Shy with his first ZOTAC title

Chul Woo 'Shy' Park has won the 76th edition of ZOTAC Cup, defeating Marcus 'Thorzain' Eklöf in the final match.

Just like last week, a lot of Koreans rushed into the event. FoV, MichaeL, ReprisaL, Soccer and WhO were among the ones aiming for the title, but the did not made it to the Top 8. Winner of Cup #74 - Lyn did not attend at all. Two of MYM's roster - Happy and Ciara also failed to get in the Quarterfinals, along with Satiini and KnOfF.

Resolver faced no problems against the German Da_HarLe. Runner-up from the previous ZOTAC - Shy dropped a map versus EfFeCt, but still passed through the semis. Two Europeans - Snake and Thorzain went in a battle for a spot in the next phase, won by the Swedish Human player. ViOlet, who was inactive for over a month due to personal problems, crushed its Russian opponent Please.

The semifinals began with Resolver facing Shy. The Korean Night Elf seemed to have worked on his Human match-up after last week's loss against ReprisaL, and knocked out his country mate with a 2-0 score. Thorzain on the other had had a tough match against the Orcer ViOlet, after dropping the starting map, but in the end he managed to overcome the "green skins".

Everything for the final clash was ready. The Swedish game took an early advantage, winning on Twisted Meadows. On Death Trap and Echo Isles Shy bounced back and took the lead. Secret Valley brought success to Thorzain, and with a 2-2 score everything had to come down to the last map - Ancient Isles.On it, the Korean Elf managed to prevail over his opponent, winning ZOTAC #76 and 100 Euros.

You can find replays from the grand final in our replay vault.