An all-UK Rocket League trio have reached the European final stage of this year’s Samsung Odyssey League.
Team BFH – consisting of English players Breezi, FlamE and hibbs – won the UK and Ireland open qualifier, and the regional finals, to progress to the overall European finals.
In the European final stage they are one of the following eight teams from different regions:
- DACH region: German Amigos
- France/Benelux: The Flying Dutchman
- Iberia/Italy: White Demons
- Nordics: Mustu Fluck
- Poland: Monkasteer
- UK/Ireland: BFH
- Rest of Europe: Enterprise Esports
- Last chance qualifier winner: Violencia
For the last month, dozens of teams from around Europe have been competing in the Samsung Odyssey League 2021 tournament, battling through multiple Rocket League matches to reach each new stage of the competition.
From the initial Regional Qualifiers through to the recent Last Chance Qualifiers, the Odyssey League tournament now culminates this weekend with the arrival of the European Finals, and the distribution of €25,000 and various Samsung Odyssey prizes.
The European Finals will be broadcast live on Saturday August 28th from 2pm BST. Viewers will be able to tune in to the Twitch channels of the two hosts: English host Shogun and Scot Johnnyboi_i.
Before this, the eight teams will split into two groups of four on Friday 27th, with the top two of each group proceeding to the final matches of the tournament.
The prizing is as follows:
| Place | € EUR |
| 1st | €15,000 (1x Samsung Odyssey G5 Monitor per player) |
| 2nd | €7,500 (1x Samsung Odyssey G5 Monitor per player) |
| 3rd | €1,750 |
| 4th | €750 |
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Dom is an award-winning writer and finalist of the Esports Journalist of the Year 2023 award. He graduated from Bournemouth University with a 2:1 degree in Multi-Media Journalism in 2007.
As a long-time gamer having first picked up the NES controller in the late ’80s, he has written for a range of publications including GamesTM, Nintendo Official Magazine, industry publication MCV and others. He worked as head of content for the British Esports Federation up until February 2021, when he stepped back to work full-time on Esports News UK and offer esports consultancy and freelance services. Note: Dom still produces the British Esports newsletter on a freelance basis, so our coverage of British Esports is always kept simple – usually just covering the occasional press release – because of this conflict of interest.
