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E-sports players from 17 regions battled intensely over six days to bring the Asia-Pacific Predator League 2020/21 Grand Final to a thrilling conclusion.
The online tournament was covered by several channels, altogether amassing more than 15 million views. Sri Lanka was represented by Team Sara Kollo, comprising of Mirsab ‘Paradox’ Hassan, Viren ‘Hawkie’ Dias, Deloshan ‘Matrix’ Logeswaran, Heshan ‘saTan’ Sanjaya, Shauban ‘24’ Rushdie and Pulasthi ‘SeeKeR’ Withana.
This year, the finals were divided into four sub-tournaments: two for ‘Dota 2’ and two for ‘PLAYERUNKNOWN’S BATTLEGROUNDS (PUBG)’. The four winning teams share a prize pool of $ 240,000 and receive the coveted Predator shields.
The Predator League 2020/21 ‘Dota 2’ Asia lower bracket final saw Team Veteran, a team representing Myanmar, grind their way past The Council from Bangladesh. They capitalised on connectivity problems of The Council, as their midlaner L3N was disconnected throughout the match. Team Veteran’s victory brought them to the grand final where they fought IMG, a team representing Mongolia. Although IMG were considered favourites given their undefeated streak, Team Veteran stood their ground, kicked off by Kalay99’s Pangolier play during game one and a surprise wombo combo in the 29th minute of game three.
On the other hand, the Predator League 2020/21 ‘Dota 2’ APAC lower bracket final saw TNC Predator breeze their way past BOOM Esports from Indonesia. TNC Predator proceeded to the grand finale, facing their fellow representatives Neon Esports, and outclassed and outplayed Neon, sweeping them in most team fights. Meanwhile in the ‘PUBG APAC’ sub-tournament, Eagle 365 from Indonesia steamrolled the scene as they comfortably dominated the top spot with their 125-point tally. Besides the Predator League trophy, they also brought home $ 37,500. The second and third seed spots were attained by Cerberus and No.1 of Vietnam, respectively.
