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VALORANT Champions 2023
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VALORANT Champions 2023
League Information
Series:
Organizer:
Patch:
Type:
Offline
Location:
Los AngelesVenue:
Format:
Group Stage
GSL Format
Playoffs
Double-Elimination
GSL Format
Playoffs
Double-Elimination
Prize Pool:
$2,250,000 USD
Start Date:
2023-08-06
End Date:
2023-08-26
Teams:
16
Liquipedia Tier:
Links
Maps
Chronology
About[edit]
Broadcast Talent[edit]
- Hosts:
- ChubbyNinja (Victoria Cheng)
- Goldenboy (Alex Mendez)
Yinsu (Yinsu Collins)
- Guests:
- Observers:
- Replay Operators:
Andy Power- Angel Hannigan
atroooix (Jakub Szmyt)
- Producers:
- Albert (Albert Iskander)
Alberto De La Rosa- Alex Pilaski
- Brian Soden
- heliumbrella (Joseph Cunningham)
- Joshua Yu
- Mike Demski
- pinky (Rob Pinkston)
SexyFail (Kevin Bell)- StefRich (Stefan Richardson)
Teo Karakolev- TrukTruk (Kurtis Russ)
- Stats Producer:
- spvce (Uwais Farooq)
- Brazilian Hosts:
Belle (Semile Rigobelle)- Maah Lopez (Gabriela Lopez)
- Melão (Gustavo Ruzza)
- Brazilian Commentators:
- Brazilian Analysts:
- Letícia Motta (Leticia Motta)
- Nyang (Guilherme Coelho)
- spacca (Guilherme Spacca)
- Tixinha (Guilherme Cheida)
- LATAM Host:
Gatotowsky (Vhania Barrera)
- LATAM Commentators & Analysts:
- LATAM Interviewer:
Dryad (Daniela Herrera)
- LATAM Producers
Alexis Juárez- CakeDeNata (Renata Pérez)
- chipzzz (Luis Leyva)
- French Commentators:
- Turkish Commentators:
- Turkish Interviewer:
Scarlet (Can Çaldıran)
- Italian Commentators:
- Hungarian Commentators:
- Czech Commentator:
TIXI (Vojtěch Tichý)
- German Commentators:
Blossom (Evi Sutter)- Blueberryyum (Laura Landua)
- headshinsky (Marvin Wild)
- Somanzko (Manuel Somoza)
- Chinese Commentators:
- Chinese Translator:
希然 (Feng Xi)
- Thai Hosts & Analysts:
- Filipino Hosts & Analysts:
Blackenblue (Nico Gayoso)- JuiceyBrucey (Bruce Alcomendras)
- Lykable (Lyka Mea)
- Mikafabs (Mika Fabella)
- Rebyczko (Valerie Byczko)
- Reyrey (Reycelle Garrido)
- Indonesian Hosts:
Abigail (Abigail Clarissa)- Donna Visca (Mutiara Donna Visca)
- MasGer (Gerry Eka Asmara)
- Momochan (Monica Mariska)
- TamTam (Charity Tamara)
- Indonesian Commentators & Analysts:
- Bella Heartfire (Bella Victoria)
- Bredel (Rere Bintoro)
- Daveee (Daffa Rizky)
- Euka (Zabiella Ruth)
- Frostmisty (Albert Giovanni)
- Jamalismcast (Jamal Hasbi)
- Kocul (Lukas Yanto)
- Lee Han (Lihan Fuad)
- Manamo (Geraldy Alexander Abraham)
- Manamo (Geraldy Alexander Abraham)
- Nona Berlian (Berlian Sakina Tanevi)
- Om Wawa (Arwanto Tanumiharja)
- Realize (Muhammad Faiz Heriadi)
- Son (Antonius Willson)
- Vietnamese Host:
Trọng Linh (Nguyễn Trọng Linh)
- Japanese Commentators:
Kaiki Kawano- OooDa (Tetsuya Okagami)
- Taiga Kishi
- yukishiro (Ryo Ozawa)
- Japanese Translator:
- MIZUKA (Mizuka Koike)
- Korean Commentators:
BINBON (Kim Jin-young)- Chae Min-joon
- Chobra (William Cho)
- DONGJIN (Park Dong-jin)
- Jeong Yong-geom
- Jung In-ho
- Kim Su-hyeon
- Locomotive (Yoo Jung-sun)
- Korean Interviewer:
- Hindi Commentators:
Aahna Aiden (Dhriti Madan Sharma)- Fritzz (Divyanshu Saksena)
- Spardus (Shubhank Pahariya)
Format[edit]
- Group Stage: August 6th - 13th, 2023
- 4 groups of four teams in a double-elimination (GSL) format.
