Apex Legends Global Series 2021-22
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Apex Legends Global Series 2021-22
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The Apex Legends Global Series 2021-22 is the second official tournament circuit by EA. The circuit was announced on July 22nd, 2021 with a blog post. [1]
Format[edit]
- There are 5 tiers of tournaments, from low to high are Challenger Circuit, Qualifiers, Pro League, Playoff (LAN), and Championship (LAN)
- There are 5 regions for all online tournaments:
- Only Challenger Circuits and Preseason Qualifiers are opened for signing up.
Qualifiers[edit]
Preseason Qualifiers[edit]
- The four online Preseason Qualifier tournaments will take place on September 11-13, September 25-27, October 2-4, and October 9-11, 2021
- The winning team from each region in each Preseason Qualifier will automatically qualify for Split 1 of the Pro League
- Following all four Preseason Qualifier tournaments, the top 16 teams in each region by cumulative points earned throughout the qualifiers will also qualify for Split 1 of the Pro League
Split 2 Pro League Qualifier[edit]
- The ALGS Split 2 Pro League Qualifier will take place in January 2022, prior to the Split 1 Playoffs. This online tournament pits the bottom eight teams from each region’s Pro League Split 1 Regular Season against top 22 teams in each region’s Split 1 Challenger Circuit to determine the 8 teams who will advance to the Pro League in Split 2.
Last Chance Qualifier #1[edit]
- This online tournament pits the bottom eight teams from each region’s Pro League Split 2 Regular Season against top 22 teams in each region’s Split 2 Challenger Circuit
- The advanced team amount depend on how many slots remain in Last Chance Qualifier #2.
Last Chance Qualifier #2[edit]
- This online tournament will have total 40 teams playing Double Elimination Format.
- All teams from Pro League Split 2 which don't qualify to Championship and also not relegate to the Last Chance Qualifier #1
- Remaining slots will all give to teams from Last Chance Qualifier #1
- Top 2 teams of each region will advance to Championship
Challenger Circuit[edit]
Split 1[edit]
- Each Challenger Circuit split will feature four open registration weekend tournaments in all regions
- Following the four Challenger Circuit tournaments in Split 1, top 22 teams by ALGS points earned throughout the Split in each region will qualify for the Split 2 Pro League Qualifier
Split 2[edit]
- Same format with Split 1, top 22 teams by ALGS points earned throughout the Split in each region will qualify for the Last Chance Qualifier #1.
Pro League[edit]
Split 1[edit]
- All 5 regions of the Pro League will be comprised of 40 teams:
- 20 directly invited teams
- 20 teams from the Preseason Qualifiers
- The 40 teams in each region will be seeded into four groups of ten teams each using Year 1 ALGS and Preseason Qualifier performance
- The Pro League Regular Season will consist of five weeks of online competition in which teams will compete in a double round-robin format (each group plays each other group twice)
- In total, each team will play 36 games in the Regular Season across six series of six games each
- On the line for teams during the Regular Season is playoff qualification and a $500,000 USD prize pool
- At the end of the Split 1 Regular Season, the bottom eight teams in each region will be relegated to the Split 2 Pro League Qualifier, where they will battle against Split 1 Challenger Circuit top 22 teams for a spot in the Split 2 Pro League
Split 2[edit]
- Split 2 will include another run of Pro League Regular Season, all formats are same as Split 1
- At the end of the Split 2 Regular Season, the bottom eight teams in each region will be relegated to Last Chance Qualifier #1, where they will battle against Split 2 Challenger Circuit top 22 teams for Last Chance Qualifier #2
- All other teams which don't qualify to Championship will directly advance to Last Chance Qualifier #2
Playoffs[edit]
| Original Format | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Split 1[edit]
Split 2[edit]
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Split 1[edit]
- Regional online tournaments.
- Top 20 teams of each region advance to the regional playoffs.
- Teams will earn playoff points depend on their placement.
Split 2[edit]
- Top 10 teams of NA/EMEA/APAC-N and top 5 teams of SA/APAC-S will be qualified for the Split 2 playoff.
