Each staff that has gained the ALGS Championship

While codecs have shifted, the Apex Legends esports ecosystem in the end concludes with the ALGS Championship, and thus far, no staff has but to take residence the trophy twice. 

The ALGS is the premier esports scene of Digital Arts’ (EA) battle royale sport. Cut up into 4 professional leagues — EMEA, Americas, APAC North and APAC South —at the moment over 120 groups flood out and in of the ecosystem in a bid to be topped world champion.

From DarkZero Gaming in 2022 to GoNext Esports‘ current 2025 win, historical past has been made repeatedly within the Apex Legends’ most elite match.  Because of this, Esports Insider breaks down the story of each Championship winner and the way ALGS grew to become what it’s at this time.

EA and Respawn Leisure initially introduced ALGS again in 2020, with the primary season supposed to run till 2021. Nonetheless, the deliberate main was postponed as a result of pandemic, which subsequently compelled your complete season to be held on-line. 

With in-person occasions and journey off the desk, ALGS Yr 1 concluded with 5 regional championships in North America, EMEA, APAC North, APAC South, and South America. This meant that 5 groups would technically share Apex Legends’ greatest crown. 

Kungarna NA entered the North American championship as an underdog, having certified by putting seventeenth within the area’s ALGS Rankings, decided by performance-based factors gathered from esports occasions all year long. Within the face of family title groups reminiscent of Staff Liquid, TSM, and G2 Esports, Kungarna NA was a staff many assumed can be eradicated early doorways. 

Kungarna NA positioned seventh within the Group Stage, however the Finals revealed the staff to be a real darkish horse of the competitors. After a rocky begin at sport one, putting 14th, Kungarna NA stole the present after putting first in sport 9 and profitable the match. 

South America was gained by Paradox Esports, which was anticipated by followers contemplating it had positioned third within the regional Winter Circuit Playoffs, and second within the area’s ALGS Rankings.

It kick-started the match by topping the Group Stage with a landslide 218 factors gathered from matches performed. The staff confirmed no indicators of slowing down within the Finals both, claiming an early first-place win in sport three and securing the champion title by sport eight. 

SCARZ prevailed in EMEA that 12 months, snatching the title from Kungarna’s EU staff amongst different established organisations reminiscent of Natus Vincere.

SCARZ began the Group Stage putting fifth general, however flipped the script within the Finals. Regardless of a rocky begin at sport one, it positioned third and fourth within the subsequent 4 video games and secured a first-place win in sport seven. 

APAC North noticed fierce competitors, with well-known groups reminiscent of T1 and Loopy Raccoon going head-to-head for the lion’s share of the prize pool. Nonetheless, it was FENNEL, a staff that had barely certified after putting ninth within the areas’ Winter Circuit Playoffs, that grew to become the underdog winners. 

FENNEL began off because the runners-up of the Group Stage, falling behind Loopy Raccoon. The Finals noticed Loopy Raccoon and T1 in rivalry to win, however FENNEL triumphed after putting first in sport two and 7 to close down the 2 giants of APAC North. 

WOLFPACK ARCTIC, the runners-up of the area’s Winter Circuit Playoffs, grew to become the primary championship winners of APAC South, falling consistent with fan expectations heading into the occasion. WOLFPACK ARCTIC ended the Group Stage because the runners-up, however dominated within the following stage.

It began the finals with a first-place win in sport one, however began to lose momentum between video games 4 and 6 after putting as little as nineteenth. Simply when issues appeared over for WOLFPACK ARCTIC, the staff was capable of finding its footing and secured a first-place win in sport eight. 

The North America and EMEA areas awarded its champions $265,591 (~£197,000) every, APAC North and South gave away $177,319 (~£131,400), and South America awarded its winner $109,333 (~£81,100).

The scene noticed drastic modifications throughout ALGS Championship Yr 2, uniting the beforehand fragmented championships right into a single worldwide LAN occasion, which might grow to be normal within the years to return.

For 2022, the very best groups all over the world would collect in individual for the primary time within the PNC Area in Raleigh, United States. 

