Club ePremier League winners set for grand final

Oscar Keeley and Ethan Higgins will represent Albion in the Xbox and PlayStation grand finals after winning the club's ePremier League play-off.

James Hilsum

2020-02-27T11:00:00Z

The two ePremier League club play-off winners were confirmed.

They came out on top among eight Xbox and PlayStation players who had qualified online for the live event at the Amex.

The tournament featured a series of upsets with 2018/19 Albion play-off winners Dan Hilliard and Ryan Caister both exiting in the early stages.

On Xbox Zac Moore, another firm favourite going into the competition, also went out in the early stages.

Ethan Higgins and Oscar Kelly won the ePremier League club play-offs.

Pre-tournament outsider Jamie Hindle beat several players before falling to Keeley in the semi-finals. Keeley then beat Oscar Butmai 2-1 over two legs in the final.

On PlayStation, Higgins came into the tournament having recently signing for Gareth Bale’s eSports team, and has competed at several global series events this season.

The club's ePremier League club play-off took place yesterday.

In the semi-final, Higgins beat Kai Vaid, who finished in top spot in the online qualifiers, and then proved successful over two legs against Salman Ahmed to progress to the ePremier League final.

The ePremier League finals take place in London on 27th and 28th March, where they will compete against all 19 other clubs for the chance to be crowned ePremier League champion.