The 2025 Hero Esports Asian Champions League is the first international comprehensive electronic sports event in Asia. It is currently the highest-level and largest-scale international comprehensive electronic sports event in Asia. The ACL aims to connect the vast number of game players and professional players in the Asian region, providing possibilities for everyone with electronic sports dreams. At the same time, the ACL will build an electronic sports community in the Asian region, offering a new and free communication platform for audiences, amateur or professional players, clubs, game manufacturers, etc., and jointly building a new Asian electronic sports ecosystem with many partners. With a prize pool of $300,000.

Tournament Format

Closed Qualifier will be played in a Double-Elimination bracket. Upper bracket 1 and 2 matches and Lower Bracket 1 - 3 matches are best-of-one. And all remaining matches are best-of-three series.

Group Stage will be played in a two ( 2 ) double elimination group, all matches are best-of-three series.

Third Place Decider will be a single-elimination match with a best-of-three series.

Grand Finals will be a single-elimination bracket TBA series.