- All matches are Bo3
- Top 2 teams from each group advance to the Playoffs
- Playoffs: August 16th - 20th and 24th - 26th, 2023
- Double-Elimination bracket
- All matches (excl. Lower Bracket Final and Grand Final) are Bo3
- Lower Bracket Final and Grand Final are Bo5
Prize Pool[edit]
$2,250,000 USD are spread among the participants as seen below:
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
VCT partner teams are paid 50% of net proceeds from the Champions 2023 Skin Collection. [1]
Up to August 23rd, Champions Collection has raised more than $20M for qualified Champions teams. [2]
Schedule[edit]
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Participants[edit]
Notes:
- Teams seeding pools based on their placement performance at the VCT Masters Tokyo event, with the Teams qualifying through the last chance qualifiers (“LCQ”) representing the lower regional seeds.
FunPlus Phoenix| S | DNP WudiYuChEn |
|---|---|
4th  (2022) | |
| NaThanD | |
| 4th (2022) | |
| 1 | AAAAY |
|---|---|
| 2 |  BerLIN |
| 3 | Yuicaw |
| 4 | TZH |
| 5 | Lysoar |
| 4th (2022) | |
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| China Qualifier (#3) | |
Results[edit]
Group Stage[edit]
[edit]
| Group A | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Paper Rex | 2-0 | 55-36 | +19 | |
| 2. |   EDward Gaming | 2-1 | 86-76 | +10 | |
| 3. |   Giants | 1-2 | 74-87 | -13 | |
| 4. |  KRÜ Esports | 0-2 | 37-53 | -16 | |
Group A Matches
Opening Matches
2
0
2
1
Winners Match
2
0
Elimination Match
0
2
Decider Match
[edit]
| Group B | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Evil Geniuses | 2-0 | 54-38 | +16 | |
| 2. |   FUT Esports | 2-1 | 75-61 | +14 | |
| 3. |  T1 | 1-2 | 59-70 | -11 | |
| 4. |  FunPlus Phoenix | 0-2 | 33-52 | -19 | |
Group B Matches
Opening Matches
2
0
2
0
Winners Match
2
0
Elimination Match
0
2
Decider Match
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| Group C | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Fnatic | 2-0 | 52-21 | +31 | |
| 2. |  Bilibili Gaming | 2-1 | 63-61 | +2 | |
| 3. |   NRG | 1-2 | 63-67 | -4 | |
| 4. |   ZETA DIVISION | 0-2 | 25-54 | -29 | |
Group C Matches
Opening Matches
2
0
0
2
Winners Match
2
0
Elimination Match
0
2
Decider Match
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| Group D | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. |   DRX | 2-0 | 77-67 | +10 | |
| 2. | LOUD | 2-1 | 92-84 | +8 | |
| 3. |   Natus Vincere | 1-2 | 103-101 | +2 | |
| 4. |   Team Liquid | 0-2 | 36-56 | -20 | |
Group D Matches
Opening Matches
0
2
2
1
Winners Match
1
2
Elimination Match
0
2
Decider Match
Playoffs[edit]
Upper Bracket Quarterfinals
Upper Bracket Quarterfinals
UB Quarterfinals
UBQF
Upper Bracket Semifinals
Upper Bracket Semifinals
UB Semifinals
UBSF
Upper Bracket Final
Upper Bracket Final
UB Final
UBF
Grand Final
Grand Final
Final
GF
Lower Bracket Round 1
Lower Bracket Round 1
LB Round 1
LBR1
Lower Bracket Quarterfinals
Lower Bracket Quarterfinals
LB Quarterfinals
LBQF
Lower Bracket Semifinal
Lower Bracket Semifinal
LB Semifinal
LBSF
Lower Bracket Final
Lower Bracket Final
