Alliance year ends WellPlay Invitational 6 champions

Alliance have ended their year as WellPlay Invitational 6 champions. The Swedish player-owned team overcame Team Empire 3:1 in the Grand Finals. The event was one of the first for most of the teams on the patch update 7.0, bringing forth many entertaining games and drafts.

The sixth iteration of this monthly series crowned Alliance as the WellPlay Invitational 6 champions.

For the end of the year event, the prize pool was increased from $3,000 to $5,000 and a new format and eight directly invited teams.

Alliance had to contend with Horde as their first opponents – pitting the newly appointed co-owners, Jonathan “Loda” Berg and Joakim “Akke” Akterhall of the Alliance brand against each other. Loda and friends were able to defeat Horde in a clean 2:0 sweep to then face off against the domineering and fierce Danish Bears/ex-Imperial Gaming. In a 2:1 victory, Alliance continued to the Grand finals to face off the CIS Empire.

Team Empire’s road saw them overtake their CIS peers – F.R.I.E.N.D.S in a decisive 2:0 victory and then turn the tables on Team Liquid with a shocking 2:1 upset.

Alliance’s victory gives them a boost in their achievements to round out the less than spectacular year. The team was unable to participate in the Boston Major after taking 5 – 10th in the qualifiers.

WellPlay Invitational 6 teams

Eight teams were directly invited

• Team Liquid
• F.R.I.E.N.D.S
• Prodota Gaming
• Alliance
• Team Empire
• Elements Pro Gaming
• Horde
• Ex-Imperial Gaming

WellPlay Invitational 6 format

• Single elimination bracket
• Best-of-three series
• Best-of-five Grand Finals

WellPlay Invitational 6 prize pool

$5,000 total prize pool was up for grabs, split between first and second play teams only

• 1st place – $3,500 – Alliance
• 2nd place – $1,500 – Team Empire
• 3rd/4th place

WellPlay Invitiational 1

The first iteration of WellPlay Invitiational was made possible by Hitbox and also featured a double elimination tournament for eight up-and-coming European teams with a $2,500 prize-pool – that took place between the end of March 2016 and April 2016.

Power Rangers took the first place prize when they bested Fantastic Five in the Grand Finals, 3:1.