Bengaluru, Jun 9 (IANS): Acer on Tuesday announced that the Asia Pacific Predator League 2020 has been postponed to Spring 2021 in the Philippines due to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic.

The same qualifying teams from the local preliminary competitions will attend the finale in Spring 2021, and the event has been renamed as Predator League 2020/2021 with a prize pool of $400,000.

"With the ongoing Covid-19 situation, we made the decision to move the competition to Spring 2021 for the safety and best interests of the tournament's competitors, fans, spectators, and staff," Andrew Hou, President of Acer Pan Asia Pacific Regional Operations said in a statement.

Almost 20,000 tickets were sold for the tournament that was originally scheduled to take place in Manila in February this year.

A total of 17 regions entered the local qualifier competitions held from October 2019.

The inaugural Asia Pacific Predator League was held in Jakarta, Indonesia in 2018 to reinforce the Predator brand's commitment to supporting the gaming industry in the region.

The second edition in 2019 was held at Nimibutr Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand, watched by over 10,000 fans in real-time. It garnered 4.3 million views online and the peak concurrent viewership reached 1,23,000.