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Bangladesh hosts AIC SA Qualifiers with Tk 75 Lakh Prize Pool

Arena of Valor, Bangladesh, a multiplayer online battle arena game, is hosting AIC South Asia Qualifiers 2022 this year, said a press release.
This is the first time Bangladesh is hosting such a huge international esports tournament for South Asia.
The eight regional winning teams from Bangladesh, Pakistan, Cambodia, and Myanmar will be competing in the final Offline/ LAN event for the prize money of Tk 75 lakh.
As a leveraging partner, Infinix Mobile Bangladesh is supporting the esports offline gaming event through its most trending Hot11S smartphones.
A press conference was held at Bashundhara International Convention Centre, where Sharif Saquib from the Arena of Valor introduced the four-team captains from Bangladesh and also described the programme flow.
The tournament firstly took place regionally from March 11-26 in Bangladesh, Pakistan, Cambodia, and Myanmar.
Eight teams won the competition from four countries who will take part in the final play-off at a LAN event which will take place in Bangladesh at International Convention City Bashundhara Purbachal Express Highway, Dhaka from March 30 to April 1.
The champion team from the Grand final will get a ticket to play Arena of Valor International Championship on the Global Stage.
It is worth mentioning here that the Asian Games 2022 will take place in September and Arena of Valor is going to be included as a medal event in Asian Games this year in China.
From Pakistan, the champion team- ‘Agon esports’, and the Runner Up team ‘Vainglorious’ will participate in the final play-off.
‘Starry Hope’ from Myanmar and ‘Impunity’ from Cambodia, both teams are also joining.
From Bangladesh, four teams have won at the regional level competition. ‘Venom esports’ was the Champion Team while the Runner Up position was acquired by ‘Martyrs Brute Force Dementors’.
‘We esports Oriental Phoenix’ won 3rd place and the 4th Place winning team was ‘We esports Armada’.
The winning teams were absolutely delighted when they expressed their excitement and satisfaction regarding the competition.
All the winning teams will take part in the AIC South Asia Qualifiers in Bashundhara International Convention Centre, Hall-2 from 30 March to 31 March and 1 April 2022.
This tournament has been graced by Mashrafe Bin Mortaza, Tahsan Khan, Mohammad Ashraful, Mumtaheena Toya, and Sayed Zaman Shawon.
The country head of Arena of Valor, Bangladesh Kazi Arafat Hossain has said, ‘We are very proud and happy to be able to organize and host such a huge international esports tournament in South Asia. This very competitive Arena of Valor play-off is much anticipated globally and we are hoping to launch Bangladeshi teams
who have won here on the international stage’.

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