In January, the Series held the first of three planned Qualifying Tournaments, for players from Mainland China. The Series also scheduled two additional Global Qualifying Tournaments open to players f
rom the rest of the world, but once the pandemic spread throughout Asia, it ended the ability for the Series to hold those events as planned. Attempts to move the Qualifying Tournaments to other Southeast Asia sites were not practical, and with access into China limited, officials came to the difficult decision that it couldn’t contest tournaments this year.
