The draw for the group stage of the Asia Minor Champinship has been made, with the eight participating teams having learned their fate in the tournament.

Hosted by ESL, the Asia Minor Championship will take place from January 29 to February 1 as part of the Intel Extreme Masters stop in Taipei, with eight of the best teams in Asia and Oceania duking it out for $50,000 and two spots at the offline qualifier for MLG Columbus.

The winner of this event will also secure entry into the IEM World Championship, in Katowice, which will pay out a minimum of $250,000 to the competing teams.

Renegades to face Eat You Alive in the first round 

The Asia Minor will kick off with a double-elimination group stage, with the top two teams from each group advancing to the single-elimination playoffs.

Below you can find the group draw in full:

Group A	Group B
CyberZen	Renegades
MVP.Karnal	TyLoo
Chiefs	MongolZ
Risky Gaming	Eat You Alive

The complete tournament schedule for the Asia Minor looks as follows:

Friday, January 29:
03:30	CyberZen	vs.	Risky Gaming
05:00	MVP.Karnal	vs.	Chiefs
06:30	Winners' match
07:30	Elimination match
09:00	Decider match
Saturday, January 30:
03:30	Renegades	vs.	Eat You Alive
05:00	MongolZ	vs.	TyLoo
06:30	Winners' match
07:30	Elimination match
09:00	Decider match
Sunday, January 31
03:30	Semi-final #1
07:00	Semi-final #2
Monday, February 1
03:30	Grand final

Taking viewers through all the action will be a seven-person team, including Daniel "⁠ddk⁠" Kapadia as host, Jason "⁠moses⁠" O'Toole as caster and Halvor "⁠vENdetta⁠" Gulestøl as analyst. The full broadcast crew is the following:

Daniel "⁠ddk⁠" Kapadia - Desk Host

 Anders Blume - Caster
 Auguste "Semmler" Massonnat - Caster
 Lauren "Pansy" Scott - Caster
 Jason "⁠moses⁠" O'Toole - Caster

 Halvor "⁠vENdetta⁠" Gulestøl - Analyst
 Sudhen "Bleh" Wahengbam - Analyst

Jason 'moses' O'Toole Age: 29 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 1.03 Maps played: 13 KPR: 0.70 DPR: 0.68 Daniel 'ddk' Kapadia Age: - Team: No team Rating 1.0: 0.76 Maps played: 2 KPR: 0.67 DPR: 0.90 Time is adjusted to your selected timezone Halvor 'vENdetta' Gulestøl Age: 26 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 0.86 Maps played: 8 KPR: 0.58 DPR: 0.68