{"id":10102,"date":"2021-11-07T20:00:42","date_gmt":"2021-11-08T04:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aovpro.net\/?p=10102"},"modified":"2021-12-29T02:03:50","modified_gmt":"2021-12-29T10:03:50","slug":"aic-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hthgaming.com\/aov\/esports\/aic-2021-10102.html","title":{"rendered":"AIC 2021: Schedule, streams, and results"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Arena of Valor International Championship 2021 (AIC 2021) is the fifth AIC season hosted by Tencent Games and Garena for the best Arena of Valor teams in the Asia. All fourteen teams are divided into two groups where they play in a single round robin format, with the top four teams each group continuing to playoffs.<\/p>\n

\"AIC<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
AIC 2021<\/strong>\n<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
\"AIC<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Organizer:<\/td>\nTencent Games and Garena<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Location:<\/td>\nAsia<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Type:<\/td>\nOnline<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Number of Team:<\/td>\n14<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Prize Pool:<\/td>\n$1.000.000 USD<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Start Date:<\/td>\nNovember 26th, 2021<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
End Date:<\/td>\nDecember 19th, 2021<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Format<\/h2>\n

5v5 Tournament<\/h3>\n

Group Stage<\/h4>\n

All fourteen teams are divided into two groups where they play in a single round robin format.<\/p>\n

All matches are Bo2 with Global Ban-Pick Rules. <\/p>\n

Winning 2-0 grants 3 points, drawing 1-1 grants 1 point, losing 0-2 grants 0 points.<\/p>\n

Top four teams each group continuing to playoffs.<\/p>\n

Top bottom three teams each group are eliminated.<\/p>\n

Playoffs<\/h4>\n

Double Elimination Bracket.<\/p>\n

Playoffs Round 1 are played in a Bo5.<\/p>\n

All other matches are played in a Bo7.<\/p>\n

Global Ban-Pick Rules.<\/p>\n

1v1 Tournament<\/h3>\n

Single-Elimination Bracket, with the bracket based on the Playoffs Upper Bracket.<\/p>\n

All matches are played in a Bo3.<\/p>\n