ESL One Cologne 2015, the next CS:GO Major Championship, will have three separate offline qualifiers to determine which teams will face the legends from August 20th to 23rd in Cologne, Germany. Today we'd like to give you all the details about the Asian offline qualifier and how teams can participate in it.
The Asian offline qualifier will take place on July 18th and 19th in the eCurve shopping mall in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The event will be public and viewers will be able to enjoy the action live on both days.
A total of eight teams will participate in the Asian offline qualifier, and two teams will qualify for ESL One Cologne 2015.
The eight teams participating in the Asian offline qualifier will qualify through the following regions and ways:
- Two slots - Oceania
- One slot - China
- One slot - East Asia
- One slot - Southeast Asia
- One slot - India
- One slot - Malaysia
- One slot - Application
Let's now take a look at how the slots for each of these regions will be determined.
Oceania
Two slots for the Asian offline qualifier
June 27th to 28th
For the Oceanic qualifier, eight teams will face each other in a tournament hosted by our partner ACL in Sydney, Australia, on June 27th and 28th
The eight teams qualified for this event are:
- Vox Eminor
- Team Immunity
- Team Exile-5
- Avant Garde
- Dire Wolves
- Sneaky Assassins
- Subzero
- Team STREAMLINE
China
One slot for the Asian Offline Qualifier
June 20th to July 1st
The Chinese qualifier has two separate stages:
Stage one will be a completely open qualifier in which teams can participate for one of four spots in the second stage. Stage one will be single elimination best of one.
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Stage two will include a total of eight teams - four invited teams and four teams from stage one - who will fight it out for a spot in the Asian offline qualifier. Stage two will be single elimination best of three, with the four invited teams for the second stage of the Chinese qualifier being tyloo, qeeyou, zzcy and pow.
East Asia
One slot for the Asian offline qualifier
June 22nd to July 4th
The East Asian qualifier will feature country based open qualifiers resulting in a final between the countries to decide who gets to represent East Asia in the Asian offline qualifiers. The finals will take place on July 4th and will be single elimination best of three.
- Japan - June 27th to 28th - Double elimination best of one - Sign up and additional information
- Hong Kong - June 22nd to July 3rd - Single elimination best of three - Sign up and additional information
- Korea - June 27th to 28th - Single elimination best of one (best of three semifinals and final) - Sign up and additional information
- Taiwan - June 27th to 28th - Single elimination best of one (best of three semifinals and final) - Sign up and additional information
Southeast Asia
One slot for the Asian offline qualifier
July 3rd to 5th
The Southeast Asian qualifier will see multiple countries fight it out in a single elimination bracket (best of one with best of three semifinals and finals) to decide who will represent Southeast Asia in the Asian offline qualifiers. The countries included in the Southeast Asian qualifier are Brunei, Cambodia, East Timor, Indonesia, Laos, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam.
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India
One slot for the Asian offline qualifier
June 19th to 21st
The Indian qualifier will be open to all teams willing to participate. The teams will face off in a single elimination best of three bracket to determine who will represent India in the Asian offline qualifiers. Participants in the Indian qualifiers need to be in possession of a valid passport.
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Malaysia
One slot for the Asian offline qualifier
June 27th to 28th
The Malaysian qualifier will be open to all teams willing to participate. The teams will face off in a single elimination best of one bracket with best of three semifinals and finals to determine who will represent Malaysia in the Asian offline qualifiers.
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Application
One slot for the Asian offline qualifier
One slot will be open as application slot and teams from Asia without a qualifier will be able to apply. Team need to be able to travel to offline event. The application needs to be sent in before June 23rd 12:00 CEST. The chosen team will be announced a few days after the closing of the applications.