$500,000 Arena of Valor World Cup to begin in June
The Arena of Valor World Cup (AWC) will be held online from June 19 to July 2018, Tencent and Garena have announced. The $500,000 tournament will be the third world championship under the AWC franchise after the 2020 event was canceled last year due to the coronavirus pandemic, replaced with the Arena of Valor Premier League 2020. The AWC 2021 will welcome 16 teams from nine regions in total: Chinese Taipei (three), Thailand (three), Vietnam (three), Indonesia (two), Korea (one), Mainland China (one), Japan (one), Malaysia/Singapore/Philippines (one), and Brazil (one).