Intel World Open: Path to Tokyo Kicks Off in March
February 25 2020 - 12:00PM
Business Wire
What's New: Intel is elevating esports for audiences
worldwide with the Intel World Open ahead of the Olympic Games
Tokyo 2020, giving gamers a chance to compete among the world’s
best athletes on a global stage. Anyone from anywhere can register,
beginning March 2, for a chance to be crowned the Intel World Open
champion.
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As an extension of Intel’s Worldwide TOP
Partnership, Intel will host the Intel World Open esports
tournament ahead of the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020. It will feature
Capcom’s Street Fighter V: Champion Edition and Psyonix’s Rocket
League. (Credit: Intel Corporation)
"We introduced Intel Extreme Masters PyeongChang in 2018 and
we’re excited to continue raising the stakes for esports with the
Intel World Open in 2020. There are more than 490 million esports
fans worldwide and the Intel World Open exemplifies Intel’s global
leadership in esports and delivers a pinnacle tournament on the
world’s biggest sports stage.” – Mark Subotnick, Intel director of
gaming and esports business development
What It Is: The Intel World Open is an extension of
Intel’s Worldwide TOP Partnership with the International Olympic
Committee (IOC), and will feature two of the most recognized
esports titles: Capcom’s Street Fighter™ V: Champion Edition and
Psyonix’s Rocket League. Online qualifiers for Street Fighter V:
Champion Edition start March 21 and Rocket League start May 2.
The Path to Tokyo: Any player at any level can compete in
the Intel World Open for a chance to join a national, territory or
regional team. Live qualifier events in Katowice, Poland, in June
will determine which teams advance to the championship esports
tournament in Tokyo.
The final event in Tokyo on July 22-24 will host hundreds of
fans at the Zepp DiverCity venue – the same area as Olympic venues
– where teams will compete for a majority share of the prize
pool:
- $250,000 total prize pool for Street Fighter V: Champion
Edition
- $250,000 total prize pool for Rocket League
For more details and registration, visit the Intel World Open
website.
The Street Fighter V: Champion Edition Tournament Format:
A force in the fighting genre and esports scene for 32 years, the
legendary fighting franchise returns with Street Fighter V:
Champion Edition.
Tournament Structure:
- Territory qualifiers: Territory qualifiers begin March 2
and determine each territory’s three best players who will come
together and form the team representing that territory and advance
to the live qualifier in Poland. The 12 pre-selected territories
include:
- Brazil
- China
- Chinese Taipei
- Dominican Republic
- France
- Hong Kong, China
- Korea
- Russia
- Singapore
- United Arab Emirates
- United Kingdom
- United States
- Regional qualifiers: Players outside of the 12
pre-selected territory teams can participate through the team-based
regional qualifier process that will take place in March through
May. The top teams from the eight regions will advance to the live
qualifier in Poland. The eight regions include:
- Europe 1
- Europe 2
- Middle East & Africa
- North America
- Central America
- South America
- Asia
- Oceania
- Live qualifier in Katowice, Poland: From June 18-21, the
final qualifier brings together the winning teams formed from the
territory and regional qualifiers to determine who advances to the
final Intel World Open event in Tokyo.
- Japan qualifier: As the host country, Japan will have
the final guaranteed spot at the Intel World Open finals in Tokyo.
Japan qualifiers are single-player matches with the winning team
being formed from the top players on the Intel World Open
leaderboard.
- Intel World Open finals: The finals take place July
22-24 at the Zepp DiverCity venue in Tokyo, where qualifying teams
will compete to claim the majority share of the $250,000 prize
pool.
For full qualification rules and details, visit the Intel World
Open website.
The Rocket League Tournament Format: Developed by Epic
Games' San Diego-based studio, Psyonix, Rocket League is a
high-powered hybrid of arcade-style soccer and vehicular mayhem.
The Rocket League Intel World Open will feature 3v3 competitions in
Psyonix's signature game mode, Soccar.
Tournament Structure:
- National qualifiers: National qualifiers begin May 2 and
one team from each of the nine pre-selected countries will advance
to the live qualifier in Katowice, Poland. The nine nations
include:
- Australia
- Brazil
- Canada
- China
- France
- Germany
- Japan
- United Kingdom
- United States
- Regional qualifiers: Players outside of the nine
pre-selected national team countries can participate through the
regional qualifier process, from which eight teams will advance to
the semifinals in Poland. Both qualifiers will have a
double-elimination format and will not have a team cap. The eight
regions include:
- Africa
- Asia (Mainland)
- Asia (Maritime & Oceania)
- Europe (three European seeds will qualify for the regional
final)
- Latin America (Mexico and southward)
- Middle East
- Live qualifier in Katowice, Poland: The final qualifier
in Katowice, Poland, features the 16 best teams in the world
separated into two groups of eight teams. The teams will compete in
a round-robin, with the top two teams from each group automatically
advancing to the Intel World Open Finals in Tokyo to join the host
country, Japan. After the round-robin stage, the rest of the teams
will participate in a double-elimination bracket. The upper bracket
winner and both teams from the lower bracket finals will qualify
for the Intel World Open finals.
- Intel World Open finals: The epic culmination of the
Intel World Open will be the live final in Tokyo featuring a
two-day event showcasing the best eight teams in the world. They
will battle through a high-stakes, single-elimination bracket in
order to claim the Intel World Open title and majority share of the
$250,000 prize pool.
For full qualification rules and details, visit the Intel World
Open website.
Intel’s Role in Gaming Technology Leadership: Intel’s
gaming technology, led by the Intel® Core™ i7 and i9 processors,
has powered the best esports experiences for more than 15 years.
Intel inspires fans and players by supporting a vibrant community
that brings together committed partners in the industry to deliver
best-in-class technology that pushes the boundaries of the sport.
Intel’s leadership in end-to-end solutions will power the future of
gaming and grow the esports market for the next billion fans.
More Context: Intel and the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020
About Intel
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shaping the data-centric future with computing and communications
technology that is the foundation of the world’s innovations. The
company’s engineering expertise is helping address the world’s
greatest challenges as well as helping secure, power and connect
billions of devices and the infrastructure of the smart, connected
world – from the cloud to the network to the edge and everything in
between. Find more information about Intel at newsroom.intel.com
and intel.com.
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