A1 Adria League LAN finals set to thrill at Reboot InfoGamer in Zagreb

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Reboot InfoGamer powered by A1, the largest gaming event in the Adria region for more than a decade, is coming back to Zagrebacki Velesajam. And the LAN finale of the A1 Adria League is once again a part of the event. Champions of the 14th A1AL season will be crowned from 14th to 17th November in Brawl Stars, EAFC, FC Mobile, and of course CS2. Get ready for four days filled with panel discussions, exciting esports tournaments, various gaming activities, and many more. 

Best EAFC players attending the S14 LAN event

This season the competition has been stronger than ever in each and every game featured in the A1AL. One of the firsts to secure LAN and the top four were FC Mobile players. These players will attend the event and compete for the prize:

  • Somzi – the first to secure a semi-final spot with a dominant 3:0 victory.
  • Shaq – a two-time A1 Adria League champion, who triumphed over his opponents despite a challenging series against Jaha.
  • Nikolas – a globally recognized H2H player, who claimed his LAN spot after a fierce six-match duel against Havertz.
  • Lazar – who staged a remarkable comeback, winning three consecutive matches with an impressive 11 goals scored and only one conceded.

Beside this football game, as you know we hosted EAFC24/25 as well. Many familiar names competed and the finale will be explosive as these four players battle it out:

  • Brstimir – finished at the top of the group stage with an unbeaten record, scoring 20 goals and conceding just six.
  • Hara – known as the “king of extra time,” secured his place with clutch performances and solid wins over top opponents.
  • Gruby – demonstrated consistency with high-scoring games, securing his spot with standout performances from players like Mbappe and Kvarachelia.
  • Teo – clinched his LAN spot with a thrilling comeback, showcasing resilience and skill, especially in his final match against Mišić

Best CS2, and BS teams going to Zagreb

The A1 Adria League CS2 competition is set for an exciting LAN finale, with Juggernauts, Zero Tenacity, ENTiTY (ex 0to100), and GOTxSIGNALNET emerging as the top four teams. As we know Z10 is the reigning champions and they are ready to defend the title. Soon we will see if this will be possible considering the high level of performance other qualified teams showed. Needless to say, a spectacle is awaiting anyone at LAN.

Furthermore, Brawl Stars finals are set, with Frutas, the title defender, leading the lineup after dominating Fantastic eSports in a thrilling group-stage clash. Fantastic eSports bounced back by defeating La Masia 3:0 to secure their LAN spot. Delulu joined the top four with a comeback win over Team Cherry but couldn’t attend the LAN, so FBI will take their place. Lastly, Gospodin Adry claimed the final LAN spot after overcoming Cherry in an intense match. These teams will face off in Zagreb for the championship title.

Redline emerged as the A1AL PUBG champions

After four days and 20 intense maps, Redline emerged as the A1 Adria League PUBG champions, dominating from the second day and steadily widening their lead. The fight for the remaining prize spots stayed fierce until the last match, where CrashZ secured second place with critical points over Idemo Batonga, who settled for third. No Pressure, led by top fragger Beami, claimed the final prize position after an impressive last-day performance. Meanwhile, early leaders Sniip and QWEZ fell short, unable to maintain their momentum through the closing rounds.

Final standings:

  1. Redline
  2. CrashZ
  3. Idemo Batonga
  4. No Pressure

Season 14 of A1AL is here with the biggest prize pool ever!

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If you thought you had to wait a long time for season 14 of A1AL, you were wrong. After just a month, and after crowning the best in the 13th season, we are continuing our journey and inviting you to compete again! The 14th season is bringing a lot of action, more games, and a whopping prize pool.

Compete with the best at the Reboot event in Zagreb!

Just like in the previous season, the A1 Adria League 14th season will feature CS2, EAFC, EAFC Mobile, and Brawl Stars. We will also host competitions in PUBG, LoL, Tekken, and a Student eChallenge tournament. But more on that later. The two biggest differences from the previous season are the enormous prize pool we offer the best competitors and the LAN event which will crown the winner. The best four teams from BS and CS2, and the best four players in EAFC and EAFC Mobile will compete in the grand finale at the Reboot InfoGamer event in Zagreb in November this year!

The competition will be fierce considering that we have thrice as big a prize pool as in the previous season. The best players in our games will share a whopping 26,900 euros! The CS2 competition now has a 14,000 euro prize pool as our biggest and most popular competition in the league.

