Taiwan Excellence has announced that it’s hosting it’s first ever Esports Cup in the country with the goal of bringing it’s best technologies in the competitive esports arena to more countries such as ours.
Taiwan is known for its breakthrough electronics industry, with renowned innovations and quality products being developed for global distribution. Now with esports, we take pride in sharing that industry-leading brands are from Taiwan, with Filipino gamers.
Said C.T. Wu, director of the Strategic Marketing Dept. at Taiwan External Trade Deployment Council (TAITRA).
The 2019 Taiwan Excellence Esports Cup is partnering with Taiwanese brands ASUS, The Official Gaming PC Provider of The Taiwan Excellence e-Sports Cup, along with MSI, Aorus, Avermedia, In-Win, Kingmax, Transcend, XPG, Team Group, Zadak, G.Skill and Zyxel.
Taiwan Excellence expects around 2,000 participants will join the tournament which will have a 360,000 php tournament prize pool. The Esports Cup will host tournaments for games CS:GO and League of Legends and tournament registration starts on June 15, with elimination rounds for CS:GO taking place on July 6, 13, 20, and 27, and for LoL on August 3, 10, 17, and 24. Inter-branch games are being held September 14 for CS:GO and September 24 for LoL.
To know more about Taiwan Excellence and the tournament itself, you can head to the Taiwan Excellence fanpage.