Published 18:32 IST, August 27th 2020

Ubisoft announces Japan Championship 2020 with $140,000 prize pool

Titled ‘Japan Championship 2020’, the latest tournament launched by Ubisoft will also offer a spot on the APAC North Relegation tournament/

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Amidst ongoing Japan National 2020 Grand Final, Ubisoft Japan has w anunced launch of a new tournament. Titled ‘Japan Championship 2020’, tournament offers a spot in APAC rth Relegation tournament, with new championship set to decide team that will feature in it. anuncement of Japan Championship 2020 also comes with more information about prize pool. Here’s everything you need to kw about new Japan Championship 2020 tournament, its schedule and prize pool.

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Ubisoft’s Japan Championship 2020 format explained

Japan Championship 2020 tournament will begin with two qualifying rounds. Qualifying round 1 will see all teams divided into eight groups, with maximum number of teams capped at 32 per group. top 2 teams from each group will join four APAC rth Japanese teams after a double-elimination bracket. qualifying teams will n proceed to Qualifying Phase 2.

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In Qualifying Phase 2, teams will be divided into groups of five each, with four groups in total being me during this phase. In this phase, Japan Championship 2020 will feature a single-elimination bracket. Following preliminary rounds, top two teams will proceed to a closed-door offline Finals at Makuhari Messe Event Hall in Chiba Japan, which will again be played in a single-elimination format. n-APAC team which registers highest rank will eir be directly promoted or invited to play APAC rth relegation tournament.

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However, re are still some things that are left unclear when it comes to Ubisoft’s Japan Championship 2020 format. It hasn’t been revealed wher games will be played in best-of-one or best-of-three format. ditionally, it has also t been classified if Qualifying Phase 2 for Japan Championship 2020 will be a five-team or a four-team bracket.

Japan Championship prize pool information

tably, Japan Championship Prize Pool gets credit of featuring biggest APAC prize pool till date, which will surely attract a lot of attention. It also gets tag of being second-largest domestic prize pool in Rainbow Six across globe. Japan Championship Prize pool totals $141,000. winner of Ubisoft’s new competition will get $94,000, with second and third places entitled to $28,200 and $9,400. team coming fourth in Japan Championship 2020 will earn $4,700, with teams placed fifth to eight getting $1,175 each.

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Japan Championship 2020 schedule anunced

In dition to tournament’s anuncement, Japan Championship 2020 schedule has also been me available by Ubisoft. Phase 1 of Qualifiers will be played online on September 19, September 20 and October 3. Following culmination of Qualifying Phase 1, Phase 2 will begin, taking place over a single day on October 4. final leg of Japan Championship 2020 schedule will take place over weekend of October 17.

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18:32 IST, August 27th 2020