Winners will join the World Championships in Los Angeles on 8th June, where Alliance Rogue will also represent Europe in the Splatoon 2 World Championship
Teams from across Europe have been splatting and smashing their way through two thrilling championship circuits in the past months. With French team Alliance Rogue recently taking the crown in the Splatoon 2 European Championship, it’s now up to Europe’s best Super Smash Bros. Ultimate squads to decide their kings of the ring at the finals of the Super Smash Bros. Ultimate European Smash Ball Team Cup 2019 taking place at Amsterdam’s Beurs van Berlage on 4th and 5th May. And the most exciting part of this road to glory: both the European champions in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate and Splatoon 2 will go on to compete in the World Championships which will be held on 8th June in Los Angeles.
Fans who want to support and root for their local teams at the Super Smash Bros. Ultimate finals in Amsterdam will be able to sign up for a limited number of tickets soon. For those who can’t make it to the live event in Amsterdam, the tournament will be livestreamed on Nintendo’s official twitch and YouTube channels. More details on how to be part of the thrilling conclusion of the European Smash Ball Team Cup 2019 will be revealed in the future.
Basic Ruleset of Super Smash Bros. Ultimate European Smash Ball Team Cup 2019 Finals
To determine the European Super Smash Bros. Ultimate champions in Amsterdam, qualified teams will be split into 4 groups of 3 teams, with the top 2 teams of each group moving on to the quarter-finals stage.
The winners in group, quarter- and semi-finals will be decided by a best-of-five set, featuring these matches:
Match 1: 2v2
Match 2: 1v1 Smashdown
Match 3: 1v1 Smashdown*
Match 4: 1v1 Smashdown*
Match 5: 3v3 Squad Strike
All 3 members of each team must participate in at least one of the first 3 matches of the Set. In the Grand Final, matches 1 – 4 will be best of three.
For full details on the ruleset, please refer to the official tournament rules.
Road to Super Smash Bros. Ultimate European Smash Ball Team Cup 2019
Date of local final
Country
Winning team
2nd March 2019
Portugal
50 Seconds of Moonlight
17th March 2019
Switzerland
Smashed Potatoes
23rd March 2019
Austria
Team Ehre Austria
24th March 2019
Netherlands
Triple SSS
30th March 2019
Germany
Team Ehre Germany
30th March 2019
France
Guezmer
30th March 2019
Russia
Ye Olde Guard
7th April 2019
Belgium
TBD
7th April 2019
Spain
TBD
13th April 2019
Nordics
TBD
13th April 2019
Italy
TBD
20th April 2019
UK & Ireland
TBD
European teams will represent at the Splatoon 2 World Championship 2019 and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate World Championship 2019 3v3 in L.A.
French team Alliance Rogue recently triumphed against fierce competition in the Splatoon 2 European Championship to earn the honour of representing Europe at the World Championships, which will take place in Los Angeles on 8th June. And once the Super Smash Bros. Ultimate European Smash Ball Team Cup 2019 finals in Amsterdam have concluded on 5th May, Alliance Rogue will be joined by their European Super Smash Bros. Ultimate counterparts. Together, both teams will have the chance to bring glory to Europe by emerging triumphant on the world stage.
For all updates on the Super Smash Bros. Ultimate European Smash Ball Team Cup 2019 Finals in Amsterdam and the road to the World Championships, stay tuned to Nintendo’s official channels:
https://www.facebook.com/SmashBrosUK/
https://twitter.com/nintendoukvs
Europe’s best Super Smash Bros. Ultimate squad and Splatoon 2 European Champions will join the World Championships in Los Angeles on 8th June. The winners of the Super Smash Bros. Ultimate European Smash Ball Team Cup 2019 will be decided in Amsterdam on 4th and 5th May.
For further updates:
Super Smash Bros. on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/SmashBros
Nintendo UK VS on Twitter https://twitter.com/nintendoUKVS
Nintendo UK on Twitter https://twitter.com/nintendouk ;
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate website https://www.smashbros.com
Splatoon 2 website: http://www.nintendo.co.uk/Splatoon
Nintendo website http://www.nintendo.co.uk
Nintendo Switch website https://www.nintendo.co.uk/nintendoswitch
Nintendo on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Nintendo
Nintendo Switch on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NintendoSwitch
Nintendo UK on YouTube http://www.youtube.com/NintendoUK
Nintendo UK on Twitch http://www.twitch.tv/nintendouk
Nintendo UK on Instagram https://instagram.com/nintendouk