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Pokemon United India Open 2022, biggest esports tournament in the country, is currently underway in Mumbai and has reached to its business end. The National Playoffs stage, featuring the top 14 teams is set to take place on LAN as part of the Skysports Championship 4.0 in Mumbai.
The 14 teams in the National Playoffs consist of eight direct invites and six qualified teams that have won their respective zonal finals.
“We are thrilled to be working with The Pokemon Company to bring the biggest esports IP for Pokemon UNITE in the country, the India Open 2022. We are working to make Pokemon UNITE a household title for Indian audiences and families," Shiva Nandy, Founder and CEO of Skyesports, said earlier.
"The zonal-based format will ensure maximum regional penetration and will boost participation from the grassroots level as we look to grow and support the game in the country,” he added.
Let’s looks at the available details regarding the highly anticipated playoffs of the Pokemon United India Open 2022.
Teams:
All the teams had to enroll themselves among the following six zones-: South, North, East, West, Central and North East. The winners of these zones were decided during the Zonal Finals and are as follows-:
South Zone - Zeher Team
North Zone - Pride Officials
East Zone - Hyderabad Hydras
West Zone - Ryzen Esports
Central Zone - FS Esports
Northeast Zone - Six Uppermoon
These above-mentioned six teams were joined by the following direct invited during the ongoing National Playoffs stage of the tournament.
S8UL Esports
Revenant Esports
True Rippers
Marcos Gaming
Chemin Esports
Enigma Gaming
Gods Reign
Orgless 5
Groups:
Group A: S8UL Esports, True Rippers, Orgless 5, Enigma Gaming, FS Esports, Pride Officials, Six Uppermoon
Group B: Revenant Esports, Chemin Esports, Gods Reign, Marcos Gaming, Ryzen Esports, Zeher Team, Hyderabad Hydras
Day 1
Online
RVT vs Marcos (18:00) | Chemin vs Gods (19:30) | S8UL vs TR (21:00)
Offline
HH vs Ryzen | Pride vs SUM | Zeher vs HH
Day 2
Online
TR vs Enigma (18:00) | Marcos vs Chemin (19:30) | S8UL vs Enigma (21:00)
Offline
Pride vs FS | Zeher vs Ryzen | FS vs SUM
All matches of the National Playoffs stage are being live-streamed daily on YouTube in two languages, Hindi and English. Meanwhile, the top-eight teams will be moving ahead to the next stage, the top-four teams from each group.
They will be competing in the National Finals which will take place on LAN in Mumbai as part of the Skyesports Championship 4.0 in front of a live audience.