YUVIN VALORANT INVITATIONAL
Yuvin Esports, a leading Indian Esports organisation, has announced Tata Motors as the title sponsors for the upcoming Yuvin Valorant Invitational (YVI) tournament, scheduled from September 2 to 5, 2021.
This partnership also marks the entry of the country’s biggest automobile manufacturing company Tata Motors into the Esports domain which has seen rapid rise in the recent past.
While welcoming Tata Motors to the Esports family, Sharang Naicker, CEO & Founder of Yuvin Esports Pvt. Ltd., said, “One of the most premier and established automobile companies, Tata Motors is entering into Esports. The brand name and presence like Tata Motors always incites an environment of awe and veneration for all the communities out there irrespective of the medium they are currently in. Tata Group has been supportive of multiple sports for centuries and now everything becoming ‘e’ it is perfect time for the grand entry into ‘e’sports.”
Founded by the ex-pro gamer Naicker in 2018, Yuvin Esports Pvt Ltd has been focussing on building and grooming talent from India, South Asia and Southeast Asia for competitive international arena. The exciting competition will feature India’s top eight Valorant teams battling it out in a single elimination format for a prize pool of INR 1 lakh. The teams will be contesting in a best-of-three format while the grand finale will have best-of-five format on September 5.
Yuvin Esports’ this invitational Valorant Tournament is an engagement with Tata Motors that will coincide with the recently launched all-new Tata Tiago NRG. “Tata Tiago NRG is a perfect car to own for our young, dynamic, tech-savvy Esports enthusiasts. We are extremely proud and excited that Tata Motors have partnered with us to promote Tiago NRG through a modern medium of Esports. This is the first of many events we have planned for the massive Esports enthusiasts’ community. With your love and support, we are sure to build an immensely respected brand,” Sharang Naicker further added.
India’s one of the most popular and trusted brands, Tata Motors has been contributing to the growth of the Indian sporting industry with its support to many sports over the past many years and through this association, the brand will look to encourage the Indian Esports ecosystem.
“Tata Motors has time and again come forward to show its support to all kinds of sports and with this association, we commence our maiden journey into the Esports arena. The Indian Esports industry is growing at a very fast pace and is becoming a preferred choice of entertainment of young millennials and Gen Zs. At Tata Motors, we cater to the young and aspirational needs of our customers and electronically played sports is one such promising channel. We look forward to a fruitful association with Yuvin Valorant Invitational and hope to encourage the growth of budding talent in this new age field.” Nikhil Kurian, Head – Digital Marketing, Tata Motors, PVBU commented.
RedBull is an official Energy Drink Partner of Yuvin Valorant Invitational Tournament. Released in June last year, the FPS game Valorant has been one of the most popular esports titles not only in India as well as across the globe.
Esports enthusiasts and fans can now not only play but enjoy the thrilling action as the tournament will be streamed live on Yuvin Esports’ YouTube channel in English as well as in Hindi.
THE INVITED TEAMS ARE:
1. Team T69
2. Enigma Gaming
3. Team Cohesion
4. Reckoning Esports
5. Team XO
6. ForceOne X LegStump Esports
7. Team Valor
8. True Rippers Esports
FORMAT & SCHEDULE
The entire bracket will be played out in a single elimination format, with the teams battling each other in a best-of-three series at each juncture, while the best-of-five format is reserved for the Grand Finale.
The tournament will be played out between the 2nd to 5th of September 2021, with two best-of-three matches everyday culminating into the best-of-five series on the last day of the event.
September 2: Quarterfinals 1 & 2
September 3: Quarterfinals 3 & 4
September 4: Semi-Finals 1 & 2
September 5: Third-Place Decider & Grand Finale
PRIZE-POOL DISTRIBUTION
The winner of the entire event will earn the lion’s share of a total prize of INR 1,00,000, bagging INR 50,000. The runners-up will pocket INR 35,000 prize while the winner at 3rd place will earn INR 15,000.
STREAM
All the matches of the Yuvin Valorant Invitational will be streamed live on Yuvin Esports’ YouTube Channel. The matches will be streamed in two languages – Hindi and English.
ABOUT YUVIN ESPORTS
Yuvin Esports is a top Indian startup crafting the landscape of Indian esports to be parallel to that of international standards and the only Indian organization focused on the cross-border esports ecosystem. Yuvin envisions to translate esports into mainstream sportstainment through multifaceted engagements – at grassroots level, pro-players’ level, esports community development, actively engaging with audiences by providing quality content offered through various media platforms. The business is segmented into the following 3 verticals to cater to esports enthusiasts through unified solutions:
1. Development of pro-players and managing their rights through ‘Teams and Talent Management’ vertical under the brand name ‘Team Reckoning’.
2. Building the Indian esports entertainment ecosystem and integrating it with a larger domain of Asian esports through organizing community events under the brand ‘Yuvin Community Events’.
3. Developing and catering to grassroot level, semi-pro esports enthusiasts through Gaming Lounges under the brand name ‘Reckoning Ezone’.
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