Valve’s flagship tournament for Asia is back this year. With Valve’s intent to penetrate the Chinese market and facilitate the community, Perfect World, Valve’s partner in China has announced CS:GO Asia Championship 2019.
The event will be held from November 21-24 with $300,000 USD on the stake. The venue hasn’t been disclosed yet but Shanghai is all set to host the 2019 variant as well.
Similar to the 2018 event, this year will also feature 8 teams. Seven teams will be directly invited while one would qualify through China qualifier. The organizers have initially revealed 3 invites – MIBR, TyLoo & ENCE eSports.
Further invites and additional information about the tournament is awaited. The tournament format hasn’t been revealed too. Natus Vincere won 2018 variant and the mighty share of $150,000 USD.