The CS Asia Championships 2023 is a Counter-Strike tournament consisting of 8 teams playing in Shanghai, China from November 8-12. The organisers, Perfect World, had previously held two tournaments with a similar name during 2018 and 2019. The pandemic stopped them from hosting the events again, but they are now finally back. There will be high stakes with this $500,000 tournament for the 8 teams that are participating. Three of those teams will be Chinese teams competing against some of the global Counter-Strike elite.
What is the CS Asia Championships 2023?
The CS Asia Championships 2023 is a top tier CS2 LAN event taking place in Shanghai. It is organised by Perfect World and will be situated at the Perfect World Esports Center. The final stage of the tournament will be played at the Yuanshen Stadium.
The tournament starts on November 8 and will conclude on November 12, only lasting 5 days in total. This tournament is promoting Counter-Strike in the local market. It is doing so also by allowing 3 Chinese teams to participate. 6 teams in total will play in the stadium and 2 teams will be eliminated beforehand. This will guarantee Chinese presence on the stage for the live audience.
Tournament Format
This is a 2 stage tournament. In total there are only 4 match days with a break in between the stages on the 10th November. A lot of matches for the CS Asia Championships 2023 will be packed into a short space of time!
Group Stage (8th-9th November)
- Teams split into 2 double-elimination groups (GSL)
- Initial matches are best of 1 (Bo1)
- All following matches will be best of 3 (Bo3)
- Top 3 teams of each group advance to playoffs
- Winners of the groups advance to semifinals
- Runners-up of the groups advance to quarterfinals as high seeds
- 3rd place teams of groups advance to quarterfinals as low seeds
- 4th place teams of groups will be eliminated
Playoffs (11th-12th November)
- Single elimination bracket
- All matches are Bo3
Prize Pool
There is a $500,000 total prize pool for this tournament. This is quite an enormous prize pool, particularly for the amount of teams that are participating. Even more so when you see that 3 of the 8 teams are local Chinese teams that are ranked much lower on HLTV.
- 1st: $250,000
- 2nd: $100,000
- 3rd-4th: $50,000
- 5th-6th: $16,500
- 7th-8th: $8,500
Teams
There are 5 western teams that are invited and 3 Chinese teams that have qualified through PPL Season 5. PPL is the Perfect World Arena Premier League. It is a Chinese qualifying tournament. Below are the teams participating and how they made it to the CS Asia Championships 2023.
- Astralis (invited)
- ENCE (invited)
- FaZe Clan (invited)
- MOUZ (invited)
- Ninjas in Pyjamas (invited)
- Lynn Vision Gaming (PPL Season 5)
- TYLOO (PPL Season 5)
- Wings Up Gaming (PPL Season 5)
FaZe Clan are already participating in the Thunderpick World Championships 2023. They have also won the first big international LAN for CS2, IEM Sydney 2023. They have a busy travelling schedule as they make their way through 3 continents within a month to attend all these events. NiP will be participating after making their roster change as well.
CS Asia Championships 2023 Betting
Many esports bookmakers will be putting up markets for the CS Asia Championships. There will be plenty of opportunities to bet on pregame markets. And if you are up at the correct time for when matches are on in China then you will certainly be able to get involved in live betting of the event.
In order to make sure you can place bets you just need to ensure you have an account with your preferred bookmaker. Capitalise on a welcome bonus and find the markets that you need to bet on. Looking at recent history you would most likely favour FaZe Clan for the victory here. However, CS2 is bringing us a lot of surprises already. How will things shake up for the CS Asia Championships? One thing to be cautious of is the local teams. Although the Chinese teams are not at all favourites, the local support could spur them to push the extra distance they need for map or series wins.
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Where to watch CS Asia Championships 2023
PGL will be doing the production for the CS Asia Championships 2023. That means you will be able to find the English language stream on the official PGL Twitch channel.
We are still waiting for talent announcements to be confirmed. Although the tournament starts soon, this information is not yet available to the public. Potentially there will be on-site talent, but there is a chance that western talent could commentate remotely.
