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The Asia Minor Championship hosted by PGL and eGG Network, will kick off tomorrow from October 28th-30th showcasing the eight best teams from the Asia-Pacific region. We have compiled all the information you need to know to keep up with the event.

*Update:Organisers have made a change in the schedule, fast-forwarding some of the matches to start earlier with the others. Please have a look at the new schedule below. There will be other streams for Group B matches not covered by PGL. No news on an english stream for Group B yet. Been told that there will be open GOTV IPs for the Group B matches.

Located at the Pinewood Iskandar studio complex in Johor Bahru, Malaysia, the Asia Minor will have $50,000 in cash prizes and two spots up for grabs for the ELEAGUE Major 2017 Main Qualifier.

After finishing top two at the previous Minor in Korea, TYLOO and Renegades have both been invited to attend the Minor. 

Renegades were put in a tough situation a few weeks ago, deciding on whether to attend this event or compete at ESL Pro League Season 4 Finals currently in action. With both events overlapping each other, the Australians were forced to pick the Minor instead. 

Will TyLoo be the first team to win another Asia Minor? 

Accompanying the two invited teams at the Minor will be their fellow countrymen who won their respective qualifiers, VG.CyberZen from China and Athletico from Australia.

Formerly known as MVP Karnal, the malaysian team recently changed organisation, getting picked up by Fire Dragoon. The squad will also be attending the tournament as home favourites under their new banner.

The remaining three spots were obtained by MVP Project from Korea, nxl from Indonesia and BOT from United Arab Emirates.

Notable teams that were present in the previous two Minors will not be attendence, including the likes of The MongolZ and Risky. The MongolZ failed to qualify as they were defeated by the Koreans in the Grand final of the East Asia Qualifier. In the India & Middle-East Qualifier, Risky fell short in the quarter-finals against Chosen5.

Here are the groups:

Group A	Group B
TYLOO	Renegades
MVP Project	VG.CyberZen
Athletico	Fire Dragoon
nxl	BOT

The first day will start off with the group opening matches and the winners' matches, all being played using the best-of-one format. Meanwhile, the group elimination matches and deciders will be done in best-of-threes. Two teams from each group will then advance to double-elimination, best-of-three playoffs for the final two days of the weekend.

The schedule can be found below:

Friday, October 28th
04:00	VG.CyberZen	vs.	Fire Dragoon	BO1	B1*
04:00	TYLOO	vs.	nxl	BO1	A1
05:15	Renegades	vs.	BOT	BO1	B2*
05:15	MVP Project	vs.	Athletico	BO1	A2
06:30	Winner B1	vs.	Winner B2	BO1	B3*
06:30	Winner A1	vs.	Winner A2	BO1	A3
07:45	Loser B1	vs.	Loser B2	BO3	B4*
07:45	Loser A1	vs.	Loser A2	BO3	A4
11:15	Loser B3	vs.	Winner B4	BO3	B5*
11:15	Loser A3	vs.	Winner A4	BO3	A5
* Group B matches will be played off-stream.
Saturday, October 29th
04:30	Semi-final #1			BO3
08:00	Semi-final #2			BO3
11:30	Upper bracket final			BO3
Sunday, October 30th
04:30	Elimination match			BO3
08:00	Decider match			BO3
11:30	Grand Final			BO3

Friday – October 28 – Group A*Stream start – 9:45Pre-show start – 10:00TyLoo vs Fire Dragoon eSports Bo1 – 10:30MVP Project vs Athletico Bo1 – 11:45Upper Bracket Final Bo1 – 13:30Elimination Match Bo3 – 14:45Decider Match Bo3 – 18:15*Group B will be played off stream.Saturday – October 29Stream start – 9:45Pre-show start – 10:00Semifinal #1 Bo3 – 10:30Semifinal #2 Bo3 – 14:00Upper Bracket Final B03 – 17:30Sunday – October 30Stream start – 9:45Pre-show start – 10:00Elimination Match Bo3 – 10:30Decider Match Bo3 – 14:00Grand Final Bo3 – 17:30

