THE FINALS APAC Qualifier Sends 777rs And MIRGG To Stockholm
The APAC field is now locked with two qualifier teams joining a straight-in leaderboard winner, so the November main event's regional composition is settled before the AMERICAS and EMEA sides are named.
Reporting from 1 source: 4Gamer.net.
Nexon confirmed the APAC representatives for The Grand Major 2026, the global THE FINALS tournament. Kingzero took first on the regional leaderboard and a straight-in berth, while 777rs and MIRGG claimed the two remaining slots at a closed qualifier on September 19. Eight teams entered, among them Ape Squad, DRG, TSUKUYOMI, Gunflix, HANABI and Mosbongo. The main event runs November 27 to 29 in Stockholm with a $150,000 prize pool.
The closed qualifier drew eight teams from across the region, including South Korea's Ape Squad and MIRGG, China's DRG, Japan's TSUKUYOMI, Indonesia's Gunflix, the South Korea-Australia combined side 777rs, the Japan-Thailand combined side HANABI, and the Australia-New Zealand combined side Mosbongo.
777rs beat Ape Squad twice on SYS$HORIZON and Las Vegas to take the first ticket. MIRGG then came through a final against HANABI, dropping the opener on Galaxy Estates before winning on SYS$HORIZON to claim the last APAC place. The online series carried a prize pool on the scale of $200,000 across four cycles from May to August.
- Kingzero (KZ): China; first on the APAC leaderboard, straight-in berth
- 777rs: South Korea-Australia combined team; won the closed qualifier
- MIRGG: South Korea; took the last APAC slot
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