{"id":38172,"date":"2024-09-02T22:39:09","date_gmt":"2024-09-03T02:39:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/?p=38172"},"modified":"2024-09-02T22:39:09","modified_gmt":"2024-09-03T02:39:09","slug":"algs-championship-will-be-held-in-japan-in-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/algs-championship-will-be-held-in-japan-in-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"ALGS Championship will be held in Japan in 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/apex-legends\/global-series\/\" title=\"ALGS betting guide\">Apex Legends Global Series (ALGS)<\/a> has announced the Year 4 Championship will take place in Sapporo, Japan, marking the first time the competitive circuit will hold a LAN event in Asia.<\/p>\n<p>This landmark event will occur from January 29 to February 2, 2025, at the Daiwa House PREMIST DOME, a 42,000-seat stadium on the outskirts of Sapporo.<\/p>\n<p>The championship will feature top <a href=\"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/apex-legends\/\" title=\"Apex Legends betting guide\">Apex Legends<\/a> teams from around the world competing for a share of a US$2 million prize pool.<\/p>\n<p>This significant move highlights the growing global reach of Apex Legends and taps into Japan&#8217;s strong fanbase and competitive scene.<\/p>\n<p>The announcement was made during the <a href=\"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/apex-legends\/global-series\/split-2-playoffs\/\" title=\"ALGS Split 2 Playoffs betting guide\">Split 2 Playoffs<\/a> in Mannheim, Germany, where the tournament saw peak viewing figures of 371,239, making it the 13th most-watched event in Apex Legends history.<\/p>\n<p>John Nelson, Senior Director of Esports at EA Entertainment, expressed excitement about bringing the championship to Japan, noting the massive community support in the region.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cApex Legends is an internationally renowned franchise, and it\u2019s incredibly rewarding when we get to show up in the hometowns of our players and fans around the world,&#8221; Nelson said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe ALGS has a massive community in Japan, and we\u2019ve seen all of the comments asking us to bring the program to the country, which is why we couldn\u2019t be more excited to celebrate the marquee event on our competitive calendar at the iconic Daiwa House PREMIST DOME.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This event in Sapporo promises to be a highlight in the Apex Legends competitive calendar, offering a spectacular setting and high stakes for teams and fans alike.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">ALGS IS GOING TO JAPAN! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/75wxSoWRnb\">pic.twitter.com\/75wxSoWRnb<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Apex Legends Esports (@PlayApexEsports) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PlayApexEsports\/status\/1830335587930251606?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 1, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/news\/\" class=\"contentLinkBtn\">More esports news<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Apex Legends Global Series (ALGS) has announced the Year 4 Championship will take place in Sapporo, Japan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":20703,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ghostkit_customizer_options":"","ghostkit_custom_css":"","ghostkit_custom_js_head":"","ghostkit_custom_js_foot":"","ghostkit_typography":"","wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[2222,681,910],"class_list":["post-38172","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-algs-championship","tag-apex-legends","tag-apex-legends-global-series"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38172"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38172"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38172\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38180,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38172\/revisions\/38180"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20703"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38172"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38172"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38172"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}