The second edition of ZEN League returns with ~$23,800 USD on offer for the Asia-Pacific region, ESL Australia has announced.

Season 1 witnessed Recca with Hansel "⁠BnTeT⁠" Ferdinand emerge as champions following their victory against Keun-Chul "⁠solo⁠" Kang's MVP PK in the grand final. Both teams will return for the second season alongside four other invited teams: The MongolZ, Chiefs, Grayhound, and Athletico.

The Asia-Pacific league returns with further improvements

In addition, the league has increased their slots, featuring twelve teams instead of eight in the initial season. Season 2 will kick off with five weeks of online action from September 12 to October 12.

The teams in their respective groups will compete against each other in a best-of-two, round-robin format, with the top teams from Asia and Oceania progressing on to the LAN Finals. The remaining six spots will be determined via closed qualifiers, which will be revealed soon.

Below you can find the list of participants for the ESL ZEN League:

ANZ Conference	Asia Conference
Chiefs	Recca
Grayhound	MVP PK
Athletico	The MongolZ
Promotion	Promotion
Promotion	Promotion
Promotion	Promotion

ESL Australia will broadcast the league three times a week at 1080p60, from their studio in Sydney, Australia. The matches will be streamed on ESL's official Twitch stream here.

Athletico #110 Sam 'flickz' JonesMatthew 'Texta' O'RourkeMitchell 'Sync' DaleWillem 'badger' ClarkeOllie 'DickStacy' Tierney Recca #118 Baskoro 'roseau' Dwi PutraAlbert 'FrostMisty' GiovanniAgung 'Sys' FriantoKevin 'xccurate' Susanto Grayhound #75 Christopher 'dexter' NongCallum 'BURNRUOk' HendersonMontheara 'prakM' PrakSean 'Gratisfaction' KaiwaiErdenetsogt 'erkaSt' Gantulga MVP PK #124 Keun-Chul 'solo' KangSeon-Ho 'termi' PyeonMin-Soo 'glow' KimBum-Ki 'peri' JungMin-Seok 'zeff' Park Hansel 'BnTeT' Ferdinand Age: 22 Team: TYLOO Rating 1.0: 1.36 Maps played: 220 KPR: 0.92 DPR: 0.60 The MongolZ #122 Temuulen 'Zilkenberg' BattulgaTsog 'Tsogoo' MashbatEnkhtaivan 'Machinegun' LkhagvaBold 'ncl' Batsuh Chiefs #37 Tyler 'tucks' ReillyPeter 'pecks' NguyenAlistair 'aliStair' JohnstonJoshua 'INS' PotterLiam 'malta' Schembri Keun-Chul 'solo' Kang Age: 29 Team: MVP PK Rating 1.0: 1.06 Maps played: 56 KPR: 0.72 DPR: 0.66