MUMBAI: The regular season of Pokémon UNITE Asia Champions League 2023 will culminate in the playoffs taking place on 18 – 19 March in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
The playoffs will see the top two teams from each league – Hi5 and T2 from the East Asia League, MYS and RISE from the Southeast Asia League, and Marcos Gaming and Revenant Esports from the India League – battle it out for a piece of the $86,000 prize pool.
The first day of the playoffs will feature a best-of-3, single round-robin format, where the six teams are split into two groups – Group A and Group B. The last team on each group will be eliminated going into the semi-finals, which will see the leading team from Group A battle it out with the runner-up from Group B and vice versa. The finals will feature the last two teams in a best-of-5 format, with the victorious team taking home the first-place prize allocation of $30,000.
Livestreaming of the matches will commence on 18 March, 12:00 p.m. MYT (GMT+8).
As marketing partner, ONE Esports, a subsidiary of Group ONE Holdings (ONE), has been producing exclusive content and comprehensive coverage of the tournament and will continue to do so for the playoffs.
ONE Esports is distributing the tournament content across its website, oneesports.gg and ONE Esports’ livestreaming channels, AfreecaTV, Facebook, Twitch, and YouTube in English, Bahasa Indonesia and Thai. Also, official co-streamers for the event have been hosting watch parties, providing on-the-spot commentary in English, Bahasa Indonesia, Chinese Mandarin, Hindi, Korean, Japanese, and Thai to engage with the Pokémon UNITE community.
Prize Pool Distribution
Regular Season Playoffs
1st place $5,000 $30,000
2nd place $2,500 $15,000
3rd place $1,000 $7,500
4th place $5,000
5th place $1,500
