AG.AL has won the Esports World Cup Club Championship. For the organization, one player emerged as the decisive factor.
For seven weeks, 200 clubs and more than 2,000 esports players competed at the Esports World Cup (EWC) for titles and prize money. In the overarching Club Championship, it looked for a long time as though Team Falcons would defend their title. But in the very last competition of the seven-week EWC, AG.AL shifted into high gear. The decision came down to the Trackmania tournament.
AG.AL’s Biggest Success on the Cross-Game Stage
Going into the final, AG.AL was still in second place in the overall standings. Team Falcons thus held all the cards.
Then Carl-Antoni ‘Carl Jr.’ Cloutier was eliminated in the quarterfinals. And the path was clear for AG.AL. Gwendal ‘Gwen’ Duparc had to finish at least third to secure the overall victory for his club. But he wasn’t content with that.
The Frenchman dominated the final, won the EWC’s first Trackmania tournament, and thus turned the last competition into the decisive one. For ‘Gwen’ himself, this earned him $130,000.
For AG.AL, this is their biggest success yet on the cross-game stage. Team Falcons had to settle for 4,600 points. They were followed by Team Vitality (3,300), Natus Vincere (2,950), and Team Liquid (2,700).
A Title with Many Faces
The overall victory didn’t come out of nowhere. AG.AL racked up points across multiple games throughout the EWC.
The club claimed the title in Tekken 8. They took second place in Free Fire, chess, and the Honor of Kings World Cup, and added a third-place finish in Teamfight Tactics. In the end, however, it was Trackmania that made the difference.
Particularly noteworthy was ‘M. Zubair,’ who fought his way from the Last Chance Qualifier all the way to the trophy in Tekken 8. For this, he also received the Jafonso Award—an honor given to any player who qualifies through an LCQ and goes on to win their tournament.