Students from IES Felipe de Borbón, from Ceutí, will fight to become champions of the fifth season of JUNIOR Esports

Madrid, June 15, 2022.- After two years of waiting, JUNIOR Esportsformerly known as IESports, will hold its Grand National Final in person. The educational and technological project, in which students from educational centers throughout Spain (from 14 to 18 years old and FP) participate, will organize in style the closing of its fifth season on the days June 25 and 26 in La Vaguada Sports Arena, the most innovative gaming space in Madrid, recently opened.

In the competition, which started last October, the teams have been obtaining points for their final classification through the different tournaments Wildcard and Regionals that have been held throughout the course. Students of 12 teams of 8 provinces They will seek to proclaim themselves champions in three top-level games: League of Legends, de Riot Games, Brawl Stars, de Supercell, y Rocket League, de Epic Games.

The winners in Grand National Final of JUNIOR Sports they will be distributed a prize pool of 20,000 euros for the digitization of classrooms of his educational center, thanks to the support of Intel, leader in gaming technology. In addition, HyperX will become an official provider of JUNIOR Esports for the Grand finale, providing all the peripherals with which students will fight to become champions. Additionally, it will also be part of the prizes, providing a state-of-the-art premium peripheral pack for the winning teams so that they continue to improve their game and can more easily specialize in the esports environment.

The final teams, game by game

In the discipline of League of Legendsstudents of INS Pere Caldersof Cerdanyola del Vallès (Barcelona); of IES Felipe de Borbónof Ceuti (Murcia); of IES Sant Vicent Ferrerof Algemesí (Valencia); and of INS Puig Castellarof Santa Coloma de Gramenet (Barcelona)will seek to conquer the Nexus from their rivals on Summoner’s Rift.

Representatives of the IES Complutense, of Alcala de Henares (Madrid); from Bow Schoolof Barcelona; of IES Sant Vicent Ferrerof Algemesí (Valencia); and of IES Rosa Navarroof Olula del Rio (Almeria)will try to be the best on the battlefield and lift the title of Brawl Stars.

Lastly, the Now Lledó International Schoolof Castellón de la Plana; the HEI Maria Casaresof Babylon (A Coruña); the La Salle School Sacred Heart of Jesusof Jerez de la Frontera (Cadiz); and the IES Professor Julio Pérezof Rivas-Vaciamadrid (Madrid)will prove their worth with the ball and the cars in Rocket League.

Activities beyond the competition

JUNIOR Esports is an educational and technological project that goes beyond the competitive part, with a social character with the aim of bringing a series of values ​​closer to fathers, mothers, teachers and students. The ONCE Foundation will be present at the Grand National Finalpromoting accessible video games through its project Ga11y.

Also, in the Grand National Final will also have the participation of Alsa and Renfe, official transport of the competition; the fragrance brand Halloween; Y Vipsofficial restaurant of JUNIOR Esports.

Acerca de GGTech Entertainment

GGTech Entertainment is a company that aims to bring the world of video games and electronic sports closer to society. What better way than to start from education, creating the first University League in Spain and the first competition between Spanish educational centers, promoting values ​​such as integration, sportsmanship and the desire to excel, and using entertainment as motivation for learning. The future passes through technology and GGTech Entertainment is committed to interactive environments, creating for this a multidisciplinary development team, specialized in the development, production and marketing of video games. Also investing in generating content with new technologies such as virtual reality, augmented reality and mixed reality. More information: www.ggtech.es.

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