Everything you need to know about the CS:GO qualifiers for Season 4

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It’s time for you to get back in the action! A1 Adria League Season 4 is officially starting with the first open qualifier on Saturday, 17th of August.

We’ll be having four open qualifiers for this season. All of them will be played in a single-elimination format Bo1, with semifinals being Bo3 series. Finalists of every open qualifier will advance to the closed qualifier!

Here are the dates for all the qualifiers:

Qualifier #1: 17.08.2019. 16:00 CEST
Qualifier #2: 18.08.2019. 16:00 CEST
Qualifier #3: 24.08.2019. 16:00 CEST
Qualifier #4: 25.08.2019. 16:00 CEST

The closed qualifier is on schedule for the last day of August. There are only four spots left open in the group stage. Teams UniQUE and Vilay Esports already secured their spot by playing in the finals of Season 3, and two other teams will be getting a direct invitation.

The group stage will consist of eight teams. Top 2 will advance directly to the LAN finals, and the ones placed between the 3rd and 6th place will get another chance to qualify in the online playoffs. The structure is as it follows.

CS:GO LAN finals of A1 Adria League Season 4 will be played in Zagreb, Croatia, on a stage at Reboot InfoGamer 2019 on Saturday, 16th of November. The prize pool is the same as it was for the Season 1 and Season 2, 10.000 Euros distributed to the four teams that qualify for the LAN finals.

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“This means a world to me and my team” – Sener “SENER1” Mahmuti

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The Dota 2 playoffs put a high standard for the Season 3 of the League regarding the quality of the matches. The week after CS:GO didn’t disappoint either. In all quarterfinal matches, both teams managed to get to double digits. As the playoffs continued better teams started to prove their worth.

TheOverPowered was knocked to the lower bracket by uNiQUE that secured the spot in the Grand Finals. But the guys from theOP decided they want a rematch so they went on and win a close series against TRTRR in the Lower Bracket finals. Rematch in the Grand Finals between theOP and uNiQUE also went the distance and we saw all three maps, but in the end, uNiQUE managed to come out on top!

We talked to the captain of the team uNiQUE Sener “SENER1” Mahmuti about their recent success in the A1 Adria League.

  1. What did you expect before the playoffs? Did you think you can win the whole thing, and who you considered to be the toughest opponent?

SNER1: “There were good teams in playoffs. We didn’t underestimate any of them, and yes we thought we would win. We know we have a lot of potential. The toughest opponent proved to be theOverPowered, also a great team.”

2. You managed to qualify for the next season of A1 Adria League featuring the 10.000 euros prize pool. What does that mean to you and your team?

SENER1: “It means a world to me and my team that we have chances to prove ourselves even more. It is a great opportunity for us.”

3. What can we expect out of uNiQUE? Any competitions in the near future?

SENER1: “Right now we don’t have any competitions going on but we will start practicing soon, fixing some of our mistakes, etc.”

4. Anything you would like to share with your fans and the general public?

SENER1: “We would like to thank the fans who were cheering and supporting us till now, its quite an honor for us.”

Time to crown the new CS:GO champions of the A1 Adria League

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We’ll be crowning our CS:GO champions of the A1 Adria League this weekend for the third time in a row. Two times champions – Cr4zy (ex. Valiance) are now competing on the much higher level, and therefore other teams are getting the new opportunities.

The playoff stage will be played as a series of best of ones, where the lower bracket finals will be best of three and the Grand Finals best of three as well.

The action will be split into two days:


Day 1: 15.06.2019. 16:00 CEST           Day 2: 16.06.2019. 16:00 CEST

And all of us will be able to watch the show and cheer for your favorite team on Facebook, YouTube and Twitch.tv!

MEET THE 8 REGIONAL TEAMS THAT WILL COMPETE IN THE PLAYOFFS AND GIVE THEM ALL A WARM WELCOME.

TRTRR vs. uNiQUE

uNiQUE are heading into this match as clear favorites. The team has had a lot of success in recent times and surely they will not miss a chance to continue to do so. The core of the team SENER1, sinnopsyy, and juanflatroo have been playing together for some time now. They were the only unbeaten team in the online group stage of the CSadria Clan Championship powered by A1 but didn’t attend the LAN finals due to the visa issues. Now they have the second chance to prove they are the top dogs in the region. Their opponents on the other hand, North Macedonian team TRTRR managed got to go to the before mentioned LAN finals because of the uNiQUE not attending. They’ve put up a strong performance but finished in the 3rd/4th in the end.

