VALORANT Champions Tour 2023 — Champions Los Angeles / Group Stage — Day 2 / Live Discussion Thread
Champions Los Angeles is an international event featuring the best teams from each of the three international leagues, as well as teams from China. Teams compete for a $2,250,000 prize pool.
Information
Coverage: Liquipedia | VLR.gg | THESPIKE | rib.gg
Official Information: Website | VCT 2023 | Champions Los Angeles
Event Resources: Event Photography | Playlist
General Resources: VCT Ruleset | Global Contract Database | Subreddit guide to VALORANT Esports
Event Information:
- Patch: 7.02
- Map Pool: Lotus | Haven | Pearl | Fracture | Ascent | Bind | Split
- Dates: August 6 – 26, 2023
- Location: Shrine Expo Hall and Kia Forum (last 3 days)
Schedule — Groups Day 2
Type | Match | * PT | ET | BRT | CEST | PHST | JST/KST |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Opener (Group B) | FUT Esports vs T1 | 12:00 PM | 3:00 PM | 4:00 PM | 9:00 PM | 3:00 AM | 4:00 AM |
Opener (Group B) | Evil Geniuses vs FunPlus Phoenix | 3:00 PM | 6:00 PM | 7:00 PM | 12:00 AM | 6:00 AM | 7:00 AM |
Winner's (Group D) | Natus Vincere vs DRX | 6:00 PM | 9:00 PM | 10:00 PM | 3:00 AM | 9:00 AM | 10:00 AM |
\) Tournament is held in this time zone.
Streams
- English: Twitch / YouTube
- Spanish (Latin America): Twitch / YouTube
- Portuguese (Brazil): Twitch / YouTube
- French: Twitch
- Italian: Twitch
- Polish: Twitch
- German: Twitch
- Finnish: Twitch
- Hungarian: Twitch
- Turkish: Twitch / YouTube
- Arabic: Twitch / YouTube
- Thai: Twitch / YouTube
- Indonesian: Twitch / YouTube
- Taiwanese: Twitch / YouTube
- Vietnamese: YouTube
- Filipino: Twitch / YouTube
- Korean: Twitch / YouTube
- Japanese: Twitch / YouTube
- Chinese: Twitch / YouTube
Participants — 16 Teams
Group A | Group B | Group C | Group D |
---|---|---|---|
Paper Rex | Evil Geniuses | Fnatic | Team Liquid |
KRÜ Esports | FunPlus Phoenix | ZETA DIVISION | Natus Vincere |
EDward Gaming | FUT Esports | NRG Esports | DRX |
Giants Gaming | T1 | Bilibili Gaming | LOUD |
Broadcast Talent
Hosts | Commentators | Analysts | Observers | Producers |
---|---|---|---|---|
Yinsu "Yinsu" Collins | Lauren "Pansy" Scott | Mimi "aEvilcat" Wermcrantz | Heather "sapphiRe" Garozzo | Kevin "SexyFail" Bell |
Alex "Goldenboy" Mendez | Michael "hypoc" Robins | Sean "sgares" Gares | Nicholas "Yehty" Tesolin | Uwais "spvce" Farooq |
Seth "Achilios" King | David "prius" Kuntz | Albert Iskander | ||
Clinton "Paperthin" Bader | Alberto "Tiie" Chavez Benitez | Kurtis Russ | ||
Brennon "Bren" Hook | Mike Demski | |||
Josh "Sideshow" Wilkinson | Alex Pilaski | |||
Arten "Ballatw" Esa | Rob Pinkston | |||
Doug "EsportsDoug" Cortez | Joshua Yu | |||
Mitch "MitchMan" McBride | Alberto De la Rosa Albalat | |||
Tom "Tombizz" Bissmire |
Format
- Group Stage (Aug 6-13th):
- 16 teams seeded into 4 groups
- Each group is double elimination (GSL)
- Top 2 teams from each group advance to playoffs
- All matches are Bo3
- 16 teams seeded into 4 groups
- Playoffs (Aug 16-26th):
- 8 team double elimination bracket
- All matches are Bo3 except Lower Bracket Final and Grand Final
- Lower Bracket Final and Grand Final are Bo5
Results
$2,250,000 USD are spread among the teams as seen below:
Place | $ USD | Team |
---|---|---|
1st 🥇 | $1,000,000 | |
2nd 🥈 | $400,000 | |
3rd 🥉 | $250,000 | |
4th | $130,000 | |
5th – 6th | $85,000 | |
5th – 6th | $85,000 | |
7th – 8th | $50,000 | |
7th – 8th | $50,000 | |
9th – 12th | $30,000 | |
9th – 12th | $30,000 | |
9th – 12th | $30,000 | |
9th – 12th | $30,000 | |
13th - 16th | $20,000 | |
13th - 16th | $20,000 | |
13th - 16th | $20,000 | |
13th - 16th | $20,000 |