Asia Championship 2017

Asia Championship 2017 is an event organized by ESL in partnership with PlayStation. The event will take place on January 22, 2017, in South Korea.

Format

 * Group Stage
 * Round Robin
 * Best of 3 Series
 * Must play all 3 games
 * Top 2 teams advance to Grand Final
 * Grand Final
 * Best of 5 Series

Game Types and Maps
Included maps and modes:
 * Hardpoint: Breakout, Retaliation, Scorch, Throwback
 * Search and Destroy: Crusher, Retaliation, Scorch, Throwback
 * Uplink: Frost, Precinct, Throwback

Presenter

 * au Ben "Sandman" Green

Commentators

 * au Josh "Inmaniac" Inman
 * en Miles "Wra7h" Ross

Participants

 * 1 Men of the Watch are unable to attend and will be replaced by NGK eSports AP

Bracket Stage
[2SE]

Showmatch
Before the Grand Final, K-Pop girl group Oh My Girl performed and also played in a team Deathmatch on Frontier with fans, with two idols and two fans per team. Team Oh My had leader Choi Hyo-jung (Hyojung) and Yoo Shi-ah (Yooa) while Team Girl had Bae Yoo-bin (Binnie) and Kim Ji-ho (Jiho). [2SE]