Skyesports increase prize pool and team count for Mumbai Championship

The Indian tournament organizer has revealed the format for the now $300,000 LAN.

Skyesports Championship will feature two six-team round robin groups

Skyesports have announced an additional four invites for their Championship event, slated to be held between July 23-28 in Mumbai, India.

The four invitees will join eight pre-invited teams in two six-team round-robin groups, with the top three teams from each pool moving on to single-elimination playoffs.

That takes the total team count to 12, and they have also increased the prize pool by $100,000 to $300,000 in total to reflect the increased attendance.

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3DMAX qualify for Skyesports Championship

It is not the first big international LAN Skyesports has attempted to host, and the fledgling tournament organizer will be hoping for a smoother ride after various disrupted events, including Skyesports Masters 2024, that was moved online at late notice.

Previously, the South Asian tournament organizer indefinitely postponed the Skyesports Championship 5.0 in November 2023 over "foreign political conditions and a little bit of bad luck".

They also moved the Skyesports Souvenir tournament online after it was originally announced as a LAN in Colombo, Sri Lanka.

Five top 30 teams have already accepted invites for the new event, including The MongolZ, Eternal Fire, and FURIA, and it is also set to debut Indian organization Revenant's new Nathan "⁠NBK-⁠" Schmitt-led roster.

3DMAX emerged victorious from the European qualifier over BLEED to take that count to six, while True Rippers defeated Gods Reign in the local Indian qualifier.

The team list is now:

Revenant
Eternal Fire
The MongolZ
3DMAX
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Invite

BetBoom
FURIA
Aurora
True Rippers
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Invite