FFL Latinoamerica 2022 Opening: Viewership Stats and Tournament Results

One of the most popular mobile battle royale games, Garena Free Fire has a huge following in Brazil, India, Indonesia, and other countries around the world. At the same time, many top European clubs have rosters for this discipline, including Nigma Galaxy, Team Liquid, and Natus Vincere.

The game is also very popular in Latin America, where FFL Latinoamerica 2022 Opening has recently ended. As part of the tournament, 18 best teams in the region competed for $148.5K. In the new article, Esports Charts will talk about the results and viewership statistics of the event, as well as consider the dynamics of Free Fire's popularity in Latin America.

Results of FFL Latinoamerica 2022 Opening

The top 12 teams of the regular season, which lasted nine weeks, advanced to the grand finals of the tournament. The teams that took 13th-16th spots secured their place at FFL Latinoamerica 2022 Closing, while the two weakest teams will play in FFL Latinoamerica 2022 Closing Promotion.

As part of the grand final, which took place on March 27, five rounds were played. Mineros eSports won the event with 141 points. The team earned $51K and a slot in the main stage of the Free Fire World Series 2022 Sentosa. Note that according to the results of the regular season, Mineros eSports took only the eleventh spot, but afterward it mustered some strength and showed an excellent performance with two “Booyahs” in the grand final.

"Booyah" is the PUBG equivalent of "Winner, winner, chicken dinner". At the same time, Booyah! is also a streaming service focused primarily on Garena Free Fire broadcasts. Read more about it in our review.

In turn, the Ignis Esports team scored 114 points and took the second spot, receiving $25K and a slot in the Play-In Free Fire World Series 2022 Sentosa. Arctic Gaming scored 106 points and earned $11.5K, becoming the bronze medalist.

In addition to money, the teams fought for two slots at the Free Fire World Series 2022 Sentosa, which is the most anticipated tournament in the discipline and has the potential to attract a multi-million audience. For example, last year's Free Fire World Series 2021 Singapore gathered more than 5.4M Peak Viewers and continues to lead by this indicator across the entire esports industry.

Tournament viewership statistics

In total, viewers spent more than 2.5M hours on FFL Latinoamerica 2022 Opening broadcasts, which gathered 38.9K Average Viewers. More than 461K Peak Viewers followed the grand final – which is the best indicator of the tournament so far.

Spanish and German became the most popular broadcast languages of FFL Latinoamerica 2022 Opening. At the same time, the streams were available exclusively on YouTube (455.5K Peak Viewers), Facebook (5.5K Peak Viewers), and Booyah! (1.82K Peak Viewers).

It is worth saying that Free Fire championships often achieve high levels of viewer activity due to the competitive system exclusive to the “battle royales”, where all teams fight against each other at the same time, rather than one by one.

Earlier, we wrote that FFL Latinoamerica 2022 Opening entered the top 5 esports tournaments in March in terms of Peak Viewers, losing only to the regional leagues Mobile Legends: Bang Bang and League of Legends. But the championship for Latin America is also the most popular among all Free Fire events in 2022.

Most popular Free Fire tournaments in 2022

Free Fire is still popular in Latin America, but it currently fails to reach the indicators of its debut season. Compared to the same event last year, the FFL Latinoamerica 2022 Opening Hours Watched, Peak Viewers, and Average Viewers decreased by 60%, 68%, and 61%, respectively.

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FFL Latinoamerica 2022 Opening has ended, but not all regional series have come to an end. Soon, we will know the names of the participants of the Free Fire World Series 2022 Sentosa from Brazil, India, and Vietnam, where the game has an even larger audience than in Latin America.