Toyota has recently announced the TOYOTA Master Bangkok 2018 CS:GO tournament. This is the first-ever international tournament taking place in Thailand.
The CS:GO tournament is scheduled to take place from 21st-25th November at the Indoor Stadium Huamark in Thailand which has a seating capacity of about 15,000 spectators.
The event features a $100,000 prize pool along with sponsors such as Sports Authority of Indonesia (Venue Partner), Twitch (Stream Partner), HyperX, Intel, AIS Fiber (Internet Service Provider), Plan B Media (Advertising Partner) & Singha Drinking Water.
The main event taking place in Bangkok is divided into Group Stage & Playoffs.
The group stage will take place from 21st-22nd November which will witness the top 6 teams qualifying for the playoffs. The playoffs are scheduled to be played between 23rd-25th November.
10 teams will be making it to the main event which will be a combination of 4 directly invited teams along with 6 teams making it through the various online regional qualifiers.
Out of the 4 direct invite slots, only one has been confirmed till now by the likes of Renegades. The other three openings will be confirmed as we move closer to the main event.
6 teams will be making it to the main event through the 6 regional online qualifiers. Every regional online qualifier will see 1 team flying to Bangkok.
The regions along with their online qualifier schedule are as follows:
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CIS: 20th-24th September
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Europe: 23rd-27th September
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NA: 28th September-2nd October
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SEA: 4th-8th October
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China: 7th-11th October
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Thailand: 6th-19th October
For Thailand region, an additional offline qualifier will be held from 20th-21st October which will be a competition between the four teams qualifying through the online qualifier and will be held at the Pantip Esports Arena.
Attending a Press Conference, Wutthikorn Suriyachantananon, Deputy Managing Director of Toyota Motors Thailand said,
“We realize that the lifestyle of the young generation has changed according to modern technology. As a result, we have stepped up to catch up with the trend, especially on our policy to encourage young people to live their way of lives”
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