PGL KeSPA Asia Minor viewer's guide

With PGL KeSPA Regional Minor Championship Asia kicking off on May 5, we have assembled all the information you need including groups, the schedule, the talent list, and more.

The second Minor to take place in this Major cycle will be in Seoul, South Korea as eight teams will battle it out from the 5th of May to the 8th. The tournament will offer two spots to the ESL One Cologne Offline Qualifier alongside a $50,000 cash prize.

The first day at the Nexon eSports Arena will see two groups of four teams duke it out in a GSL format. The opening and the elimination matches are going to be best-of-ones while the decider and the winners' matches will be played as best-of-threes. Top two from both groups will advance to the playoffs.

Groups can be found below:

Group A Group B
Mongolia The MongolZ  Australia Renegades
China VG.CyberZen  China TYLOO
Australia Immunity United Arab Emirates Risky
Korea m0nster Korea MVP Project

All the matches in the playoffs will be a best-of-three and the double-elimination format will come into effect, meaning a team has to win two playoff series to qualify for the Major qualifier. Below you can find the full schedule:

Thursday, May 5th
03:30 Mongolia The MongolZ vs. Korea m0nster BO1
03:30 China VG.CyberZen vs. Australia Immunity BO1
04:30 Australia Renegades vs. Korea MVP Project BO1
04:30 China TYLOO vs. United Arab Emirates Risky BO1
05:30 Group A - winners' match
BO3
05:30 Group A - elimination match
BO1
06:30 Group B - elimination match
BO1
08:30 Group B - winners' match
BO3
11:30 Group A - decider   BO3
14:30 Group B - decider   BO3
       
Friday, May 6th
05:30 Semi-final #1 BO3
08:30 Semi-final #2 BO3
11:30 Upper bracket final BO3
     
Saturday, May 7th
11:30 Lower bracket final BO3
14:30 Consolidation final BO3
     
Sunday, May 8th
11:30 Grand final BO3

The five-man crew listed below will bring you the action via PGL's twitch channel:

United Kingdom James Duffield - Desk Host

United Kingdom Duncan "Thorin" Shields - Analyst
Finland Joona "⁠natu⁠" Leppänen - Analyst

Canada Matthew "Sadokist" Trivett - Caster
United Kingdom Henry "⁠HenryG⁠" Greer - Caster

And last but not least, prize distrubution for the event will look like:

1. - $30,000 + ESL One Cologne 2016 Offline Qualifier spot
2. - $15,000 + ESL One Cologne 2016 Offline Qualifier spot
3. - $5,000

Keep your eyes peeled for the preview of the tournament as Milan "Striker" Švejda will give you an in-depth look prior to the event. HLTV.org will not be able to have a team on site as we'll be at Dreamhack Austin but we will still provide statistics and reporting from the Minor.

Follow HLTV.org writer BenjaCS on twitter.

