The participating teams will come from 9 countries and territories across the region, including Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Philippines, Indonesia, Vietnam, Oceania, Taipei China and Hong Kong. All will compete to compete with a total prize worth $ 200,000. These are excellent teams that have won the tournament after impressive performances at the autumn seal system of the SEA SEA SEA icon.
Southeast Asia has now become a key area in the strategy of encroaching on the mobile game and eSports segment on Riot's mobile. This is also the selected area to launch the Open Beta and Alpha stages of the starting area of this mobile game. The SEA SEA SEA icon tournament was once announced as Riot's first global Esports Mobile Tournament in February 2021. At the same time, Southeast Asia is the area with the fastest development of internet use in the world, in which users in this area spend 3-5 hours per day for smart phones (more than any other user in the world).
At a press conference before the Southeast Asian War Express Championship 2021, Chris Tran – Electronic Sports Director of Riot Games Southeast Asia, Taipei China, Hong Kong and Macau shared with Thethao.vn That: “For the Southeast Asia War Championship 2021, we would like to show people how great the eSports on mobile can become. For this event and the Esports events of the Future Championship, the teams and fans have the right to expect Riot to be more creative, make more products and the higher active quality is also higher.”
“We have admired the Esports talents from Southeast Asia and are eager to cooperate with the governments of the regional countries to bring this industry to a new level. To accomplish this goal, we will take advantage of our experience and expertise in operating world -class eSports tournaments, building an ecosystem where many experts in different fields include: professional athletes, professional and professional athletes. The development of career, opening up opportunities for professional teams by cooperating with partners like Sportfive to ensure funding for individuals/organizations to participate in our international events, with all these things we hope to continue promoting the development of the video game industry and eSports. ”
In addition, Nick Vanzetti – Senior Vice President and CEO of ESL and APJ also emphasized: “We are extremely excited to launch the Southeast Asian Woody Championship 2021 with Riot Games. The tournament will be part of the framework of ESL Mobile launch event in Asia -Pacific. A great opportunity for us to witness the players show their skills and competition to take the throne of Southeast Asia. ”
Finally, Matthew Chan – the strategic business developer of EVOS Esports affirmed: “It is great to see the journey that the Icon Series SEA SEA tournament has been experienced since the new stage of the idea. Although the current disease situation is complicated, we can still compete at the highest level and are also eagerly waiting for the best teams in the South Asian region in 2021 Next week ”.
“The challenge is not simple at all. There are some very good speed players in this area, and with this year's Summer Super Cup, the pressure is heavy on us.
