The group stage of the fifth year of the Apex Legends Global Series has finally ended — and it was really hot. Team Falcons, apparently, decided not to leave any chances to competitors and firmly took the first place in the overall standings.
The second day, you need to agree, turned out to be as unpredictable as possible. While yesterday’s favorites were stalling, the teams from the shadows — those who no one really bet on — began to show their teeth in this chaotic finale.
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Leadership of Team Falcons and ImperialHal in the ALGS groups
As a result, the Falcons finished the stage in the status of the main dominators, although the layouts in the table changed literally every minute, to be honest.
Team Falcons scored 166 points, which is really powerful. They beat the UNLIMITED team by 8 points, who share second place with the guys from Citadel Gaming with a score of 158. And here are the leaders of the first day, the Japanese from ENTER FORCE.36, lost ground a bit along the way and dropped back to fourth place with 157 points.
The most interesting thing here is the shape of the Falcons. The team from the MENA region is showing an unrealistic level, given that their key asset, Philip “ImperialHal” Dosen, has been banned from the game from the controller. On the first day, they scored 123 points altogether — in fact, they bought a ticket to the top bracket ahead of schedule.
On the second day, the Falcons added 43 more points to the piggy bank — not that many, but it was enough to keep the crown. There was also a third place in the opening match of Series B against C, and a couple of disappointing failures later.
Will they be able to keep up this pace until the ALGS Year 5 Grand finals? We’ll see. The status of favorites obliges, but in Apex, as we know, anything can happen — and that’s cool.
Supernova dominates when it matters most.
To be honest, there was a sensation at the ALGS Year 5 Championship in Sapporo, Japan. While all eyes were on Team Falcons, the Supernova team apparently decided to arrange a real master class in survival and aggression in the second group stage.
Supernova results and reaching the top bracket of the playoffs
The guys from Supernova, undoubtedly, gave just a crazy performance in the series of groups A and D. If on the first day they were hanging out somewhere at the back of the table – in an offensive 24th place with 60 points — then on the second day everything changed.
As a result, he earned the fifth place in the overall standings and 136 points in the piggy bank. And this, by the way, is a direct ticket to the top bracket. In truth, their journey on the second day was like an action-packed action movie. First, the second place in the first rink, where Gaimin Gladiators, by the way, managed to drag the final together against Wolves and Supernova herself.
But in the second game on Storm Point, Supernova literally smeared Oblivion and GROW Gaming. Further — more. The third game, a victory again, and with 10 frags — powerful, really.
Gen.G Esports and Shopify Rebellion comeback at Storm Point
There’s no denying that the first day was a cold shower for top names like Gen.G Esports and Shopify Rebellion. The winners of the Split 2 Pro League, by the way, looked lost against the background of the nounames. But the second day put everything in its place in the battles of groups B and C.
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Gen.G: made a comeback from 27th to 11th place (118 points).
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Shopify Rebellion: Rose from 20th to 12th place (116 points).
Gen.G started the day with a daring victory at Storm Point. While Fnatic and Falcons are the leaders, for a second, they enthusiastically punched holes in each other, Gen.They just went out and finished off the survivors. In the third game, they repeated their success by knocking out the FaZe Clan in a 3v2 shootout.
Shopify Rebellion also made fans nervous. To be honest, we started the series badly — 18th and 19th places. But as soon as the card rotation reached Olympus, the game turned upside down. In the fourth match, they competently defended against Al-Qadsia, which had previously taken out UNLIMITED, and calmly took the top 1. Now both teams, in principle, can exhale — they have secured a place in the playoffs. It will be interesting to see if they have enough enthusiasm for the final stage?
Crazy Thieves won’t play in the dramatic finale.
At the ALGS Year 5 championship in Sapporo, to be honest, a real Greek tragedy took place, where triumph and collapse were separated by miserable seconds. While Japanese fans were holding their breath, the final cut of groups A and D on the Olympus map became a one—way ticket for many teams – and far from business class.
