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How to apply for the A1 Adria League Weekly cups

Our last article described the main changes coming to the A1 Adria League this year, mostly tied to the Weekly tournaments and cups, which will replace the Spring season in 2025. The cups will take place throughout April, May, and June and will be exclusively available online.

The Weekly tournaments will take place in CS2, EA FC 25, EA FC Mobile, Brawl Stars, League of Legends, eFootball and PUBG.

To apply for the events, you must head to the Games section of the website, where you will find a list of all games for the season. From there, simply select the game you are interested in.

Platform: FACEIT

Open Qualifiers: 30.05.2025., 31.05.2025.,01.06.2025.

Playoffs: 06.06.2025., 07.06.2025., 08.06.2025.

CS2 will have three open qualifiers, and the winner of each qualifier will advance to the next stage, along with one directly invited team.

To apply, simply select the SIGN UP link next to the cup you would like to compete in, which will lead you to our official FACEIT tournament page. From there, you will be able to join the tournament, view the brackets and participants and read through the rules, but we are sure that seasoned CS2 players will be very familiar with the way FACEIT works.

 

EA SPORTS FC 25

Tournament page

Platform: Toornament

Open Qualifiers: 19.04.2025. and 20.04.2025.

Group Stage: 25.04.2025., and 26.04.2025.

Finals: 27.04.2025.

Similar to CS2, EA FC will have open qualifiers and playoffs. For EA FC, we have prepared two rounds of open qualifiers, and eight best players will advance to the playoffs from each of the qualifiers.

To apply for the EA FC tournaments, click the SIGN UP link which will lead you to the Toornament website. There, you should log into your Toornament account (or create a new one if you do not have it), which will allow you to connect to the platform and register for the qualifier.

 

EA FC Mobile

Tournament page

Platform: Discord

First Weekly open qualifiers: 11.04.2025, 12.04.2025.,13.04.2025.

First Weekly group stage: 18.04.2025 and 19.04.2025.

First Weekly playoffs: 20.04.2025.

Second Weekly open qualifiers: 05.06.2025., 06.06.2025., 07.06.2025.

Second Weekly group stage: 13.06.2025., and 14.06.2025.

Second Weekly playoffs: 15.06.2025.

EA FC Mobile will have two series of weekly tournaments, which will be the first and last tournaments we will host in Spring. There will be three open qualifiers for the first series, with the best eight players advancing to the playoffs.

Applications for the Weekly tournament is done via Discord. Clicking the SIGN UP link near a qualifier will lead you to our EA FC Mobile Discord channel, where admins will help with any preparation for the matches.

Brawl Stars

Tournament page

Platform: Toornament

Open Qualifiers: 16.05.2025 and 17.05.2025.

Playoffs: 18.05.2025.

Brawl Stars Weekly will take place over two qualifiers, and the best teams from each qualifier will advance to the group stage, and the four best group stage teams will advance to the double elimination bracket to crown the champion.

The Brawl Stars Weekly events are also handled through Toornament, which means that clicking the SIGN UP link will open the Toornament event page where you can apply for the tournament, provided that you already have a Toornament account – create one if you do not have it yet.

 

League of Legends

Tournament page

Platform: Challengermode

Open Qualifiers: 02.05.2025 and 03.05.2025.

Playoffs: 04.05.2025.

League of Legends Weekly tournaments will consist of two open qualifiers, followed by a group stage and a playoff round which will include four teams.

For League of Legends, Challengermode will be used. Interested players will be taken to the Challengermode page where all details about the tournament will be published, along with the ability to contact admins directly through the platform. Similar to FACEIT and Toornament, Challengermode will also provide an overview of brackets and other details about the matches.

 

eFootball

Tournament page

Platform: Toornament

Open Qualifiers: 17.5 and 18.5

Playoffs: 23.5 and 24.5

Finals: 25.5

The eFootball touranment will play out similarly to the Brawl Stars one, with two open qualifiers followed by a group stage and playoffs. Just like EA FC, eFootball’s biggest competitor, we’re using Toornament as our platform of choice, which means that the application process is the same as with EA FC, simply apply for a qualifier and the Toornament platform will handle everything else.

 

Open Qualifiers: 05.05.2025., 06.05.2025.

Playoffs: 09.05.2025.,10.05.2025.,11.05.2025.

The PUBG Weekly tournaments will take place over two qualifiers, with two lobbies of 16 teams for each qualifier. The six best teams from each qualifier advance to the playoffs, together with four invited teams, for a total of 16 teams. Across three playoffs, the teams will compete for points across six maps in each playoff. The team with the most points – wins!

Announcing the A1 Adria League plans for 2025

After a thrilling LAN final last November and the conclusion of the 14th season of your favourite regional esports league, we are back with more in 2025. This year, we’ve made several notable changes to the tournament structure to improve the overall experience, while not dialing down on the best parts that made the league one of the premier destinations for esports in the region since our first season back in 2017. Since then, many of our players went on to achieve great success globally, the prize pool has steadily increased, and so did the number of titles on offer. Today, we’re taking the next step.