Time is adjusted to your selected timezone
United Kingdom Henry 'HenryG' Greer
Henry 'HenryG' Greer
Age:
27
Team:
No team
Rating 1.0:
0.68
Maps played:
1
KPR:
0.48
DPR:
0.78
Finland Joona 'natu' Leppänen
Joona 'natu' Leppänen
Age:
30
Team:
No team
Rating 1.0:
0.88
Maps played:
179
KPR:
0.61
DPR:
0.71
#1
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
Aleksib | 
Bangladesh 696969
EZ FOR ENCE
2016-05-03 19:36
0
2 replies
#17
 | 
Switzerland c0yot3
ENCE FOR EZ
2016-05-03 19:37
0
#18
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
Poland TheDarkusPL
Group A TheMongolz Immunity Group B Tyloo Renegades
2016-05-03 19:37
0
#2
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
Israel I_are_special
1
2016-05-03 19:36
0
1 reply
#25
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
 | 
Sweden gould
who is this teams
2016-05-03 19:41
0
s
2016-05-03 19:36
0
l
2016-05-03 19:36
0
expected
2016-05-03 19:36
0
#6
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
f0rest | 
Sweden erqqi
nice
2016-05-03 19:36
0
#7
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
markeloff | 
World PullsJ
WP
2016-05-03 19:36
0
#8
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
Twistzz | 
Russia raintnt
:DD!!! nice
2016-05-03 19:36
0
d
2016-05-03 19:36
0
#10
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
United States marrehboy
1
2016-05-03 19:36
0
#11
 | 
Switzerland c0yot3
who cares about this major ? wait we should care, the future best teams are playing there
2016-05-03 19:36
0
3 replies
#39
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
Macau GrammerNazi
minor*
2016-05-03 20:44
0
#47
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
United Kingdom Nirvanavn
Chinese is investing a lot in CSGO now
2016-05-03 21:24
0
Swiss scene pls
2016-05-04 10:12
0
a
2016-05-03 19:36
0
#13
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
device | 
India jimmymaster3
1st
2016-05-03 19:36
0
#14
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
FalleN | 
World Vechnyp
another pgl
2016-05-03 19:36
0
#15
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
 | 
Europe Dulax
no
2016-05-03 19:36
0
#16
 | 
Germany HLTVBach
Yea
2016-05-03 19:37
0
rip kangaroo
2016-05-03 19:37
0
#20
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
gabs | 
Europe GandalfThePimp
lets go the mongolz and rng !!!
2016-05-03 19:37
0
Ez for ence
2016-05-03 19:38
0
is there a better chance for asians in germany than in the usa to avoid visa problems? i hope so
2016-05-03 19:38
0
#23
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
 | 
Germany kick_friberg_ffs
no team will get 10+ rounds against TyLoo on one map
2016-05-03 19:39
0
#24
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
 | 
Algeria robben11
gl Risky
2016-05-03 19:39
0
Renegades v Tyloo final, renegades destroyed cyberzen at the last qualifier
2016-05-03 19:42
0
#27
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
Austria Faguette
Hope for rng and tyloo :b
2016-05-03 19:44
0
thorin analyzing Asiatic teams, will be interesting....
2016-05-03 19:47
0
5 replies
"asiatic team" nt englando
2016-05-03 20:11
0
4 replies
can you teach me?
2016-05-03 20:12
0
3 replies
#49
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
 | 
Australia vamped
Asian* np send skins plz
2016-05-03 21:35
0
1 reply
#57
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
Australia ghost11
damn very good english scotto
2016-05-04 07:08
0
your not technically wrong if, it's just not the ideal word
2016-05-05 16:07
0
#29
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
Brazil tixiQo78
Easy TyLoo
2016-05-03 19:50
0
#31
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
United States scotty20
Tyloo vs Mongolz in grand finals. Another LAN, another Aussie fail
2016-05-03 20:02
0
4 replies
we've learnt from the best
2016-05-04 07:35
0
3 replies
#60
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
United States scotty20
Sure NA didn't win the last major, but at least we had teams that qualified and made it to the playoff stage. Australian teams were no where to be found.
2016-05-04 09:20
0
2 replies
That's one lan you're talking about
2016-05-04 09:24
0
1 reply
#68
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
United States scotty20
That's fine. Still had NA teams in it
2016-05-04 10:12
0
#35
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
 | 
Sweden TomodachiOM
PGL KeSPA Asia Minor during morning/day and DH Austin during evening/night = 24/7 CSGO for me. Nice. =D
2016-05-03 20:13
0
#36
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
Australia hazelberry
RNG, iM ez
2016-05-03 20:14
0
#37
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
Australia hazelberry
but seriously, you couldnt get in touch with one freelance CS journalist/ analyst to cover the event for HLTV over there? Thats a bit underwhelming to be honest. :/
2016-05-03 20:16
0
James Duffield <3
2016-05-03 20:30
0
#40
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
 | 
Greece hekzy
Where's Blehness?
2016-05-03 20:48
0
i think ENCE will take it easy
2016-05-03 20:49
0
#42
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
Norway rollofokker
hope tyloo wins so at least in csgo china > korea then all chinese will desperately fanboy tyloo
2016-05-03 20:56
0
#43
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
Vietnam MaybeIWill
Easy for Korean VISA
2016-05-03 21:05
0
TYLOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
2016-05-03 21:09
0
#45
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
dupreeh | 
Germany pastaMasta
wtf 1x bo1 and 2xbo3 in one day that's too much pgl are retarded
2016-05-03 21:14
0
2 replies
#54
 | 
Australia Hexaze
Better than RGN Pro Series
2016-05-04 01:01
0
#66
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
chelleos | 
Australia CosmoAU
2x BO1 and potentially 1x BO3 for Loser of first match. 1x BO1 and atleast 1x BO3 for Winner of first match (potentially 2x BO3).
2016-05-04 10:04
0
ez mongolz
2016-05-03 21:14
0
Let's go Tyloo!!
2016-05-03 21:41
0
#51
 | 
Russia razorVJ
TyLoo and Mongolz will get those spahts.
2016-05-03 21:57
0
RIP TYLOO on starladder...
2016-05-03 22:16
0
the first groups matches are actually ok for night watching in NA pretty much everything else is unwatchable but its better than i expected
2016-05-03 23:46
0
RNG
2016-05-04 02:05
0
#64
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
Macau skillig
tyloo got this
2016-05-04 09:58
0
#65
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
Macau skillig
RiP eu viewers
2016-05-04 10:04
0
#69
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
 | 
Mongolia Schweinepriester
ez mongolz
2016-05-04 16:02
0
1 reply
rip [*]
2016-05-05 16:10
0
I love this format
2016-05-05 12:08
0
#75
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
World thezbox
hope tyloo winsss
2016-05-06 06:47
0
#76
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
Xyp9x | 
Other GunnerL
And last but not least, prize distrubution for the event will look like: :| that typo
2016-05-07 12:56
0
pgl lelllll
2016-05-07 16:19
0
thank men )))
2016-05-09 10:19
0
Login or register to add your comment to the discussion.

