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CTRLPOINT ASIA

SEASON 1// CS2// VRS ENABLED*// SUMMER 2026
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THE THESIS

Asia plays alone.
We're changing that.

Across Asia, the best Counter-Strike teams rarely meet. Sub-regional ceilings, fragmented circuits, and absent operators have kept the region's talent contained.

CTRLPOINT ASIA is a unified online CS2 league for the region — 24 rosters, 3 sub-regional pathways, ~48 matches, one champion. VRS Enabled*. Singapore server. FACEIT anti-cheat. Built by a production team with seven years of regional broadcast experience.

CTRLPOINT ASIA is built to bring all of APAC into one bracket — on neutral ground, on equal terms, with the points that matter.

// APAC.SECTOR — 3 SUB-REGIONS LIVE
N 56° S 50° E 180° E 60°
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CTRLPOINT ASIA SEASON 1

Structure.

// LIVE STRUCTURE FEED
v1.0 // PUBLISHED 05.05.26
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Teams
24
Unique rosters across the full event.
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Sub-Regions
3
East Asia · West Asia · Oceania.
03
VRS Invites*
18
Direct seeding from Valve Regional Standings.
04
Qualifier Slots
6
Two per sub-region · open to all eligible teams.
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Tier
VRS
ENABLED*// VALVE TIER 2
Points count toward Valve Regional Standings.
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Server
SINGAPORE// NEUTRAL · 1.0
Equal latency for all three sub-regions.
07
Anti-Cheat
FACEIT AC// QUALIFIERS + MAIN
Mandatory across all stages.
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Grand Final
BO5// JUL 26 · LIVE
English cast + regional co-streams.
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THE FORMAT

Three Qualifiers.
Swiss Stage.
Single-Elim Playoffs.

// STAGE 00 — PRE-EVENT

Open Qualifiers

Three sub-regional brackets run in parallel. Single-elimination, BO1 early / BO3 from QF onward, BO3 finals. 2 advancement slots per region — 6 teams in total.

// STAGE 01

Swiss Group Stage

16 teams: 10 VRS invites* + 6 qualifier advancers. 5 rounds, all BO3. 3 wins advance, 3 losses out. 8 teams move to playoffs.

// STAGE 02

Playoffs · Single-Elim

16 teams: 8 VRS invites* + 8 Swiss advancers. R16 → QF → SF all BO3. Grand Final BO5.

// 24 → 16 → 8 → 1 — PROGRESSION
QUALIFIERS SWISS · STAGE 1 PLAYOFFS · STAGE 2 CHAMPION OCEANIA OPEN SINGLE-ELIM · 2 SLOTS WEST ASIA OPEN SINGLE-ELIM · 2 SLOTS EAST ASIA OPEN SINGLE-ELIM · 2 SLOTS 6 TEAMS → SWISS · 16 TEAMS 5 ROUNDS · BO3 10 VRS INVITES* + 6 QUALIFIER TEAMS 3 WINS ADVANCE / 3 LOSSES OUT 8 → PLAYOFFS · 16 TEAMS SINGLE-ELIM 8 VRS INVITES* + 8 STAGE-1 ADVANCERS R16 → QF → SF · BO3 GRAND FINAL · BO5 CHAMPION // CTRLPOINT.S1
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THE SUB-REGIONS

Three regions.
One bracket.

// EAST ASIA

East
Asia

CN · JP · KR · TW · HK · MO · MN · SEA
The deepest CS2 region in Asia. China, Japan, Korea, plus Southeast Asia.
2QUALIFIER SLOTS
19ELIGIBLE NATIONS
// WEST ASIA

West
Asia

PK · IN · BD · NP · IR · CENTRAL ASIA
Where CTRL Point started. Now competing on the same stage as the rest of Asia.
2QUALIFIER SLOTS
13ELIGIBLE NATIONS
// OCEANIA

Oceania

AU · NZ · PACIFIC ISLANDS
Closing the distance. Oceania on Singapore, on equal ping, on the same bracket.
2QUALIFIER SLOTS
10+ELIGIBLE NATIONS
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THE PATHWAY

Every team in Asia
has a pathway.

MAY 10 · 2026
Announcement
Format publishes. League goes public.
JUN 10
VRS Invites*
18 direct invites issued from the June VRS standings*.
JUN 18 · 2026
Open Registration
Teams register via portal. Eligibility checks begin.
JUN 26
Qualifier Start
Three sub-regional brackets begin. 6 advancers.
JUL 10
Stage 1 — Swiss
16 teams. 5 rounds. BO3.
JUL 24 — 26 · 2026

Stage 2 Playoffs · Grand Final BO5

// LIVE BROADCAST →
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THE CTRL POINT DIFFERENCE

Built by
broadcasters.

Seven years of regional broadcast production. Tier-1 standards. The team behind CTRL Point — Pakistan's first studio LAN — now operating across APAC.

FACEIT-partnered. VRS-Enabled*. Cast in English with regional co-streams. Observed and produced like the major it deserves to be the bridge to.

● CAM_01 · STUDIO PGM
DAY 2 · GRAND FINAL
● OBS_02 · PLAYER POV
RND 02 / 24
● GFX_03 · STAT CARD
// 1V1 BREAKDOWN

Studio-Grade Broadcast

Multi-cam observer rig, branded HUD, motion graphics package built for Tier-1 streams.

VRS Pathway*

Points that count toward Valve Regional Standings and major qualification.

Anti-Cheat First

FACEIT Anti-Cheat across qualifiers and main event. Integrity officer on staff.

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PARTNERS

Partners.

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SEASON 1 — SUMMER 2026

Asia.
One bracket.
Summer 2026.

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