Apex Legends Global Series 2021-22

[e][h]Apex Legends Global Series 2021-22

Series Information

Organizer:

EA

Sponsor(s):

Lenovo Legion
Monster Energy
PGL

Location:

Global

Links

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:
- North America^{[note 1]}
- EMEA^{[note 2]}^{[note 3]}^[2]^{[note 4]}^[3]
- South America^{[note 5]}
- APAC North^{[note 6]}
- APAC South^{[note 7]}
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] At the end of the Pro League’s Split 1 Regular Season comes the Playoffs where, should conditions allow, 40 teams will compete in-person for $1,000,000 USD and global bragging rights. Top 10 teams of NA/EMEA/APAC-N and top 5 teams of SA/APAC-S will be qualified for the Split 1 playoff. The playoff will be using Group Stage and Double Elimination Format, and held as LAN event. Each region will count their total "playoff point", every 295 points will let the region have an additional slot in Split 2 playoff. Split 2[edit] Same format with Split 1 Top 8 teams of NA/EMEA/APAC-N and top 4 teams of SA/APAC-S will be qualified for the Split 2 playoff 8 additional teams depend on Split 1 playoff point

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

Events[edit]

Championship[edit]

S Tournament

Date

Prize

Location

P#

Winner

Runner-up

ALGS: 2022 Championship

Jul 7 - 10, 2022

$2,000,000

Raleigh, United States

40 teams

DZ

FUR

Playoffs[edit]

S Tournament

Date

Prize

Location

P#

Winner

Runner-up

ALGS: 2022 Split 2 Playoffs

Apr 29 - May 1, 2022

$1,000,000

Stockholm, Sweden

40 teams

RIG

TL

RID

UNI

TSM

NRG

NEW

ALL

DF

RIG

SNG

FNX

Pro League[edit]

S Tournament

Date

Prize

Location

P#

Winner

Runner-up

EMP

PLRS

ESA

100T

αD

CR

RIG

STK

SNG

FNX

GMB

ALL

RID

KIII

RIG

EXO

SEN

NRG

SNG

FNX

LCQ[edit]

S Tournament

Date

Prize

Location

P#

Winner

Runner-up

SZ

ZETA

CR

ORW

ATH

EXO

FUR

E8

FNX

1IQ

Ratio

b0ts

CRW

NES

AVG

YTS

HCH

WING

AK47

COFFE

Qualifiers[edit]

S Tournament

Date

Prize

Location

P#

Winner

Runner-up

TREX

RAT

MDYW

Antiaa

TW

BB

AIE

NAVY

LM

CLG

CLN

AP

UC

RPG

WGGxPK

MDY

AM

LM

KZN

OF

MP

CLN

LFT BKGK

UC

GS

WGGxPK

BW

SUP

TK

Duty calls

K1CK

CLN

FC

UC

WGG

DNZ

SXG

O TAMA

MVP

OF

E6

GIGI

CJAM

D4RK

O3

TX

DNO

NBL

CIA

SLU

Challenger Circuits[edit]

S Tournament

Date

Prize

Location

P#

Winner

Runner-up

b0ts

CG

KWZ

VMJ

AVG

YTS

VEX

KWZ

N1A

YTS

AVG

TRP

TPM

DSG

CRW

NRL

PNTH

eGIRLS

SP

RDM

ING

GEMI

STY

AVG

NRL

SP

GOD

LM

AIE

AWL

SMS

DUMPERS

LM

MDYW

EMM

N1A

We Need Team

AIE

SST

HS

NXB

LVG

SSD

EMM

HIT

shes

Chimera

Blagueur

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.