What’s new?

The A1 Adria League had two seasons per calendar year for a long time. The year’s first season was smaller in scope and took place online, while the fall season concluded on the Reboot InfoGamer in November as a large LAN event. To streamline the year for players and teams and increase the league’s overall quality, we are happy to announce an evolution of the dual-season format, called the A1 Adria League Weekly. For players and teams, nothing grand will change: there will still be dozens of matches to be played during spring in several games and rewards to earn for both individuals and teams. The new format aims to build on our past experiences and successes while responding to the feedback of the players and the community and putting a greater focus on the LAN finals later in the year. The Weekly tournaments will still serve as proving grounds for the ‘big’ season later in the year, albeit with a new name and a slightly tweaked format.

We are also happy to continue investing in the A1 Adria League Student eChallenge (A1 SeC), our student-focused esports competition, which will be featured in both the spring and fall tournaments in 2025. The A1 SeC has been a staple of the League since its inception, and we’re incredibly happy to keep the student competitions through both the Weekly tournaments and the 15th season.

The total prize pool for the Weekly tournaments will be €13,700, with €10,550 divided between the best teams and players of the regular tournaments and €3,150 going to the A1 SeC.

We’re starting things off in early April, and the weekly events will last until mid-June.

What games will be played?

While shuffling things around, we’re sticking to some known favourites for the Weekly tournaments. For the Weekly tournaments, players will compete in EA SPORTS FC Mobile (EA FC Mobile) as well as the regular EA SPORTS FC (EA FC), League of Legends, PUBG: Battlegrounds, Brawl Stars, eFootball: PES and Counter-Strike 2. The selection of games reflects our interest for mobile, PC and console players and aims to provide a good balance between global super hits such as CS2 and LoL and regional favourites EA FC and Brawl Stars.

What about Season 15?

We’re working hard to enhance and improve the overall experience for everyone involved for our milestone season 15, which will still keep the long-standing format we are all familiar with, together with dozens of hours of air time, some of the region’s best players, panel discussions, interviews and audience activities. More of everything is coming our way. We aim to tweak the format once again according to the information we received from both viewers and teams. Still, you can expect the season to feature fan-favourites EA FC and CS2, as well as other games, and we are happy to announce that the LAN finals will take place during the Reboot InfoGamer in November. We’ll share further details and enhancements for the 15th season as it approaches – but it will certainly be bigger and better than any before it.

Looking ahead, we invite everyone to apply for the Weekly tournaments in the mentioned games, and wish everyone the best of luck in the initial competitions!

49% winrate are the first lower-bracket finalists!

A playday dedicated to the lower-bracket saw 49% winrate outplay Vinland and Clouded Leopards and advance to the lower finals.

While the League of Legends scene was focused on the Worlds 2021 finals where EDward Gaming defeated DAMWON, the regional teams had a great day as well. Clouded Leopards faced Fantastic Esports in one of the two lower-bracket quarterfinals. Our viewers had the chance to watch three action-packed matches in which Clouded Leopards proved to be the dominant side and eliminated their opponents from the tournament.

Off-stream, 49% winrate and Vinland Esports played the second match of this round. As 49% winrate was far better than the latter team today, the match concluded after only two games. The team then went on to challenge Clouded Leopards in the next match. Once again, they impressed everyone and smashed CL 2-0 to finally reach the lower-bracket finals. There, the loser of the match between Metamoon and Harmony will be their next opponent.

 

Lupus eSports and Metamoon are our first two LoL teams!

Lupus eSports and Metamoon outplayed their opponents and became the first two squads in our second League of Legends season for this year.

The qualifying cycle for League of Legends began today. A total of 16 teams met in a single-elimination bracket to fight for the two available spots in the league. After defeating Golden Killer 33 in the first round, Lupus eSports showed that they are better than Taihaku as well and advanced to the semifinals. The first semifinal spot in the upper half of the bracket went ot Metamoon who reached this stage over Clouded Leopards Prime and CATCH THE PIGEON. Their opponents were Harmony, a team that eliminated Split Raiders in the initial round of this qualifier. The other semifinal match was played out between Lupus eSports and Gazda Cam’s party.

Both decider matches were intense duels that saw the best teams win. After two games, Metamoon and Harmony were ready to decide the winner of this semifinal match. That title went to Metamoon, who fought greatly and deservedly snapped the spot. Actually, the second semifinal came to an end first. Lupus eSports and Gazda Cam’s party also played all three games in the semifinals, but Lupus eSports managed to secure their victory a bit earlier than Metamoon. With these matches concluding, we got our two teams in the league. Congratulations Lupus eSports and Metamoon!

Our qualifying phase has just begun. Make sure to click HERE to learn more about this season’s format and SIGN UP for the remaining three qualifiers.

GOOD IS NOT ENOUGH; beat the best in the 8th season of A1 Adria League!

