How The Apex Legends ALGS Playoffs Format Works

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We’re all excited for LAN, and for good reason. Apex Legends Global Series’ first in-person tournament is a landmark event (get it, LANdmark?) and we’ll see players from all across the world battle it out for the first time in the series’ history. The ALGS Playoffs will defy expectations, we’ll get spicy Legend picks, and eventually one team will be crowned the victor.

However, things might get a little bit confusing, exactly because of it being the first in-person event so far. Until now, tournaments have been regional, with whole continents fighting for their respective titles. Now, continents collide, and the seismic quake caused by this clash makes for a more complicated tournament.

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However, I’m here to break it all down, and I’ll go day by day to make things easier. First things first, the teams are divided into four groups, which you can see below. On the first day of the tournament, April 29, these four groups will each play each other once. These six, six-round matches will create a final ranking of all 40 teams. So far, so good? If you’re confused at this point I fear there’s no helping you, because we’ve done groups plenty of times before. If you are, read this paragraph again and see if it makes sense now. Got it? Good.

On day two, the field is split into two lobbies, a Loser’s and a Winner’s Bracket. The bottom 20 teams from the first day’s leaderboard will play six rounds in the Loser’s Bracket, and the top 20 play in the Winner’s. Simple.

The Winner’s Bracket consists of another six-round lobby. After this is complete, the top ten teams qualify for the Grand Final, with seeding points according to their placement. The bottom 10 play again.