ESL brings ESL Thailand 2020 to Asia and the Americas featuring a $200,000 prize pool.
Twenty teams total from Asia and the Americas will be competing for a prize pool worth $200,000 starting August 8th for Americas and August 20th for Asia.
ESL One Thailand 2020 is being supported by Thailand’s Ministry of Tourism & Sports and the Sports Authority of Thailand, aiming to give local teams a chance to compete at higher levels and bringing attention to the regional scene. Two local Thai teams will earn the chance to compete against Asia's top teams and gain a piece of the prize pool.
Americas
Format
- Participants
- Six invited teams
- Two teams from a closed qualifier
- Group Stage - August 8th - August 23rd, 2020
- Single round-robin
- All matches are Bo3
- Top four teams advance to the upper bracket of the playoffs
- Bottom four teams are eliminated
- Playoffs - August 25th - August 30th, 2020
- Double-elimination bracket
- All matches except Grand Final are Bo3
- Grand Final is Bo5
Prize Pool
$65,000 USD is spread among the teams as seen below:
Place$ USDTeam 1st$28,000TBD 2nd$14,000TBD 3rd$7,000TBD 4th$5,000TBD5th$3,500TBD6th$3,000TBD7th$2,500TBD8th$2,000TBDAsia
Format
- Participants
- Eight invited teams
- Two teams from ESL Thailand Championship 2020 Season 1
- Two teams from a closed qualifier
- Group Stage - August 20th - August 31st, 2020
- Two groups of six teams each
- Single round-robin
- All matches are Bo3
- Top two teams from each group advance to the upper bracket of the playoffs
- 3rd and 4th place teams from each group advance to the lower bracket of the playoffs
- Bottom two teams from each group are eliminated
- Playoffs - September 1st - September 6th, 2020
- Double-elimination bracket
- All matches except Grand Final are Bo3
- Grand Final is Bo5
Prize Pool
$135,000 USD is spread among the teams as seen below:
Place$ USDTeam 1st$50,000TBD 2nd$25,000TBD 3rd$15,000TBD 4th$10,000TBD5th-6th$7,500TBDTBD7th-8th$5,000TBDTBD9th-10th$3,000TBDTBD11th-12th$2,000TBDTBD
