Set 8 TFT Esports in APAC: Everything You Need to Know

As Teamfight Tactics Will Be Self-Published in Southeast Asia, Riot will also start to operate TFT esports in this region. In Set 8, SEA competitive players finally have an opportunity to compete against the best players in the world. Now you can qualify to the Asian Cup, and Championship through the SEA Circuit.

For Korea, Japan, and Oceania players, there will be separate qualifying routes to advance to the Asian Cup and Championship as before.

Here is the information of Set 8 Esports in the Asia-Pacific region.

[SEA Circuit]

While there is five different servers running for Teamfight Tactics and two different routes will be provided for SEA players : Vietnam / 4 Other Regions (SG/ID/MY, TH, PH, MW/MO/HK)

[Vietnam Division]

Vietnam Open Qualifiers #1 (2/4 ~ 2/5)
Participants: 256 Players

Format
- Day 1: Players will be split into groups of 8 and play 5 rounds each. The groups will be shuffled after the first two games. Top 64 players will progress to Day 2
- Day 2: Players will be split into groups of 8 and play 5 rounds each. The groups will be shuffled after the first two games

Prize Pool: Top 10 Players advanced to SEA Regional Cup #1

Registration Link

Vietnam Open Qualifiers #2 (2/11 ~ 2/12)
Participants: 256 Players (For all players lost in Open Qualifier #1 and Waitlisted Players)

Format
- Day 1: Players will be split into groups of 8 and play 5 rounds each. The groups will be shuffled after the first two games. Top 64 players will progress to Day 2
- Day 2: Players will be split into groups of 8 and play 5 rounds each. The groups will be shuffled after the first two games

Prize Pool: Top 10 Players advanced to SEA Regional Cup #1

SEA Regional Cup #1 (2/17 ~ 2/19)
Participants: 32 Players

Format
- Day 1: Players will be split into groups of 8 and play 6 rounds each. The groups will be shuffled after the first two games. Top 16 players will progress to Day 2
- Day 2: Players will be split into groups of 8 and play 6 rounds each. The groups will be shuffled after the first two games. Top 8 players will progress to Day 2
- Day 3: Checkmate Format - Players will play games until the first player to earn 18 points, and then get 1st place in a round will be crowned the SEA Champion

Prize Pool: USD 10,000 + 6 Asian Cup Spot

[SG/ID/MY, TH, PH, MW/MO/HK Division]

TFT The Chosen One - TW & HK Series (1/31 ~ 2/3)
Participants: 16 Players

- 8 Players from Open Qualifiers
- Invited 8 Players

Format
- Day 1 Group Stage - Players will be split into groups of 8 and play 3 rounds each. Top 3 players from each group will progress to Day 3. 4th~7th players from each group goes to Day 2
- Day 2 Losers Finals - Players will play 3 rounds each. Top 2 players will advance to Day 3
- Day 3 Grand Finals - Players will play 5 rounds each, and Top 2 will advance to Chosen One

Regional Open Qualifiers
Prize Pool: HKD 10,000 + Chosen One Regional Open Qualifier Spot

Registration Link

TFT The Chosen One - Regional Open Qualifiers (2/11 ~ 2/12)

Participants: 32 Players
- 3 Players from TW Server
- 2 Players from TFT The Chosen One - TW & HK Series
- 3 Players from AfreecaTV Streamers Battle - TW & HK
- 3 Players from TW Server Ladderboard

- 8 Players from PH Server (Ladderboard Snapshot + Influencer Slot)
- 8 Players from SG/MY/ID Server (Ladderboard Snapshot + Influencer Slot)
- 8 Players from TH Server (Ladderboard Snapshot + Influencer Slot)

Format

- Day 1: Players will be split into groups of 8 and play 6 rounds each. The groups will be shuffled after the first two games. Top 50% players will progress to Day 2
- Day 2: Players will be split into groups of 8 and play 5 rounds each. The groups will be shuffled after the first two games

Prize Pool: 8 SEA Regional Cup #1 Spot


SEA Regional Cup #1 (2/17 ~ 2/19)

Same as above

[Oceania Circuit]

You can check out the detailed and latest information through Article and Discord.

Lux Open Qualifiers (2/2 ~ 2/5)
Participants: ~256 Players

Format
- Day 1~2: Players will be split into groups of 8 and play 6 rounds each. Top 16 players will progress to Day 3
- Day 3: Players will be split into groups of 8 and play 4 rounds each. The groups will be shuffled after every game. The top 16 point scores move on to the next round. Players will be split into groups of 8 and play 4 rounds each. The groups will be shuffled after every game. The top 8 point scores move on to the next round.
- Day 4: Players will play 6 rounds. The top 4 highest scoring players move on to the Spellslinger Cup.

Prize Pool: AUD 3,000 + 4 Spellslingers Cup Spot

Annie Open Qualifiers (2/9 ~ 2/12)
Participants: ~256 Players

Format
- Day 1~2: Players will be split into groups of 8 and play 6 rounds each. Top 16 players will progress to Day 3
- Day 3: Players will be split into groups of 8 and play 4 rounds each. The groups will be shuffled after every game. The top 16 point scores move on to the next round. Players will be split into groups of 8 and play 4 rounds each. The groups will be shuffled after every game. The top 8 point scores move on to the next round.
- Day 4: Players will play 6 rounds. The top 4 highest scoring players move on to the

Spellslinger Cup.
Prize Pool: AUD 3,000 + 4 Spellslingers Cup Spot

Spellslingers Cup (2/18 ~ 2/19)

Participants: 12 Players
- Top 4 from Lux Open Qualifier
- Top 4 from Annie Open Qualifier
- Top 4 from Ladderboard Snapshot

Format
- Day 1: Players will be split into groups of 6 and play 6 rounds each. Top 50% players will progress to Day 2
- Day 2: Players will play 6 rounds each. The top 3 highest scoring players move on to Asian Cup
Prize Pool: AUD 10,000 + 3 Asian Cup Spot

[Korea Circuit]

AfreecaTV Teamfight Tactics Series (ATS) (2/18 ~ 2/19)

Participants: 16 Players
- Top 8 from Open Qualifiers (Player Seed)
- Top 8 from Open Qualifiers (Influencer Seed)

Format
- Day 1: Players will be split into two groups of 8 and play 6 rounds each. The groups will be shuffled after the first two games. Top 50% players will progress to Day 2
- Day 2: Checkmate Format - Players will play games until the first player to earn 18 points, and then get 1st place in a round will be crowned the ATS Champion

Prize Pool: KRW 10,000,000 + 6 Asian Cup Spot

Registration Link

Ladderboard Snapshot

Top 2 players from KR server will advance to Asian Cup. The snapshot date is 2/21 23:59 (KST).

[Japan Circuit]

TBD.

[Asian Cup] - 3/3 ~ 3/5

Participants: 24 Players
- 6 Players from China, Korea, and Southeast Asia
- 3 Players from Japan, and Oceania

Format
- Day 1: Players will be split into two groups of 8 and play 6 rounds each. The groups will be shuffled after the first two games. Top 16 players will progress to Day 2
- Day 2: Players will be split into two groups of 8 and play 6 rounds each. The groups will be shuffled after the first two games. Top 8 players will progress to Day 2
- Day 3: Checkmate Format - Players will play games until the first player to earn 18 points, and then get 1st place in a round will be crowned the ATS Champion

Prize Pool: USD 20,000 + (For Top 2 in KR / JP / OCE region, Regional Finals Seed will be awarded)