It’s been almost 11 years since the mobile game development company Supercell was founded in 2010 and since then it has given us many unique games to entertain us with some of them entering the competitive scene. In 2020, Brawl Stars was the most popular Supercell game and is already a huge success in the competitive world. The Brawl Stars Championship 2021 began in February and has four phases and seven regions.
The tournament allows players around the world to participate in its in-game challenges. The Tournament starts with the Championship Challenge open to everyone available in the events section. The winners from there can move to the Monthly Qualifiers which is available in the ESPORTS section but can only be played by the qualified players from the last phase. The winners then move one step closer to their dream to the Monthly Finals which will be available under the ESPORTS icon and for only the Monthly Qualifier winners. Please note that all these matches will be played every month and under your respective region. All these phases are conducted every month for the top teams to compete in the World Finals in November where a Prize Pool of $5,00,000 awaits for the top brawlers of the world.
The Regions are distributed in 7 areas from North America & Latin America North (NA & LATAM N), Latin America South (LATAM S), Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA), Mainland China, East Asia, Southeast, and South Asia & Australia and New Zealand (SESA & ANZ) to Eastern Europe and Central Asia (EECA). The BSC released a handbook of rules, regulations, and general information about the tournament for the players on its website. With the end of the Monthly Finals for the month of May, the matches were conducted under four regions SESA & ANZ, EECA, EMEA, and NA & LATAM N on May 1 and 2 UTC.
SESA & ANZ region
Starting with the SESA & ANZ region on May 1 at 3:00 AM UTC, teams from Australia, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Darussalam, Cambodia, Cook Islands, Fiji, India, Indonesia, Kiribati, Laos, Malaysia, Maldives, Marshall Islands, Micronesia (Federated States Of), Mongolia, Myanmar, Nauru, Nepal, New Zealand, Pakistan, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Samoa, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Tonga, Tuvalu, and Vanuatu fought and competed for the top position. Team Flash won the May Monthly Finals defeating the Indian Team Fa Try Hards and became the Monthly Finals champions for the second time remaining undefeated. FTH gave a tough fight in the finals and proved that Indian teams can compete on an international level in all areas.
EECA region
The second May Monthly Finals was conducted by the EECA region on May 1 at 2:00 PM UTC. Countries like Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russian Federation, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Ukraine, and Turkmenistan competed against each other to get the title for May month. Unfortunately, the champion can only be one and no matter how hard the others try, the best one wins. The Craze Clan proved to be the best team in the EECA region and won the May Monthly Finals.
EMEA region
The third region conducting the third phase of the tournament was EMEA on May 2 at 1:00 PM UTC where Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Andorra, Austria, Bahrain, Belgium, Benin, Bosnia And Herzegovina, Botswana, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo (Democratic Republic), Côte d’Ivoire, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Djibouti, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Estonia, Ethiopia, Faroe Islands, Finland, France, Gabon, Gambia, Germany, Ghana, Gibraltar, Greece, Greenland, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Hungary, Iceland, Iraq, Ireland, Isle Of Man, Israel, Italy, Jersey, Jordan, Kenya, Kingdom of Eswatini, Kuwait, Latvia, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Madagascar, etc played proving it to be the largest region and the receiving the widest variety of players for the championship. Defeating everyone for the race to the top, Team SK Gaming won the title defeating AC Milan Qlash in the finals by 3-1.
NA & LATAM N region
NA & LATAM N was the last region conducting the May Monthly Finals on May 2 at 7:00 PM UTC which included Antigua And Barbuda, Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Canada, Cayman Islands, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Grenada, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Martinique, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Puerto Rico, Saint Kitts And Nevis, Saint Lucia, Trinidad And Tobago, United States of America and Venezuela. After crazy and interesting battles, Team IX Gaming won the title and asserted dominance over the region.
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Indian Teams played well too, it is just a matter of time when esports will be understood as a career and people will start taking it seriously and for full-time. It is then that India will outshine others at their own games just like it keeps doing in other fields. India has a future in esports and we need to encourage to ignite the fire and bring out new players to keep the fire alive in the eyes of new aspirants. With this May Monthly Finals‘ this phase ended. Stay tuned for more updates.
I feel sad for FTH