CMM are the new (old) Brawl Stars champions!

The weekend behind us was the biggest of the year so far, with three games, two rounds of qualifiers each and a big final to round it all up. We played and watched Brawl Stars qualifiers and finals, the qualifiers for the eFootball tournament, as well as the qualifiers for the A1 Student eChallenge in League of Legends. 

Brawl Stars unfolds without many surprises

Week six gave us the champions of the Weekly tournament in Brawl Stars, a very popular game for the A1AL. More than 50 teams competed in two rounds of qualifiers to find the best four teams in the region. On day one, CMM (formerly Salada de Frutas, the best team in the history of A1AL) dominated all the way through to the final, where they forfeited the match to La Passion, allowing the La Passion roster to have a better seed in the playoffs. An interesting move by CMM, and a bit of a cheeky idea that is not seen in many esports tournaments.

In the second day of the qualifiers, 33 teams competed for the remaining two spots in the finals. Delulu, the semifinalists who got knocked out by CMM in the first qualifier, ended up in the finals this time around against Crazy Bears, and qualified for the playoffs. The playoffs were very interesting to anyone but CMM, because the team’s looming presence meant that all intense matches happened before the finals themselves. We would like to point out an amazing match by Crazy Bears against Delulu which they almost managed to win by reverse sweeping Delulu, but the favourites still managed to win. The final match between CMM and Delulu provided little in the sense of drama, with CMM sweeping Delulu 3:0 easily and taking one more title of the best regional BS team.

EFootball and League of Legends

The eFootball tournament had more than 90 players participating in the first round of qualifiers, with some of the best regional names joining the tournament. eFootball is a very popular game in the region despite it falling off to EA FC lately, and we are very happy to have had the opportunity to host a tournament in the football game. The first round of qualifiers had seven Serbian players make it to the top 8, and in the end we had some of the best regional players, such as Hunterz10 and Roksaa22 joined by filip26 and hazard-BiH. 

The second qualifier had a total of 70 entries, with a large number of players from esports teams joining the competition as well. The favourites managed to earn their spots in the end, with Boki_todor, TommyShelby1987, SteelThunder_HR and Čiba making it. Interestingly, Čiba is one of the youngest players in the tournament and this was his first big esports tournament – a great achievement! 

The eFootball playoffs will take place over the upcoming weekend, on Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

In the A1 Student eChallenge, we saw four teams compete for the playoff spots. FER Nabadači, Niska Očekivanja, Smrljivi Sirevi i Štrukani Pelin. The qualifiers had two sweeps, with Nabadači and Štrukani Pelin advancing to the final stage of the bracket which will be played this Thursday. Niska Očekivanja and Smrdljivi Sirevi will have one more chance to make it to the finals via the lower bracket.

With week 6 wrapped up, we are entering Week 7 and there are not many rounds left to play. Make sure to follow the action!