LB Final
LBF
Additional Data[edit]
Country Representation[edit]
| # | Country / Region | Representation | Players |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 13 / 80 (16%) | AAAAY, Biank, CHICHOO, Haodong, Knight, Lysoar, nobody, rin, Smoggy, TZH, whzy, yosemite, ZmjjKK |
| 2 | South Korea | 10 / 80 (13%) | ban, BuZz, Carpe, MaKo, Munchkin, Rb, Sayaplayer, stax, xeta, Zest |
| 3 | Turkey | 7 / 80 (9%) | Alfajer, ATA KAPTAN, cNed, mojj, MrFaliN, qRaxs, qw1 |
| 3 | United States | 7 / 80 (9%) | Boostio, C0M, crashies, Demon1, Ethan, s0m, Victor |
| 5 | Japan | 5 / 80 (6%) | crow, Dep, Laz, SugarZ3ro, TENNN |
| 5 |  Russia | 5 / 80 (6%) | Chronicle, Cloud, nAts, Redgar, something |
| 7 | Brazil | 4 / 80 (5%) | aspas, cauanzin, Less, tuyz |
| 8 | Chile | 3 / 80 (4%) | keznit, Melser, NagZ |
| 8 |  Finland | 3 / 80 (4%) | Derke, hoody, Jamppi |
| 8 |  Sweden | 3 / 80 (4%) | Leo, Sayf, Zyppan |
| 11 |  Argentina | 2 / 80 (3%) | Klaus, Saadhak |
| 11 | Indonesia | 2 / 80 (3%) | f0rsakeN, mindfreak |
| 11 |  Non-representing | 2 / 80 (3%) | Shao, SUYGETSU |
| 11 | Taiwan | 2 / 80 (3%) | BerLIN, Yuicaw |
| 11 | United Kingdom | 2 / 80 (3%) | Boaster, soulcas |
| 16 |  Cambodia | 1 / 80 (1%) | jawgemo |
| 16 |  Canada | 1 / 80 (1%) | FNS |
| 16 | Colombia | 1 / 80 (1%) | Daveeys |
| 16 |  Latvia | 1 / 80 (1%) | ardiis |
| 16 |  Lithuania | 1 / 80 (1%) | nukkye |
| 16 |  Malaysia | 1 / 80 (1%) | d4v41 |
| 16 |  Norway | 1 / 80 (1%) | rhyme |
| 16 |  Singapore | 1 / 80 (1%) | Jinggg |
| 16 | Spain | 1 / 80 (1%) | Fit1nho |
| 16 |  Ukraine | 1 / 80 (1%) | ANGE1 |
Additional Content[edit]
Streams[edit]
Announcements[edit]
- 2023-03-05 |
VALORANT Champions lands in Los Angeles by VALORANT Esports of Riot Games - 2023-04-27 | The Road to Champions 2023! by VALORANT Esports of Riot Games
References[edit]
- ↑ VALORANT Champions Tour (2023-08-04). "Crown your collection with the Champions 2023 Vandal and Melee while supporting your favorite teams.".
- ↑ VALORANT Champions Tour (2023-08-23). "Through your support, the Champions Bundle has raised more than $20M for qualified #VALORANTChampions teams!".
- ↑ Evil Geniuses (2023-06-16). "Wouldn't be in Tokyo without the time and effort from the full squad".
- ↑ Inthra (2023-06-19). "Luego de casi 1 año, mi camino con @FUTesportsgg ha llegado a su fin. " [After almost 1 year, my journey with @FUTesportsgg has come to an end.] (in Spanish).
- ↑ FUT Esports (2023-07-07). "VALORANT analistimiz @bASERvlr ile karşılıklı anlaşarak yollarımızı ayırmış bulunmaktayız. " [We have parted ways by mutual agreement with our VALORANT analyst @bASERvlr.] (in Turkish).
- ↑ Paper Rex (2023-06-04). "Benedict will no longer be on the starting roster during the 2023 VCT Masters Tokyo and the 2023 VCT Champions Los Angeles.".
- ↑ VALORANT Champions Tour (2023-08-17). "An update on today's #VALORANTChampions match between @DRX_VS and @BilibiliGaming." (in English).
- ↑ Valorant News (2023-08-08). "NAVI were penalized with the loss of a timeout for the use of snus during NAVI vs DRX matchup at VALORANT Champions".