It was announced on August 7 that the tournament will be taking place on October 26, at the Hotel Hyatt Regency Incheon, in Incheon, South Korea.
There are 13 participating countries, with representatives coming from those countries and/or regions to compete in the world class competition. There will be:
- 3 representatives from the South Korean regions.
- 2 from the Japanese regions.
- 2 from the Chinese regions.
- 2 from the Australian regions.
- 2 from the Singapore regions.
- 2 from the Indonesian regions.
- 1 from Hong Kong.
- 1 from Taiwan.
- 1 from Malaysia.
- 1 from the Philippines.
- 1 from Thailand.
- 1 from New Zealand, and...
- 1 from America.
The event, which is sponsored and will be broadcast by CafeId, has a huge money prize to be won. The grand total of the money prize awarded to the World Champion is $10,000USD, although this will be subject to South Korean tax laws.
The Japanese qualifiers have just wrapped up, and we nearly have our 20 competitors. Watch this space for further fighting-fun updates for the event.