The summer break is slowly coming to an end which means that it is time to announce the new season of the A1 Adria League. Players from all over the region have had plenty of time to improve their skills, work on teamplay, fix their previous mistakes, and prepare for the beginning of Season 8. The game roster remains the same – CS:GO, League of Legends, Brawl Stars, and FIFA will be available to the regional esport athletes in the following months, whether to participate in the league or just follow the action. A1 Adria League is slowly becoming a pillar of the regional Brawl Stars scene, while FIFA is bigger than ever. CS:GO keeps impressing us time and time again and will be featured for the eighth time this season, while League of Legends’ re-introduction to the A1 Adria League made us remember older memories and eagerly expect the upcoming two seasons.

Dimitrije “DiMKE” Veljković has become the undisputed regional CS:GO champion for the fourth time in a row. Split Raiders were on another level and dominated the competition in League of Legends. Tarik “amke2001” Novo was crowned the back-to-back FIFA champion, and last, but most certainly not least, one of the Noble Elite teams, BLK, outplayed the Brawl Stars teams.

Brawl Stars

With small differences compared to the previous season, Brawl Stars is back once again. We keep stating how Brawl Stars is growing in the region day by day, and that has never been more true than right now. There are enormous amounts of teams playing and competing to reach the next competitive level. A1 Adria League is here to help the players in their journey, as seen recently with the Clash of Leagues where we sent two regional teams to the prestigious tournament.

Two more qualifiers will be added to the qualifying stage of the eighth season. With the total number now being six, teams will have more chances to earn points and qualify for the SWISS stage. Once again, we are featuring a BO5/BO3 SWISS stage which will guarantee that only the very best teams make it through to the double-elimination playoffs.

The 16 best teams of every cup will earn points which will be split in the following manner:

First place – 100 points
Second place – 70 points
Third and fourth place – 50 points
Fifth to eight place – 20 points
Ninth to sixteenth place – 10 points

You can play Brawl Stars and be a part of the A1 Adria League by signing up on the following LINK!

Brawl Stars Prize pool

FIFA

Just like Season 5, this season’s FIFA league will take place during the usual transitional period for the franchise. Regional FIFA players will play a similar format as Supercell’s Brawl Stars. This has been an exciting year for the regional scene which has had plenty of tournaments so far, and we are sure that the players have prepared well for the eighth A1 Adria League season.

The five open qualifiers will boast a BO2 single elimination bracket with the semifinal and final matches being BO3. After the qualifiers come to an end, the SWISS league participants will transition to FIFA22. The new FIFA22 will be the home of the A1 Adria League during the SWISS stage (BO3) and the playoffs of the league (double-elimination BO3).

Depending on their results, the top 16 players will receive points after every qualifier comes to an end:

First place – 100 points
Second place – 70 points
Third place – 50 points
Fourth place – 40 points
Fifth to eight place – 20 points
Ninth to sixteenth place – 10 points

You can play FIFA and be a part of the A1 Adria League by signing up on the following LINK!

FIFA Prize pool

Who will become the first FIFA22 A1 Adria League champion?

CS:GO

CS:GO is back yet again! The domination of Dimitrije “DiMKE” Veljković’s teams continued into 2021 and culminated with their victory in the seventh season. But after the season came to an end, a number of teams, most notably 4glory, Marten Gaming, AIRLYA (ex-Good Game), and anlaki have been playing and winning on the regional scene. An interesting season is certainly before us and the time to sign up and be a part of it is NOW!

Besides the two invited teams, six squads will participate in the eight CS:GO season of the A1 Adria League. The top eight teams of the open qualifier will play in the closed qualifier which will give out three spots in the League. The same format will repeat once again, for the second pair of qualifiers. Six qualified and two invited teams will then play a BO3 SWISS stage and fight for four spots in the single-elimination BO3 playoffs.

You can play CS:GO and be a part of the A1 Adria League by signing up on the following LINK!

CS:GO Prize pool

With four in a row, can DiMKE & co. make it five or will a new team step up to the challenge?

League of Legends

Probably the biggest format change in the new season will happen in League of Legend’s format. Instead of the Season 7 format which featured national qualifiers and playoffs before reaching the regional playoff stage, this season we will have a simpler format. Regional League of Legends teams will play a total of four qualifiers during which will start a bit later than the other qualifiers.

Two teams from every qualifier will advance directly to the regional playoffs. Here, a double-elimination BO3 bracket will reveal the two teams that will clash in the grand BO5 final of the League. Split Raiders won the comeback season last time, and now is your time to take their title away! Sign up and become the new A1 Adria League LoL champion.

You can play League of Legends and be a part of the A1 Adria League by signing up on the following LINK!

LOL Prize pool

While you are waiting for the beginning of the new season, you can spend your time watching Clash of Leagues – an international Brawl Stars tournament that has gone into its final stage with one team from A1 Adria League, Noble Elite. As always, you can follow the Clash of Leagues action on all our channels (YouTubeTwitchTrovoFacebook), and those are the same channels that you will be featured on if you decide to become a part of the A1 Adria League. Good luck, and see you in the online arenas!