The teams, play-by-play commentary, and sponsors for the official Japanese preliminary round of the eSports tournament "Predator League 2020" have been selected!

Acer Inc. announced the teams, play-by-play commentary, and sponsors for the official Japanese preliminary round of the "Predator League 2020" e-sports tournament.

The "Predator League" is an e-sports tournament in which representatives from each country and region of the Asia-Pacific region will participate. The representative teams that make it through the qualifying rounds will compete for the title of strongest in the Asia-Pacific at the Grand Final to be held in Manila, Philippines in February 2020. The game titles to be used for the Grand Final are "PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS (PUBG)" and "DOTA 2". The total prize money for the national and regional qualifiers and finals is $400,000.

⇒The "e-sports workshop" will be held under the guidance of DetonatioN FocusMe, the No. 1 professional team in Japan! Applications are now being accepted!

Contestant Teams Decided

In the Predator League 2020 Japan Round, the official Japanese qualifier, as many as 58 teams will compete for 24 team slots during Week 1 (November 30 and December 1, 2019). The only game title to be employed is "PUBG". In addition, a total of 32 teams will compete in Week 2 (December 7 and December 8), including the eight teams ranked overall in PJS Season 4 Grade 1.

The 58 teams participating in the 1st Preliminary Round

The top 8 teams in the overall ranking of PJS Season 4 Grade 1

Play-by-play commentary and MC to be determined!

The following play-by-play commentators and MCs have been chosen to liven up the tournament.

Week 2 (December 7 and 8): abara (play-by-play), takomayo (commentary), Kaori Horiuchi (MC)
Week 3 (December 14 and 15): OooDa (play-by-play), abara (commentary), Kaori Horiuchi (MC)

(From left to right: abara, takomayo, OooDa, Kaori Horiuchi)

Sponsor companies were decided!

The sponsors who will be working together to make the Predator League 2020 Japan Round a great success are Sofmap Corporation, Shoes Selection Corporation, Trend Micro Incorporated, Dream Factory Corporation, Nidec Corporation, Tokyo Metropolitan Television, Inc. Metropolitan Television Corporation, Outsourcing Technology Corporation, and Sapporo Breweries, Ltd.

Outline of the competition
Predator League 2020 Japan Round
Dates: Saturday, November 30 - Sunday, December 15, 2019, for a total of 6 days
Adopted title: "PUBG
　Only "PUBG" will be used for the Japan Round.
Number of matches per day: 5 matches (30 matches in total)
Tournament format: Online tournament for all days
Number of teams (SQUAD): Unlimited

The top 8 teams in the overall rankings of "PUBGJAPANSERIES (PJS)" season4Phase1 and Phase2 will participate from Saturday, December 7 as seeded teams.
In the event that a team abandons the competition, it will be moved up from the lower-ranked teams.
The winner and runner-up teams will participate in the "PredatorLeague 2020" scheduled to be held in Manila, Philippines in February 2020.
Travel expenses will be supported by Acer.

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