On May 19, Kun “LEo” Hou of Fierce Tigers was handed a VAC Ban (Valve Anti-Cheat) by Valve for using prohibited software. Two days prior to the ban, his team, Fierce Tiger qualified for CS:GO Asia Championship through Chinese Qualifier. Soon after the VAC ban, he was permanently banned from all Valve and Perfect World affiliated tournaments and his team were disqualified from CS:GO Asia Championship.
Since TyLoo won the losers final against MFC and secured the third position, they were likely to replace Fierce Tiger. Eventually, the organizers confirmed that TyLoo will replace Fierce Tiger and they also revealed the on-air team for the $300,000 USD offline premier which will be held at Shanghai Indoor Stadium, China. TyLoo will be playing with Yeu “AE” Yu instead of Ke “Mo” Lie since the latter is undergoing a surgery.
Full list of analysts and commentators of the tournament:
- Paul “ReDeYe” Chaloner – Desk Host
- Duncan “Thoorin” Shields – Analysts
- Sean “seang@res” Gares – Analysts
- Joona “natu” Leppänen – Analysts
- Anders Blume – Commentator
- Halvor “vENdetta” Gulestøl – Commentator
- Daniel “ddk” Kapadia – Commentator
- James Bardolph – Commentator
- Efren Chuong – Observer
Teams confirmed at CS:GO Asia Championship:
| [flag country="cn"] VG.FlashGaming | [flag country="pl"] Virtus.pro |
| [flag country="ua"] Natus Vincere | [flag country="se"] Ninjas in Pyjamas |
| [flag country="fr"] EnVyUs | [flag country="dk"] Heroic |
| [flag country="kr"] MVP PK | [flag country="cn"] TyLoo |
