Detail Event:
-- Date: 15 - 21 Januari 2018
-- Location: Bulacan, Philippines
-- Prize Pool: $1.000.000 USD [$500.000 USD]
Participating Teams:
-- Newbee
-- Infamous
-- OG
-- TNC Pro Team
-- LGD.Forever Young
-- Evil Geniuses
-- Team Liquid [out]
-- Virtus.Pro [out]
-- Team Secret [out]
-- Team Spirit
-- OpTic Gaming (North America Qualifier) [out]
-- pAiN Gaming (South America Qualifier)
-- Mineski (Southeast Asia Qualifier)
-- VGJ.Thunder (China Qualifier)
-- TBD (Wild Card)
-- TBD (Wild Card)
Qualifiers
-- Six regions (N.America, S.America, CIS, Europe, China, SouthEast Asia)
- Stage 1
-- Eight teams are divided into two groups
-- Bo3 double-elimination bracket
-- One team from each group advances to Stage 2
- Stage 2
-- Two teams from Stage 1 and two invited teams
-- Bo3 single-elimination bracket
-- Winner qualifies to the Main tournament
Wild Card
-- The top two teams from the Wild Card qualify for the main event