Free Fire Continental Series 2020

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Free Fire Continental Series 2020
Tournament information
Game Free Fire
Location Online
Dates21–29 November 2024
Administrator Garena
Venue3 Tournaments
(Asia, Americas, EMEA)
ParticipantsTotal 57 teams
(19 from Asia, 20 from Americas, 18 from EMEA)
Website ffesports.com

The Free Fire Continental Series 2020 (FFCS) was a professional Free Fire world championship tournament hosted by Garena.

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Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the FFWS for the 2020 season - alongside the 2020 Free Fire World Cup (FFWC) that was supposed to be held in Jakarta during the Summer, were both cancelled. Free Fire World Series 2020 had to be replaced with Free Fire Continental Series 2020 which was held to be on April 19. Free Fire Continental Series was held as 3 separate events for Asia, EMEA and Americas. The event was streamed live on YouTube and had 1.5 million peak live viewers. There was a prize pool of $300,000. In each region a total of 18 teams fought for a prize pool of $300,000. The Asian region winner was EXP Esports, the EMEA region winner was Sbornaya Chr, and the American region winner was Team Liquid. [1] [2] [3]

Results

TournamentMode of EventChampion & Runner up3rd Place MVP of the TournamentNumber
of Teams
Ref
ChampionScoreRunner-up
2020 AsiaOnlineEXP Esports161160King of Gamers club RRQ Hades 19 [4]
2020 EMEASbornaya ChR158124SilenceStay Away20 [5]
2020 Americas Team Liquid 151151Santos eSportsSS Esports18 [6]

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