Birdgang has advanced into the play-in stage of The Inaugural, a $3,000 tournament hosted by BTS, after defeating MVP.Hot6 with the score of 2-0 in the finals of the Korean prequalifiers. The eight-team SEA prequalifier will be starting tomorrow, wherein there will be four best-of-one matches.
BirdGang convincingly took the lone slot up for grabs in the Korean qualifiers as they defeated the game but overmatched MVP.Hot6 in straight games. The winner of Nexon Sponsorship League's first season was very impressive despite playing with a stand-in. MVP.Hot6 earlier defeated Rave, previously known as EoT hammer and comprised of three Filipino players plus Jio 'Jeyo' Madayag, to reach the match against BirdGang.
The Korean prequalifiers was earlier announced to be a four team tournament, but only three participated.
The SEA qualifiers will start tomorrow, with the first match scheduled at 18:00 SGT (13:00 CET). The four quarter-final matches, all of which will be played tomorrow, will be best-of-one matches. The semi-finals and the finals will ensue on the day after, with the grand finals being a best-of-three.
The winner of the SEA pre-qualifiers will advance in the play-in stage, which is a series of knockout matches to determine the teams joining the seeded teams into the group stage. The games on the play-in stage are:
- SEA Winner vs
![Korea]( "Korea")
MVP.Phoenix - Play-in 2:
![Korea]( "Korea")
Birdgang vs ![Thailand]( "Thailand")
MiTH.Trust - Play-in 3:
![Malaysia]( "Malaysia")
Arrow Gaming vs ![Indonesia]( "Indonesia")
Rex Regum Qeon - Play-in 4:
![Philippines]( "Philippines")
Mineski vs ![Australia]( "Australia")
MoM (former N9)
MVP.Phoenix
Arrow Gaming vs 
Rex Regum Qeon
MoM (former N9)
The eight teams into the next stage will be split into two groups of four, and they will fight compete each other in a round-robin tournament. The top two teams after the groups will advance into a best-of-five, single elimination playoffs. The champion of this tournament will not only get the lion's share of the pot, but will also get an invite into The Summit Asia.
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Zephyr
The Summit Asia is the Asian qualifiers for The Summit. The Summit is BTS' first LAN event, scheduled 5-8 June, and it will have at least a $50,000 prize pool. The two invited teams who have confirmed are Ukraine's Natus Vincere and China's team DK. The Summit will also have an American and European qualifier, and you can find details about that here.
Source: BeyondtheSummit
