By Michael ‘axtremes’ Harmse
The prize pools for the VS Gaming Championships have been made public. This is for all teams participating in the VS Gaming Championships at Comic Con Africa between 14 – 16 September at the Kyalami Grand Prix Circuit and International Convention Center. This is probably the most anticipated local esports event of the year, outside of the VS Gaming Masters CS:GO and Dota 2 tournament also happening on the same weekend.
Here are the prize pools the teams have been working towards across four legs of online competition this year.
VS Gaming Championship prize pool breakdown
League of Legends (8 teams)
- 1st – R 42,800
- 2nd – R 21,400
- 3rd – R 12,800
- 4th – R 8,500
Overwatch (8 teams)
- 1st – R 51,400
- 2nd – R 25,700
- 3rd – R 15,400
- 4th – R 10,200
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (16 teams)
- 1st – R 42,800
- 2nd – R 21,400
- 3rd – R 12,800
- 4th – R 8,500
Dota 2 (16 teams)
- 1st – R 42,800
- 2nd – R 21,400
- 3rd – R 12,800
- 4th – R 8,500
Call of Duty World War 2 | PS4 (8 teams)
- 1st – R 34,200
- 2nd – R 17,100
- 3rd – R 10,200
- 4th – R 6,800
Rocket League (8 teams)
- 1st – R 25,700
- 2nd – R 12,800
- 3rd – R 7,700
- 4th – R 5,100
Battlefield 4 (8 teams)
- 1st – R 42,800
- 2nd – R 21,400
- 3rd – R 12,800
- 4th – R 8,500
Quake Champions (8 players)
- 1st – R 9,800
- 2nd – R 4,900
- 3rd – R 2,900
- 4th – R 1,900
Hearthstone (16 players)
- 1st – R 9,800
- 2nd – R 4,900
- 3rd – R 2,900
- 4th – R 1,900
You can find this information on the VS Gaming website by navigating to each esports’ respective DGC cup listing on this page.
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Last Updated: September 4, 2018
Craig "CrAiGiSh" Dodd
September 4, 2018 at 12:46
Keen to see the Overwatch games.
Guz
September 4, 2018 at 14:39
Can we stream any of the events on twitch?
Pariah
September 4, 2018 at 15:48
I’m pretty sure as long as it’s not a Nintendo game, or you’re not restreaming Dota, you’ll be fine.