Groups for Asia Minor released

25-1-2016 23:15

The draw for the group stage of the Asia Minor Champinship has been made, with the eight participating teams having learned their fate in the tournament.

Hosted by ESL, the Asia Minor Championship will take place from January 29 to February 1 as part of the Intel Extreme Masters stop in Taipei, with eight of the best teams in Asia and Oceania duking it out for $50,000 and two spots at the offline qualifier for MLG Columbus.

The winner of this event will also secure entry into the IEM World Championship, in Katowice, which will pay out a minimum of $250,000 to the competing teams.

Renegades to face Eat You Alive in the first round

The Asia Minor will kick off with a double-elimination group stage, with the top two teams from each group advancing to the single-elimination playoffs.

Below you can find the group draw in full:

Group A	Group B
CyberZen	Renegades
MVP.Karnal	TyLoo
Chiefs	MongolZ
Risky Gaming	Eat You Alive

The complete tournament schedule for the Asia Minor looks as follows:

Friday, January 29:
03:30	CyberZen	vs.	Risky Gaming
05:00	MVP.Karnal	vs.	Chiefs
06:30	Winners' match
07:30	Elimination match
09:00	Decider match
Saturday, January 30:
03:30	Renegades	vs.	Eat You Alive
05:00	MongolZ	vs.	TyLoo
06:30	Winners' match
07:30	Elimination match
09:00	Decider match
Sunday, January 31
03:30	Semi-final #1
07:00	Semi-final #2
Monday, February 1
03:30	Grand final

Taking viewers through all the action will be a seven-person team, including Daniel "⁠ddk⁠" Kapadia as host, Jason "⁠moses⁠" O'Toole as caster and Halvor "⁠vENdetta⁠" Gulestøl as analyst. The full broadcast crew is the following:

Daniel "⁠ddk⁠" Kapadia - Desk Host

Anders Blume - Caster
Auguste "Semmler" Massonnat - Caster
Lauren "Pansy" Scott - Caster
Jason "⁠moses⁠" O'Toole - Caster

Halvor "⁠vENdetta⁠" Gulestøl - Analyst
Sudhen "Bleh" Wahengbam - Analyst

this gon be nice

2016-01-25 23:15

3 replies

holy shit, i didn't know that Vendetta is norwegian...

2016-01-26 06:41

1 reply

Why is Joe Miller missing on casters list? It's ESL event..

2016-01-26 08:18

Ez 4 koosta

2016-01-26 20:26

Ez for Tyloo

2016-01-25 23:16

2 replies

get rekt

2016-01-25 23:18

how much for your name?

2016-01-25 23:42

lets see if they can deliver

imo renegades will win

2016-01-25 23:17

5 replies

they will not get out of the groups

4 replies

they will win the asia minor and qualify for the major.

2016-01-25 23:19

qualify for the qualifier and not get out of groups there

2016-01-25 23:23

nononono have u zeen de skeeels de_renegades possesS???!?!

nt but we all know all their lounging around in Las Vegas has prepared them to win the NA major in March

2016-01-26 01:49

ez savage tbh

justin 'jks' savage

^^^

I hope China will win

Watch Renegades fuck this up

i can just see it happening lmao

2016-01-25 23:21

Called it

2016-02-01 13:56

it's happening dw

2016-01-26 02:33

ez for fancy1

rip immunity

Sudhen "Bleh" Wahengbam - Analyst kek

Go mongolz!

Mongolz got this

ez for risky

4th best ME team at lan rip

2016-01-25 23:25

I think if my team was there we would take this minor

2016-01-26 00:18

Pls

2016-01-26 05:41

tough group b

nice these noobs have pc too

Renegades didnt play the last major?

2016-01-25 23:28

they failed to qualify iirc

2016-01-25 23:35

They played Cologne and finished 9-12th, then lost in Stockholm, so they didn't attend Cluj.

2016-01-26 01:59

BOTS vs AUSTRALIA

2016-01-25 23:29

Those bots almost beat your fox :o

2016-01-26 02:03

And portugal

2016-01-26 03:23

EYA, i hope sonnyQ is in that team.

2016-01-25 23:30

what is the top teams of this minor?? who are at same level or close than Renegades? no fanboysm plz

2016-01-25 23:33

wouldn't be able to tell you man, don't follow the asian scene, i think cyberzhen are meant to be good but tbh we will probably see both australian teams making it through

2016-01-25 23:34

Hahaha renegades no chance, tyloo and mongolz 2stronk for them.

how do i block hltv so i never have to view autism again, i am using mozilla pls halp

Really want CyberZen or TyLoo to win this event, it would be nice to see the Asian scene gain more exposure

2016-01-25 23:36

Hope so xD

2016-01-26 06:15

someone that really follow this scene.. Have some team close to Renegades that can surprise?? no fanboysm plzz

CyberZen, they played G2 on inferno and won 16-6

2016-01-25 23:46

But they still lose 2 1 against worst G2

2016-01-26 03:01

Still better than RNG

2016-01-26 17:25

First photo. Looks like Renegades play under British flag :D

LETS GO TYLOO AND CYBERZEN

2016-01-25 23:43

Why Space Soldiers are not in this minor?? Are they worse than Tyloo and CyberZen?

ez for cyberzen or tyloo cheering for tyloo!