Season 14 format explained

We won’t be changing much when it comes to format in season 14. CS2 players will have to go through three qualifiers to earn their place in the top eight. However, unlike the previous season, this time only six teams will make it through the cups, while the remaining two will be invited. After that, it’s a double elimination bracket in the SWISS stage. And as I said the best four go to Zagreb for a grand finale and a fierce fight.

EAFC and EAFC24 Mobile games will have the same format. Starting with four qualifiers cups where 16 players will advance to group stage. The group stage consists of four groups of four players. There the winner of each group goes to the finals to compete for a 3,500 prize pool.

Our Brawlers will also be able to enjoy four qualifiers, followed by a SWISS group stage. It will be a double elimination bracket consisting of Bo5 and Bo3 matches. So plenty of action and excitement awaits. That will culminate at the Reboot event where the best four teams will fight for the throne.

As I previously mentioned PUBG is back! The competition is scheduled for October and November starting with two qualifiers. After that, the playoff stage commences, and in the finals, we will watch a fierce fight where the best four teams will share the prize.

The first qualifiers are scheduled for the second week of September, so stay tuned for more information and how to sign up! Don’t forget to follow our social media accounts on Facebook, X, TikTok, and Instagram, and watch our streams on YouTube and Twitch.

 

FOI is the winner of the A1 Student eChallenge in CS2!

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Last week we had the opportunity to host the CS2 tournament as a part of the A1 Student eChallenge. Six universities and 36 students competed for the right to call themselves champions but only one was victorious. It was FOI that bested their opponents and won the tournament. Overall 260 rounds were played and 11 maps, out of which Dust2 and Mirage were the most played, while we haven’t seen Nuke once this tournament. Continue reading to find out all the details.

FOI in the TOP 4 in every game in the A1 Student eChallenge

As you remember, besides CS2, we hosted two other games as a part of this tournament, Rocket League and EAFC24. FOI was the most successful university in the whole eChallenge, ranking in the TOP 4 in all three games. They were fourth in Rocket League, third and second in EAFC24, and now first in CS2. FOI had to defeat FERIT to win it all. But let’s see how each team got to the finals and who their opponents were in the semis.

The first finalist was FOI. In the semi-finals, they defeated UNIPU from Pula with a 2-0 score, which came from the quarter-finals with a 2-0 victory over FER. Against UNIPU, FOI had an easy first map on Mirage (13:7), but they struggled on the second map Dust2 and defeated UNIPU only in the third overtime with a score of 22:19. The game was a real nailbiter and UNIPU put up a good fight. However in the end FOI prevailed.

The second finalist FERIT from Osijek didn’t have a tough opponent in the semis or they made it look like that. Against TVZ they won 2-0. Even though the second map Mirage was a little close, ending with 16-14, the first was Ancient where Ferit demolished their opponents with a swift 13:1 win.

A1 Student eChallenge FOI

In the grand finals, all three maps were played. Ancient was a FOI pick where they had a good start and a score of 10-4. After that FERIT made a comeback. Shumy’s 1v3 clutch took the game to overtime where in the end FERIT won 16-14. On FERIT’s pick Anubis, FOI dominated with Prozzor as the best player (13-8). The decider was Dust2 where it was close until the end. However, as we know FOI was a better team ending the final map with a 13-10 score and taking the title.

Ranking:

  • 1st place – FOI
  • 2nd place – FERIT
  • 3rd place – TVZ
  • 4th place – UNIPU
  • 5th place – FER
  • 6th place – Algebra

Here are your EAFC24 and Rocket League champions in A1 Student eChallenge!

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Two of three competitions that are part of our A1 Student eChallenge are over. Rocket League and EAFC24 got their champions already, while only the CS2 competition remains. While most of the tournament was played off-stream, our followers could enjoy a very tense final in Rocket League and EAFC24. Let’s take a look at how it went.

FER and MATHOS at the top

Let’s begin with Rocket League, where we had seven different Universities compete for the top prize. From the signed up schools we had FER, FERIT, FOI, UNIPU, FESB, Algebra, and PMFST which amounted to 24 players. The competition was fierce and the top 4 Universities were FER, Algebra, FOI, and FERIT.

In the grand final of A1 Student eChallenge, we saw a dominating victory from the side of FER who managed to win this BO7 series with a 4:1 score against Algebra.  The roster made of Dred, Zuki, Turba, and Dunge, showed their skill and deservedly won the title. However, in our fight for the third place, things were a lot more closer. After a long struggle and seven games, FERIT came out victorious against FOI with a 4:3 score.

