BTS Pro Series Season 9 announced
Tournament organizer Beyond The Summit has announced BTS Pro Series Season 9. Like the past few seasons, it will take place in 2 regions: the Americas and Southeast Asia.
Events in each region will begin October 10 and end November 14, with a combined prize pool of $100,000. For Southeast Asia, the prize pool will be $60,000, and for the Americas region — $40,000. There are 9 invited teams in each region.
Participants
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Southeast Asia |
Americas |
Format
The format is identical in both regions. The group stage will take place from October 29 to November 8. All participants will play in the same group according to a Round-Robin system with BO2 matches. The top 4 teams will advance to the playoffs in the upper bracket, 4 more teams advance to the lower bracket, and the last-place team leaves the tournament.
The playoffs will be held from November 10 to 14. Its format is a Double Elimination bracket with the Grand Final played in a BO5 series and the rest matches in a BO3 series.
The previous BTS Pro Series was held on September 7-26, with $100,000 in total prize money. Boom Esports was the Southeast Asian champion, and NoPing e-sports was the American region champion.