2026 Partnership Gaming Highlights: The AviaGames x AFA Soccer Season Recap

AviaGames' gaming partnership with the AFA created new opportunities to connect sports, mobile gameplay, and player communities in 2026. As an official regional sponsor of the Argentine Football Association (AFA), AviaGames brought soccer-inspired experiences to Solitaire Clash, 8 Ball Strike, Pocket7Games, and Bingo Tour. Across the season, players joined team competitions, collected limited-time content, made soccer predictions, participated in Solitaire Clash community events, and tuned in for the first-ever 8 Ball Strike Cup. From a five-week Solitaire Clash Club Clash featuring a $3 million Bonus Cash pool and a 40% increase in social engagement to more than 1.6 million views of 8 Ball Strike Championship content, the partnership gave us plenty to celebrate.

Under the campaign theme "The Game Is On. Yours Is Better.", Solitaire Clash turned the soccer season into a five-week experience built around competition, collection, and community participation.

Club Clash: Five Weeks of Team Competition

At the center of the campaign was Club Clash, a five-week competition where players rallied behind three influencer-led teams — Ace Alliance, Victory Vanguards, and Prime Finishers — and contributed to their Club through gameplay.

Featuring a $3 million total Bonus Cash pool, the event gave players new results and rivalries to follow each week. That momentum also extended to social media, where engagement increased by 40% as players followed results and cheered on their teams.

Week 1: Victory Vanguards | Week 2: Ace Alliance | Week 3: Prime Finishers | Week 4: Ace Alliance | Week 5: Prime Finishers

Season Album: Collecting the Soccer Season

Alongside Club Clash, Solitaire Clash introduced the Season Album, featuring 18 card sets inspired by soccer culture, summer moments, and the Argentina National Team. The card collection included special cards featuring the Argentina squad, including Lionel Messi, Enzo Fernández, and Julián Álvarez. As players completed their albums, they unlocked limited-time rewards and discovered new content throughout the event.

Social Events: Bringing Players Beyond the Game

The campaign also reached beyond Solitaire Clash. 18 digital billboards in Hollywood featured Solitaire Clash x AFA visuals, while LED screen backpack activations brought the campaign directly to locals and visitors in Los Angeles.

Online, players participated in activities including Score Showdown, World vs Me, Card Tales, and Winning Moment, with selected participants receiving rewards such as Amazon gift cards, Bonus Cash, and a multi-signed Argentina National Team jersey.

As part of the AviaGames x AFA partnership, 8 Ball Strike introduced a series of soccer-inspired events that brought the energy of soccer into the game of pool, led by the first-ever 8 Ball Strike Cup. The campaign helped drive a 30% increase in organic app traffic, while also expanding player participation through Goal for Gold, collectible Bobblehead Cues, and Prime Picks. Under the theme "The Cup Is Calling. Strike to Win.", 8 Ball Strike turned the soccer season into one of its biggest campaign moments yet.

8 Ball Strike Cup: A Livestream Championship Event

The 8 Ball Strike Cup was our first-ever 8 Ball Strike tournament, and what a way to start.

Players showed up in a big way, with the Championship livestream reaching more than 1.6 million views and drawing 35,000+ engagements across the two-day livestream and replay content.

Getting to the Championship was a journey of its own. The tournament kicked off with a 14-day Group Stage, followed by the Playoffs, where 1,024 players competed in 1v1 best-of-five elimination rounds for a $50,000 Bonus Cash prize pool. From there, 32 finalists made it to the Championship on July 16–17 to compete for a $30,000 prize pool.

After two days of competition, Shuvo0777 took the championship title, along with $10,000 and a multi-signed Argentina jersey, while Sharrion Taveras finished as runner-up and It's-KY placed third.

With Katie Bedford, Troydan, and Venom joining the livestream, the finale gave players and fans a front-row seat to the action. For our first-ever tournament, the response was incredible, with so much positive feedback from the community and players already asking what's next. Seeing that excitement made the success of the first 8 Ball Strike Cup even more special, and we can't wait to see what the next tournament brings.

Goal for Gold and Bobblehead Pool Cues

Goal for Gold kept the soccer-season energy going strong, with about 190,000 sessions played during the event. In-event soccer moments brought an extra layer of fun to each match, giving players even more to celebrate throughout the season.

The soccer theme also made its way to the pool table with collectible pool cues inspired by Lionel Messi, Enzo Fernández, and Emiliano Martínez.

Together, Goal for Gold and Bobblehead Cues kept the spirit of the season going beyond the Cup, adding even more memorable moments to the pool game experience.

Prime Picks: A Soccer Prediction Challenge

Prime Picks gave players another way to get into the soccer season, and nearly 100,000 players joined the fun. Through the soccer prediction challenge, they made their picks, followed the action, and watched to see how their predictions played out.

With so many players getting involved, Prime Picks brought even more excitement to an already memorable soccer season.

The AviaGames x AFA partnership gave us plenty to celebrate this season. From the team spirit around Club Clash to the incredible response to our first-ever 8 Ball Strike Cup, players showed up, got involved, and made these experiences feel bigger than the games themselves. Seeing that excitement grow throughout the season made this partnership especially memorable for us.

More than anything, the season showed us how mobile gaming can bring people together around something they enjoy. It's a feeling we've seen before through Play for Paws and Wonderland Wishes, and this time, soccer gave our community something new to rally around, celebrate, and share together.

Looking back, it's the way our players embraced the season that made this partnership such a success. As the season comes to a close, the response from our community has made the AviaGames x AFA partnership one of our most memorable campaigns of 2026.