The competitors was in the end gained by DarkZero Esports, which took $500,000 (~£371,400) in winnings. DarkZero had joined the match on the final second after signing the profitable staff of APAC South, Reignite.

Forward of the championship, the trio had established themselves as sturdy contenders within the area, coming first within the Professional Leagues of each Cut up 1 and a pair of. 

Even so, the chances have been stacked in opposition to DarkZero because it confronted a number of heavy hitters, reminiscent of North American giants Staff Liquid and TSM. The problem was obvious because the organisation started the match by putting thirteenth out of 40 groups in the course of the Group Stage. Within the Winners Bracket, DarkZero Gaming managed to put sixth regardless of not profitable a single sport. 

The staff was barely hanging on, and the Finals noticed DarkZero Esports start with a rocky begin, putting twelfth and sixteenth within the first two video games with no kills secured. Nonetheless, the organisation was in a position to make an enormous comeback, putting second in sport seven. After reaching the 50-point threshold, it secured ALGS’ first worldwide title after profitable sport 9. 

The 2023 ALGS Championship was gained by TSM, which had entered the match as one of many favourites to win after dominating the North American scene.

Forward of the championship, TSM was ranked first in Playoff Factors, with 920 factors gathered from occasions such because the Cut up 2 Playoffs and Cut up 2 NA Professional League, amongst others that 12 months.

Held at Resorts World Area in Birmingham, UK, followers have been shocked to see TSM start the match putting seventh general within the Group Stage, a disappointing get thinking about its sturdy efficiency up till that time. TSM would proceed to face difficulties within the Winners Bracket, putting fifth general.

The organisation additionally noticed a tough begin within the Finals, putting seventeenth, tenth and twentieth within the first three video games. Nonetheless, with nothing left to lose, TSM made the last word comeback. The North American organisation turned the tide of the competitors and positioned first in video games six to eight, swiftly claiming the championship title with 83 factors in whole. 

Each of those gamers, alongside Jordan ‘Reps‘ Wolfe, have since gone on to grow to be family names in Apex Legends esports and nonetheless compete on the highest ranges of the game at this time. 

Historically, the ALGS Championship occurred in the identical 12 months because the Professional League Splits. Nonetheless, for Yr 4, the organisers moved the Championship to Q1 2025 to higher align thematically with Season 24 and the sixth anniversary of Apex Legends. 

As such, the Yr 4 Championships befell from January twenty ninth to February 2nd, within the Daiwa Home PREMIST DOME in Sapporo, Japan. 

GoNext Esports was topped the ALGS Yr 4 championship winners, nevertheless it entered the competitors as a reasonably underwhelming staff compared to its competitors. In occasions main as much as the championships, GoNext Esports positioned fifth within the EMEA 2024 Cut up 2 Professional League, positioned nineteenth within the Cut up 1 Professional League, and barely managed to qualify for the Championship on Playoff factors because the Thirtieth-ranked staff.

At first, GoNext Esports’ championship run went as many anticipated, hanging on after putting seventh within the Group Stage. It scratched and clawed its approach by way of the Winners Bracket, putting eighth general. Nonetheless, up till the finals, the staff was typically overshadowed by fellow EMEA groups Alliance and Aurora.  

Nonetheless, issues took an surprising flip within the finals. GoNext Esports started putting eleventh in sport two, and 18th in sport 4, however the staff step by step picked up momentum after putting fourth in sport 5 and managed to clinch a first-place win by sport seven. It had reached the 50-point requirement by sport eight and had shortly grow to be one of many few groups on the cusp of profitable the championship. At this level, regardless of a really sturdy exhibiting all through, Alliance had dropped the ball after putting twelfth in sport eight, permitting GoNext Esports to grab victory away with a first-place win on sport 9. 

The ALGS 2026 Championships will happen subsequent 12 months from January fifteenth to 18th, returning to the identical venue in Japan for a second 12 months. 

Groups will qualify for the occasion by way of profitable the regional Professional Leagues for Cut up 2, alongside the Final Probability Qualifier. Different spots might be obtained by way of Championship factors, that are awarded based mostly on placements within the ALGS Open, each Splits for Professional League, and the Midseason Playoffs.