Back to comment

Now playing
Thumbnail for stream
Brazil
MADHOUSE TV
17891 viewers
Top streams
All(64)
Casters(45)
Streamers(12)
Organizers(7)
Brazil
MADHOUSE TV
(17891)
Brazil
gaules
(9964)
Other
PGL
(8165)
Brazil
gaules
(4778)
Other
Thunderpick
(3340)
Russia
Paragon
(2910)
Other
PGL 2
(2565)
Russia
watchfulTV
(2019)
Brazil
gaules
(1801)
Russia
watchfulTV B
(1445)
Argentina
forg1
(1212)
Brazil
boltz
(1099)
Russia
Paragon 3
(925)
Brazil
fer
(880)
Argentina
forg1
(877)
Russia
HappyChucky
(850)
Brazil
nak
(721)
Russia
poka
(697)
Ukraine
Maincast
(640)
Belgium
ScreaM
(588)
Poland
IzakOOO
(583)
United States
Trottah
(491)
United States
freakazoid
(479)
Russia
m4ga
(440)
Brazil
mch
(439)
United States
Stewie2k
(436)
Russia
Paragon 2
(421)
Romania
Werty
(421)
Russia
SBolt
(398)
Argentina
elmorocho7
(314)
Ukraine
Maincast 2
(273)
France
KRL
(235)
United Kingdom
ESL TV
(230)
United States
Trucklover86
(188)
Brazil
mch
(168)
Finland
pelaajat
(167)
Brazil
VitinhO
(156)
France
Croissant Strike
(146)
Mongolia
maaRaa
(139)
Brazil
kabrafps
(132)
Russia
jmqa
(128)
Brazil
XISTERA
(123)
Other
PGL
(118)
Mongolia
Zilkenberg
(107)
Brazil
coldzera
(89)
Brazil
Tris_Mara
(87)
Other
PGL 2
(69)
Russia
Paragon
(58)
Kazakhstan
Paragon
(58)
Brazil
gaules TV 2
(46)
Brazil
BTSBrasilTV
(38)
United States
Regent
(37)
Brazil
VilacaTTV
(35)
Brazil
Napa
(30)
France
KRL 2
(25)
Brazil
gaules TV
(25)
United States
Trottah
(25)
Finland
Elisa Esports
(13)
United States
iamfusiion
(12)
Ukraine
WOLF
(6)
Brazil
kabrafps
(5)
Ukraine
Maincast
(2)
Brazil
BTSBrasilFPS
(1)
Brazil
JokerBR (YouTube)
(1)