Cyber Sports League and its enigmatic and passionate staff are back for yet another eSports tournament. This time the eSports platform has partnered with BenQ Zowie to organise the eXtremesland CSGO Asia Cup, Middle East Qualifiers. Said qualifiers will be taking place on the 15th of September, with the UAE Lan scheduled to take place at Que Club.
The eXtremesland CSGO Asia Cup, Middle East Qualifiers will see teams from across the region battle for the chance to represent the region as a whole and to advance to the Grand Final, which will take place in Shanghai, China on the 19th-22nd of October. The prize pool for the Gran Final will consist of $100,000.
The upcoming tournament marks the second time Cyber Sports League have been the official eSports partner for the eXtremesland Tournament series.
“We are pleased to be working with Cyber Sports League for the past years. CSL will be our eSports Partner for the Second year in a row to support us during the ZOWIE eXtremesland CSGO Asia Cup, Middle East Qualifiers 2017. We look forward to this strong partnership.”
– Rashmi Purswani, Head of Marketing at BenQ.
CSL will additionally be providing technical expertise and eSports advisory for the country qualifiers and other aspects related to the events.
“BenQ have always had a history of contributing to the gaming scene in MENA – we’re very happy to see them continue their efforts in developing eSports in our region, and we’re even more happy to be part of these efforts once again. Having strong regional representation in such a high-profile tournament not only gives our region great pride but also provides the much-needed incentive for regional teams to strive for improvement and continue to develop themselves and their players”
– Karim Mousa, co-founder and organizer at CSL.
The tournament series this year will start with a round of qualifiers in some countries such as UAE, KSA, Lebanon and Iran. Other countries will have their teams invited, this includes Jordan, Kuwait, Egypt, Bahrain and Turkey. The teams representing their countries will then have to give it their best shot to secure the top spot at the Middle East Qualifiers which takes place in Dubai on 15th of September.
The dates for the UAE Qualifiers are on the 25th and 26th of September.Details for other countries, along with registration links can be found on Cyber Sports League’s website. As usual, all the matches of the Middle East Qualifier will be streamed on both CSL’s Twitch with VODS available on their YouTube channel.
Source: Cyber Sports League
