMN Kim "SoulKey" Minchul (Zerg) 4 - 1 Jo "Sharp" Ki Seok (Terran)2025 ASL Season 19 Kim "SoulKey" Minchul (Zerg) 4 - 3 Doh "Best" Jae Wook (Protoss)2025 ASL Season 20 Park "Soma" Sang Hyun (Zerg) 4 - 2 Jang "Snow" Yoon Chul (Protoss)2026 ASL Season 21 Park "Soma" Sang Hyun (Zerg) 4 - 3 Lee "Flash" Young-ho (Terran)
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