I'm looking over the Champ slots and realizing something. Here's a breakdown of slots by region.
Asia: 6 slots
1 Japan, 1 Korea
1 "East Asia", and 3 APAC
South America: 4 slots
1 Brazil, 1 LATAM, 2 SA
NA and Europe have 3 slots each.
Hmmmmm...
All I'm saying is, with over 60% of the slots at Champs, an Asian or South American team had better win. (History says that's unlikely though.)