Hong Kong – Turner and IMG’s first-ever ELEAGUE Street Fighter V Invitational begins this weekend on truTV and Warner TV in Asia. Live coverage of the tournament action will also be presented on Twitch and YouTube from the G Fuel ELEAGUE Arena at Turner Studios in Atlanta.
There’s plenty for the Asia-based eSports’ fan with participants from all around the continent including: Infiltration from South Korea; Momochi, Tokido, Daigo Umehara, Eita, MOV and Fuudo from Japan; Marn from Vietnam; Xian from Singapore; GamerBee from Taiwan; and Xiao Hai from China. They’ll also be joined by FChamp, a well-known US-Filipino gamer also known as Ryan Ramirez.
The 24 Street Fighter V players who advance from this week’s preliminaries will compete in the regular season, with six players competing per weekly group. The top two players from each group – eight players in total – will advance to the ELEAGUE Street Fighter V Invitational tournament playoffs.
The final stages – including the Championship, live on Warner TV and truTV at 10am on Saturday, May 27 – will award the largest share of a US$250,000 prize pool to the winner.
In addition to live event coverage, ELEAGUE will break down the latest from the ELEAGUE Street Fighter V Invitational in two one-hour ELEAGUE Extra studio shows, Monday, May 1, and Monday, May 21 – also on both Turner channels.
