Global StarCraft II Team League
GOMTV Global StarCraft II Team League (GSTL) 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 (as of August 27, 2013). Champions. 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. 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. World Championship Team Events. From March 28 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. 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.