Asian Challenge League revealed with ~$80,000 prize pool

The Asian Challenge League will span four online seasons, which will run from March to November, with two spots at the offline finals and a 50,000 CNY (~$7,900) prize-pool on offer in each of those.

The competition will then culminate with the 300,000 CNY (~$47,400) finals by the end of the year, whose dates, location and format will be revealed closer to the event.

shuadapai's Eclipse have been confirmed for the first online season

According to the announcement, the Asian Challenge League intends "to provide a platform for Asian teams and to promote Asian CS:GO development". The online seasons will take place in the following months:

Asian Challenge Series 1: March-April
Asian Challenge Series 2: May-June
Asian Challenge Series 3: August-September
Asian Challenge Series 4: October-November

Each season will kick off with a best-of-one round-robin group stage, with the playoffs stage being a best-of-three, single-elimination bracket. The participating teams for the first season are the following:

Eclipse	Lynn Vision
Beyond	ROAR
GrayToad	MAX
GOSU	JSBF

The breakdown of the prize pool for the offline event is the following:

1. 150,000 CNY (~$23,700)
2. 100,000 CNY (~$15,800)
3. 50,000 CNY (~$7,900)