Qualifiers are already underway, and the finals wil take place in Mumbai on Sept 16 and 17.
After two extremely successful editions in the last two years, Taiwan Excellence in India announced the third stint of their gaming tournament – the Taiwan Excellence Gaming Cup (TEGC). The worldwide championship, with a huge fan-following across the world, is back this year on a much larger stage thanks to the overwhelming response for its previous editions.
This year, four more cities have been added to its itinerary and the TEGC will now be hosting elimination rounds in Bangalore, Chennai, Hyderabad and Kolkata, in addition to Mumbai and Delhi. The tournament will challenge DotA 2 players to battle for the revered cup and winners will take home a cumulative cash prize of Rs 5 lakh. The tournament is divided into two rounds for each city - Eliminations and a Grand Finale – with the former being conducted from select offline venues as per a pre-set schedule.
To participate in the contest, enthusiasts can register on the tournament website here. However, it should be noted that registering online does not mean a team slot is confirmed. Participants will have to be present with their teams at the venue between 10 am and 12 pm on the first and second day of the event to get a registered slot confirmed. Registrations will close on the second day of the event once the slots are full.
Speaking about the TEGC, Mr. Michael Lin, Director of the Taipei World Trade Centre Liaison Office in Mumbai said, “We have had an incredible response for the TEGC in the past two years. Gamers from across the country have converged on this one platform to display their skills and it has been an action-packed gaming carnival. This year, we are bringing out a bigger edition of the event. There is a lot more in store for enthusiastic gamers from significant cash prizes to a championship title to some other amazing goodies. I hope the teams are ready to battle it out with their dynamic strategies.”
In addition to the tournament, there will be an exhibit for some of the latest products from Taiwan Excellence, including gaming laptops by Asus and the latest GA-X99 Ultra gaming motherboard by Gigabyte during the Grand Finale. Elimination rounds have already been completed in Delhi and Hyderabad. Following Mumbai’s qualifiers between August 12 and 14, will be Bangalore qualifiers between August 19 and 21, Chennai’s between August 26 and 28, and Kolkata between September 2 and 4.
After the eliminations, 12 teams will qualify from the six locations to play in the Grand Finale that will also be streamed live on Twitch TV. The Grand Finale will be held on September 16 and 17 in Mumbai and will be a two-day long ‘League of Excellence’ festival open to all interested audiences at a central venue.
All 12 teams qualifying for the finale will win guaranteed cash prizes. The winning teams will take home cash prizes of Rs 2 lakh for first place, Rs 80,000 for second, while those winning the third and fourth spots will take home Rs 40,000 each. The fifth and the sixth spot winners will take home Rs 25,000 each, the seventh and eighth spot winners will take home Rs 20,000 each and the ninth, tenth, eleventh and twelfth spot winners will take home Rs 12,500 each.
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