Swedish esports organisation Alliance has placed first in the ALGS Year 4 Championship Group Stage.
Taking place in Sapporo, Japan at the Daiwa House PREMIST DOME, Alliance secured an impressive 162 points in the competition’s first stage. The EMEA representative narrowly beat APAC North’s Fnatic and North America’s Shopify Rebellion, with both sides recording 160 points.
Taking place over the last two days, 40 Apex Legends teams have competed in 18 games in an attempt to qualify for the Winners Bracket. Perhaps the two biggest organisations to fail to make it to the Winners Bracket were Luminosity and ENVY, with the two NA representatives securing 35th and 21st, respectively.
Narrowly missing out on the Winners Bracket, the newly revived ENVY entered into the Apex Legends scene very recently after acquiring a roster that previously competed under BLEED Esports.
The roster rose to 13th in the ALGS standings following a seventh-placed finish in the Split 2 Playoffs. Meanwhile, Luminosity Gaming was 12th in the ALGS rankings.
As a result, both organisations will be placed in the Elimination Bracket Round 1 alongside 18 other teams.
Across the two days, there were 21 map winners in the Group Stage. However, topping the chart was Fnatic and EMEA’s Noctem Esports, with both teams securing four victories. These teams were followed by Aurora Gaming and Gamin Gladiators (three), with Alliance securing two map wins.
Despite not securing a map victory, Team Falcons’ consistency managed to secure the organisation a fourth-place finish in the Group Stage.
What’s next?
ALGS Year 4 Championship action will continue tomorrow (January 31st) with the Elimination Bracket Round 1, which will see 10 teams be eliminated from the competition.
Taking place at 12 PM JST (3 AM GMT), the likes of Disguised, FaZe Clan, Ninjas in Pyjamas and NRG will all fight for survival. The Winner’s Bracket will take place on February 1st at 11 AM JST (2 AM GMT), with all ALGS action broadcast live on Twitch and YouTube.
The full list of Elimination Bracket teams is: Disguised, Dragons Esports, DreamFire, ENVY, FaZe Clan, GHS Professional, Luminosity Gaming, Meteor, Ninjas in Pyjamas, NRG, Oblivion, Orgless and Hungry, REIGNITE, Shadow3690, Source Gaming, Stallions, Supernova, Team Burger, VK Gaming and Zero Tenacity.
Meanwhile, those in the winner bracket include: 100 Thieves, Alliance, Aurora Gaming, Cloud9, Complexity, Crazy Raccoon, ENTER FORCE.36, EXO Clan, Fnatic, FURIA Esports, Gaimin Gladiators, GoNext Esports, GREEN STEGO, Guild Esports, Noctem Esports, Shopify Rebellion, Team Falcons, Team Liquid, TSM and Virtus.pro.