  • 1st place: FER 
  • 2nd place: Algebra
  • 3rd place: FERIT
  • 4th place: FOI
  • 5th-7th place FESB, UNIPU, and PMFST

Moving on to EAFC24 where we also had seven Universities compete. In this competition, the signed-up Universities were FOI and FERIT with two representative players, UNIPU, TVZ, MATHOS, ASPIRA, and Algebra with one each. It took eight games for us to get our best four players in this competition. FOI did very well, and their players ranked 2nd and 3rd. Bati took the second place, while t0m3 one below. On stream, in the grand finale, Bati lost to MATHOS rep klaic710 with a 2:3 score. However, in the fight for third place t0m3 was more successful and won 3:0 against Remo.

1st place: MATHOS | klaic710

2nd place: FOI | Bati

3rd place: FOI | t0m3

4th place: TVZ | Remo

5th-8th place FERIT, UNIPU, FERIT, and ASPIRA

9th place: Algebra

Now only the CS2 competition is left and you can follow the finale on the 21st of June which is Friday. Don’t forget to follow our stream on YouTube, Twitch and Kick.

 

Students, sign up and compete in the A1 Student eChallenge!

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Another season of A1 Adria League is just around the corner and as always we are not just letting pro players and teams compete and have fun playing their favorite games. Once again students from Croatia will have a chance to show who is the best and compete in the student league this June. Don’t wait up as A1 Student eChallenge is very near. Read on to find out how to sign up and which games we are hosting.

A1 Student eChallenge will feature three games

Everyone needs a break from studying and we know that video games are one of the best ways to relax and enjoy your free time. So why not make a little money on the side while gaming, and compete with your colleagues for the right to call yourself the best? If you were wondering where you can do that, the answer is here, in our A1 Adria League tournament.

This season students from Croatia will be able to compete in CS2, Rocket League, and EAFC24. Choose your game and don’t waste any more time, since you can only sign up until June 5th. Contact your student services for application and you’re all set.

Now regarding the games themselves, Rocket League and EAFC24 will be played from the 10th to 14th of June. The games will be BO3 until we reach the semifinals and played off stream. This stage will be BO5. On the last day, 14.06, we will have the grand finals and the fight for third place in both games on stream in the BO7 format.

Counter-Strike 2 is scheduled for the 17th until the 21st of June. The bracket will be BO1 in this case until the finals. Finals and the match for third place will however be BO3 and we will stream both matches on 21st of June. You can watch all the games on our YouTube or Twitch channel.

For more information regarding the A1 student eChallenge, follow our social media accounts on TikTok, Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook.

Here are your S12 A1 Adria League champions!

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This year’s exciting final of the 12th season of the A1 Adria League will be talked about for a long time. In the four-day gaming spectacle, the organizers of the A1 Adria League and the A1 Student eChallenge student competition managed to pamper us with more than 50 hours of gaming and esports content. The event ended by crowning the champions in CS2, Brawl Stars, EA FC 24, and EA FC 24 Mobile. 

Favorites triumphed

After the first day of the program which was reserved for the visitors themselves, who had the opportunity to play against regional influencers in titles such as Counter-Strike, League of Legends ARAM, Tekken, and EA FC 24 we saw the finish of the 12th A1 Adria League season.

The first game was EA FC 24 and once again it was Tarik “Novo” Novo who defeated his opponent and took his sixth title in the A1 Adria League. This veteran took home the prize of 1,250 euros after besting three players from the CLA organization. It was the first favorite to win the league, but certainly not the last at the Reboot InfoGamer event in Zagreb.

As far as Brawl Stars is concerned, once again the title went into familiar hands. Salada de Frutas can’t be defeated and forgotten that easily. They triumphed over their opponents once again, against the Balkan Elite this time. Salada is a familiar name on the regional scene, and recently they were presenting us at the Clash of Leagues as well.

The third game in a row was another football simulation, which was played on mobile phones. It is known that the EA FC 24 Mobile community in the region has been growing for years, and since the 12th season, the players finally got the chance to show themselves in the best light. With excellent commentators Stefan and Nikolas, mobile players fought for a prize fund of 1,350 euros, and the victory was won by SHAQ, who showed calmness and precision in key moments.

Already in the tradition of Reboot Infogamer powered by A1, the icing on the cake at the end of the 12th season of the league was Counter-Strike. For the first time, the final was played on a new version of the game (CS2), and The Suspect and Zero Tenacity teams once again showed why the popular CS is often called the “king of esports”. In a shocking ending, the victory was won by the Serbian team Z10 with a score of 3:2, and with that, they won the third title in a row and became one of the most successful teams in the history of the league.

 

Sign up for A1 Student eChallenge!

