Weekly esports guide (3 February - 10 February): Predator League Grand Finals postponed due to Wuhan virus
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The Wuhan virus has a global impact and esports tournaments are among the events affected by travel restrictions and advisories. Some offline events, like the Acer Predator League Grand Finals that were supposed to take place in February, have been postponed. However, it’s still business as usual for the online tournaments.
Do note that the status of some events may have changed after publishing.
Female Esports League Circuit - Arena of Valor (Southeast Asia, Taiwan)
Date:
Vietnam: 11-12 Jan
Taiwan: 18 Jan
Thailand: 1-2 Feb
Malaysia/Singapore/Philippines/Indonesia: 8-9 Feb
Venue: Online
Livestream: Watch it live on Yahoo TV
The FSL Circuit for Arena of Valor is back, featuring the best female players from Southeast Asia and Taiwan! The top teams of the tournament will face off in the Elite segment in Singapore this March. Be sure to catch all the action on Yahoo TV!
Female Esports League Circuit - League of Legends (Southeast Asia)
Date:
Vietnam: 4 Jan
Thailand: 18-19 Jan
Philippines: 1-2 Feb
Singapore/Malaysia/Indonesia: 15-16 Feb
Venue: Online
Livestream: Watch it live on Yahoo TV
The best female players in League of Legends will be fighting for the top spot of the FSL Elite later this March in Singapore. As with Arena of Valor, you can catch all the action live on Yahoo TV!
League of Legends Pacific Championship Series (Asia)
The inaugural Pacific Championship Series (PCS) will kick off in February! A merger of the League of Legends Master Series and the League of Legends Southeast Asia Tour, the PCS will see some of the best teams in Asia facing off. Get ready for some premier League of Legends action!
Alpha Esports (Taipei)
G-Rex Gaming (Hong Kong)
Hong Kong Attitude (Hong Kong)
J Team (Taipei)
Liyab Esports (Manila)
Nova Esports (Bangkok)
Resurgence (Singapore)
Talon (Hong Kong)
Thailand Celestial Cup (Thailand)
Date: 3 - 10 February
Venue: Online
Stream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wB45pH3tZLI
Southeast Asian Dota 2 teams will be fighting it out against one other in this 12-team battle for the lion’s share of the US$14,416 prize pool. The teams involved are:
Cignal Ultra
Dark Knight
Desperado
MidOpen Gaming
Eclipse
EHOME.Immortal
Execration
Flower
Lowkey Esports
Neon Esports
Team Authentic
Team Cosy
China Dota 2 Professional League Season 1 (China)
Date: 27 February - 1 March
Venue: Online
Stream: https://www.facebook.com/imbatvCN
China’s finest Dota 2 teams will be fighting among themselves in this first major China league of 2020. The prize pool is US$216,242, which is a big deal for the 10 teams to fight over.
The teams in the competition are:
EHOME (feat. Malaysian player NothingToSay)
Invictus Gaming (feat. Malaysian player JT- and Oli)
Keen Gaming
Newbee
PSG.LGD (feat. Malaysian player xNova)
Royal Never Give Up
Team Aster (feat. Malaysian player ChYuan)
Vici Gaming
Typhoon E-Sports Club (feat. Malaysian player Deska)
iG Vitality
So far, here are the current team placements.
7th place - Keen Gaming
8th place - EHOME
9th place - Newbee
10th place - Typhoon E-Sports Club
The current top three round-robin score-wise are Vici Gaming, PSG.LGD, and Royal Never Give Up. Stay tuned to find out who will end up the winner later this month.
Asia Pacific Predator League 2020 (The Philippines)
Date: TBC
Venue: SM Mall of Asia Arena
Stream: https://www.twitch.tv/predatorgaming
The Acer Predator League pits all of Asia Pacific’s finest Dota and PUBG teams against each other for the lion’s share of the US$200,000 prize pool. The grand finals of the tournament features the following teams, with more on the way:
Flower Gaming (Malaysia)
Neon Esports (The Philippines)
Lowkey Esports (The Philippines)
Reality Rift (Singapore)
Veteran (Myanmar)
Unfortunately, due to the current developing situation with the Wuhan virus, the Predator League has been postponed to a later date in June or July. Watch this space for updates!
Dragon Ball FighterZ World Tour Finals 2019-2020 (France)
Date: 8 - 9 February
Venue: Pavillon Baltard, Paris, France
Stream: https://www.twitch.tv/dragonballfighterz
The first-ever Dragon Ball FighterZ World Tour is coming to a close, featuring a huge US$80,000 prize pool for the top 14 players to fight for. Your contestants are:
Saga Event Winners
GO1 (Japan)
SonicFox
Wawa
Leaderboard Players
Fenritti (Japan)
dekililsage
Kazunoko (Japan)
Shanks
Maddo (Japan)
BNBBN (Japan)
NyChrisG
Supernoon
B (Japan)
ApologyMan
Tachikawa (Japan)
Kayne
ONE Esports Dota 2 World Pro Invitational Jakarta (Indonesia)
Date: 17 - 19 April 2020
Venue: Indonesia Convention Exhibition
Stream: https://www.twitch.tv/oneesportsgg
ONE Esports partners with PGL to bring fans of DOTA 2 a new series of US$500,000 tournaments in Southeast Asia. This particular Indonesian tournament will have 12 of the world’s best teams clash next April.