- The playoff will be using Group Stage and Double Elimination Format, and held as LAN event.
Championship[edit]
- The ALGS Championship will take place between July 7th-10th 2022 and feature the 40 best Apex Legends teams in the world, competing in-person for $2,000,000 USD and the title of Year 2 - ALGS Champions.
- The top 30 teams of total playoff point will directly qualify for the Championship.
- 10 teams from Last Chance Qualifier #2
ALGS 2021-22 Champions[edit]
Events[edit]
Championship[edit]
Playoffs[edit]
Pro League[edit]
LCQ[edit]
S
Tournament
Date
Prize Pool
Location
P#
Winner
Runner-up
Apr 16 - May 6, 2022
Southeast Asia
South Asia
Oceania-
Qualifiers[edit]
S
Tournament
Date
Prize Pool
Location
P#
Winner
Runner-up
Oct 9 - 11, 2021
North America
Central America421 participants
Oct 2 - 4, 2021
North America Central America441 participants
Challenger Circuits[edit]
S
Tournament
Date
Prize Pool
Location
P#
Winner
Runner-up
Mar 12 - Apr 11, 2022
Southeast Asia South Asia Oceania-
Mar 12 - Apr 11, 2022
North America Central America-
Mar 26 - 28, 2022
Southeast Asia South Asia Oceania-
Mar 19 - 20, 2022
Southeast Asia South Asia Oceania-
Mar 12 - 13, 2022
Southeast Asia South Asia Oceania-
Oct 23 - Dec 6, 2021
North America Central America-
Oct 23 - Dec 5, 2021
Southeast Asia South Asia Oceania-
Nov 20 - 21, 2021
Southeast Asia Oceania South Asia-
Oct 30 - Nov 1, 2021
North America Central America-
Oct 30 - 31, 2021
Southeast Asia Oceania South Asia-
Oct 23 - 24, 2021
Southeast Asia Oceania South Asia-
Notes[edit]
- ↑
Canada, 
Costa Rica, 
Dominican Republic, 
El Salvador, 
Honduras, 
Mexico, 
Panama, 
Puerto Rico, 
Trinidad and Tobago, 
United States of America.
- ↑
Austria, 
Belgium, 
Bosnia and Herzegovina, 
Bulgaria, 
Croatia, 
Cyprus, 
Czech Republic, 
Denmark, 
Egypt, 
Estonia, 
Finland, 
France, 
Georgia, 
Germany, 
Greece, 
Hungary, 
Iceland, 
Ireland, 
Israel, 
Italy, 
Kazakhstan, 
Kuwait, 
Latvia, 
Lebanon, 
Lithuania, 
Luxembourg, 
Malta, 
Netherlands, 
Norway, 
Poland, 
Portugal, 
Qatar, 
Romania, 
Saudia Arabia, 
Serbia, 
Slovakia, 
South Africa, 
Spain, 
Sweden, 
Switzerland, 
Turkey, 
Ukraine, 
United Arab Emirates, 
United Kingdom.
- ↑ EA remove
Belarus and 
Russia after the Russo-Ukrainian_War
- ↑ Originally
Pakistan is listed on MEA region, but it's removed before the ALGS year 2 started.
- ↑
Argentina, 
Bolivia, 
Brazil, 
Chile, 
Colombia, 
Ecuador, 
Paraguay, 
Peru, 
Uruguay, 
Venezuela.
- ↑
Japan, 
Mongolia, 
South Korea.
- ↑
Australia, 
Bangladesh, 
Hong Kong, 
India, 
Indonesia, 
Macau, 
Malaysia, 
New Zealand, 
Philippines, 
Singapore, 
Taiwan, 
Thailand, 
Vietnam.
References[edit]
- ↑ Introducing Year 2 Of The Apex Legends Global Series!
- ↑ EA. "EA Esports Update on Russia and Belarus" (in
English).
- ↑ Shahin Kanafchian (2021-07-23). "The list of 16 additional #ALGS eligible countries" (in English).