As the date draws closer to the Malaysian first leg qualifier for the Asian Cyber Games, e-Club releases the brackets as well as schedule for the event

32 teams have already registered for the event, with Orange E-Sports being the obvious favourite despite Mushi no longer being in the roster. Nara’s Stack and Lowyat.net E-Sports are also teams to look out for as they have shown their worth in the GMPGL August as well as GEST August.

The qualifiers will be held online for 3 days, with a group-double elimination stage to eliminate 24 teams. Another double elimination bracket will be held for the top 8 teams, 4 from each group, which will end in the top 4 teams from the play-offs to qualify for the national finals. The winner of the national finals will then be able to play in The Asia, held in Singapore.

Schedule for Qualifier #1

FIRST DAY – SATURDAY (7/9/2013) 11am – 12:15pm : Group A: Match A, B, C, D | Group B: Match A, B, C, D

12:15pm – 1:30pm : Group A: Match E, F, G, H | Group B: Match E, F, G, H

1:30pm – 2:45pm : Group A: Match I, J, K, L | Group B: Match I, J, K, L

2:45pm – 4pm : Group A: Match R, S, T, U | Group B: Match R, S, T, U

4pm – 5:15pm : Group A: Match V, W, X, Y | Group B: Match V, W, X, Y

5:15pm – 6:30pm : Group A: Match M, N, Z, AA | Group B: Match M, N, Z, AA SECOND DAY – SUNDAY (8/9/2013) 11am – 12:15pm : Group A: Match O, AB, AC | Group B: Match O, AB, AC

12:15pm – 1:30pm : Group A: Match AD | Group B: Match AD

1:30pm – 2:45pm : Group A: Match AE | Group B: Match AE

2:45pm – 4pm : Group A: Match P and Q (if needed) | Group B: Match P and Q (if needed) THIRD DAY – SATURDAY (14/9/2013) 11am – 12:15pm : TOP 8: Match A, B, C, D

12:15pm – 1:30pm : TOP 8: Match E, F, J, K

1:30pm – 2:45pm : TOP 8: Match G, L, M

2:45pm – 4pm : TOP 8: Match N

4pm – 5:15pm : TOP 8: Match O

5:15pm – 7:45pm : Top 8: Match H and N (if needed)

Full brackets can be found at e-Club

The Asia 2013, which rocked the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre last year will be the place to be to finish 2013 in a bang as D’ Marquee, Downtown East, Singapore will host the grand event. Starting from 27th of September and ending 2 days later, The Asia will feature 10 teams from Brunei, India, Indonesia, Korea, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam and South East Asia. It is unsure whether Chinese teams will be invited again.