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The A1 Student eChallenge event is back, and this season you have a chance to compete with your colleagues students in CS2 and EA FC 24 and earn the top prize! You will have to go through the qualifier and secure a spot in the finals which will be held at Zagrebacki Velesajam as a part of the Reboot InfoGamer event in November.

If you’re a student, sign up now!

A1 Hrvatska in collaboration with Croatian faculties is bringing another season of A1 Student eChallenge! First season was a tremendous success and, you could say, a bit of a testing ground for us. This time we are back with a good news: there is no more faculty restrictions and any student can join and participate! Students who are into gaming and like to relax from studying by logging into their CS2 and EA FC 24 accounts are welcome in the league. All you need to do is sign up by clicking on the links below and participate. Gather your team and become the best student CS2 team or EA FC 24 player in the region!

CS2 Qualifier – 29.10.2023 at 17h – LINK

EA FC 24 Qualifier – 28.10.2023 at 17h – LINK

Qualifiers for both games will be played online. The prize pool for CS2 is 1275 euros, while the best EA FC 24 players will have a prize pool of 225 euros shared with the top 4. If you and your team manage to make it to the finals and attend the LAN, save the dates. Best CS2 teams will compete in Zagreb on November 12th, while EA FC 24 is scheduled for November 10th. The chance to attend the Reboot event will have four CS2 teams and four EA FC 24 players.

Moreover, there are some requirements that students need to fulfill in order to compete in the A1 Student eChallenge league which are:

  • all faculties in Croatia are eligible
  • students need to be from Croatia (Erasmus students aren’t eligible for this event)
  • multiple teams or players from the same faculty are allowed (anyone can signup directly on the cup websites, but after qualifications players will have to prove their connection with the faculty)
  • in case of CS2, four players must be from the same faculty, one can be from a different one (4+1)

If you’re not from Zagreb, don’t worry, we cover the expenses for accommodation, but not for travel. Food will also be paid for those staying in hotels, while those from Zagreb attending the event will also have a meal at the Reboot LAN. For more information, reach out to us on Discord.

A1 Student eChallenge: Fun and Growth in Gaming

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A1 Hrvatska has created a completely new format of esports competition, the “A1 Student eChallenge” league, in collaboration with the leading technical faculties in Croatia: the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing (FER), Algebra University College, the Faculty of Science and Mathematics (PMF), and the Zagreb Technical College (TVZ). For the first time, A1 Hrvatska, in partnership with these faculties, offers students a special gaming experience, as well as the opportunity to participate in the organization and administration of this exciting esports tournament.

A1 Student eChallenge to feature CS:GO and FIFA

To support and highlight the importance of the gaming industry and personal development and education of young people, A1 Hrvatska has provided an unforgettable gaming experience for students and passionate video game enthusiasts of CS:GO and FIFA. However, this time, in addition to the role of a gamer, all interested parties can also take on organizational roles behind the gaming screens.

All participants in the A1 Student eChallenge can expect an unforgettable experience in the magical world of esports, which will culminate in the grand finals from 9th to 11th June at the Zagreb Fair, during the 11th season of the A1 Adria League as part of the Reboot Games Weekend powered by A1. There, the best among them will demonstrate their skills on a stage worthy of global gaming stars and compete for a share of the overall prize pool valued at over 1,500 euros.

“As announced, with the qualifications for the finals of the eleventh season of the A1 Adria League, we have entered a completely new and exciting chapter that has brought us an interesting format of the A1 Student eChallenge esports league. We are pleased that we have established collaborations with the leading technical faculties and provided young people with an opportunity to participate in the project to familiarize themselves with all the roles in front and behind the gaming screens. Once again, we have confirmed that we recognize the value of investing in those who show interest in the esports field. Also, we continue our long-standing partnership with Reboot, and we are glad to walk together through the incredible gaming adventures ahead of us,” said Iva Ančić, Head of Brand, Marketing Communications and Digital Business, A1 Hrvatska.

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As a telecom provider that offers a gaming experience with the lowest latency on an optical network, A1 Hrvatska announced the eleventh season of the longest-running regional A1 Adria League this spring, which brings together a large community of gamers with a zero-tolerance policy for hate speech.

During April and May, passionate esports players have the opportunity to show off their best gaming skills in three “main” video games – CS:GO, Rainbow Six Siege, and FIFA-23, as well as in five tournaments already played in games such as PUBG, League of Legends, Fortnite, Trackmania, and Valorant. What awaits them in the finals will remain a secret until the very end, which will delight the best among them with the largest prize pool ever, amounting to 16,800 euros for the winners.