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Dota 2 and CS:GO online playoffs format explained

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We are entering the new phase of A1 Adria League Season 4 – the online playoffs! Below you’ll find all the necessary information for CS:GO and Dota 2 online playoffs that are starting on the 30th of October.

Online playoffs will be played in the seeded double-elimination format. Teams with the higher seed will play in the upper bracket finals for the spot at LAN finals. Two teams with lower seed will play an elimination match. Winner will play against the loser of the upper bracket finals for the last spot at LAN. All matches will be Bo3.

Online playoffs format explanation

Dota 2

Online playoffs for Dota 2 will start on Wednesday the 30th of October at 18:00 with the first round lower bracket match between Team Serbia and Blessed Alphas. Right after that, we’ll have the upper bracket match between XDS and The last jedis, while the remaining two matches are on schedule for the 2nd of November.

Dota 2 Online Playoffs (30.10 & 2.11.)

CS:GO

Online playoffs for CS:GO will start with an elimination match between JESTE and CABRONE5 and an epic match in the upper bracket between Vilay eSport and Fantastic Esports on the 31st of October. The remaining matches will be played on the 3rd of November.

You can follow the online playoffs for CS:GO on HLTV as well.

CS:GO Online Playoffs (31.10. & 3.11.)

All matches will be streamed on all A1 Adria League official channels:
YOUTUBE, FACEBOOK, TWITCH

Season 4 LAN Finals

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For the third year in a row, the LAN finals of A1 Adria League will be part of Reboot InfoGamer – one of the biggest gaming fairs in Europe!

The best gamers from all over the region will occupy the A1 Adria League hall across the three days (15th – 17th of November). They will be competing at the state of the art stage one the best players in the region deserves. Everything will be happening in front of a live audience!

Clash Royale & Hearthstone

We will kick things off with Clash Royale and Hearthstone finals on the 15th of November. In each game, four best players will be competing in double-elimination format for the glory and the majority of the 1500 Euros prize pool.

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive

Day after, on Saturday 16th of November four CS:GO teams that proved to be the best in the online part of the League will get a chance to be crowned the champions of A1 Adria League Season 4. A single-elimination format does not allow mistakes. The prize pool for CS:GO is 10.000 Euros!

Last year Valiance&CO and Locastc Esports put out a real show in the semis. It remains to be seen which teams will be causing the most hype in Season 4!

Dota 2

The last day of the LAN finals and Reboot InfoGamer is reserved for Dota 2. For the first time ever in the history of the League will be having LAN finals for MOBA that defined the genre. The format is the same as for CS:GO and so is the prize pool.

General Info

Reboot InfoGamer 2019 will be held at Zagrebački velesajam from the 12th of the 17th of November. New games, esports, new hardware, giveaways, influencers and much more awaits you in new edition of the biggest gaming fair in this part of Europe.

A1 Adria League LAN finals will have their own hall with additional activities for visitors as well as some news we are not allowed to publish yet. Keep in mind that in order to visit the A1AL LAN finals you will have to buy a ticket for the fair. All information can be found on the official pages of Reboot InfoGamer.

For all those who won’t be able to join us all matches will be live streamed on official A1 Adria League channels.

If you want to be up to date with everything that is happening in the League make sure to check out a1adrialeague.com.

Sign up for Hearthstone open qualifiers for October

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The new round of Open Qualifiers for A1 Adria League Season 4 is starting as we seek four more players to join the Online Playoffs and battle for LAN finals in Zagreb!

You will have four Open Qualifiers to earn points and prize money. The rest of the format is pretty simple:

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Four of the best players in Season 4 will get a chance to compete in front of the live audience at LAN finals on one of the biggest gaming fairs in Europe – Reboot InfoGamer 2019!

Every weekly Open Qualifier includes prize pool for the first spot of 20€. Prize pool for the Monthly Finals is 150€ while the main prize will be 1500€ prize pool at the LAN finals.

So, what are you waiting for? This is your chance to prove that you are the best Hearthstone player in the region!

Sign up for Clash Royale open qualifiers for October

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The new round of Open Qualifiers is starting as we seek four more players to join the Online Playoffs and battle for LAN finals in Zagreb!

You will have four Open Qualifiers to earn points and prize money. The rest of the format is pretty simple:

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Four of the best players in Season 4 will get a chance to compete in front of the live audience at LAN finals on one of the biggest gaming fairs in Europe – Reboot InfoGamer 2019!

Every weekly Open Qualifier includes prize pool for the first spot of 20€. Prize pool for the Monthly Finals is 150€ while the main prize will be 1500€ prize pool at the LAN finals.

