· This was the first Free Fire tournament for players
in Bangladesh and Nepal
· The finale, which took place yesterday, saw the top
12 teams battle for the top spot and a prize pool of 3,00,000 diamonds
· Team-8bit took home the championship and a prize of
1,00,000 diamonds
Free Fire, the world’s most popular mobile battle
royale game, wrapped up its action-packed online squad mode tournament
yesterday – the Free Fire Battle Arena (FFBA). Open to all players on the
Indian server (India, Bangladesh, and Nepal), the FFBA saw the region’s best
teams battling it out from their homes to win big from a prize pool of 3,00,000
diamonds.
What
started off with more than 5,00,000 teams participating in the online qualifier
stage culminated in a gripping finale, with Team-8bit taking home the
championship and 1,00,000 diamonds.
The
FFBA was the first Free Fire tournament for players in Bangladesh and Nepal . Teams from both countries
put in strong performances, with two teams from Nepal advancing all the way to the
finals. Royal_Gurkhaa and Nepal-Esport ultimately finished in 11th and 12th
place respectively.
Check
out the final standings and their prizes:
The FFBA generated high interest from the
community, with millions of fans tuning in to catch the high-octane action
online. All of the games – including the league, playoffs, and grand finale –
were broadcast on the Free Fire
Esports India YouTube and Free
Fire India
Official BOOYAH! channels, with local shoutcasters providing commentary
in Hindi. These live streams attracted more than 38,00,000 cumulative views in
total across all platforms.
Tournament Format
To register, participants
had to sign up for the Free Fire Cup (FFC), an all-new in-game mode that helps
support large scale online qualifiers for esports tournaments, including the
FFBA.
The tournament kicked off
with the league stage, where the top 24 teams were divided into 4 groups of 6
teams each. These 4 groups competed over 6 match days, and the top 2 teams from
each group qualified for the finals, filling in the first 8 slots. Playoffs
were held for the remaining slots. The teams ranked 3-5 from each of the 4
groups participated in one day best-of-6 format matches for a wildcard entry to
the last 4 spots in the finals.