Hero Esports (formerly VSPO) has officially unveiled the format for the highly anticipated Counter-Strike 2 Asian Champions League Tournament, and CS2 fans throughout the world are excited to know more about what the event has in store for them.
The upcoming Asian Champions League 2025 will feature the top CS2 teams from the region who will be battling it out for a massive prize pool. Without further ado, let’s check out everything you need to know about the tournament.
CS2 Asian Champions League Tournament Format & Prize Pool Explained
As officially confirmed by the tournament organizers in an Instagram post, The Asian Champions League CS2 event will be split into four stages, starting with the Chinese Open Qualifiers on February 15th and coming to a conclusion on May 16th with the grand final.
Here’s the detailed schedule for the event as revealed so far:
- Open Qualifiers (China): February 15th – April 13th
- Closed Qualifiers (Asia): April 17th – 27th
- Playoffs: May 6th – 11th
- Asian Champions League Grand Final: May 16th
The Open Qualifiers of China will kick off with the ‘Rookie Stage’, which will continue till March 30th and will see teams playing in a mixed best-of-one (BO1) and best-of-three (BO3) single-elimination format.
The top eight regional winners will each receive $4,000 USD and compete in a double-elimination bracket for a shot at entering the ‘Rookie Advanced’ stage.
The top four teams from the Rookie Advanced stage will advance to the Closed Qualifiers. From there, the top four teams will move on to the Playoffs, where they will join the directly invited top four teams from the Asia VRS in a BO3 double-elimination bracket.
The grand final will see teams competing for a $300,000 total prize pool, with the winning team taking home $100,000. It is scheduled to take place on May 16th.
That’s all the information we have so far about the CS2 Asian Champions League tournament. We’ll keep you updated as the tournament organizers release more details in the coming days.
