{"id":92252,"date":"2019-04-19T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-04-19T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2019\/04\/super_smash_bros_ultimates_uk_and_ireland_championship_finals_take_place_this_weekend"},"modified":"2019-04-19T11:00:00","modified_gmt":"2019-04-19T11:00:00","slug":"super-smash-bros-ultimates-uk-ireland-championship-finals-take-place-this-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2019\/04\/19\/super-smash-bros-ultimates-uk-ireland-championship-finals-take-place-this-weekend\/","title":{"rendered":"Super Smash Bros. Ultimate&#8217;s UK &amp; Ireland Championship Finals Take Place This Weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/da63c3f4443d0\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/da63c3f4443d0\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/news\/2019\/04\/super_smash_bros_ultimates_uk_and_ireland_championship_finals_take_place_this_weekend\/large.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<aside class=\"object object-youtube\">\n<div class=\"youtube\">[youtube https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CCvY5qqLUKo?rel=0&amp;hd=1&amp;showinfo=0&amp;modestbranding=0&amp;autohide=1&#038;w=900&#038;h=507]<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>If you&#8217;re a fan of the <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/super_smash_bros_ultimate\">Super Smash Bros.<\/a><\/strong> competitive scene, or if you&#8217;re interested in seeing what it&#8217;s all about, you may well want to clear some space in your schedule this weekend to watch the UK &amp; Ireland Smash Ultimate finals.<\/p>\n<p>After months of practice and heated competition, the UK &amp; Ireland representatives for the Super Smash Bros. Ultimate European Smash Ball Team Cup 2019 will be crowned at <a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/insomniagamingfestival.com\/\">Insomnia64<\/a> this Saturday, 20th April. A top-four final will take place between the champions of the London, Edinburgh, Dublin, and Nintendo Players UK qualifier tournaments at 4pm BST, and the whole thing is set to be livestreamed on the <a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCEG4fd9DERXPzziMo3WgYMA\">Nintendo UK YouTube<\/a> and the <a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.twitch.tv\/nintendouk\">Nintendo UK Twitch channels<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The winners of the final will go on to compete at the European finals in Amsterdam on 4th &#8211; 5th May. The <a class=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/www.euteamcup.com\/\">official ticket website<\/a> has now opened if you want to sign up for tickets, but we expect these to disappear pretty quickly. If you&#8217;re not feeling up for a trip to Amsterdam, this event will also be livestreamed across official channels &#8211; more details will follow.<\/p>\n<p>Here are the teams that will be taking part in that European final:<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><strong>Date of local final<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p><strong>Country<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p><strong>Winning team<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>2<sup>nd<\/sup> March 2019<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>Portugal<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p><em>50 Seconds of Moonlight<\/em><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>17<sup>th<\/sup> March 2019<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>Switzerland<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p><em>Smashed Potatoes<\/em><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>23<sup>rd<\/sup> March 2019<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>Austria<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p><em>Team Ehre Austria<\/em><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>24<sup>th<\/sup> March 2019<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>Netherlands<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p><em>Triple SSS<\/em><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>30<sup>th<\/sup> March 2019<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>Germany<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p><em>Team Ehre Germany<\/em><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>30<sup>th<\/sup> March 2019<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>France<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p><em>Guezmer<\/em><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>7<sup>th<\/sup> April 2019<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>Belgium<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p><em>Last Stock<\/em><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>7<sup>th<\/sup> April 2019<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>Spain<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p><em>Las Divas de Sisqui<\/em><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>13<sup>th<\/sup> April 2019<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>Nordics<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p><em>Team Popoff<\/em><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>13<sup>th<\/sup> April 2019<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>Italy<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p><em>I Cacciatori di Premi<\/em><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>20<sup>th<\/sup> April 2019<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>UK &amp; Ireland<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>TBD<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>The winning team of this event will walk away with a special trophy and customised Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Nintendo Switch Pro Controllers, as well as gaining the title of European Champions, of course. To top it off, they&#8217;ll then represent Europe at the Smash Bros. Ultimate World Championship 2019 3v3 in L.A for a chance to become world champions.<\/p>\n<p><em>We wish we were as talented as these players! Let us know if you&#8217;ll be tuning in with a comment below.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[youtube https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CCvY5qqLUKo?rel=0&amp;hd=1&amp;showinfo=0&amp;modestbranding=0&amp;autohide=1&#038;w=900&#038;h=507] If you&#8217;re a fan of the Super Smash Bros. competitive scene, or if you&#8217;re interested in seeing what it&#8217;s all about, you may well want to clear some space in your schedule this weekend to watch the UK &amp; Ireland Smash Ultimate finals. 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