PGL Major Antwerp 2022 Challengers Stage - 9 May 2022

South African, Johnny “JT” Theodosiou, will be participating in the PGL Major Antwerp. https://www.hltv.org/player/11630/jt

Monday 9 May 2022 marks the start of the PGL Major Antwerp 2022. The PGL Major Antwerp starts with the "Challengers" stage, where 16 teams will compete for their spot in the top 8 to move into the tournament's final "Legends" stage.

The Swiss-System format "Challengers" stage is set to be one for the history books, with 4 teams ranked in the HLTV Top 10 world ranking fighting for their spot in the "Legends" stage. Jessie Joubert, MSSA's Player's Representative will be attending the "Legends" stage next weekend as an observer and reporter for Mind Sports South Africa.

This tournament is poised to be truly memorable, and MSSA hopes to see the South Africans competing at this event show their metal and make a deep run into the tournament. 

Good luck to Johnny “JT” Theodosiou (Player) and Tiaan “T.c” Coertzen (Coach) for the American Complexity Gaming, who are the only two competitors at the event from South Africa.

It  is truly admirable that two South Africans are able to represent a professional gaming club of the calibre of Complexity Gaming.

There is no doubt that all South Africans will be watching and hope to see Johnny “JT” Theodosiou on the "Legends" Stage in the Counter-Strike: GO (CSGO) esports title.

Stay tuned to the MSSA blog for more updates as Jessie Joubert shall post more updates on the PGL Major in Antwerp.

To follow and stay up to date with the schedule and standings for the PGL Major Antwerp 2022 Challengers Stage, head over to https://www.hltv.org/events/6384/pgl-major-antwerp-2022-challengers-stage

By Jessie Joubert - MSSA Player's Representative

Also read:

• 2022 Calendar of Events
• Affiliation: Private Clubs
• Affiliation - Schools
• Events: 4th Provincial Online Student Championships - 9 April 2022
• Events: 2022 Online Provincial Championships - 16 April 2022
• IDF: MSO Grand Prix 2022
• IESF: Bali Confirmed as Host of the 2022 World Esports Championships Finals
• IESF: IESF TO HOST CSGO EVENT FOR FEMALES.
• IESF: MSSA officially enters Protea Team
• IESF: Six Game Titles for IESF's 2022 World Esports Championships
• Ladder: Clash Royale
• Notices: Calling all volunteers
• Notices: R65,000.00 in prizes for esports league
• Notices - Advertise your club
• Notices: Learners may play for both private and school clubs.
• Notices - Transfer season
• Results: 2022 Online Western Cape Championships
• Results: Combined Online Provincial Championships for Schools
• Titles: With immediate effect.
• Titles - esports: High School Championships
• Titles - esports: Premier Championships
• Titles - esports: Student Championships

IeSF 8th World Championships - Jakarta: Representing Romania in League of Legends

The team of Nexus Gamers Pub League of Legends Divizia PGL: Finala Sezonului II won the Romanian qualifiers to represent Romania at  IeSF's 8th world Championships - Jakarta.

The 5 players who have given everything they could and romped home to victory are:

• Andrei "Oromë" Popa
• George Daniel "speedy" savu
• Laurian "Chevalier" Avrigeanu
• Cosmin ''Khantos'' Dănilă
• Octav "ang" Cretu

The coach and manager of the team is none other than Andrei RuseXSlifer.

none of this would have been made possible without the support of the sponsors, being: Logitech and HyperX NVIDIA România.

6th e-Sports World Championship Baku

The Crystal Hall, Baku

The International eSports Federation (IeSF) has moved forward with eSports on an unprecedented scale.

The recognition that the IeSF has earned from 2008 among governments is now beginning to bear fruit.

There was a time when we all thought that the IeSF would only be able to host its events in South Korea. After all, the IeSF, through the efforts of the General Secretary, Mr. W. S. Oh, had earned the respect, and support of the South Korean government.

However, in 2013 the bold move was taken to allow the Romanian member, the PGL, to host the championships in Bucharest in Romania.
The championship in Romania was a fantastic success.

Certainly the South African team thoroughly enjoyed the event.
Thus with the success of the event in Romania, the IeSF decided to allow members to bid for the event.

And so Azerbijan won the bid for the 2014 World Championships.

Thus on the 1^st of May 2014 the IeSF signed a MOU for hosting 6^th e-Sports World Championship with both the Azerbaijan Cyber Sports Federation and Ministry of Youth and Sports.

Through the MOU, the government of Azerbaijan will be directly involved in hosting World Championship with full support including funding for whole operation.

The 6^th e-Sports World Championships shall be played from 12 – 17 November 2014 in the Crystal Hall in Baku.

Apparently the hall boasts an amazing internet speed of 1 GB.

The MSSA has also stated that it will enter its official South African Team to play in such World Championships.

It will the first time that the MSSA will send a team to Azerbijan.

Up to now, the MSSA has only sent eSports teams since 2005 to the USA, Taiwan, China, South Korea, Namibia, and Romania.

According to the MSSA shortly after the IeSF announced the venue, the IeSF announced which titles to be played at such championships in order to allow all member federations to adequately prepare.

The tiles to be played at the 6^th e-Sports World Championship Baku are:

Male division	Female division
Dota 2	StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm
StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm	Tekken Tag tournament 2

Two to three additional official games can still be added by the host county. 

I'm pretty much hoping that League of Legends and/or CounterStrike GO will still be added to the event.

However, even if they aren't, I estimate that this event is likely to set the MSSA back over two hundred thousand rands to get the team overseas.

Now that is a real commitment to gaming!