The HERO ESPORTS Asian Champions League 2025 has been announced
The HERO ESPORTS Asian Champions League 2025 has been announced. Six teams have been invited: three from Pacific, including Paper Rex, ZETA DIVISION, and DRX, and three from China: XLG Esports, Bilibili Gaming, and Trace Esports. The tournament will take place from May 14 to 18, with a prize pool of $160,000. In other disciplines, ACL tournaments serve as qualifiers for the Esports World Cup.
Tournament format:
6 teams are divided into 3 groups based on their placements in VCT Stage 1 2025.
Seeding matches: May 14–15, 2025.
- Teams that placed 1st automatically advance to the Grand Final Seed Decider match.
- Teams that placed 2nd advance to the Quarterfinals Seed Decider match.
- All matches — Bo3.
Knockout stage: May 14–18, 2025.
- Single-elimination stepladder bracket.
- The winner of the Grand Final Seed Decider advances to the Grand Final.
- The loser of the Grand Final Seed Decider advances to the Semifinals.
- The winner of the Quarterfinals Seed Decider advances to the Quarterfinals.
- The loser of the Quarterfinals Seed Decider advances to Round 2.
- Teams that placed 3rd start from Round 1.
- All matches (except the Grand Final) — Bo3.
- Grand Final — Bo5.