Published , by Brittany Vincent
Published , by Brittany Vincent
After a gripping battle between 12 teams, Korea has taken home a whopping $200,000 during the inaugural Arena of Valor World Cup. After besting Thailand during the best of seven match at the TCL Chinese Theater, Team Korea ended up taking home the trophy and the hefty cash prize.
The global competition saw Korea initially losing to Thailand in the semi-finals stage of the event though the team was ultimately able to defeat Chinese Taipei to face off against Thailand one more time to carry the team home to victory. Lee "Rush" HoYeon was instrumental in the victory, which helped Korea take home a sizable amount of winnings. You can see the match in action slow.
The Arena of Valor World Cup is the game's very first debut in the West as part of the esports realm, and there's definitely going to be a season two coming in the future, according to Ramon Hermann, director of esports at Tencent America.
“Tencent continues to pioneer competitive mobile esports on a global scale with the success of Arena of Valor World Cup,” said Hermann. “Season One of Arena of Valor esports has surpassed all of our expectations, and has paved the way for us to double down on our ambitions moving forward into Season Two and beyond."
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