And here is the full talent line-up:

Scott "SirScoots" Smith - Host

Joona "⁠natu⁠" Leppänen - Analyst
Halvor "⁠vENdetta⁠" Gulestøl - Analyst

James "⁠BARDOLPH⁠" Bardolph - Caster
Daniel "⁠ddk⁠" Kapadia - Caster

The $50,000 prize distribution looks as follows:

1. $30,000 + spot for ELEAGUE Major 2017 Main Qualifier
2. $15,000 + spot for ELEAGUE Major 2017 Main Qualifier
3. $5,000 

For more information, you can visit our event page. You can catch all the matches live on stream (excluding Group B) on PGL's twitch channel. 

VG.CyberZen #19 Bin 'Savage' LiuBingYuan 'tb' LiZhuo 'advent' LiangWeiJie 'zhokiNg' ZhongKunHua 'LOVEYY' Bai Renegades #23 Yaman 'yam' ErgenekonJustin 'jks' SavageAaron 'AZR' WardRicardo 'Rickeh' MulhollandKarlo 'USTILO' Pivac James 'BARDOLPH' Bardolph Age: 32 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 0.52 Maps played: 7 KPR: 0.33 DPR: 0.74 Daniel 'ddk' Kapadia Age: - Team: No team Rating 1.0: 0.76 Maps played: 2 KPR: 0.67 DPR: 0.90 nxl #45 Richard 'frgd' PermanaHansel 'BnTeT' FerdinandVega 'soifong' TanakaBaskoro 'roseau' Dwi PutraAlbert 'FrostMisty' Giovanni Time is adjusted to your selected timezone TYLOO #20 Ke 'captainMo' LiuHui 'DD' WuYuLun 'Summer' CaiYuanZhang 'Attacker' ShengHaoWen 'somebody' Xu Joona 'natu' Leppänen Age: 31 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 0.87 Maps played: 188 KPR: 0.61 DPR: 0.71 The MongolZ #40 Temuulen 'Zilkenberg' BattulgaTsog 'Tsogoo' MashbatGan-Erdene 'dobu' BatboldBold 'ncl' BatsuhBat-Enkh 'kabal' Batbayar Chosen5 #184 Mohammad 'Zerocool' Ahmad Issa Al-AdwanMohammad 'Foolz' Subhi Tawfiq Abdel-RahmanYazid 'laTal' KurdiIssa 'ISSAA' MuradBashar 'CooL' Abdulla Fire Dragoon #86 Aiman 'aimaNNN' AzhamAshraf 'acAp' FirdausAlex 'xevR' PereiraAndrew 'kaze' KhongAaron 'pzK!D' Pereira BOT #143 Nikola 'Cicatriz' PaunovićRashid 'GreeNz' Al-NuaimiAli 'Shooter' GhariebAhmed 'Ejram' HayderMohammed 'kAzoo' Daher Athletico #51 Travis 'wizard' RichardsonStuart 'sonic' RaynerJesse 'InfrequeNt' BarkerJay 'Liazz' TregillgasErdenetsogt 'erkaSt' Gantulga Risky #70 Love 'havoK' ParasAbdullah 't0ks' Al-GhafariObaid 'breAker' Al-MuhairiKhalid 'KarriBob' Al-JunaibiMohammed 'k1tkat' Al-Nuaimi MVP Project #36 Hyun-Pyo 'XigN' LeeHae-Sung 'HSK' KimHyung-Ju 'Sound' NamJung-Hyeon 'rindA' JeonSoon-Woo 'Argency' Kwon BOT #143 Nikola 'Cicatriz' PaunovićRashid 'GreeNz' Al-NuaimiAli 'Shooter' GhariebAhmed 'Ejram' HayderYazid 'laTal' Kurdi Halvor 'vENdetta' Gulestøl Age: 27 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 0.86 Maps played: 8 KPR: 0.58 DPR: 0.68