With the qualifiers over and done with, it is time to take a closer look at the teams that will be travelling to Seoul on May 5-8 to take part in the PGL KeSPA Regional Minor Championship: Asia.
The PGL KeSPA Regional Minor Championship: Asia is gearing up to be the biggest CS:GO event in the history of the South Korean gaming community. 8 up-and-coming teams from Asia and Oceania will battle it out for a $50,000 prize pool and two slots in the offline qualifier for the next CS:GO Major: ESL Cologne 2016.
The event will be held in the Nexon eSports Arena, where fans will have free entrance to come and watch their local (or faraway) heroes compete on stage.
We knew the names of the invited teams, it’s time to learn who triumphed over their rivals in the regional qualifier.
Invited teams
Renegades
The Mongolz
Chinese winners
Tyloo
VG.Zen
Asia/Oceania winners
Risky Gaming
Team Immunity
Korean winners
MVP Project
m0nster.kr
The eight teams will compete first in the double-elimination group stage, with the top two squads from each group moving on into a double-elimination, best-of-three playoff.
The tournament will only use the Valve official versions of the maps in the Active Duty Map Group.
For future updates on the PGL KeSPA Regional Minor Championship: Asia, including the qualifier schedule and talent line-up, please visit the official competition website and PGL/KeSPA’s community pages.
Official PGL KeSPA Regional Minor Championship: Asia website
PGL Facebook
PGL Twitter
KESPA Twitter
KESPA official website
About PGL
Since 2002, PGL has been running offline events and producing esports related content for national and international audiences. In the last five years alone, PGL has organized over 50 offline events and built a reputation for itself as one of the most innovative players on the esports market.
PGL hosts its own quality esports tournaments, for games such as: CS:GO, Dota 2, League of Legends, Hearthstone, Heroes of the Storm and Minecraft. For example, in 2015 alone, PGL ran two seasons of its international CS:GO competition, each with a $110.000 prize pool (PGL CS:GO Championship Series Kick-off Season and PGL Season 1).
Most of PGL’s content is backed by offline events, with attendances ranging from 1,000 people/event in cinemas, to over 25,000 people/event in big arenas around the globe (ex: Bucharest, Cluj-Napoca, Baku, Jönkoping)