Madrid is looking for its new esports champions: the big weekend of the municipal finals of the Esports Series Madrid is here!

Madrid in Gamean initiative of the Madrid City Council to boost the gaming industry. gaming in the capitalthe second round of the 2025 season of the Esports Series Madrid, the municipal esports leagueswith three major events on the weekend of November 28-30: the denouement of the Junior Esportsthe grand final of the League of Legends and Valorant municipal leagues and the final of the EA SPORTS FC 26 municipal OPEN tournament. For three months, players from all over the country have competed in the Madrid in Game municipal leagues. The best will be crowned as champions at the Esports Center of the Campus del Videojuego in a day open to the public in which they will be able to participate in the maximum competition. amateur of the capital.

The weekend of competition in Casa de Campo will start on Friday 28th with the Junior Esportsthe championship aimed at the participation of Madrid high schools where the classified schools will compete in Fortnite y Brawl Stars. The attending students will also be able to visit the facilities of the Campus del Videojuego, enjoying a guided tour of the different pavilions and high-tech laboratories of Madrid in Game. During the day, they will also enjoy talks and activities about the video game industry. gaming.

The main event of the weekend will arrive on. Saturday 29, when the Esports Center will host from 11:00 the outcome of the Esports Series Madrid. The evening will start with League of Legends and will continue, from 15:00, with the Valorant grand finale. The rest of the finals of the municipal leagues, Pokémon and Clash Royale, will be held during the Gamergy weekend at IFEMA. Madrid in Game will have a stand where, in addition to other activities related to esports and the Campus del Videojuego, it will also allow event attendees to enjoy the ultimate competition of Nintendo and Supercell’s game. The grand final of Fortnite ESM, meanwhile, will be held online in December.

The competition at the Esports Center will culminate on. Sunday 30 with the on-site finals of the OPEN tournament of EA SPORTS FC 26 starting at 11:00 a.m., which brought together more than 350 players in two online qualifiers. The Top 8 will compete at the Esports Center. The OPEN championships of Madrid in Game are new championships in which the consistory gives shelter to games that are not in the Esports Series Madrid. The first edition of these championships, dedicated to the Electronic Arts soccer simulator, has been a success and the conclusion of the tournament will be held in style at the Campus del Videojuego.

The final will be attended by Andoni, professional player of EA SPORTS FC, and of Edu Castellanocoach of the EA SPORTS FC team of Manchester City, who will narrate the matches live on Madrid in Game’s Twitch channel. Parallel to the EA FC 2026 tournament will be a “king of the court” open to the public, in which attendees can participate to win prizes.. Since its premiere in March 2023, more than 40,000 players from all over the country have participated in these leagues.

The Councilor for Innovation and Entrepreneurship of the Madrid City Council, Ángel Niñoexplains that: “The municipal finals that we celebrate next weekend are the best example of how a public initiative can promote a competitive, formative and professional ecosystem that benefits both our young people and all citizens. The participation of high schools in Junior Esports allows us to sow technological vocations from an early age, showing the youngest that gaming can be a gateway to creative, technical and highly demanded professions”.

The 2026 season will start after Christmas: gamers interested in participating can prepare for the competition for free at the Esports Center of the Madrid in Game Campus, which features high-end equipment, last generation consoles and tablets available to citizens from Monday to Sunday. Registrations will be available on the Madrid in Game website.

Madrid, at the forefront of the esports sector.

Thanks to the four major national and international events that have chosen the city as a venue, 2025 has been a momentous year for esports in Madrid. At the start of the year, the Caja Mágica hosted the Call of Duty Leaguewith the presence of the main international teams of the professional circuit of Activision’s video game; in April, the LEC Road Trip came to the capital with several matches of the regular phase of the European league; and at the end of August the Madrid Arena was the stage for the League of Legends national final of the Liga de Videojuegos Profesional (LVP)..

The celebration of the final of the LECwhich brought together thousands of fans at the Caja Mágica at the end of September, put the finishing touch to a historic year and adds to a long list of major events in the city in recent years, such as the Valorant Masters which hosted the Pabellón Multiusos Madrid Arena in 2024.