The tournament will have more than PHP 1,000,000 in prize pool
Garena AOV’s Valor Cup is back for its third season! This time, the highly anticipated regional tournament comes along with a prize pool of more than PHP 1,000,000 and a slot for one representing team to the AOV International Championship (AIC) which is set to take place in December 2018.
Valor Cup Season 3 starts with online qualifiers in the Valiant Server (Malaysia, Singapore, and Philippines), leading up to an offline grand finals where the representing team to AIC will be crowned. The complete schedule for qualifiers can be found below:
| PHASE | DATE |
| MY Qualifiers 1 | August 18, 2018 |
| MY Qualifiers 2 | August 25, 2018 |
| SG Qualifiers 1 | August 26, 2018 |
| SG Qualifiers 2 | September 2, 2018 |
| PH Qualifiers 1 | August 25-26, 2018 |
| PH Qualifiers 2 | September 1-2, 2018 |
The top 2 teams from each qualifier will move on to their respective National Finals where the victor from each will move on to the Grand Finals and be one step closer to the Arena of Valor International Championship (AIC)! The 3 runner-up teams from each country will battle it out in the wild card round where the winner will join the other 3 qualifiers in the grand finals.
Here are the special dates for the Valor Cup Season 3:
- Malaysia National Finals: September 1, 2018
- Singapore National Finals: September 16, 2018
- Philippine National Finals: September 15, 2018
- Wild Card Round: September 23, 2018
- Grand Finals: September 29, 2018
AIC is the second AOV international tournament following the success of the recently concluded Arena of Valor World Cup 2018 (AWC) in Los Angeles, USA with over 300,000 concurrent viewers. AIC is slated to be held in Southeast Asia this coming December 2018.
Valor Cup Season 1 ended with Philippine Wild Card team WIL NEW ERA (WNE) as the Champions. Meanwhile, the Philippine’s own Clutch Guild (CG) claimed the throne in Valor Cup Season 2, which was also the regional qualifier for AWC. Who will step up and conquer the MSP region? Find out in Valor Cup Season 3!
- Valor Cup Season 3 Qualifiers also serve as a gateway to Singtel’s PVP Esports Championship as the National Champions of the three countries will get a slot to the tournament!
- Registration for PH Qualifiers 1 is now open. Interested teams can sign up here.
ABOUT GARENA
Garena, the digital entertainment platform under Sea, provides mobile and PC online games across Southeast Asia and Taiwan. As the largest online game ecosystem in the region, we focus on creating the best game experience for our users through game curation, localization, user community building, and eSports activities. Our Garena mobile and desktop applications offer access to an exclusive set of games and enhance our users’ game experience through additional social and gameplay-related features such as chat, game news and stats. We are also the region’s leading advocate for eSports, one of the fastest growing trends in the global media industry.
Our eSports events include:
- League of Legends Rampage
- Garena Pro Gaming Series
- Garena LoL Collegiate League Philippines
- Garena Premier League
- Garena World
- League of Legends Master Series
- Valor Cup Season 1 & 2
For more information, please visit https://intl.garena.com/
ABOUT SEA
Sea’s mission is to better the lives of the consumers and small businesses of our region with technology. Our region includes the key markets of Indonesia, Taiwan, Vietnam, Thailand, the Philippines, Malaysia and Singapore. Sea operates three platforms across digital entertainment, e-commerce, and digital financial services, known as Garena, Shopee, and AirPay, respectively.
For more information, please visit http://www.seagroup.com
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Marco Daniel De Santos
Community Management & Marketing, Garena Philippines
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Angelica Frances Neri
eSports Marketing, Garena Philippines
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