INVICTUS vs. to jeste

In the 3rd season, we have only one Serbian team in the playoffs for the first time in the history of the League, and it’s the team to jeste. But sure it’s an interesting one. We have the season 1 champion DJOKSiCK playing with other well-known players in the region like andr1x, juricM, dav, SHEV, and Salted. Some of them have already played in the finals of the A1 Adria League, in order to do so again, they’ll have to beat INVICTUS. The new and upcoming team from Montenegro played really well in the qualifiers One thing we do know about them is that they like to play CSadria Retakes public servers. The word going around is that they are really strong, but they’ll have to show it over the weekend against a very experienced team.

Vilay Black vs. Screamstars

Only Croatian team in the playoffs of the A1 Adria League will be facing Vilay Black, another team coming from North Macedonia. Screamstars were on the verge of the breakthrough on many occasions in the region, and they made it to the Season 3 playoffs. They’ll have to fill out the shoes of the Locastic Esports, team that represented Croatia really well last season. Vilay Black has been on the scene for some time now with several lineup changes. They’re always here, managing to qualify for the most regional tournaments and leagues, so seeing them in the top 8 of this season shouldn’t be a surprise.

Mischievous vs. TheOverPowerd (to be Vilay Esports)

Mischievous being the third team from North Macedonia means that this year we have the most representatives coming from that country. They’ve also been around for some time, we had to chance to watch their matches in several regional competitions, but they are struggling to advance to top 4. TheOverPowered guys recently found a new organization, but because of the rules, they’ll have to play under the tag they qualified. Always nice to see prominent players in the region like saveeey, brky and bustem doing well and thriving once again. But we’ll have to wait and see do they have what it takes to make it all the way to the finals.

WE WISH BEST OF LUCK TO ALL THE TEAMS. MAY YOUR AIM BE ON PINT, YOUR SPRAY CONTROLLED AND YOUR UTILITY EFFICIANT!

In case you’ve missed it. Winners of the season 3 of the A1 Adria League will advance to the new cup organized by ESL SEC and A1 Adria League called the Pre-Climber Cup. You can find out everything about it here.

Champion of the A1 Adria League to get a chance to join MNTDEW League

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Both ESL SEC and A1 Adria League are entering playoff stage in the upcoming days. The best regional teams will be battling it out for the prize money, prestige titles, and opportunities to advance further in the competitions.

But, before we head into the playoffs, we have important news to share with all of you. ESL SEC and A1 Adria League are proud to announce the Pre-Climber Cup, the new competition which will be the stepping stone between ESL SEC and A1 Adria League and ESEA Premier Relegations, also known as the MTNDEW League.

The Pre-Climber Cup

The new competition will consist out of four teams – Top 3 finishers from the ESL SEC, and the A1 Adria League Season 3 champions. They will fight in the double-elimination bracket across the span of 2 days for a spot that leads to the Climber Cup. Winner of the ESL SEC Season IX will get the first seed, while the second one will go to the best team in the A1 Adria League. That means that they will face the 2nd best team in the ESL SEC in the first match of the Pre-Climber Cup. The competition will be held during the last week of June and you’ll be able to follow all the actions on the Croatian and English streams.

The Climber Cup

Team that comes out on top in the Pre-Climber Cup will advance to the Climber Cup, that will take place right before the Relegations. The Climber Cup leads its Top 4 teams to the ESEA Premier Relegations, also known as the MTNDEW League. Each European country running an ESL National Championship will be represented at the Climber Cup.

A1 Adria League Season 3 playoffs are scheduled on the 15th and 16th of June, with 8 teams competing in the double-eliminations bracket. While the playoffs for the ESL SEC will be held on the 17th and 20th of the June.

With the new competition we are hoping to bring even more structure to the regional CS:GO scene, and give the teams more opportunities to advance in the ESL competition system.

An impressive run and some surprises in the second CS:GO qualifier

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Once again CS:GO teams proved that CS:GO is one of the hottest esports in the region. Out of the 25 teams that have signed up for the second qualifier, after a tough competition, only four made it to the playoffs of the A1 Adria League Season 3.

We saw very interesting matches from the start of Ro32. Screamstars had to battle their way through the whole bracket to earn their spot in the semifinals and the playoffs. They started with a win after overtime against team MATE, then defeat Croatian mix Nema Labavo, and just after beating the Dinosaurusi they made it to the final four. Really impressive run by the Croatian side.

uNiQUE, for example, had a much easier path, defeating another Croatian mix to secure their playoffs spot. But the team has recently proven to be one of the best in the region by getting through the online stage of CSadria Clan Championship without a single loss.

On the other side of the bracket, INVICTUS was convincing in their matches, beating Dual Desetkas and INRAGE. Just as Mischievous, the team from North Macedonia, that won 16-2 and after that 2-0 to make the playoffs.

