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eWave wins it in the closest PUBG finals yet

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With the PUBG action concluding over the weekend, we’ve officially hit the halfway mark of the A1 Adria League Weekly tournaments. This means that we have five more weeks to go, with four games in the A1AL Weekly series remaining, ant two games remaining in the A1 Student eChallenge. Time does fly, right? 

Over the last week and weekend, we crowned the champions in two games: A1 Student eChallenge in Rocket League and the regular PUBG tournament. Due to PUBG taking place over the weekend, the finals of the A1SeC in Rocket League were held on Thursday, with four top-placed teams in the qualifiers facing off: EFZG, FER, FERIT and TVZ. EFZG and FERIT advanced through the upper bracket in the first rounds and knocked TVZ and FER into the lower bracket. Soon after, FER regrouped and beat TVZ in the lower bracket, thus advancing to play against EFZG, who lost in their second matchup against FERIT. In the big final, we saw an exceptional reverse sweep from FER , who made up a 2:0 lead by FERIT and secured the title in the final. 

The weekend was focused on PUBG. Because PUBG is not like any other game we’re playing in the A1AL, the tournament structure is also a bit different, and we saw dozens of matches take place throughout the three days of competition. The open qualifiers were a big success. On the first qualifying day, six different teams won the maps, and what makes it even more interesting is that the winner of a match was the first team to be knocked out in the next game on three separate occasions. Despite the lobby being very similar in terms of skill level, two teams, Triema and eWave, managed to come out on top as the most consistent ones. 

Day two of qualifiers saw the third contender to the title emerge: Grove Street. The lobby once again proved that it is unpredictable and the skill levels are very similar, which was shown on the leaderboard: just a couple of points divided the best team after the end of day 2. 

For the finals, Grove Street started out excellent, and built up a good 20-point lead early in the day, but eWave won two maps in a row, and Trieme strung several good rounds, which had us anxiously waiting the last match of the series. Just six points stood between Grove Street, eWave and Trieme before the final loadout, and after Grove Street made a mistake and got knocked out in the early stages of the game, it went down to the last two teams: eWave and Triema for the title. In the end, eWave won it after some of the best PUBG we’ve seen in the region for a long time. 

We can only congratulate the winners and let you know that we’re playing Brawl Stars, eFootball and the A1AL Student eChallenge in League of Legends this weekend; it’s going to be our biggest weekend yet! 

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

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.