Eighteen Free Fire Teams Are Chasing Eight Global Finals Places and Phase Two Ends on Sunday
Thailand and Indonesia have five teams each in the Southeast Asian league, Vietnam five and Malaysia three. The grand finals are in Surabaya on 19 and 20 September.
The Free Fire World Series Southeast Asia Fall season runs from 14 August to 20 September, with 18 teams and eight places at the Global Finals in November on offer.
Phase two ends on Sunday 6 September. Phase one, from 14 to 23 August, cut the field to twelve. Phase three then settles the last six grand final places, and the grand finals themselves are held in Surabaya on 19 and 20 September.
The national split is lopsided. Indonesia, Thailand and Vietnam have five teams each. Malaysia has three: Esports Putrajaya, Maqna Esports Club and VAMOS. Singapore has none.
Indonesia's five are Bigetron by Vitality, Evos Divine, MBR Omega, Onic and RRQ Kazu. Thailand's are AG.AL, Buriram United Esports, Team Akkee, Team Falcons and Twisted Minds, a list that includes two of the largest organisations in global esports by payroll alongside a team owned by a Thai League football club.
The format is Champion Rush, which requires a team to reach 110 points before the title is decided rather than crowning whoever leads after a set number of matches. In a battle royale that changes how the last few games are played, because a team on 95 points is chasing a number rather than protecting a position, and placement points alone will not usually get it there.
Free Fire's competitive weight sits almost entirely in Southeast Asia and Latin America, and within Southeast Asia it is heavily Indonesian and Thai. Malaysia's three entries are a smaller share than the country takes in Mobile Legends, where it runs its own eighteen-season domestic league.