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The groups for Arbalet Cup Asia have been drawn, featuring two groups of four teams.

The event, which will take place on January 30-31 in Almaty, will feature two groups of four teams, with first and second placed teams advancing to the playoffs.

The Arbalet organizers have this evening drawn the two groups and the teams have now learned their faith. The group stage will be played in a best-of-one format, while the playoffs, featuring four teams, will be played best-of-three maps in a double-elimination bracket. The groups for Arbalet Cup Asia are as follows:

Group A	Group B
TyLoo	WeMade FOX
Arbalet UA	forZe
UNiTED	TyLoo.raw
PinCho Wings	ArLine

The tournament prize purse will be $20,000, with the prize distribution as follows:

1. $10,000
2. $7,000
3. $3,000

The group stage will begin at 07:00CET on Saturday, while the playoffs will be played on Sunday. The event will, furthermore, feature a four-team All-Star tournament, being played best-of-three maps in a single-elimination bracket. The All-Star teams have been selected and are as follows:

Fire	Wind
Ioann "Edward" Sukhariev	Dmitriy "hooch" Bogdanov
Yegor "markeloff" Markelov	Aleksey "HEL1" Novikov
Mihail "Dosia" Stolyarov	Dauren "AdreN" Kystaubayev
Roman "ROMJkE" Makarov	Alexandr "beAst" Yakovlev
Thomas "Thommes" Yasyukyavichyus	Sergey "starix" Ishuyk
Earth	Water
Zhen Wei "alex" Bian	Sung Jae "bail" Lee
Chao "GoodRifle" Xue	Mon-Soo "glow" Kim
Keun Chul "solo" Kang	Huang Biao "rita" Hong
Seon Ho "termi" Pyeon	Yi "zy" Zhou
Jiang "Virgo" Qian	Xue Feng "xf" Lai

The prize purse for this separate tournament will be $4,000, distributed as follows:

1. $2,500
2. $1,500

The first round will be played on Saturday after the group stage, seeing Fire against Water and Earth versus Wind. We will be bringing you exclusive coverage from the event, as we will be the only English-speaking coverage site at the event.

Stay tuned for much more from Arbalet Cup Asia, starting with our pre-coverage on Thursday.

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