For the first time in the history of the League, we will crown the new champions! Valiance&CO chose not to compete in the Season 3 and other teams got an opportunity not just to win a lot of money, but also to ensure they will compete in the fourth season of the A1 Adria League.

CS:GO playoffs will be played on 15th and 16th of June, and both days will be streamed on the official A1 Adria League channels. Prize pool distribution as it follows:

1. €1000
2. €500
3. €275
4. €150

We are espeacially thankful for the interestes that CS:GO community showed towards the A1 Adria League once again. With so many teams and players competinig in the both qualifiers. All of you will get another chance in a couple of months with tha start of the Season 4. Stay strong!

In fierce competition four CS:GO teams earned their spot in the playoffs

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The CS:GO qualifiers for the A1 Adria League attracted 29 teams from all across the region. In the end, only top 4 secured their spot in the playoffs.

From the start of the qualifiers, favorites managed to ease through the Ro32 and Ro16, but in the quarterfinals, we saw some intense matches especially between Locastic Esports and Vilay Black, and theOverPowered and 0 Sati p2w.

After beating Serbian team Dinosaurusi, Vilay Black managed to squeeze a close win against Locastic 2-1. The new theOP team did the same against the Serbian mix 0 Sati p2w while teams TRTRR and to jeste won in convincing fashion against their opponents.

Three out of for teams qualified for playoffs competed recently in the CSadria Clan Championship powered by A1! Team to jeste is the new one, but with players like shev, DJOKSiC, andr1x, dav, ROGa and lancemi, no one should be surprised by their success in the first qualifier.

Although, most of us expected to see Locastic Esports in the final four, fortune wasn’t on their side this time, but they’ll have another chance in the second qualifier on the 2nd of June. You can sing up for it right now!

Rush B Boyz!

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A1 Adria Counter-Strike Season 3 – “Right lads, we’re on.” Last year we crowned the double champion Valiance&Co, and now it’s time to crown the new champions.

Locastic Esports the fan favorite from last years LAN event will come at the title with full force, together with some other new names on the scene with well known players like the BLUEJAYS!

Will you form up a Team and take the fight to them, show us that there are sleeping Giants only waiting for an opportunity to show what they are made off.

Who is eligible to compete?

Everyone is welcome to sign up for the tournament as long as they are coming from the Adria region, which means that at least 3 members of the team must have a residence in the Adria region. And one more Important thing signing up for the Tournament is Completely Free, therefore, what are you waiting for?

How do you qualify for the League and where can I sign up?

There will be 2 open qualifiers where everyone is welcome to sign up and compete, on each of the open qualifiers the top 4 teams will advance to the playoff stage where the top 8 teams will compete in an epic two-day struggle for the grand prize and the spot in the group stage of season 4 of the A1 Adria League!

Here are the Open Qualifiers:
        
Open Qualifier 1 – Sunday, 26 May 2019 16:00 CEST

Open Qualifier 2 – Sunday, 02 Jun 2019 16:00 CEST

And if you manage to come out on Top you will get to show off everyone what you are made of.

Playoff CS:GO Stage 2 – Saturday, 15 Jun 2019 16:00 CEST

Here are some quick rules regarding the Qualifiers and the Playoff Stage:


  • Game Mode: Best of One, Top 8 matches Best of Three
  • Mode: Captains Mode
  • Game Version: Tournament
  • Teams must have 5 and no more than 10 players
  • Players must enter their Steam Account game ID
  • Players must play using ESL Anticheat (Wire)
  • Teams must have at least 3 members with residence in the Adria region.



What will be the prize pool of the 3rd Season for Dota 2?

In addition to the title of champion of the A1 Adria League, you will also be competing for some cash prizes. If you manage to reach the playoff stage you will be fighting for the awesome grand prize of:

1. €1000
2. €500
3. €275
4. €150

Finalists of the 3rd season will also be awarded with spots in the group stage of the next season of the A1 Adria League! This means that you will skip the qualifiers for the season 4, and have more time to prepare for the fight for 10.000 euros in prize money.

If you are having troubles with signing up to the tournament or have any additional questions in regards to the competition, who can you contact?

For your convenience, our Admin Team is always vigilant and willing to help you out!
You can contact them here: (Discord or directly on the ESL Platform)


“Gear up; We aren’t going on a windy walk here!”

Official announcement of season 3 & 4

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Fire it up! The League is finally back. This is what we have prepared for you this year.

