One of the most special factors at the beginning of the 2023 season is that Riot has officially taken over and re-released League of Legends on two servers that originally belonged to Garena – VCS and PCS.
Riot has taken over and re-released League of Legends in two regions VCS and PCS – source: League of Legends
Recently, Riot announced the first official TFT tournament of season 8 for the APAC (Asia-Pacific) region.
There will be a TFT tournament for the APAC region in the near future – source: Mobalytics
Below is information about TFT Esports Season 8 in the Asia-Pacific region.
[SEA Round]
There are 5 different servers operating Truth Arena and there are 2 participation directions for SEA players: Vietnam / 4 Other Regions (SG/ID/MY, TH, PH, MW/MO/HK)
[Vietnam Region]
Vietnam Open Qualifier #1 (February 4 ~ February 5)
– Number: 256 players
– Competition Format
+ Day 1: players will be divided into groups of 8 people and each group will compete in 5 rounds.
+ Day 2: players will divide into groups of 8 and each group competes in 5 rounds.
– Top 10 players will advance to SEA Regional Cup #1
Vietnam Open Qualifier #2 (February 11 ~ February 12)
– Number: 256 players (For all players who failed in Open Qualifier #1 and players on the waiting list)
– Competition Format:
+ Day 2: players will divide into groups of 8 and each group competes in 5 rounds.
Top 10 players will advance to SEA Regional Cup #1
SEA Regional Cup #1 (February 17 ~ February 19)
– Number: 32 players
+ Day 1: players will be divided into groups of 8 and each group will compete in 6 rounds.
+ Day 2: players will be divided into groups of 8 people and each group will compete in 6 rounds.
+ Day 3: Checkmate Format – players will compete until the first player reaches 18 points, thereby winning the number 1 position in the round and becoming the SEA Champion
– Total Prize of 10,000 USD + 6 Asian Cup Participation
[Areas SG/ID/MY, TH, PH, MW/MO/HK]
– Number: 16 players
+ 8 players from the Open Qualifier
+ 8 Invited players
+ Day 1: Group Round – players will be divided into groups of 8 and each group will compete in 3 rounds.
+ Day 2: Losers Bracket Final – players will compete in 3 rounds per group.
+ Day 3: Grand Final – players will compete in 5 rounds per group.
– Total Prize: HKD 10,000 + Selected Regional Open Qualifier
TFT The Chosen One – Regional Open Qualifier (February 11 ~ February 12)
+ 3 players from Central Server
+ 2 players from TFT Chosen – Central & Hong Kong Tournament
+ 3 players from Streamers Battle AfreecaTV – TW & HK
+ 3 players from the TW Server Rankings
+ 8 players from PH Server (Screenshot of Ranking + Influencer Position)
+ 8 players from Server SG/MY/ID (Screenshot of Ranking + Influencer Position)
+ 8 players from TH Server (Screenshot of Ranking + Influencer Position)
+ Day 1: players will be divided into groups of 8 and each group will compete in 6 rounds.
– 8 places to participate in SEA Regional Cup #1
Same as above
[Oceania Tournament]
You can find out the latest details through the Articles and Discord.
Lux Open Qualifier (February 2 ~ February 5)
– Number: ~256 players
+ Days 1~2: players will be divided into groups of 8 and each group will compete in 6 rounds.
+ Day 3: players will be divided into groups of 8 and each group will compete in 4 rounds.
Players will be divided into groups of 8 and each group will compete in 4 rounds.
+ Day 4: players will compete in 6 rounds.
– Total Prize: 3,000 AUD + 4 Participation in the Magician’s Cup
Annie Open Qualifier (February 9 ~ February 12)
Total Prize: 3,000 AUD + 4 Magician Cup Participation
Magicians Cup (February 18 ~ February 19)
– Number: 12 players
+ Top 4 from Lux Open Qualifier
+ Top 4 from Annie Open Qualifier
+ Top 4 from Snapshot Ranking
+ Day 1: players will be divided into groups of 6 people and each group will compete in 6 rounds.
+ Day 2: players from each group will compete in 6 rounds.
Total Prize: 10,000 AUD + 3 Asian Cup Participation
[Korean Round]
AfreecaTV Truth Arena Tournament (ATS) (February 18 ~ February 19)
+ Top 8 from Open Qualifiers (Seed players)
+ Top 8 from Open Qualifier (Seed Influencer)
+ Day 1: players will be divided into 2 groups of 8 people and each group will compete in 6 rounds.
+ Day 2: Checkmate Format – players will compete until the first player reaches 18 points, thereby taking 1st place in the round and becoming the ATS Champion.
– Total Prize: 10,000,000 KRW + 6 Asian Cup Participation
[Asian Cup] – March 3 ~ March 5
– Number: 24 players
+ 6 players from China, Korea and Southeast Asia
+ 3 players from Japan and Oceania
+ Day 1: players will be divided into 2 groups of 8 people and each group will compete in 6 rounds.
+ Day 2: players will be divided into 2 groups of 8 people and each group will compete in 6 rounds.
+ Day 3: Checkmate Format – players will compete until the first player reaches 18 points, thereby taking 1st place in the round and becoming the ATS Champion.
Total Prize: 20,000 USD + (Regional Finals seeding for Top 2 in KR / JP / OCE region).
When entering a high-level arena for the first time, Vietnamese players will encounter many difficulties.
