Pokémon UNITE Asia Champions League 2023: Schedule, results, where to watch
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After a five month long competitive break, Pokémon UNITE is officially kicking off the new year with the all-new Pokémon UNITE Asia Champions League.
The first league of its kind, it will showcase teams from East Asia, Southeast Asia, and India. The regional leagues will begin online, and then end with the live offline playoff in Kuala Lupur, Malaysia.
Here’s everything you need to know about the upcoming tournament, including its schedule, format, results, participating teams, and where to watch the matches live.
What is the Pokémon UNITE Asia Champions League 2023?
The Pokémon UNITE Asia Champions League is the first-ever Pokémon UNITE invitational league targeting the Asia region.
15 of the best teams from East Asia, Southeast Asia, and India are invited to compete for a piece of the US$86,000 prize pool and the title of best Pokémon UNITE team in Asia.
Pokémon UNITE Asia Champions League 2023 format
The tournament is split into two phases: the regular season and the finals.
In the regular season, teams are split into their respective regional groups. In these groups, teams play a best-of-three, single round-robin format.
Upon completion of the round-robin, teams will then play a single-elimination regional playoff. The top two teams from each regional league will be flown to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, for the offline finals.
For the finals, the top six teams will be split into two groups and play a best-of-three, single round-robin format.
The top two teams from each group will advance to the final stage, where they’ll compete in a best-of-five single elimination bracket until a champion is crowned.
East Asiagroup stageDay 1 (January 6)
Southeast Asia group stageDay 2 (January 7)
India group stageDay 3 (Janary 8)
East Asiagroup stageDay 4 (January 13)
Southeast Asiagroup stageDay 5 (January 14)
Indiagroup stageDay 6 (January 15)
Indiagroup stageDay 7 (January 22)
East Asiagroup stageDay 8 (January 27)
Southeast Asiagroup stageDay 9 (January 28)
Indiagroup stageDay 10 (January 29)
East Asiagroup stageDay 11 (February 3)
Southeast Asiagroup stageDay 12 (February 4)
Indiagroup stageDay 13 (February 5)
East Asia group stageDay 14 (February 10)
Southeast Asia group stageDay 15 (February 11)
India playoffsDay 16 (February 12)
East Asia playoffsDay 17 (February 17)
Southeast Asia playoffsDay 18 (February 18)
India playoffsDay 19 (February 19)
East Asia playoffsDay 20 (February 24)
Southeast Asia playoffsDay 21 (February 25)
FinalsDay 22 (March 18)
FinalsDay 23 (March 19)
India League
Where to watch the Pokémon UNITE Asia Champions League 2023?
You can watch the Pokémon UNITE Asia Champions League on Pokemon’s official platforms.
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