Wings Gaming take the chequered flag at the Northern Arena BEAT Invitational LAN

Wings Gaming claim the Northern Arena BEAT Invitational championship title after a knockout 2:0 victory against Team NP.

NP battled through the Lower Brackets, but found themselves beyond their depth in the grand finals against TI6 champions, Wings Gaming. The Chinese appeared to have many more arrows in their quiver and closed the series 2:0 to take their fifth championship title.

Wings have had a good innings lately. Last week, the team was nominated for the prestigious Laureus Awards, alongside well known athletes and sports teams from across the world. Wings also received a certificate from the Guiness World Records for winning the largest single prize in esports – $9,139,002.

Team NP will have the opportunity to redeem themselves on November 16th, when they will go up against Wings Gaming once again, this time in the first round of the Summit 6 Upper Brackets.

Northern Arena BEAT Invitational LAN

Beat Gaming Corp, organizers of the Canada Cup series, and Canadian League of Gamers announced a joint LAN tournament – the Northern Arena BEAT Invitational LAN.

The Northern Arena BEAT Invitational LAN featured eight teams – seven directly invited and one qualified team, competing for a $100,000 prize-pool at the Bell Centre in Montreal, Canada, between November 11th-13th.

The teams went head to head in a double elimination bracket, with a Best-of-three grand final.

Standings and prize-pool distribution

• 1st place – Wings Gaming – $48,000

• 2nd place – Team NP – $20,000

• 3rd place – EHOME – $12,000

• 4th place – Evil Geniuses – $8,000

• 5th-6th – Ad Finem, Alliance – $4,000

• 7th-8th – FDL, compLexity Gaming – $2,000