So, what are you waiting for? This is your chance to prove that you are the best Clash Royale player in the region!

Introducing the new format for Hearthstone – The Shielded Conquest

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As many of you already know, in the middle of the Hearthstone qualifiers for the A1 Adria League Season 4 Blizzard changed the format of all of their official competitions from Specialist to Shielded Conquest.

In agreement with Blizzard, we will also make the same change. Starting with the Open Qualifiers in October we will be using Shielded Conquest. Hopefully until the end of Season 4. It’s important that players compete in the same format throughout the whole competition but the main reason still cannot be announced publicly. For that one, you’ll have to be patient just a little bit more.

The Shielded Conquest – How does it work?

  • It’s a best of three series
  • The two battling players bring four decks, each from a unique class.
  • The match starts with a Shield Phase where both players will choose one of their own decks to “protect” that cannot be banned.
  • Each player will then ban one of their opponents’ decks, removing it from the pool.
  • Each player then selects which of their eligible decks they would like to play first, then begin their first game of the match.
  • After the first game has concluded, the winning deck is removed from the pool before both players pick which of their remaining decks they would like to play next.
  • If after the second game one player is 2-0, then the match is over!
  • If the score is 1-1, then the winning deck from the second game is removed from the pool and both players will choose their third and final deck to decide the series.

One of the biggest problems with the old Conquest format was that the player had to win with all of his decks but this way, you’ll only have to win with two of them!

We hope the new change will light up your will for competition even more! We have only four spots left open in the Online Playoffs so make sure to qualify for them during October.

First Open Qualifier for October will be played on Saturday the 5th!

Hearthstone Monthly Finals for September

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The first round of Open Qualifiers is finished! We now know the names of the Top 8 players that will be competing in the September Monthly Finals! Stakes are high because those players that manage to secure Top 4 will advance to the Online Playoffs!

Hearthstone Monthly Finals will be played on 30th of September @ 19:00! You can follow all of the action on our official channels:
YOUTUBE, FACEBOOK, TWITCH

Here are the players!

Monthly Finals will be played in double-elimination format which means that when a player loses two matches he is out of the tournament. All additional information can be found on the official page of the cup.

The prize pool for Monthly Finals is 150 Euros:
1. 75€ + Qualified for Online Playoffs
2. 50€ + Qualified for Online Playoffs
3. 25€ + Qualified for Online Playoffs
4. Qualified for Online Playoffs

Your host for the evening will be Stefan “Djuka93” Đukić, renowned player and streamer in our region.

Monthly finals for Clash Royale will be played on Friday, October 4th

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Clash Royale players, we have an important update for you! Monthly Finals are just around the corner and we would like to inform you that the Monthly Finals for September are going to be played on Friday, October the 4th at 19:00 instead of Tuesday, October the 1st as it was earlier announced.

Monthly Finals will be streamed on all A1 Adria League streaming channels:
YOUTUBE, FACEBOOK, TWITCH so make sure to follow them.

A1AL CR Monthly Finals

That means that Top 8 players with the highest amount of points will be competing for the prize pool and spot in the Online Playoffs on Friday. Before that, we have one Open Qualifier left to determine who those players will be.

Monthly Finals will be played in a double-elimination format with LB finals and Grand Finals being Bo5 series and rest of the matches Bo3.

Feel free to contact us if you have any additional questions!

Eight Dota 2 teams enter the Group Stage

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After 2 days of intense competition, we got our 4 teams from the closed qualifiers and with that, the group stage is set!

The group stage will last 7 weeks starting from 11.9.2019 with the last day of the group stage being 26.10.2019. The matches will be played every Wednesday (From 19:00) and every Saturday (From 18:00) in those 7 weeks.

And you will be able to follow all of the action on our Official channels: YOUTUBE, FACEBOOK, TWITCH   
 
Now without further ado let’s introduce our teams that will battle it out in the group stage!

Let us introduce the 8 teams from the group stage:

First, we have the winner and runner ups of Season 3.

Tim123 – Still considered the favorites in the region led by “dnz”, they dominated season 3. Will anyone be up to the challenge to dethrone them, follow the group stage and find out!

The Last Jedis – The only team to win a match vs the “Tim123” in the season they defied the odds and proven themselves that they deserve to be here, will they make more upsets this season?

We also have two teams that were directly invited

Level UP – One of the most recognized teams in the region and the mixing pot of the best players from the whole Balkans, most of the well-known faces of Dota 2 played in this team at the time or another.

