Perfect World to host Asian RMR event

The eight-team tournament will take place in April-May and serve as the first Asian Regional Major Ranking (RMR) event of the year.

The company behind events such as CS:GO Asia Championships 2019 and the game's official distributor in mainland China, Perfect World, will be running the first Asian RMR event for 2021 - PWL CS:GO Season 1.

Scheduled for April 14 - May 3, the event will feature a $100,000 prize pool and play a part in determining the single Asian representative at the PGL Stockholm Major in October. PWL CS:GO Season 1's announcement follows the unveiling of the North American RMR event, which will kick off in May.

A total of eight teams will take part in the main part of the Asian event, with four of them handed direct invites to the tournament, including the highest-placed team in the 2020 RMR circuit TYLOO. As a reward for their last-year efforts, the Chinese powerhouse will start the partially reset circuit with a minimal, 100 RMR point lead, while 1600 points are up for grabs for the winner of PWL CS:GO Season 1.

Joining TYLOO in the group stage are rivals ViCi, as well as Mongolian side Renewal and JiaMing "⁠DeStRoYeR⁠" Gu's Invictus. The final four slots will be decided through two open qualifiers which will take place on April 14-17.

Team list for the event:

Schedule for PWL CS:GO Season 1 is as follows:

Open qualifier registration: April 9 - April 12
Open qualifiers: April 14-17
Group stage: April 20-25
Second stage: April 28-30
Final stage: May 2-3

The eight teams that reach the group stage will be rewarded with the following RMR points and cash prizes:

1. $30,000 + 1600 RMR points
2. $25,000 + 1500 RMR points
3. $15,000 + 1400 RMR points
4. $10,000 + 1300 RMR points
5-8. $5,000