WCG Asian Championship 2008 Draw: No Group of Death For Malaysia

July 31, 2008 by Chapree

Rapture Gaming has released the live video of WCG Asian Championship 2008 group draw that was held earlier today. The draw involved 14 countries across five official games: DoTA, FIFA’08, Guitar Hero III, Need for Speed ProStreet and Virtua Fighter 5.

Below are the results of the draw for all games:

DoTA

• Group A: Singapore, Hong Kong, China, Japan
• Group B: Korea, Vietnam, Malaysia, Taiwan
• Group C: Australia, Philippines, Indonesia
• Group D: India, New Zealand, Thailand

FIFA’08

• Group A: Japan, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia
• Group B: Taiwan, India, Thailand, Vietnam
• Group C: New Zeland, Philippines, China
• Group D: Australia, Hong Kong, Korea

Guitar Hero III*

• Group A: Singapore, Hong Kong, Australia, Indonesia
• Group B: New Zealand, India, Taiwan, Korea
• Group C: Thailand, Japan, Malaysia
• Group D: China, Vietnam, Philippines

NFS ProStreet

• Group A: Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, Indonesia
• Group B: China, Hong Kong, Vietnam, India
• Group C: Singapore, New Zealand, Australia
• Group D: Malaysia, Japan, Philippines

Virtua Fighter 5*

• Group A: China, Korea, Taiwan, India
• Group B: Indonesia, Australia, Singapore, Malaysia
• Group C: Hong Kong, New Zealand, Vietnam
• Group D: Japan, Philippines, Thailand

*Malaysia will not participate in these games

On paper, the draw managed to spread all teams rather evenly. None of our representative were drew into tough groups except for DoTA, where there is possibility for Kingsurf facing extra challenge from other countries in their group.

For FIFA’08, [W|nDs]Si_Jali toughest opponent should be the yet-to-be-known winner of WCG Singapore 2008, while for NFS ProStreet, FoRza is almost certain to qualify to single elimination stage where he only need to fend off challenges from Rottrider.nG of Philippines and underdog from Japan, Shohei Yanagisawa.

According to WCG Asian Championship tournament structure, two top teams from each group will proceed to elimination round. By that, all our players have a fair chance to go far in this year’s tournament.

WCG Asian Championship 2008 will be held from 7th - 10th August 2008 at Suntec Singapore. Multiplay will be there as per last year to keep track Team Malaysia throughout the tournament. Stay tune to our daily live updates all weekend long!

WCG Asian Championship Official Website
WCG Asian Championship 2008 Live Draw Video - Part 1 | Part 2

WCG Malaysia Official Website
WCG Asian Championship 2008 @ Lowyat.NET Forums

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