Arena of Valor – APL 2020 satisfies the home fan experience with more than 149 million views

Hanoi, August 3, 2020 – Arena of Valor Premier League (APL) 2020 – tournament Arena of valor The first online international event held to bring audiences top-notch e-sports content while still ensuring health and safety has officially ended.

In the context of e-sports activities worldwide being delayed due to COVID-19, Garena and Tencent Games held APL 2020 to replace the Arena of Valor World Cup (AWC) 2020. APL group stage. 2020 kicking off June 19, less than two months after AWC 2020 was canceled at the end of April, reflects Garena and Tencent Games’ commitment to delivering exciting, engaging eSports content and most importantly, ensure the health of the fans.

APL 2020 is watched by a large audience through live broadcast channels such as Youtube, Facebook, Valor TV (a live broadcast platform in the Arena of Valor application), Nonolive and Garena Live (a live broadcast platform in the Arena of Valor application). directly from Garena). Follow Esports Chart, fans spent more than 25 million hours watching games throughout the season. Live streaming channels have attracted a total of more than 149 million views, in which, Youtube and Facebook account for the majority with figures of 59% and 32% respectively. The APL 2020 Finals also made a milestone with more than 700,000 viewers watching live at the same time.

“We organize APL 2020 to motivate and entertain audiences during these unprecedented times. We are delighted to see so many fans enjoying the tournament at home, they have played a part in protecting public health and the lives of many others.” – Helen Chang, Regional Producer at Garena shared.

Final results APL 2020

The APL 2020 tournament ended with a final that chased the score to 7 dramatic and unexpected matches. In the end, the Flash Wolves team defeated Buriram United Esports with a close score of 4-3 to win the Championship.

In the first game, Buriram United Esports showed its destructive power and quickly led 1-0. Game 2 was a disastrous match for Flash Wolves when they lost to the opponent in just 12 minutes of play. However, right after that, Flash Wolves showed the strength of a team that could perfectly combine in game 3, thereby creating momentum to continue to win game 4, bringing the score back. balance 2-2.

In game 5, Buriram United Esports had a substitution, Watchranun “Summer” Thaworn made way for Siwa “JOMMy” Noomai on Evil Caesar Street. This move paid off as JOMMy with Roxie became a key factor in Buriram United Esports winning.

Both teams put all their energy into game 6. When neither side faltered, the tactical element and a bit of cunning made the difference. Hsing-Cheng “Heroes” Lu with a mischievous “backdoor” after 22 minutes helped Flash Wolves equalize the score 3-3.

Game 7 decided, Buriram United Esports launched Summer back into the lineup in the hope of getting an advantage. Meanwhile, Flash Wolves played in a very calm and determined manner, in the end, they became the Champions of APL 2020.

APL 2020 is the first championship title of the Flash Wolves team. After overcoming 13 teams at the tournament, they deservedly brought home a prize money of 3,720,000,000 VND. Flash Wolves’ victory over Buriram United Esports has also confirmed the Garena Challenger Series (GCS) region as the strongest Mobile Union region when 3 out of 4 teams participated in the semi-finals including Flash Wolves, Hong Kong Attitude. and MAD Team.​

Hero of Flash Wolves team was honored as the best player in the tournament and will receive 116,250,000 VND in prize money. 5 players participating in the Best Team of the tournament by position will receive a prize money of 23,500,000 VND each.
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In August, the world’s most attractive domestic Mobile League – the Winter Arena of Fame 2020 will officially return. 8 teams will reunite and compete together to find the owner of the prestigious champion symbol: Sword and Shield of Fame. The latest information will be posted and updated at:​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

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ABOUT TENCENT
Tencent Games is the world’s largest revenue-generating gaming platform. This is also a world-class gaming company under Tencent Holdings Limited (SEHK 700), a company that focuses on developing and distributing AAA quality game products to hundreds of millions of gamers through online channels. The most popular and popular platform in the world. Tencent has built strong strategic partnerships with Epic Games, Riot, Supercell and other leading game companies to bring their top titles to the world’s largest gaming market – China. Tencent Games has always been interested in creating high-quality, engaging and enjoyable interactive entertainment experiences for a wide range of audiences (users) through a variety of online game products. The company is headquartered in Shenzhen, China and Palo Alto, California, USA.
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