The last season was a blast! We had a lot of great moments – Valiance&CO defended their title in CS:GO and became the first two times champions of A1 Adria League. ASUS ROG ELITE took their first in League of Legends. In two new games we introduced last season, we witnessed some epic matches but in the end Saša “Sasaa” Mišković lifted the trophy in Clash Royale after beating Dominik “Domi” Štokan and Luka “Vulee” Vulović has bested Luka “Lavvek” Černeli in Hearthstone grand finals.

New, bigger and better regional esports experience with more money for grabs

 

Now it’s time to look ahead and bring you new, bigger and better regional esports experience in 2019 with more prize pool money for grabs! And man, do we have a lot to talk about. Prepare for spoilers!

Two of the biggest changes this year are: Two seasons instead of one and different games in the League. Don’t worry, we are still keeping the number of four games for both seasons.

A1 Adria League will consist out of four games with main focus on PC titles Counter-Strike: Global Offensive and Dota 2. Yeah, that’s right. We decided to replace League of Legends with Dota 2, one great MOBA with another one. Also, we are keeping the Clash Royale and we will introduce the second mobile game very, very soon. We came to a conclusion that two PC games and two mobile games are the right mix for us at this moment, so we decided not to change the number of games in the League, but give the opportunity to some other esports that are not getting that much recognition in our region.

Another big change is two seasons in a year instead of one. So in 2019, we will have the 3rd and the 4th season of A1 Adria League. The first will be played fully online during May and June and the second one will start in August after the summer break and it will have the full package including the big LAN finals at Reboot InfoGamer as you are used to by now. The overall prize pool for both season is 30.000 euros! Even more than the last year!

Our goal remains the same. Bringing the esports in the Adria region to a new level! We will try to achieve that by being the proving grounds for regional teams and talents by giving them the opportunity to experience esports and competition on a higher instance. First steps are always the hardest ones and because of that, we want to be your first step into professional esports!

Season 3 of A1 Adria League

Clash Royale

The 3rd season of A1 Adria League will start with open qualifiers for Clash Royale on 11th of May. We will have one qualifying cup every Saturday for the next five weeks in which the players are going to earn points. Four players with the most points after the first three cups and four players with the most points after the second three cups will compete in the online playoffs on 22nd of June. Besides the most points, the winner of every qualifying cup will get 20 euros and the overall prize pool for playoffs is 1000 euros with the champion taking home half of that amount.

Timeline & Prize pool

Clash Royale Qualifiers:
11.5.2019. – Q1 €20

18.5.2019. – Q2 €20

25.5.2019. – Q3 €20


1.6.2019. – Q1 €20

8.6.2019. – Q2 €20

15.6.2019. – Q3 €20

Clash Royale Playoffs
22.6.2019. – Top 8 online playoffs – €1000

Prize pool distribution:

1. €500
2. €250
3. €150

4. €100

You can already sign up for open qualifiers!

More details about the points system and complete ruleset can be found here.

The system is similar to one of the last season with weekly cups and monthly finals. It’s just that in season 3 we will have 6 weekly cups and one grand playoff!

Second mobile game will be announced before the start of Clash Royale qualifiers. At that point, we will explain the structure and the prize pool will stay the same for the most part.

Dota 2 and CS:GO

Competition in two of the PC games in the League – Dota 2 and CS:GO  – will start shortly after Clash Royale qualifiers, on 25th of May and will be held in the same format for both games. Saturdays will be reserved for Dota 2 and Sundays for CS:GO. There will be two open qualifiers with four teams advancing to the playoffs. Qualifiers will be played in single elimination best-of-one format with deciding matches in quarterfinals being played in best-of-three series. Finalists of season 3 will also advance to the group stage of season 4!

Online playoffs for Dota 2 with the 8 best teams from qualifiers competing for 2000 euros will be held on 8th and 9th of June with CS:GO playoffs for the same prize pool being played the weekend after.

Timeline & Prize pool

CS:GO Qualifiers
26.5.2019. – Q1 (Top 4 advance to playoffs)
2.6.2019. – Q2 (Top 4 advance to playoffs)
15./16.6.2019. – Online playoffs – €2000

Dota 2 Qualifiers
25.5.2019. – Q1 (Top 4 advance to playoffs)

1.6.2019. – Q2 (Top 4 advance to playoffs) 
8./9.6.2019. – Online playoff – €2000 

Prize pool distribution for Dota 2 and CS:GO

1. €1000 – Advances to the season 4 group stage
2. €500 – Advances to the season 4 group stage
3. €350
4. €150

The full structure, as well as the complete rules, can be found here.

Season 3 will officially end on 23rd of June with online playoffs for the second mobile game.

