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It’s time for Latin America Esports are no longer something new for the region and tournaments gather more people every time and also non endemic brands. ith Asia, Europe and United States already having established ecosystems when it comes to esports, you may be forgiven for overlooking Latin America. But you’d also be a fool.
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When it comes to organizations, competitions, fandom and sponsorships, LATAM is growing everyday. It’s time for Latin America. From world class teams, to amazing tournaments with passionate (and loud..) fans, long-term partnerships and the involvement of ‘non endemic brands’, all this suggests one thing; the growth of the Latin American esports market. In short Latin America should be a region of interest for all those companies that wanting to excel and make a name for themselves in esports. Riot Games took the first step in LatAm with the regional qualifiers for League of Legends World Championships. In 2019, the North and South regions were unified to give birth to Copa Latinoamérica with region’s top 8 teams. This decision launched national competitions also, as part of the wayto-LLA tournaments. Let’s not forget either, the CounterStrike: Global Offensive scene is huge in Latin America. With Brazil as a mirror,
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other countries of the region now have established organizations and stronger teams. The same thing happens with the tournaments in which LatAm teams participate, such as DreamHack, BLAST Pro Series and ESL, amongst others. LoL’s Copa Latinoamerica moves its Finals from city to city and in 2019 Bogota, Colombia, will host the event. As far as CS:GO is concerned, Brazil has hosted several events: ESL One was
held in Belo Horizonte in 2018, BLAST Pro Series finished in Sao Paulo in late March 2019 and Rio de Janeiro will soon play host to a DreamHack festival. If you’re in the mood for some homegrown LATAM teams, then look no further than the likes of Kaos Latin Gamers and All Knights from Chile, Rainbow7 in Mexico, Infinity Esports from Costa Rica, the Argentine Isurus Gaming and Furious Gaming, to name but a few. Brazil though is blazing the trail in the
