Seven Eleven and Ministop Hold Employee eSports Tournament

Seven Eleven and Ministop will hold the '2nd Seven Cup eSports Tournament' starting on the 15th to promote communication and harmony among their employees.

[Asia Economy Reporter Lim Chunhan] Seven Eleven and Ministop announced that starting from the 15th, they will hold the "2nd Seven Cup eSports Tournament" to promote communication and harmony among employees of both companies. The tournament events include mobile games such as KartRider, Battlegrounds, and Omok, which are accessible to everyone from the MZ generation (Millennials + Generation Z) to older generations.

This year’s tournament focuses on creating a one-team spirit by encouraging voluntary communication among Seven Eleven and Ministop employees through eSports. To this end, joint teams including at least one employee from each company are actively encouraged, and additional prize money will be awarded if a joint team wins, among other various measures.

The tournament will be held until the 29th with a total of 160 teams and about 400 participants. Preliminary rounds selecting 20 teams per event will be held until the 21st, and the main rounds will be conducted in a tournament format with the selected 20 teams per event until the 28th. Finally, the event finals will take place on the 29th. All matches will be played on mobile devices without location restrictions, and the finals will be broadcast live on YouTube with professional eSports casters.

Seven Eleven has set a total prize pool of 7.2 million KRW for this tournament. Winning teams in each event except Omok will receive 1 million KRW, and runners-up will receive 500,000 KRW. If Seven Eleven and Ministop employees form joint teams, additional prize money of 500,000 KRW for winners and 300,000 KRW for runners-up will be awarded. For Omok, the individual winner will receive 200,000 KRW, and the runner-up will receive 100,000 KRW.

A Seven Eleven official said, “Encouraged by the strong response from employees in last year’s tournament, we are holding the 2nd tournament to promote integration between the two companies,” adding, “We expect it to play a significant role in uniting employees of Seven Eleven and Ministop.”

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