After following VCT APAC for a long time, I can roughly rank the sub-regions like this:
- Korea – As long as Jake Sin is running things, it’ll stay number one
- Indonesia – Has both competitive orgs and strong players
- Thailand – Dominates SEA Tier 2 and has good players, but got ruined by Jake Sin starting with the pilot deal, giving exclusive rights in Thailand to SOOP, and also choosing FS as the representative
- Japan – Has funding and sponsors supporting the scene, but the results still aren’t good
- Philippines – Similar results to Japan, but without the money
- Malaysia / Singapore – Has PRX, but the talent pool is still lacking
- Mongolia – Consistently performs well in Tier 2, often beats Vietnam, and beat MTV today
- Vietnam – Seems strong, but always loses to the top seven and hasn’t even beaten Mongolia yet
- Taiwan – The weakest zone in SEA Tier 2, though many players are in VCT CN
- Russia – Not actually APAC, just putting it here at least there are many strong Russian players in APAC
- Kazakhstan – Also not APAC
- India – India