XDS –  They managed to take the 4th spot in the previous season and with that earned the respect of the region and showed that they can rustle with the big boys

And for the 4 teams that got here through the closed qualifiers:

Team Serbia – Led by the former EPG player “LebronDota” qualified for the group stage with a win over “Hoodlums” and “Kaj” they showed experience and good team play overall, everyone expects them to be one of the top contenders for the title.

-T– Athletes – They lost the first game in the closed qualifier, but that didn’t stop them, they managed to claw their way back and after defeating the “Vucicevi Lavovi” and “Kaj” managed to get the group stage spot.

Mystique – Defeated by “The Last jedis” in the third season playoffs, boosted with a new energy of a new opportunity they will show everyone that they are a force to be reckoned with

Blessed Alphas – The Swedish Balkan mix team showing everyone that borders are just lines, stepping up and dominating through the closed qualifiers only losing in the finals to “-T– Athletes” but nevertheless a beautiful performance so far, go big boyz!

Everyone welcome to the group stage, have fun compete and be the best versions of yourselves!

“Without the spur of competition, we’d loaf out our life.” — Arnold Glasow

It’s time for Group Stage!

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After 4 open cups and two days of intense closed qualifier action we finally have our 8 teams that will battle it out in the group stage where only the top 4 will get the privilege to show the whole audience in Zagreb why they deserve to be there!

The group stage will last 7 weeks starting from 12.9.2019 with the last day of the group stage being 27.10.2019. The matches will be played every Thursday and every Sunday in those 7 weeks.

And you will be able to follow all of the action on our Official channels: YOUTUBE, FACEBOOK, TWITCH.
 
Now without further ado let’s introduce our teams that will battle it out in the group stage!

Let us introduce the 8 teams from the group stage:

First, we have the winner and runner ups of Season 3.

uNiQUE – We saw an outstanding performance by them, they dominated season 3, and we can’t wait to see how they perform week by week!

Vilay Esports (ex.vTheOverpowered) – They only lost to uNiQUE in the previous season, now there are a lot more teams that might go toe to toe with them and everything is open, new season, give it your all!

We also have two teams that were directly invited

Locastic & BLUEJAYS, you know all about them but if you need a refresher, you can read all about them here.

InvitedTeamsLocasticBluejays

XPORTAL – What a strong performance they didn’t drop a single game in the closed qualifier, last year they didn’t manage to get into the group stage, now they get a chance even to reach the grand finals, grab it!



CABRONE5 – They had a rocky closed qualifier, losing to team “Jeste” in the upper bracket then managing to eliminate “SoA Gaming” in the lower bracket in order to reach the group stage, good luck going forward!

WeirdChamp – Good performance overall in order to qualify they had to play versus team “Trtrr” not an easy opponent at all, but they did not fault and rose to the occasion now the long road through the group stage await you, tread lightly!

Jeste – wining vs team “Trtrr” and “CABRONE5” in the closed qualifiers an achievement of itself we are on the edge of our seat to see what you manage to do in the group stage!



Everyone welcome to the group stage, have fun compete and be the best versions of yourselves!

“Winning doesn’t always mean being first. Winning means you’re doing better than you’ve ever done before.” —Bonnie Blair

Meet the invited CS:GO teams – Locastic Esports and BLUEJAYS

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Two teams will be joining us in the Group Stage of A1 Adria League Season 4 and they are Locastic Esports and BLUEJAYS! Welcome to the League boys.

Locastic Esports

Croatian powerhouse name made for themselves during the Season 2 of A1 Adria League. They managed to beat Valiance&CO (now CR4ZY) in the Group Stage but fell short on the LAN finals. They also managed to qualify for the LAN finals of ESL SEC Season 8 in Bucharest!

They didn’t just show us good games on servers, but on social media as well by setting up an example for other esports teams in the region. We are expecting nothing less of them in the upcoming season.

The important thing to note is that initially invite was sent to CR4ZY, the best CS:GO team in the region, but they decided to not accept it because of other obligations.

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BLUEJAYS

Guys from BLUEJAYS are putting up a lot of work past few months and they’re now ranked 67th team in the world! They are considered second-best team in the region just because no one can match CR4ZY at this point in time.

Now they’ll get a chance to prove it. They will be joining Locastic Esports, Vilay Esports and uNiQUE in the Group Stage of A1 Adria League Season 4. For sure, everyone will be looking to

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The Group Stage of A1 Adria League Season 4 for CS:GO is starting on 12th of September but first, we have to find four more teams to join us. Eight of the best teams from the Open Qualifiers will battle it out during the weekend (31st of August, and 1st of September) for the spot in the League! Follow all the action on our channels: Twitch, YouTube, Facebook.