HERO ESPORTS Asian Champions League: Dota 2 Tournament Champions Secure Place in Esports World Cup

SHANGHAI, March 7, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The HERO ESPORTS Asian Champions League (ACL), Asia's premier multi-title esports tournament hosted by Asia's leading esports company Hero Esports, announced that champions of the ACL Dota 2 Tournament will secure a spot at the Esports World Cup.  

This follows the announcement that the champions of ACL CS2 Tournament and ACL Honor of Kings Tournament will each secure a place in the Esports World Cup.

The ACL Dota 2 Tournament features three stages: Online Qualifier, Season Finals and Grand Finals.

The Online Qualifier will run from March 7 to March 30. Anyone can sign up for the Online Qualifier, and compete with other teams that sign up in the same week. One champion will be produced each week. A total of four champions will advance to the next stage.

The Season Finals will take place from May 1 to May 3. Apart from four teams from the Open Qualifier, there will be four invite teams, including XG, YB and Tidebound. A total of 8 teams will fight for 4 spots to enter Grand Finals. Additionally, the champion of Season Finals will also secure a place at DreamLeague S26, which is the world's most prestigious Dota 2 league, boasting a prize pool of $1 million.

The Grand Finals of ACL Dota2 Tournament will take place on May 16. The four candidates from Season Finals will compete for the champion, who will not only take home $100,000, but also gain direct entry to the Esports World Cup.

About Hero Esports

Founded in 2016, Hero Esports is the biggest esports company in Asia, producing more than 7,000 matches every year that captivate an online fan base of over 800 million. With a global presence encompassing 12 office locations and eight top-tier esports arenas, Hero Esports offers a comprehensive suite of esports services, including tournament organization, marketing solutions, community development, and more. As a private company, Hero Esports counts Savvy Games Group and Tencent, among others, as investors, with Kuaishou and Huya as strategic partners.

Headquartered in Shanghai and employing more than 1,100 employees, Hero Esports is a fully integrated operator of esports tournaments and creator of esports content with global reach. The company has helped produce many prestigious tournaments including the Olympic Esports Week, the Esports World Cup as well as the esports series featured at both the Jakarta Asian Games 2018 and the Hangzhou Asian Games 2023. Hero Esports also worked with the world's top-tier game publishers such as Tencent and Krafton in organizing popular esports leagues such as the Honor of Kings' KPL series and PUBG's PGC series, among many others. In 2024, Hero Esports launched Esports Asian Champions League (ACL), Asia's premier international, multi-title esports tournament. Hero Esports is a member of the Esports Integrity Commission (ESIC).

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HERO ESPORTS Asian Champions League: Dota 2 Tournament Champions Secure Place in Esports World Cup

GUANGZHOU, China, Jan. 11, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Recently, GAC's independently developed Quark E-Drive power domain control system has achieved the world's first dual certification for deeply integrated ASIL D functional safety and information security, accredited by DAkkS, Germany's national accreditation body. The certification was evaluated and issued by SGS-CSTC Standards Technical Services Co., Ltd. (SGS), a globally recognized certification authority.

ISO 26262 is the internationally recognized core standard for automotive functional safety. Within this framework, ASIL D represents the highest automotive safety integrity level, requiring near-zero tolerance for safety-critical failures. Achieving an ASIL D certification accredited by DAkkS signifies that the certified product meets the highest globally accepted standards for automotive safety.

The certified Quark E-Drive power domain control system has been in production use since February 2025, and is now deployed across multiple models under GAC's brands - HYPTEC and AION. As the industry's first electric drive power domain system based on deep integration using a single main control chip, the solution significantly reduces chip count, minimizes risks associated with chip-level failures, and boosts motor controller efficiency to as high as 99.9%. The certification confirms that GAC has completed the system's full product development lifecycle in strict compliance with ISO 26262:2018 functional safety and ISO/SAE 21434:2021 information security standards.

Throughout the project, GAC Technology Research Center worked closely with SGS experts, strengthening safety design across all development phases while ensuring engineering feasibility and an optimal user experience.

Zhao Hui, Vice President of SGS China, commented: "The successful certification highlights GAC's strong team and robust development systems. We are pleased to support the safety of the Quark E-Drive and look forward to closer collaboration."

This milestone represents a major breakthrough for GAC in e-drive safety and sets a new global benchmark for the intelligent electric vehicle industry.

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GAC's Quark Electric Drive Achieves the World's First DAkkS ASIL D Functional Safety and Information Security Dual Certification