Full Set Battle… 4 Drones in 4th Set & Bold Rush in 7th Set,
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Park Sang-hyun lifts the ASL championship trophy
(Goyang=Yonhap News) Reporter Kim Joo-hwan = ‘Soma’ Park Sang-hyun lifts the ASL Season 21 championship trophy after defeating ‘Flash’ Lee Young-ho with a set score of 4-3 at the finals held at the KINTEX exhibition center in Goyang, Gyeonggi Province, on the 24th. 2026.5.24 [email protected],
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, ” (Goyang=Yonhap News) Reporter Kim Joo-hwan = Defending ASL champion Park Sang-hyun (31, Zerg) successfully defended his StarCraft League title for a second consecutive time by defeating ‘Ultimate Weapon’ Lee Young-ho (34, Terran) in his last dance.”,
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, ” ‘Soma’ Park Sang-hyun beat Lee Young-ho with a set score of 4-3 at the ASL Season 21 finals held at the KINTEX exhibition center in Goyang, Gyeonggi Province, on the 24th.”,
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, ‘ In the first set, Park Sang-hyun capitalized on Lee Young-ho’s fast expansion with a Mutalisk attack.’,
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, ‘ However, Lee Young-ho countered with a calm deployment of numerous Goliaths and swiftly breached Park’s main base, securing a quick victory with a “GG” in just 13 minutes. Lee Young-ho further pushed the lead to 2-0 by breaking through Park’s base with a standard bio-mechanical composition in the second set.’,
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Park Sang-hyun lifts the ASL championship trophy
(Goyang=Yonhap News) Reporter Kim Joo-hwan = ‘Soma’ Park Sang-hyun lifts the ASL Season 21 championship trophy after defeating ‘Flash’ Lee Young-ho with a set score of 4-3 at the finals held at the KINTEX exhibition center in Goyang, Gyeonggi Province, on the 24th. 2026.5.24 [email protected],
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, ‘ Park fought back in the third set, leveraging a combination of Hydralisks and Mutalisks to win a crucial mid-map battle, eventually surrounding and eliminating Lee’s main force at the expansion, securing a “GG”.’,
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, ” Park was bold again in the fourth set. He utilized a risky ‘4 Drone Rush’ strategy, producing only one worker drone early and immediately sending Zerglings.”,
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Exciting Match
(Goyang=Yonhap News) Reporter Kim Joo-hwan = Spectators watch the battle between Park Sang-hyun and Lee Young-ho at the ASL Season 21 finals held at the KINTEX exhibition center in Goyang, Gyeonggi Province, on the 24th. 2026.5.24 [email protected],
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, ‘ Lee discovered the incoming Zerglings while scouting and quickly pulled SCVs for defense, but Park managed to eliminate most of Lee’s SCVs before a single Marine was out, winning the set in just 3 minutes.’,
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, ‘ With the score tied at 2:2, Park quickly advanced to Lair tech in the fifth set and attempted to invade Lee’s main base, but Lee’s calm defense with Siege Tanks and Vultures forced Park to concede “GG”, ending the set in 6 minutes.’,
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Cheering Fans
(Goyang=Yonhap News) Reporter Kim Joo-hwan = Fans cheer immediately after Park Sang-hyun’s victory at the ASL Season 21 finals held at the KINTEX exhibition center in Goyang, Gyeonggi Province, on the 24th. 2026.5.24 [email protected],
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, ‘ Facing defeat, Park focused on worker harassment with Mutalisks in the sixth set.’,
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, ‘ While Lee fortified his defense with Goliaths and moved into Park’s undefended main base at the 9-minute mark, Park’s attack was faster, allowing him to secure victory in the live army confrontation and force the match to a final set.’,
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ASL 21 Champion Park Sang-hyun
(Goyang=Yonhap News) Reporter Kim Joo-hwan = ‘Soma’ Park Sang-hyun listens to a question from the host while holding the championship trophy at the ASL Season 21 finals held at the KINTEX exhibition center in Goyang, Gyeonggi Province, on the 24th. 2026.5.24 [email protected],
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, ” The decisive seventh set took place on a two-player map, ‘Match Point’. Lee quickly established a command center at his natural expansion.”,
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, ‘ Noticing the delayed barracks, Park gambled again by advancing his Spawn Pool, sending all drones to Lee’s base and picking off SCVs one by one.’,
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, ‘ Although a bunker was built at the natural along with a single Marine by the time the Zerglings arrived, Park pressed on into Lee’s unprotected main base, forcing a “GG” and clinching the championship trophy after a full-set battle.’,
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, ‘ With this victory, last season’s ASL champion Park Sang-hyun joined the ranks of Lee Young-ho, Kim Myung-woon, and Kim Min-chul by winning two consecutive ASL seasons.’,
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ASL 21 Champion Park Sang-hyun
(Goyang=Yonhap News) Reporter Kim Joo-hwan = ‘Soma’ Park Sang-hyun holds the championship trophy after defeating ‘Flash’ Lee Young-ho with a set score of 4-3 at the ASL Season 21 finals held at the KINTEX exhibition center in Goyang, Gyeonggi Province, on the 24th. 2026.5.24 [email protected],
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, ‘ In a post-match interview with the press, Park Sang-hyun said, “Young-ho was a player who was like a ‘god’ above me since I was young, and it’s a joy for me to be standing by him after continuing to play StarCraft through my 20s.”‘,
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, ‘ He added, “I practiced the 4 Drone strategy a lot, and winning the fourth set with it seems to have been a turning point.”‘,
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