Weekly esports guide (11 - 18 November): MLBB World Championship, FSL Elite Dota 2
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The world’s biggest League of Legends tournament may be over, but there’s still plenty of esports events and tournaments to watch and participate before the year ends, including the MLBB M1 and the FSL Elite Dota 2!
On that note, congratulations to FunPlus Phoenix for a triumphant win against G2 Esports! And congratulations to Singapore’s Team Aerowolf for making top 4 at the Rainbow Six Siege Pro League!
Female Esports League Dota 2
Date: 15 and 16 November
Venue: Bountie Arena
Stream: sg.yahoo.com
The Female Esports League is back for its Dota 2 circuit, featuring the best female teams from around the region.
After four weeks of MOBA action, the best of the best will meet offline for the FSL Elite.
Remember to catch all the action live on Yahoo TV! And don’t forget to tune in to Game Changer the following week at 8pm SGT to find out which teams plays are worthy of praise!
Mobile Legends World Championship 2019 (Malaysia)
Date: 15 - 17 November
Venue: Axiata Arena, Kuala Lumpur
Stream: YouTube Gaming
For the first time ever, mobile MOBA Mobile Legends: Bang Bang will have its own world championship tournament. Also dubbed as M1, this major level tournament will pit Asia’s finest against each other and the rest of the world including North America, South America, and Europe.
With a prize pool of US$250,000, fans will be seeing the top 16 professional teams who will take home the lion’s share this November.
ONE Esports Dota 2 Singapore World Pro Invitationals (Singapore)
Date: 17 - 22 December
Venue: Singapore
The ONE Esports Dota 2 Singapore World Pro Invitational will see 12 of the world’s best Dota 2 teams fight it out in Singapore. Catch some of your favourite teams as they vie for the US$500,000 prize pool, with some big names already announced.
The three day event will be held at the Singapore Indoor Stadium, and will feature top global esports athletes. The official list of teams competing include Alliance, Evil Geniuses, Gambit, J.Storm, Natus Vincere, PSG.LGD, Team Aster, Team Liquid, Team Secret, TNC Predator, Virtus.pro and Vici Gaming.
Select teams will also participate in one-hour meet-and-greet sessions with fans across all three days of the event, with priority lines for VIP and Cat 1 ticket holders.
In addition, the event will feature a host of Dota 2 talents, including Jorien 'Sheever' van der Heijden, TobiWan, BSJ, ODPixel, and Fogged, as well as Dota 2 analysts, Black^, Trent and Capitalist.
MDL Chengdu Major (China)
Date: 16 - 24 November
Venue: Chengdu Century City
Stream: https://www.youtube.com/MarsMediaEsports
This month will see the first major of the 2019/2020 DPC Season for Dota 2.
Featuring a US$1 million prize pool and a significant amount of DPC points, this Mars Media-organised tournament will feature high profile teams like Team Liquid, TNC Predator, Fnatic, and Evil Geniuses.
PVP Corporate League & Campus League Grand Finals (Singapore)
Date: 7 and 8 December
Venue: Singapore Comic Con, Marina Bay Sands Convention, 10 Bayfront Ave, Singapore 018956
Stream: https://twitch.tv/pvpesportsgg
Esports will be one of the major highlights in this year’s Singapore Comic Con this coming December.
On 7 Dec, the regional PVP Corporate League finalists will go head-to-head in Mobile Legends and Dota 2. The winner will win from a total prize pool of S$5,000 in cash and S$20,000 that will be donated to a charity of their choice.
Realpage Esports (Philippines) vs Xavier (Indonesia) - 10.45am
Team GTR (Malaysia) vs Teletubbies (Thailand) - 4.30pm
On the 8th, the PVP Campus League Grand Finals for Mobile Legends will take place.
Holy (ITE Central) vs Serpentine (ITE Central) - 12.45pm
Unstable Network (SIM) vs Winner of the lower bracket - 4.45pm
Apart from those esports competitions, there are also a few other programmes worth checking out if you’re an esports fan:
7 December
Meet OG offlaner Ceb - 1pm to 2pm (PVP Esports Main Stage)
Chilling with eGG Live x Ceb - 7.15pm
PVP Corporate League Finals DOta 2 MVP Prize Presentation - 7.45pm (PVP Esports Main Stage)
8 December
Dota 2 1v1 with Ceb - 10.30am to 11.30am (PVP Esports Main Stage)
Lenovo & Intel Legion of Champions Series IV
Date: 13 - 15 December
Venue: Pantip Mall, Bangkok, Thailand (Grand Finals in December)
Website: https://legion.lenovo.com/
Lenovo’s flagship Asia Pacific esports competition is now in its fourth series and will showcase games such as PUBG, Counter-Strike: GO, and many more.
Furthermore, this will be the first time the tournament will be hosting a Legion of Valkyries all-female tournament circuit
Esports At The 2019 Southeast Asian Games (Philippines)
Date: 1 – 6 December
Venue: Filoil Flying V Centre, San Juan, Metro Manila
The very first esports tournament in the 2019 Southeast Asian Games will be happening soon. The titles that will be used in this prestigious world tournament are Dota 2, Starcraft II, Tekken 7, Arena of Valor, and Mobile Legends.
Singapore has confirmed their representatives for the tournament below:
Mobile Legends: Bang Bang
EVOS Esports:
1. Akihiro “JPL” Furusawa
2. Andrew “Potato” Lim
3. Boon “OhDeerBambi” Wei Xing Robert
4. Chong “Soul” Ru Chyi
5. Tan “Ace” Zheng Wei
Arena of Valor
Resurgence:
6. Bjorn “Zeys” Ong
7. Dabbie “813” Lim Chin Hong
8. Ng “Elespresso” Ye Lun Renfred
9. Ong “Yueyah” Jing Song
10. Lee “Marclaren” Cheng Hiang Marcus
Dota 2
Team X:
11. Wong “NutZ” Jeng Yih
12. Lukman “Luk” Yusoff Bin Nooraznan
13. Teo “Tudi” Yao Wen
14. Wilson “Poloson” Koh Chin Wei
15. Joel “Chibix” Chan Jian Yong
StarCraft II:
16. Toh “Lobo” Wei Liang Alvin
17. Thomas “Blysk” Kopankiewicz
TEKKEN 7:
18. Ruslan “LAN94” Bin Abd Rahman
Hearthstone:
19. Chew “Khaius” Khai Kiat
20. Benjamin “SGAhIce” Isa Roberts
