Asian Development League Announces Four Seasons & $59,400

With a continued effort to bring the region towards the top of Counter-Strike, the Asian Development League has announced four seasons for 2019. The new year will have ~$59,400 in total prize money.

The first season will have ~$14,900 up for grabs and be broken into three sections. A closed qualifier will be followed by the main stage and then finally the finals.

First season prize breakdown:

1. ~$10,400
2. ~$4,500

The closed qualifier will run from March 4th to 8th and feature eight teams battling it out in two groups of four running GSL format. The top two teams from each group will move into the single elimination playoffs with the last two standing making it to the main stage (stage two).

The current season one closed qualifier team list:

 BTRG
 BTRG.IMBA
 Lynn Vision

 Recca
 Storm Rider
 Alpha Red

The top two teams will join a cast of eight teams already selected to compete in the main stage from March 11th to April 18th. The main stage will open up with a round-robin group stage before once again sending the top four teams through, this time to the final stage.

Current season one main stage team list:

 BOOT-d[S]
 Beyond
 GOSU
 Absolute

 CyberZen
 5POWER
 EHOME
TBA

Closed Qualifier
Closed Qualifier

The finals will consist of six best-of-three matches played in a double elimination brackets from April 11th to April 15th.