The Apex Legends Global Series Championship 2026 has just wrapped, and it was OBLIVION sitting at the top of the table after a hard-fought grand final. The final series was dragged out by so many teams racking up enough points to land themselves on match point, waiting on one final win to claim the trophy and the $600,000 prize.
Team Falcons was the first squad to reach match point after a dominant run throughout the tournament. It seems that nothing, not even a banned controller, could stop ImperialHal – except OBLIVION
Apex Legends Global Series Ends for Another Season
It has been a pretty mixed year for the Apex Legends Global Series. We saw Team Falcons storm to the top spot time and again, running through much of the season as the team to beat. The year came to a close in Sapporo (again), a site fast becoming the home of Apex esports, with a hugely polished event backed by some stunning sponsorships.
It was easily one of the biggest years for Apex esports.
This year introduced an all-new LAN structure, a monumental ALGS Open featuring 160 teams, a revamped points system, and an expanded map pool, just to make things more varied.
It all came to a head at the ALGS Championship 2026, live in Sapporo. By the time the grand final of the tournament was set to end, six teams sat on match point, making for an exhilarating showdown in front of a huge and energetic crowd in the Daiwa House Dome in Japan.
As Team Falcons sat with toes touching the finish line, Fnatic stepped up and threw themselves into the running with a huge upset, especially buffed as the team was playing on home turf.
The next map went wild, and the final fight came down to a razor-sharp line, with the last three teams fighting in the most minuscule circle, trading shots and playing as patient a game as possible, everyone conscious of the fact that E36 sat on match point while nobody else did. That became the focal point, E36 was wiped, and another round was lined up against all odds.
Eight teams now sat in the match point realm.
The very final map saw Oblivion surge out of nowhere, with the LCQ champions breaking into the final three and storming to success in Sapporo. The mostly North American squad put up a masterclass in the Apex space, securing the biggest underdog win in the history of the space.
Until now, the organization had won just $10,000 in the Apex tournament world; the team has claimed a $600,000 prize, while not even having team jerseys on the stage. Huge congratulations to Monsoon, Blinkzr, and FunFPS.
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Grant has been gaming for 30+ years and in the industry for 10+. You'll probably find him playing a post-apocalyptic game or an extraction shooter somewhere.
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