League of Legends news » The road to the Balkan League
The Balkan league online qualifiers have finished. The 4 remaining teams from Greece, Romania, Croatia and Bulgaria will now go forward to the finals. These teams will be attending live at the International fair of Thessaloniki on the 15th and 16th of September to determine an overall winner.
From Greece, 120 teams participated in the online qualifiers for the honour of appearing at the Balkan tournament. inQuire game came away as the top team, with players – Maraxus, alexanderthegr8, TW Xawl, TW Oathbraker and ownerftw . In second place were Soulfire gaming and third place Test your limits. Here’s some information on the players of inQuire gaming:
Giannis “Xawl” Mitropoulos – 21 years old – Jungler
Expert Jungler of the team. Renowned for his Shyvana play and ability to anticipate the counter gank. Always terrorizing other lanes with an unorthodox ganking style. Favorite champion is Twisted fate.
Babis “Ownerftw” Raftopoulos – 22 years old – Top lane
One of the most renowned top laners in Greece, always plays very aggressively but also loves to farm farm farm. Favorite champion is Karma
Nikos “Oathbraker” Haralabelis – 19 years old – AD Carry
Has shown magnificent plays with different kinds of carry’s like Kog and tristana, and tries to go against trending champions. Favorite champion is Teemo
Marios “Maraxus” Haralabelis – 19 years old – AP Carry
Always makes his enemy fight to get a skill shot on to him. Tends to roam the map when his enemy AP carry has left the lane. Favorite champion is Volibear
Alekos “alexanderthegr8” Vasilakis – 19 years old – Support
Like his AD Carry, always plays against trends and likes to always try and support with an AD Soraka or AD Janna. Favorite champion is Soraka
In Romania, 32 teams participated in the online qualifiers for the right to represent Romania at the Balkan tournament. ESL Romania LoL have won the Romanian online qualifiers with players – Zombilau, GaBaNo, Scorpion, AoD and noskill007. In second place we have Pandora Gaming! In third place Going Quantum. Here’s some information on the players of ESL Romania LoL:
Baltat "AoD" Alin Ciprian – 19 years old – Support
He claims to be “never wrong” and you have a better chance of flying to outer space than make him admit to a mistake. Nevertheless an experienced player with lots of games against big teams such as M5, TSM, SK, MYM, CRS etc.
Ciobotaru "GaBaNo" Gabriel – 16 years old – Top Lane
The highest Elo of the team. His wide range of champions can always mislead his opponents making him unpredictable, thus most teams prefer to counter his top lane, although even if he gets countered he can still win with ease. GaBaNo has been most of his career in the same team with AoD.
Dinu "noskill" Alexandru Gabriel – 19 years old – AP Carry
Newest member of the team. Has shown himself to be a fearless opponents and a respected member of the team. He wants to prove that he is one of the best players in the world and his longtime experience playing with AoD and GaBaNo puts ESL Romania LoL in a strong position.
Alinei "Scorpion" Alin-Mihai – 17 years old – AD Carry
He is known for playing the most unconventional carries. His experience with the game is vast and is one of the few Romanian players who have won a go4lol.
Pirjol "Zombilau" Florin-Alexandru – 21 years old – Jungler
Zombilau is the Team captain of ESL Romania LoL. He is the oldest and most experienced player of the team. His only goal is to prove his skill in competitive play.
In Bulgaria, 8 teams participated in the online qualifiers for the right to represent Bulgaria at the Balkan tournament. Eternal Devastation won the Bulgarian online qualifiers with players – Captain Bulgaria, Ghost Racoon xD, digggi, napraen and Enthrallment. In second place we have Low Elo and third place Team Wombo Combo. Here’s some information on the players of Eternal Devastation:
Mihail “Captain Bulgaria“ Sokolov – 21 years old – AP Carry
Right now he is in top 10 of the Europe Nordic and East solo queue ranking , so he should not be taken lightly. The champions that he prefers and feels most comfortable with are Ahri and Morgana.
Martin “Ghost Racoon xD“ Yotinski – 18 years old – AD Carry
The youngest in the team. Went through a lot of different teams for his young age managed to show a lot in the qualifiers and surprise everyone with his mechanics. His favorite champions are Ezreal and Ashe.
Viktor “digggi” Penelski – 20 years old – Support
He is the captain of the team. As great as he is with AP carries he managed to prove that his support skills are on amazing level as well. He showed it with his amazing Lulu plays during the qualifiers. We can only expect big things from him at the finals in Greece.
Plamen “napraen” Stoqnov – 22 years old – Jungler
People might recall his name from playing with his team BLACK showing really great performances lately. Probably the most experienced player in this line-up. His favorite champion is Lee sin, but he feels comfortable with every jungler that is in the pool. Truly an amazing jungler.
Toma "Enthrallment" Atanasov – 19 years old – Top lane
Having been a competitive StarCraft 1 player years ago, Enthrallment's gaming experience is his biggest strength. Notorious for playing Irelia in every situation.
In Croatia, 32 teams participated in the battle for the right to represent Croatia at the Balkan tournament. Guru Gaming won the Croatian online qualifiers with players – discoLuzer, Cro Assasin, DacoCro, tinci and DominatorGT. In second place we have Insane quality and third place barbieQ sQuad. Here’s some information on the players of Guru Gaming:
Domagoj "Cro Assasin" Fumić – 16 years old – Jungler
Captain of the team. He was a part of original Guru Gaming lineup that won Go4LoL 4 times and almost qualified for IEM Kiev. He is widely known as the best Croatian jungler. He can play pretty much every champion in the jungle, from passive to aggressive champions. He is maybe best known for his fiddlesticks plays before the jungle remake. Being the youngest player in the team he probably has the most "stage fright" of all players, but we hope he will have confidence in his skills in Greece.
Davor "DacoCro" Komljenović – 17 years old – Support
Co-captain and main caller. Another player from original Guru lineup that had a lot of success in European competitions. He is one of few excellent players to master the support role and take it to another level. Best known for being among the first support players who picked and play with the goal to kill and zone and not just to heal and shield. Can make every player look good on AD role, laning together with him is like playing any game on extra-easy mode.
Marko "DominatorGT" Horvat – 19 years old – AP Carry
One of the players who was recruited from Guru Gaming’s second team. He is a very talented AP player with great farming skills. Type of mid player that is more focused on farming than roaming. He proved to be a great addition to the team and that he can play on the highest level without a problem. Best known for playing champions that can turn the tides of the game even in the late phase.
Martin "tinci" Kolarić – 24 years old – AD carry
Another player that was playing for second lineup until just 5 weeks ago and immediately proved that he can adapt quickly and show great skill. With a great support player that he has in this team, he can play both passive and aggressive AD champions with great success. Despite that, he feels best with strong lane champions that can push opponent around.
Stjepan "discoLuzer" Brstilo – 22 years old – Top lane
Newest addition to the team. Although he only joined the lineup few days ago, everyone knows him pretty well and expect a lot from him. He is known as one of the best Croatian top lane players and can play pretty much every champion and counter-pick anyone. He is probably best known for his unusual builds for every champion, especially if he feels confident about winning his lane.
All in all, 180 teams participated from all countries battling for a seat to represent their country for the first Balkan League. Congratulations on all 4 teams for qualifying and good luck to all teams taking part. We look forward to watching the ultimate battle to determine the winner of the Balkan League!
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