After its successful debut last year, Taiwan Excellence will hold the second edition of the Taiwan Excellence Gaming Cup this August-September.
The worldwide championship provides Indian gamers an amazing platform to assemble, engage and compete. The tournament will challenge Dota 2 gamers for the championship trophy along with a cumulative cash prize of Rs 4 Lakh for the winners.
The tournament will be divided into two rounds for each city. Elimination rounds will be held in Delhi between August 14th to 16th and August 21st to 23rd and in Mumbai between September 4th to 6th and September 11th to 13th. To participate in the contest, participants can register on http://www.tegamingcup.com/#Schedule.
Speaking about the Cup, Mr Michael Lin, the Director of the Taipei World Trade Centre Liaison Office in Mumbai said, “With professional gaming becoming one of the most lucrative careers in recent history, some of the world’s best players are known to have made up to US $365,000 playing in tournaments. The Taiwan Excellence Gaming Cup, a one-of-its-kind tournament too, has become a Mecca for gamers to prove their mettle with significant cash prizes, a championship title and other goodies at stake.”
After the eliminations rounds, eight teams will qualify to play in the Grand Finale, a day-long ‘League of Excellence’ festival that will be open to gaming buffs and audiences at Infinity Mall, Malad, Mumbai. The event will also be streamed live on Twitch TV.
All eight teams qualifying for the finale will win guaranteed cash prizes. The winning team will take home a cash prize of Rs 1,70,000. Second spot will get a cash prize of Rs 90,000, while those winning the third and fourth spots will take home Rs 40,000 each. The fifth and the sixth spot winners will take home Rs. 20,000 each and those winning the seventh and the eight spots will get Rs 10,000 each.
Here’s the schedule
Elimination Rounds
- Delhi: August 14th – 16th
- Cafe Name: Xtreme Gaming Esports Stadium
- Address: F-101, Bali Nagar, Next to Gate No.1 Ramesh Nagar Metro station, New Delhi, Delhi 110015
- Delhi: August 21st – 23rd
- Cafe Name- Urban Terrain
- Address: Bluilding No. 6 , IInd Floor , PVR Priya Complex , Vasant Vihar, New Delhi, India
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Mumbai: September 4th– 6th
- Café Name- Gear Up
- Address: Powai Plaza Mall, Shop No 151, First Floor, Hiranandani Gardens Powai, Mumbai – 400 076
- Mumbai: September 11th– 13th
- Café Name- Accuracy Gaming
- Address: Shop 2/16, opp Nutan dal Mill, division 3, Unnatnagar, M.G Road, Goregaon west, Mumbai, Maharashtra 400062
Grand Finale
- Mumbai: September 18th – 19th
- Infinity Mall, Malad, Mumbai