One of SEA's most celebrated competitions MPGL returns for its seventh season, featuring a boosted $50,000 prizepool. The best teams of the SEA region will battle their way to victory in one of the six regional qualifiers, which lead to the tournament's LAN finals at Selangor, Malaysia in May.
Yet another major tournament has been announced for the SEA region, with MPGL SEA returning earlier this year for its seventh consecutive season. The prestigious competition will feature a 2,2 million PHP prizepool (~$50,000). The registrations are currently open for the teams that wish to advance to the tournament's LAN final, scheduled to take place from May 9th through 10th during the Selangor Cybergames convention at Selangor, Malaysia.
To secure a spot in the offline playoffs, the teams must go through their respective regional qualifier. Six qualifiers will take place for Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Indonesia, the Philippines and the remaining SEA countries. The following table contains additional details regarding the qualifier system :
Country | Spots in LAN finals | Format | Date |
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Malaysia | 4 |
Phase #1 : Single elimination bracket with BO1 matches, top 16 advance. Phase #2 : 20 teams (16 qualified + 4 seeded) will be divided in four round-robin groups, top team of each group goes to LAN. | March 28-29 |
Singapore | 1 |
Phase #1 : Single elimination bracket with BO1 matches, top 16 advance. Phase #2 : Double elimination bracket with BO3 matches, winner goes to LAN. | April 4-5 |
Indonesia | 1 |
Phase #1 : Single elimination bracket with BO1 matches, top 16 advance. Phase #2 : Double elimination bracket with BO3 matches, winner goes to LAN. | April 18-19 |
Rest of SEA | 1 |
Phase #1 : Single elimination bracket with BO1 matches, top 16 advance. Phase #2 : Double elimination bracket with BO3 matches, winner goes to LAN. | April 4-5 |
Thailand | 2 | The Thai representatives will be determined through a LAN event which will take place in Thailand. More details will be announced soon. | April 24-25 |
Philippines | 2 | The Filipino representatives will be determined through an online event (GEST Philippines). More details will be announced soon. | April 24-25 |
China | 1 | The Chinese representative will be directly invited to the main event. | - |
For more information regarding MPGL SEA 2015, check out the official website here.
Source: Mineski
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