Skyesports Championship 3.0 announced with ₹55L prize pool

Skyesports has announced one of the biggest tournaments in India with a massive ₹55,00,000 prize pool distributed within six different titles. The AMD Ryzen Skyesports Championship 3.0 provides a platform to PC gamers as well as mobile enthusiasts to compete in their favourite game and win massive rewards.

SkyEsports has successfully hosted the first two iterations of this tournament in the last two years and has grown exponentially. The third edition of Skyesports Championship has expanded in the entire South Asia, making them largest third-party tournament IP in the history of Indian esports.

Players from following regions can participate in the tournament and have a chance at winning a lion’s share of this massive prize pool:

  • India
  • Pakistan
  • Bangladesh
  • Nepal
  • Afghanistan
  • Bhutan
  • Sri Lanka

As mentioned above, this opportunity is for PC as well as mobile gamers and six famous games in South Asia are included in this tournament. The names of these titles are Valorant, Battlegrounds Mobile India, Clash of Clans and Brawl Stars. Two other titles will be revealed on a later date.

A majority of this ₹55 lakh prize pool will be allocated to Battlegrounds Mobile India, owing to its immense popularity in the region. A total of ₹25,00,000 will be allocated as the prize pool of BGMI edition of Skyesports Championship 3.0. More than 15,000 teams registered for BGMI open qualifiers round and its semi finals stage will begin on 30th August 2021.

Valorant receives second largest stake out of this prize pool as PC gamers can compete for a staggering amount of ₹22,00,000. The remaining titles will have a prize pool of ₹2,00,000 each.

Registrations for other titles have begun as well. Interested can click on the link given below to participate and compete in the title of their own liking.

  • AMD Ryzen Skyesports Championship 3.0 Registration Link – Click here

Skyesports is continuing their ritual to host multilingual streams for their events. This event will be hosted in following languages: Hindi, English, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, Urdu, Bengali and Punjabi. Out of these, Hindi and English streams will be conducted on YouTube and rest of the languages will be exclusively broadcasted on Facebook.

The schedule for each and every title is given below:

Battlegrounds Mobile India

  • Semifinals: Aug. 30 to Sept. 5
  • Grand Finals: Sept. 6 to 12

Valorant

  • Registrations end: Sept. 7
  • Qualifiers and wildcard: Sept. 8 to 30.
  • Playoffs: Oct. 2 to 20.
  • Finals: Oct 22 to 24.

Brawl Stars

  • Registrations end: Sept. 3
  • Qualifiers: Sept. 5 onwards
  • Finals (Round Robin): Sept. 28 to Oct. 3

Clash of Clans

  • Registrations end: Sept. 4
  • Qualifiers: Sept. 8 onwards

Talking about this event, Mukesh Bajpai, the India marketing head at AMD said, “As esports continue to develop in India, AMD is pleased to partner with Skyesports again in 2021 at their third Skyesports Championship. Tournaments such as these continue to give opportunities for Indian gamers to compete and push their limits in key titles. AMD continues to be at the heart of gaming with its Ryzen and Radeon products and technologies giving players an edge when competing in top esports titles.”

Mr. Dhiraj Soni, the head of marketing, gaming and streaming category at Logitech India shared his insights on their partnership as well. He said, “Skyesports championship is one of the most anticipated esports tournaments in the gaming community calendar. With the growing popularity of esports in India, the tournament aims to facilitate competitive play and further expand the esports community. This is a platform that brings together both PC as well as mobile gamers together to play some of the most celebrated games in the country. Hence, this platform becomes relevant for us to reach out to both budding as well as professional gamers and make them experience the extensive gaming portfolio by Logitech G. As the gaming partner of this highly acclaimed tournament, we are hopeful that Skyesports Championship will scale new heights and attain several other feats in the process.”

Shiva Nandy, the CEO of Skyesports commented on this tournament as well. He said, “AMD Ryzen Skyesports Championship 3.0 is a path to pro tournament IP
in India and this opens a gateway to a lot of budding esports athletes who
play Valorant, BGMI, Brawl Stars, Clash of Clans and more. With BGMI coming back, a lot of young talents can now participate and make a mark. With the broadcast happening in nine languages, we are continuously tapping the regional audience and that’s the most important goal for us.”

Mr. Nandy added, “We received over 15200 teams for BGMI and the top teams and
underdogs will now compete in the same platform and take the tournament
to the next level. With teams from across South Asia participating, the stakes couldn’t be higher.”