The first will be Group Alpha that will have five teams while Group Omega will have six.
And to make things interesting, the group stage will be a cross-group match-up.
This will see teams in Group Alpha going up against the teams in Group Omega and vice versa.
All games will be a best-of-three series with the winner from each respective group going through to the playoffs.
Much like the new format for the group stage, the playoffs will be a hybrid-elimination bracket.
The knockout round will be the only phase in the playoffs with a single-elimination bracket.
Only the lower bracket final as well as grand final will be a best-of-five.
The Pacific region has come close on more than one occasion right now to lift an international VCT trophy.
Gen.G are the latest team to join the list having lost to Sentinels just a few weeks ago.
