Orgless team Oblivion crowned ALGS Year 5 champions

The Apex Legends Global Series (ALGS) Year 5 Championship in Sapporo, Japan, has concluded, crowning orgless Canadian team Oblivion as the new winners following a cinematic Match Point Finals. 

The Canadian team won after a nine-game-long series, ending with a chaotic final match where multiple teams were eligible to take home the crown. From beginning to end, Esports Insider breaks down how Oblivion made ALGS history. 

The winning trio that won the ALGS Year 5 Championship was Miguel ‘Blinkzr‘ Quiles, Bowen ‘Monsoon‘ Fuller, and Brandon ‘FunFPS‘ Groombridge. Coming together to compete under orgless team Oblivion in September 2025, all three players have been through different journeys to reach the peak of Apex Legends esports.

Monsoon has been a long-standing competitor, well known in the community for his journey in Apex Legends. As highlighted on the official ALGS livestream, the player was homeless in the past and made a name for himself through his mechanical skills, especially after an impressive Kraber shot on Michael ‘Shroud‘ Grzesiek. He has competed with several organisations over the years, including FlyQuest and Complexity.

Blinkzr is the final member of the winning trio and was named MVP of the tournament, an achievement that lies in stark contrast to his 36th placement in the ALGS Year 4 Championship. He has been playing competitively in the North America scene since 2022, and was previously signed to Movistar KOI alongside FunFPS.

Oblivion advanced to the LAN tournament in Sapporo, Japan, after winning the Last Chance Qualifiers in Americas back in October, 2025.

The orgless team finished the Group Stage, placing 19th out of 40 teams, barely qualifying for the Upper Brackets. The team risked elimination after falling to Lower Bracket Round 2, but the players managed to claw their way back to a third-place finish to reach the Finals.

All three players have played in the ALGS Championships prior to Year 5, but their win in Sapporo, Japan was a first for the trio.

Everything came down to a climactic final game on Storm Point during the Finals of the ALGS Year 5 Championship. In total, 10 teams, including Oblivion, were Match Point Eligible: this is achieved by reaching the 50-point threshold through high placements and eliminations in past games.

As the ring closed in on The Pylon, Oblivion had bunkered down with Wattson fences, cementing themselves in one of the strongest positions for the final ring. Teams began to fall one by one, ending in a three-way showdown between Supernova, Hotdog Mafia, and the last Match Point Eligible team alive, Oblivion.

It was a back-and-forth gunfight between all three rosters on the north side of the POI. However, in an unprecedented turn of events, Oblivion made a bold push in the end to catch both teams unaware and become the new champions after finishing with 13 kills.

As a result of their efforts, Oblivion has been awarded the lion’s share of the $2m (~£1.48m) prize pool, which amounts to $600,000 (~£448,000).

Oblivion may have taken the headlines, but the Finals saw several teams in the running to win the championships

Team Falcons became Match Point Eligible by game six, and were the first team to do so. The Saudi-Arabian organisation had an explosive start, with a 14-kill win within the first game on Storm Point and a runner-up in game two on Olympus.

This painted a large target on Team Falcons’ back as many rosters opted to play the long game: preventing their win at all costs, and buy enough time for the rest to catch up. By the final game, Team Falcons was eliminated in 13th after losing star player Philip ‘ImperialHal‘ Dosen, opening the doors for Oblivion to take the win.

This was a challenge many Match Point Eligible teams faced. For example, ENTER FORCE.36 was Match Point Eligible by game seven. The team almost won on game eight on Storm Point, but were eliminated by Virtus.pro in the final ring, who went on to win the map.

Several other teams were also Match Point Eligible by the time Oblivion secured game nine. This includes top tournament performers such as GROW Gaming, S8UL Esports, Crazy Thieves, TSM, Ninjas in Pyjamas, and crowd favourites Fnatic and UNLIMIT.

At the end of the tournament, Oblivion not only won via match point, but had the highest points total of all competitors (86).

Team Falcons, in the end, finished runner-up with 75 points, beating third-place ENTER FORCE.36 via tie breakers. GROW Gaming, S8UL Esports, and Crazy Theives walked away with respectable fourth, fifth and sixth placed finishes respectively.