T-esports Championship announced for CEE region with €100,000 prize pool

Esports agency and event company Good game worldwide And German Telecom have the new edition of the T-esports Championship (TEC)a regional esports event for the Central and Eastern European region.

The tournament will feature teams from Croatia, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland. The prize pool is €100,000 (£84,430).

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The tournament, now in its third season, is steadily expanding and is one of the most prominent esports events in some countries in the region, such as Croatia. The upcoming season will feature four games: EA SPORTS FC 24, Brawl Stars, Counter-Strike 2 and League of Legends. Players from the six countries can compete in open qualifiers until September 20, 2024.

After the open qualifiers, the Swiss and group stages will be held and the tournament will finally conclude in Budapest, the capital of Hungary, during a large-scale LAN event in November 2024. The location for the LAN finals has not yet been announced.

Nikola Stolnik, the CEO of Good Game Global, noted that this year’s event “embodies the vision the company developed nearly five years ago” when the idea was first conceived. Good Game is known in the region for producing several esports tournaments, including the Student Esports Tournament and the Good Game B2B event that takes place annually.

Patrick Schreiber, Project Leader T-esports and Business Development Manager at Deutsche Telekomsaid: “We are taking our esports activities to the next level with ⁠tec2024. We are excited to announce that we are expanding into three additional Eastern European markets with the Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland.

“This really puts the T-esports Championship on the map of the esports landscape. With a total prize pool of 100,000 EUR for four titles, the T-esports Championship has become one of the largest esports tournaments in Eastern Europe.”