Crazy Thieves and Ninjas in Pyjamas flight to Sapporo
Let’s just say that the ending of the series turned out to be simply outrageous in intensity. When the dust settled, three units remained on Olympus: ENTER FORCE.36, the legendary Ninjas in Pyjamas and the daring Crazy Thieves.
In the end, it all came down to a classic 1-on-1 duel. Jozue “Fake” Daniel Ruiz from Crazy Thieves, by the way, showed nerves of steel and shot Nicholas “Wen” Hobbs, taking the coveted top 1 for his team. It would seem — celebrate, right?
But the joy was, to be honest, short-lived. As soon as the tables were updated, the terrible thing became clear: Ninjas in Pyjamas, in fact, stayed on the 20th line of the overall standings. The gap was only two points — 103 against 101. Crazy Thieves, along the way, won the battle, but miserably lost the war for the top bracket.
ALGS Year 5 Passing Score and defeat of FaZe Clan
It cannot be denied that this tournament in Japan has already gone down in history as the most brutal. For the first time, by the way, at the ALGS championship, the 100-point bar did not guarantee anything at all.
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Alliance: Scored only 15 points for the day, but left with 100 points of old luggage.
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FaZe Clan & ROC Esports: Earned 101 and 100 points respectively, but going to the bottom bracket is crazy, really.
By the way, the favorites of the first day like Aurora and VK Gaming showered in Sapporo in the early stages, followed by Citadel and GoNext, apparently. Now the “Crazy Thieves” and the famous FaZe will have to chew their way from the very bottom. Apparently, relaxing in Apex Legends now is an unacceptable luxury. Let’s see if they have the character to turn the situation around. In principle, they have the potential.
What else can you expect from the ALGS Year 5 Championship?
Japanese Sapporo, to be honest, turned into a real fierce fight, where the second day of the ALGS Year 5 group stage finally put everyone in the corners. While Philip “ImperialHal” Dosen and his Falcons are resting on their laurels, the rest of the participants, apparently, will have to gnaw the ground for survival in the playoffs.
ALGS leaderboard and Virtus pro’s position in the top
The results of the groups look like a verdict for many ambitious tags. As a result, the top twenty lucky players, led by Team Falcons with their insane 166 points, go straight to the Winner.
In general, the current alignment of the leaders is as follows:
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Team Falcons: Absolute Dominators (166 points) — Hal doesn’t seem to care about the competition at all.
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UNLIMITED and Citadel Gaming: Neck and neck (158 points each) — really powerful.
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Virtus.pro : Stable top-7 (131 points), which pleases fans from the CIS.
But the most interesting thing, to be honest, was happening on the border. Ninjas in Pyjamas literally jumped into the last carriage of the top grid with 103 points. But Crazy Thieves (101) and FaZe Clan (101), in fact, flew past the box office — now they are waiting for a humiliating fight in the Lower Bracket.
Bottom Grid Schedule and Double Elimination format
January 17, 2026 — remember this date, because that’s when the real tin will begin. The Double Elimination grid does not forgive mistakes, by the way. First, the “suicide bombers” from the Lower Grid will enter the arena, where 10 teams will immediately leave Japan with empty pockets.
Apparently, the organizers decided to tighten the screws as much as possible. You can’t relax in the Top bracket either: only the top ten guarantees a place in the Grand Finals. The rest, by the way, will be thrown into the second round of losers, where outsiders hungry for victory will be waiting for them.
The prize fund is 2,000,000 dollars and the broadcast of ALGS
There are not only titles at stake, but also quite tangible 2 million dollars. The winner will take the lion’s share of this pie, which is worth the sweat at Olympus and Storm Point.
You can follow this madness on the official Twitch and YouTube channels. But if you need a more lively vibe, NiceWigg will probably put on the best show in the industry on its B-broadcasts. Let’s see who turns out to be stronger in the end — pure skill or cold calculation, so the intrigue is off the charts.