A1 Adria League Season 4

The fourth season of A1 Adria League for PC titles will be composed of open and closed qualifiers, online group stage, playoffs and LAN finals. Qualifiers will start mid August after which we’ll have the group stage during the months of September and October. Playoffs will be held right before the LAN finals which will start on 15th of November! Remember, two of the best Dota 2 and CS:GO teams from season 3 will advance directly to the group stage for season 4.

Clash Royale in the season 4 will have weekly cups with 20 euros prize pool each, 2 monthly finals with 150 euros prize pool and four of the best players after the LAN finals will split 1500 euros.

Prize pool for mobile games will be 1960 euros each and of course 10.000 euros for the best CS:GO and Dota 2 teams in the Adria region. Adding up to 30.000 euros for the best players in 2019!

Season 4 prize pool distribution:
Dota 2 CS:GO

1. €5000 1. €5000
2. €3000 2. €3000
3. €1500 3. €1500
4. €500 4. €500

Fire it up, the League returns!

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Waiting is finally over and the new season of A1 Adria League is right around the corner.

This year we are going even bigger – with two competitive seasons that will include four games. Two for PC and two for mobile platforms but with slight changes from the past year. Prize pool for both seasons is 30.000 Еuro.


Season 3 starting this Spring will be played online without LAN finals as a prelude for the main season later this year. This means that players will have a chance to form new teams or make necessary changes in between the two seasons.

We hope that this way we can bring more stability to the regional esports scene. Both seasons will include open qualifiers, but more information about the qualifying process will be announced at the beginning of May as well as more details in general.

Two seasons, four games, one LAN final and 30.000 euros with open qualifiers so everyone gets a chance to participate! There is a long path between the qualifiers and the LAN finals. Path only the best can make it. So start preparing because we are ready. Are you?

A1 Adria League LAN Survival Guide

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We’re slowly approaching the LAN finals, boys and girls. After months of competition in 4 different games, last online matches have been played and we’re all set to start looking towards the LAN finals that are being held next week. But we’re sure you have a lot of questions regarding how, where and what is going on, so we compiled this survival guide to help you, well, survive the LAN.

WHERE?

Well, first one up is pretty self-explanatory. All of the A1 Adria League LAN final matches will be held at this year’s edition of Reboot InfoGamer. One of Europe’s largest gaming conventions attracts more than 70,000 visitors every year, and the LAN will be held on a purpose-built stage in a special area inside of the InfoGamer grounds.

Reboot InfoGamer is being held at Zagrebački Velesajam in the New Zagreb area.

WHEN and WHAT?

The Reboot InfoGamer will be held from 21. to 25. of November. The LAN finals start at friday, with Clash Royale and Hearthstone being played on the first day of competition, followed by CS:GO on Saturday and the big LoL final on Sunday.

Friday

The Clash Royale players that are advancing to the LAN finals are SASA, TrueAlpha ,Srbija, and BrunoBlaze, and one of them is bound to go home with both the prize of €·1000 and the bragging rights. We’ll first be watching the two semi finals, after which the winners will advance to the winner bracket final. The losers will compete in their own final, after which we will have the final all set up.

The same format is reserved for Hearthstone, with PeraHS, Lavvek, Djuka93 and Vulee being the top 4 players that will be fighting for the grand prize in the LAN finals. The Hearthstone finals are set to start in the late afternoon, but you’ll be watching live from the beginning, right?

Saturday

Saturday is reserved for CS:GO, and the LAN finals of the extremely interesting part of the tournament. The first CS:GO semifinal will be played between Valiance&Co. and Locastic, and will start in the morning. The second semifinal, one between GamePub and KlikTech is set to start in the early afternoon and last up until 16:30. The big final match is set to start at 17:15 and is planned to be over a bit after 20:00. The third place decider match will be played off-stream at the same time as the grand final.

Note that we can’t affect the performance of the teams, so there is a possibility that the CS:GO finals end a couple hours earlier. As always, we’ll have all the info live on our social media channels.

Oh, and the winners go home with €10.000.

Sunday is for LoL and the wrap up of the season

The last day of competition will see the same format as CS:GO, but only for our League of Legends LAN finals. The show starts at 10:00 and the first match is scheduled to start soon after. KlikTech and x25 are opening the action in the first match of the day, followed by the second semifinal at 13:45 between Asus Rog Elite and Zagreb 360. The winners will secure the spot in the grand finals, and the losers get to fight for third place, but off stream.

The grand final will start shortly after 17:00 and will mark the official end of the second season of the A1 Adria League. We know it’s been quite a ride, and are itching to provide the best possible experience in the finals for you.

Of course, all of the games will be streamed live, and commentated by our very own commentary teams in each game. There’s also some surprises coming your way, but let’s not get ahead of ourselves, shall we?