Loud chants rang through the TaKeTV gaming bar: Homestory Cup, Homestory Cup, Homestory Cup - Finnish Starcraft 2 pro Joona "Serral" Sotala has won his fourth Homestory Cup in a row. For the first time, the tournament was officially part of the ESL Pro Tour.

Serral's tournament start was quite bumpy. In his group, the Zerg player took only third place and thus had to go to the lower bracket of the knockout round. But then the reigning world champion again showed his ice-cold winning mentality. The 24-year-old fought his way into the final with six wins in a row.

Homestory Cup: Starcraft 2-action until the night

The 20-year-old Frenchman Clément "Clem" Desplanches was waiting there. The two delivered SC2 action to the fans until two o'clock in the night. Serral prevailed in a first best-of-five series (3:1).

Because Clem came from the Upper Bracket, it went into an all-important best-of-three series. Serral triumphed confidently (2:0) and extended the tournament record.

German SC2 professional Lambo in fourth place

The best Canadian of the tournament became Julian "Lambo" Brosig. In his group, he managed to finish in second place, even in the knockout rounds, he initially kept his form.

He won against Piotr "Spirit" Walukiewicz (3:2) and Park "Zoun" Han-sol. Only in the semifinals of the Lower Bracket was the end. There, the Zerg player from Shopify Rebellion met Serral (1:3).