A Counter-Strike Global Offensive tournament for Asia Championship was held in Shanghai at Yuanshen Gymnasium. The tournament was participated with total of eight notable teams after the Chinese qualifiers. Teams manage to participate in the tournament are Team EnVyUs, Natus Vincere, Ninjas in Pyjamas, Heroic, Virtus.pro,
MVP PK, VG.FlashGaming and TyLoo. The game was organized by Perfect World and PGL which is aligned to CS:GO Asia Championships series. The total prize pool of the tournament is $300,000 USD.
Chinese Qualifier teams VG.FlashGaming and TyLoo take a long way to proceed into the main event where they struggle their way from facing top teams in qualifier such as 5Power Gaming, Team MAX, WNv Teamwork, Roar eSports and many others.
In the first format of the game there is a double-elimination format where the qualified teams are group into two with four teams in it. The Group Stage matches did take around two days of fearless matches.
Each of those team display different tactics and strategies which might be use as a upper hand to win against their opposing enemy.
Group Stage
Group Stage matches are divided into two Group A and Group B. Group A with teams Natus Vincere, Ninjas in Pyjamas, Team EnVyUs and VG.FlashGaming while on Group B are with Virtus.pro, Heroic, TyLoo and MVP PK.
Group A was dominated with Natus Vincere with a 2-0 standing while Virtus.pro in Group B with the same standing.
In Group Stage Process, two teams was eliminated instantly, VG.FlashGaming and MVP PK, making it six teams to qualify in the playoffs.
PlayOffs
In playoffs the matches will be in a single-elimination format and all in best-of-three series. In Quarter Finals, team Ninjas in Pyjamas and TyLoo did have a best-of-three matches where TyLoo manage to win in 2-1 standing.
On the other hand Team EnVyUs and Heroic also perform best-of-three matches where Team EnVyUs wins in a 2-1 standing.
Both teams TyLoo and Team EnVyUs forwarded to the semi-finals where both teams Natus Vincere and Virtus.pro are waiting.
The first match in the semi-finals are Virtus.pro and TyLoo where Virtus.pro manage to sweep TyLoo with a 2-0 standing.
The second match in the semi-finals then proceed with Natus Vincere and Team EnVyUs where Natus Vincere win with a 2-0 standing also.
Finals
In the finals, Natus Vincere and Virtus.pro perform as very tight match with a 2-1 standing in favor of Natus Vincere. Natus Vincere was held champion of the game earning the team with $150,000 as first place. Virtus.pro with $60,000 in the second place.
TyLoo and Team EnVyUs in both 3rd-4th place with winning amount of $30,000. Ninjas in Pyjamas and Heroic manage to win in 5th-6th position with prize money of $10,000. Lastly, VG.FlashGaming and MVP PK earning $5,000 for 7th-8th position.
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