Call of Duty Mobile Garena Invitational (Thailand)
Date: January - March
Venue: Thailand
Updates: https://www.facebook.com/codm
It was bound to happen - the mobile version of Call of Duty will be getting its own tournament series courtesy of Garena.
Teams from all over Southeast Asia and Taiwan will be competing in various qualifier tournaments for a spot at the invitationals. With a prize pool of US$65,000 and more, we’ll be seeing a lot of people tuning into this.
Check out the invitational tournament schedules below. The first online qualifiers for the Philippines, Malaysia, and Singapore will be on 8 February for the first two countries and 13 March for the latter.
The winners of each qualifiers will win a huge share of up to SG$13,000.
Free Fire India Championship (India)
Date: 31 Jan - 29 March
Venue: India (TBC)
Registration: ffic.garena.com
Garena’s flagship battle royale title is getting a major tournament held in India.
Free Fire India Championship will feature teams fighting it out online to secure the top 24 spots.
The winner of the tournament in the offline portion will win up to US$21,000 from a prize pool of US$50,000.
PUBG Mobile Thailand Pro League 2020 - Spring League (Thailand)
Date: 14 Feb - 22 March
Venue: True Digital Park, Bangkok
Stream: https://www.youtube.com/UCtXuFMDmBedKwy77VAZY8eg
This PUBG tournament is held by the PUBG Mobile Thailand pro league and features the top battle royale teams in the country.
This leg of the tournament will culminate at the PUBG Mobile World League 2020 Spring which will take place in mid-2020.
Intel Extreme Masters Season XIV Counter-Strike (Katowice)
Date: 25 February - 1 March
Venue: International Congress Centre, Katowice
Stream: https://www.twitch.tv/esl_csgo
Intel’s Counter-Strike: GO tournament series is now in its 14th season, featuring a US$500,000 prize pool. Notable Asian teams include ViCi Gaming which features Malaysian pro player Kaze among China players ZhokiNg, AumaN, Advent, JamYoung, and GRiFFIN.
Konistra University of Malaya Esports Tournament (Malaysia)
Date: 29 February - 1 March
Venue: Kolej Kediaman Tun Syed Zahiruddin, University Malaya
Registration: http://wasap.my/60133500541?fbclid=IwAR1DuU9Zv0xY-x5WfqqtSKKcM9Y2wXPoKbyKd5aJMivfux53Dx9cdOyL0tY
Malaysians who want to test their Tekken 7, PUBG, Dota 2, Mobile Legends, and FIFA 20 mettle will want to check out this grassroots tournament this February. Prize pools here are worth RM1,500++; all you need is RM25 per person to sign up.
AESF e-Masters Invitational Tournament (China)
Date: 22 February - 3 March
Venue: Shenzhen Bay Sports Centre
Website: https://www.facebook.com/asian.esports/
This upcoming tournament series is hosted by the Asian Electronic Sports Federation, recognised by the Olympic Council of Asia. The games that will be used for the tournament include Arena of Valor, Pro Evolution Soccer 2020, and WarCraft 3: The Frozen Throne.
The countries that are eligible include:
Hong Kong
Japan
Taiwan
India
Pakistan
Indonesia
Laos
The Philippines
Thailand
Singapore
Vietnam
Notable teams who will be in the tournament include:
Hong Kong Attitude
Team Flash
Liyab Esports
DG Esports
Hainan Master Invitational (China)
Date: 15 Jan - 7 Feb (online qualifiers), 3 - 8 March (Offline)
Venue: Haikou (TBA)
Link: https://weibo.com/7348218582
An upcoming China Dota 2 tournament that will feature qualifier tournaments all across the world. This tournament features a US$200,000 prize pool. In any case, expect the top Chinese Dota 2 players to duke it out in the March offline finals.
Overwatch League 2020 (International)
Date: February - August 2020
Venue: TBA
Stream Link: https://www.twitch.tv/overwatchleague
The best Overwatch teams in Asia will be fighting against competition from America and Europe in next year’s big Overwatch tournament. The teams are divided into both the Atlantic and Pacific conference for this massive league tournament.
The Wuhan virus situation has already made four Chinese teams make the decision to relocate, the latest being the Shanghai Dragons moving to South Korea temporarily, but the moves hope to allow the teams to continue training with little disruption ahead of the start of the league.
Atlantic Conference
Boston Uprising
London Spitfire
New York Excelsior
Paris Eternal
Toronto Defiant
Atlanta Reign
Florida Mayhem
Houston Outlaws
Philadelphia Fusion
Washington Justice
Pacific Conference
Chengdu Hunters’
Guangzhou Charge
Hangzhou Spark
Seoul Dynasty
Shanghai Dragons
Dallas Fuel
Los Angeles Gladiators
Los Angeles Valiant
San Francisco Shock
Vancouver Titans
