Английская Википедия:2023 Valorant Champions

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The 2023 Valorant Champions was an esports tournament for the video game Valorant. This was the third edition of the Valorant Champions, the crowning event of the Valorant Champions Tour (VCT) for the 2023 Valorant competitive season. The tournament was held between August 6 and August 26, 2023 in Los Angeles and Inglewood, California, United States. Sixteen teams qualified for the tournament based on their result in the regular season leagues, 2023 Masters Tokyo, and the regional Last Chance Qualifiers.

"Ticking Away" was announced as the tournament's theme song, produced, composed and performed by Grabbitz and bbno$.

LOUD were the defending champions, but lost to Evil Geniuses in the lower bracket final.

Evil Geniuses became the first North American team to win the Valorant world championship after defeating Paper Rex in the finals by a score of 3–1.

History

In September 2022, Riot announced the 30 teams partnered for the 2023 Champions Tour. Following the inclusion of the 2023 LOCK//IN event, Riot announced the location of 2023 Champions as Los Angeles.

To promote the event, on July 31, 2023, Riot released the anthem for the tournament, "Ticking Away". The track features artists Grabbitz and bbno$. In coordination with the track release, Riot hosted events across four LA neighborhoods featuring live music, food and livestreaming tournament matches. Additionally, Riot released a number of videos featuring bbno$ as "The Random".

On July 23rd, the sixteen qualified teams were announced by Riot Games.

Junta de Andalucía was announced as the Global English Broadcast Partner on August 7th.

Venues

Los Angeles and Inglewood were chosen to host the competition. The tournament was held at the Shrine Auditorium and Expo Hall for the majority of the tournament, and at the Kia Forum for the top 4 teams on the final three days.

Шаблон:Flagdeco California
Los Angeles	Inglewood	Шаблон:Location map+
Shrine Auditorium and Expo Hall	Kia Forum
Файл:Valorant Champions Los Angeles 2023.jpg Shrine Expo Hall in Los Angeles on the opening day of the tournament with spectators.	Файл:Forum Inglewood.JPG Kia Forum hosts the final three days of the event.

Qualified teams

Sixteen teams qualified for the global crowning event of the circuit, with teams either qualifying through their respective league or through Last Chance Qualifiers. The top 3 teams of each league during the playoffs or Masters Tokyo for EMEA immediately qualified for Champions, while the other 7 teams had to battle it out in the Last Chance Qualifiers in their respective regions including China. The following teams qualified for the event:

Qualified teams for 2023 Valorant Champions

League		Team	Qualification
Шаблон:Abbr		Шаблон:Flagdeco Fnatic	Masters: EMEA #1
		Шаблон:Flagdeco Team Liquid	Masters: EMEA #2
		Шаблон:Flagdeco FUT Esports	Masters: EMEA #3
		Шаблон:Flagdeco Giants Gaming	EMEA Last Chance Qualifier winner
		Шаблон:Flagdeco Natus Vincere	Masters Slot: EMEA LCQ runner-up
Americas		Шаблон:Flagdeco Evil Geniuses	Americas League
		Шаблон:Flagdeco NRG	Americas League
		Шаблон:Flagdeco LOUD	Americas League
		Шаблон:Flagdeco KRÜ Esports	Americas Last Chance Qualifier winner
Pacific		Шаблон:Flagdeco Paper Rex	Pacific League
		Шаблон:Flagdeco DRX	Pacific League
		Шаблон:Flagdeco T1	Pacific League
		Шаблон:Flagdeco ZETA DIVISION	Pacific Last Chance Qualifier winner
China		Шаблон:Flagdeco Edward Gaming	China Qualifier winner
		Шаблон:Flagdeco Bilibili Gaming	China Qualifier runner–up
		Шаблон:Flagdeco FunPlus Phoenix	China Qualifier #3

Group stage

The group stage took place from August 6 – 13, 2023. All 16 teams were divided into 4 groups of four teams each playing in a GSL-style double-elimination format. Games were held in a best-of-three series. The top 2 teams in each group qualified for the playoffs.

Draw Rules

16 Teams were drawn into 4 groups of 4 teams. Teams from the same region cannot be placed in the same group. If a team is drawn into the same group as another team from their region, they will be placed in the next valid group with the exception of the EMEA LCQ #2 seed, which was Natus Vincere. Matchups were based on the draw pools, with Pool 1 teams facing Pool 4 teams and Pool 2 teams facing Pool 3 teams in each group. These pools were determined by the performance of teams at Masters Tokyo and the Last Chance Qualifiers.

Bracket

Teams in bold advanced to the next round. The numbers to the left of each team indicate the team's seeding in its group, and the numbers to the right indicate the number of maps the team won in that match. Teams with map pick/ban choice (i.e., the higher-seeded team or upper-bracket team) are marked by an asterisk.

Note: Times are in the local time of Los Angeles (PDT) (UTC−7).

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Knockout stage

The knockouts are a double-elimination tournament that took place from August 16–26, 2022. All matches were a best-of-three series, except for the Lower Bracket Final and the Grand Final, which were a best-of-five series.

Qualified teams

Eight teams qualified for the double-elimination playoff portion of the tournament from the group stage.

Qualified teams for Champions Playoffs

Group		Team	Region
Group A		Paper Rex	Pacific League
		Edward Gaming	China
Group B		Evil Geniuses	Americas League
		FUT Esports	EMEA League
Group C		Fnatic	EMEA League
		Bilibili Gaming	China
Group D		DRX	Pacific League
		LOUD	Americas League

Bracket

Teams in bold advanced to the next round. The numbers to the left of each team indicate the team's seeding in the bracket, while the numbers on the right indicate the number of maps the team won in that match. Teams with map pick/ban choice (i.e., the higher-seeded or upper-bracket teams) are marked with an asterisk. In cases where teams have the same seed from groups, a coin is flipped to determine which team gets the map pick/ban choice. The teams that won the coin toss are indicated with two asterisks. For the grand finals, the team who advanced from the upper bracket gets to ban the first two maps and have map pick/ban choice.

Note: Times are in the local time of Los Angeles (PDT) (UTC−7).

Prize pool

Riot Games raised the prize pool for the 2023 Champions tournament to $2.25 million, an increase from the $1 million of 2022. The winner of Champions received $1 million.

Place	Team	Prize (USD)
1st	Evil Geniuses	$1,000,000
2nd	Paper Rex	$400,000
3rd	LOUD	$250,000
4th	Fnatic	$130,000
5th–6th	DRX	$85,000
	Edward Gaming
7th–8th	Bilibili Gaming	$50,000
	FUT Esports
9th–12th	Natus Vincere	$30,000
	T1
	NRG Esports
	Giants Gaming
13th–16th	KRÜ Esports	$20,000
	FunPlus Phoenix
	ZETA DIVISION
	Team Liquid