2016-01-25 23:47

This will be fun to watch :D

2016-01-25 23:52

meanwhile the south america not deserve to have a qualify. LMAO

2016-01-25 23:55

Only Brazil scene other scene ?? at least Asia they have Semi pro while South America only have Brazil scene. whats the point?

2016-01-26 00:02

CHILE,ARGENTINA

2016-01-26 00:30

Still miles behind Brazillians While in Asia there is some tier 2 teams that can put up abit of fight against the tops (yeah...tier 2 of tier 3,rip)

2016-01-26 10:15

Renegades and ASIA? wot ze fock

2016-01-26 00:03

Yes. Nearest than Europe or America.

2016-01-26 14:16

so my predictions = cyberzen and tyloo

2016-01-26 14:26

Yes! CyberZen, TyLoo and Renegades probably top3.

2016-01-26 14:36

easy for eat you alive, cuz they'll eat you alive

Gonna be gud, Mongolz really impressed me in their recent matches

2016-01-26 00:05

i are confused. I thought that teams that have been to majors can't go to minors

2016-01-26 00:12

lol what? not true

2016-01-26 00:22

Only players who attended the last major are unable to participate. If you were at any other major you can play.

2016-01-26 01:54

ah ok

2016-01-26 02:55

Go China!

2016-01-26 00:14

ez TyLoo and CyberZen!!!!

2016-01-26 00:19

+1! Top3 TyLoo CyberZen Renegades

2016-01-26 14:17

gonna be so fun to watch cyberzen and tyloo wreck that ass

2016-01-26 00:40

ddk working with ESL? TRAITOR

2016-01-26 00:45

*earned their fate in the tournament

2016-01-26 00:49

Why no korean orgs?

2016-01-26 00:56

MVP kr got beaten by mongolz I think. Edit: Bracket play.eslgaming.com/counterstrike/csgo/cs..

2016-01-26 01:56

wish it was viet team

CyberZen and Renegades

2016-01-26 01:08

ddk in a ESL event and as a desk host, I have to see this.

2016-01-26 01:14

Tyloo and chiefs

2016-01-26 01:17

Group B is the group of Death Renegades> Cyberzen TyLoo>Chiefs Mongolz>MVP Karnal so you have 3 of the top 4 teams in one group to balance the groups they need to swap Mongolz with MVP Karnal tough for TyLoo but hope the boys pull it through! Go TyLoo!

2016-01-26 01:18

cyberzen or tyloo to win it

2016-01-26 01:19

ez for EYA

2016-01-26 01:26

I thought there'd be at least one team from Korea and Japan. They're so weak?

2016-01-26 01:28

renegades have been to major so why are they allowed in minor?

2016-01-26 01:29

It is only if you have played in the most recent major

2016-01-26 02:04

They weren't at Cluj... how many people don't understand this?

thanks for clarifying. I guess you dont see this everyday.

2016-01-26 07:05

Can't watch these games : too late for France timezone. Will watch EU minor though.

2016-01-26 01:38

no japs

2016-01-26 01:42

hope to see MongolZ qualifying

2016-01-26 01:44

Renegades 1 CyberZen 2

2016-01-26 01:48

ez uk flag

2016-01-26 01:58

Keen to see how Chiefs stack up.

2016-01-26 02:00

Renegades will get rekt by Mongolz and Tyloo... i'm calling it

2016-01-26 02:08

Ez for CyberZen

2016-01-26 02:25

Cmon renegades. I'll cheers for them but it would be hilarious if they didnt win this tournament, isnt it?

2016-01-26 03:03

2016-01-26 03:08

Ez Machinegun

2016-01-26 03:27

Savage > Justin Savage

16-0 for CyberZen^^

2016-01-26 03:28

mongolz go gogo

2016-01-26 03:33

chiefs to upset

2016-01-26 03:49

Too bad you couldn't make it. Visa issues?

2016-01-26 12:07

Yeh would be stuck in taipei for like 2 weeks if i was to go >.>

2016-01-26 12:12

Ddk as host lol

2016-01-26 04:39

GO GO tyloo&cyberzen

2016-01-26 04:57

My predictions: 1) Renegades (hltv.org/?pageid=188&teamid=6211) 2) CyberZen (hltv.org/?pageid=188&teamid=6503) 3) Mongolz (hltv.org/?pageid=188&teamid=6248&statsfi..) 4) TyLoo (hltv.org/?pageid=188&teamid=4863&statsfi..) 5) Chiefs (hltv.org/?pageid=188&teamid=6010) 6) MVP.Karnal (hltv.org/?pageid=188&statsfilter=0&teami..) 7) EYA 8) Risky Gaming Don't under-estimate MVP, true wildcard here.. Cyberzen performance has been shaky recently, losing to Mongolz 2-1 in Rising stars..Mongolz have been performing top of their game, could upset. Just my 2 cents...

2016-01-26 05:02

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i think tyloo still better than mongolz and potentially better than cyberzen. woud like to see cz or tyloo 1st though

2016-01-26 06:27

Yeah would love to see them top as well...

2016-01-26 06:32

personally i am a fan of tyloo but any team from southeast asia would be fine (although im chinese so i support the chinese teams.) i feel like if either tyloo or czen beats renegades it means they have potential to enter a major, which is a true feat as they have only been playing for very little time

2016-01-26 06:36