by Hao "digmouse" Wu

The SCboys are proud to announce Season 2 of Kung Fu Cup, the biggest online tournament series in history!

Kung Fu Cup 2015 Season 2 is a 16-man online tournament, featuring top players from all over the world with invites and open qualifiers.

The contestants of Kung Fu Cup Season 2 are:

Finalists of Kung Fu Cup 2015 Season 1:

Trap, Snute

Invites:

Flash, soO, Parting, Stork

From Chinese Qualifier:

TBD, TBD, TBD, TBD

From Korean Qualifier

TBD, TBD, TBD

From Worldwide Qualifier

TBD, TBD, TBD

Prize pool

1st: 60,000 CNY (≈$9600)

2nd: 20,000 CNY (≈$3200)

3rd-4th: 10,000 CNY (≈$1600)

5th-8th: 5,000 CNY (≈$800)

Schedule

Korean Qualifier: 21:00 KST, August 19

Chinese Qualifier: 19:00 CST, August 20

Worldwide Qualifier: 11am EDT/5pm CEST, August 21

Group Stage

Dual tournament format, all matches best of 5.

Group A:

First matches and loser's match: 21:30 KST, September 9th

Winner's match and final match: 21:30 KST, September 10th

Group B:

First matches and loser's match: 21:30 KST, September 14th

Winner's match and final match: 21:30 KST, September 15th

Group C:

First matches and loser's match: 21:30 KST, October 5th

Winner's match and final match: 21:30 KST, October 6th

Group D:

First matches and loser's match: 21:30 KST, October 7th

Winner's match and final match: 21:30 KST, October 8th

Playoffs

Ro8 Single elimination format, best of 5, grand finals are best of 7.

Quarterfinals: 21:30 KST, October 14th and 15th

Semifinals: 21:30 KST, October 20th

Grand finals: 21:30 KST, October 22nd

Streams

As usual, the SCboys will provide Chinese commentary while we here at EsportsHeaven will be providing an English stream for the global audience. 

Qualifier sign ups and a full book of rules will be posted shortly.

Chinese stream: http://www.douyutv.com/scboy

English Stream: http://www.twitch.tv/esportshtv