TSM crowned champion of the pre-invitation Apex Legends Preseason

TSM won the Apex Legends The grand finale of the preparatory invitation today, beating 19 of the world's best Mountain peak teams and win a place in the history of the Royal Battle as consecutive champions.

The final brought together some of the biggest names in world sport, including G2 Esports, Natus Vincere and Counter Logic Gaming. TSM joined the list of competitors to defend its title as gold medalist at the X-Games last month. Apex Legends EXP on invitation.

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In the final, however, many fans were staring at Team 789, the unsigned Russian squad that dominated the winners yesterday. The team entered the finals with a first-round victory after Elvira "Esdesu" Terimova saved his team from imminent death in the top 10.

789 seemed to be able to win a second victory after reaching the first two of the third round. But Na`Vi refused them the chance to continue their series of fairy tales, thus snatching the victory from the Russian roster. The European team took the lead 789 points in the tournament standings and was one point off the 50 point mark, which it would reach later in the fifth round.

Seven teams teamed up with Na`Vi to be eligible for match points as the tournament headed for the ninth round. But MVP, the team ranked last with only 14 points, refused to let the series end, winning and proving that it was always the game of anyone. The sentinels followed suit on lap 10 and led the series to an eleventh game.

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The series is over there, however. TSM, MVP and GamersOrigin were the last three teams when the circle ended in Wetlands. But as chaos ensued in the final stretch of the match, TSM won second place. Mountain peak Title.

With today's win, TSM will win a share of the tournament's $ 500,000 prize pool. The remaining teams were ranked according to the number of points accumulated in the series, which means that Na`Vi finished the day in second place.

The pre-season is now over, but Respawn Entertainment and EA will host more online and offline tournaments for the 2020 season, with more details to follow, according to an announcement from tournament organizers at the invitation.