
TournamentsWhat is the GSL group format in esports?
Four teams, two advance, two losses and you are out — the GSL group format took StarCraft's Korean league structure and turned it into the default way esports sort small groups.
Event coverage as it runs: seeding, group draws, format quirks, upsets, and the standings after each stage, with schedules listed in usable local time.

Four teams, two advance, two losses and you are out — the GSL group format took StarCraft's Korean league structure and turned it into the default way esports sort small groups.

Two losses to go home, one bracket for the winners and one for the survivors — double elimination became esports' default playoff format because it fixes the cruelest flaw of single elimination.