North American Challengers League Spring 2023
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North American Challengers League Spring 2023
League Information
Prize Pool:
$100,000 USD
Start Date:
2023-01-21
End Date:
2023-04-??
Teams:
16
Liquipedia Tier:
Links
Chronology
The North American Challengers League is the successor to the LCS Proving Grounds and LCS Academy circuits, allowing non-academy teams to compete in a full-season tournament alongside LCS academy teams. The first season has 6 invited non-challenger teams, while the second season will use a promotion/relegation system, only affecting these teams. It was also revealed that all academy teams would rename to challengers teams.
On November 21st, 6 of the non-challenger partner teams were announced. CLG Faith, FlyQuest FAM, and Team Liquid First were revealed as additional LCS partners, while AOE Esports, Cincinnati Fear, and Wildcard Gaming round up the list. [1]
Format[edit]
- Group Stage
- All academy teams are invited, 6 non-academy teams are invited.
- Bottom 4 provisional teams qualify for the promotion tournament.
- Single Round-robin.
- All matches are Bo2.
- Playoffs
- All teams qualify for playoffs.
- Double Elimination bracket.
Broadcast Talent[edit]
- Analyst:
BeatDownBlvd (Nathanael Birhane)
- Guest Analyst:
Myra (Myra Davis)
- Casters:
Decerux (Erick Beltran)
Mad Magical (Alex Whieldon)
Raafaa (Marc Alexander Arrambide)
Sierra Dawn (Sierra Hunter)
Joushi (Joshua Howard)
Cubby (Matt Samuelson)
Prize Pool[edit]
$100,000 USD are spread among the participants as seen below:
Participating Teams[edit]
Notes
- 1 January 21st - 100 Thieves Challengers will use V1per and Lightpulse in week 1 due to visa issues for Unforgiven and Destiny. [2]
- 1 January 20th - FlyQuest Challengers will use Qitong in, replacing Winsome. [4]
- 1 January 21st - Immortals Challengers will use Ablazeolive due to visa issues for Bolulu. [5]
Notes
- 1 January 20th - BMFX steps down from the roster ahead of the tournament, Plux joins as new support while Sketchdreams moves to the ADC role. [7]
- 2 January 30th - Sketchdreams returns to the support position, Plux leaves. [8]
Results[edit]
Group Stage[edit]
NACL Spring 2023 | ||||||
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1. | Cincinnati Fear | 3-3-0 | 9-3 | |||
2. | Team Liquid Challengers | 3-2-0 | 8-2 | |||
3. | Dignitas Challengers | 3-2-0 | 8-2 | |||
4. | Wildcard Gaming | 3-1-1 | 7-3 | |||
5. | Cloud9 Challengers | 3-1-1 | 7-3 | |||
6. | 100 Thieves Challengers | 2-3-0 | 7-3 | |||
7. | CLG Challengers | 2-2-1 | 6-4 | |||
7. | FlyQuest Challengers | 2-2-1 | 6-4 | |||
9. | Evil Geniuses Challengers | 2-2-2 | 6-6 | |||
10. | GGS Challengers | 1-3-1 | 5-5 | |||
11. | TSM Challengers | 1-1-3 | 3-7 | |||
12. | AOE Esports | 0-4-2 | 4-8 | |||
12. | Immortals Challengers | 0-4-2 | 4-8 | |||
14. | Team Liquid First | 0-2-3 | 2-8 | |||
15. | CLG Faith | 0-1-4 | 1-9 | |||
15. | FlyQuest FAM | 0-1-4 | 1-9 |
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0-0 Feb 06 | 0-0 Mar 04 | 1-1 Jan 28 | 2-0 Jan 23 | 2-0 Jan 31 | 0-0 Feb 12 | 0-0 Feb 13 | 0-0 Feb 12 | 0-0 Feb 19 | 0-0 Mar 06 | 2-0 Jan 21 | 0-0 Feb 26 | 0-2 Feb 04 | 0-0 Feb 19 | 0-0 Feb 27 | ||
0-0 Feb 11 | 0-0 Mar 04 | 0-2 Jan 30 | 1-1 Jan 28 | 1-1 Feb 04 | 0-0 Feb 14 | 0-0 Feb 18 | 0-0 Feb 12 | 0-0 Feb 27 | 2-0 Jan 21 | 2-0 Jan 22 | 0-0 Feb 27 | 0-0 Feb 06 | 0-0 Feb 25 | 0-0 Mar 06 | ||
0-0 Feb 20 | 1-1 Jan 28 | 2-0 Jan 30 | 0-0 Feb 06 | 0-0 Feb 13 | 0-0 Feb 28 | 0-0 Mar 05 | 0-0 Feb 26 | 1-1 Jan 22 | 2-0 Jan 31 | 0-0 Feb 05 | 2-0 Jan 23 | 0-0 Feb 18 | 0-0 Mar 06 | 0-0 Feb 12 | ||
0-0 Feb 19 | 0-2 Jan 23 | 1-1 Jan 28 | 0-0 Feb 06 | 0-0 Feb 11 | 0-0 Feb 27 | 0-0 Mar 05 | 0-0 Feb 25 | 0-0 Mar 06 | 2-0 Jan 29 | 2-0 Jan 30 | 1-1 Jan 22 | 0-0 Feb 13 | 0-0 Mar 05 | 0-2 Feb 05 | ||
0-0 Feb 26 | 0-2 Jan 31 | 1-1 Feb 04 | 0-0 Feb 13 | 0-0 Feb 11 | 0-0 Mar 05 | 0-0 Mar 06 | 0-0 Feb 27 | 2-0 Jan 24 | 0-0 Feb 05 | 0-0 Feb 06 | 2-0 Jan 29 | 0-0 Feb 19 | 1-1 Jan 23 | 0-0 Feb 18 | ||
1-1 Jan 21 | 0-0 Feb 12 | 0-0 Feb 14 | 0-0 Feb 28 | 0-0 Feb 27 | 0-0 Mar 05 | 2-0 Jan 29 | 0-2 Jan 22 | 0-0 Feb 05 | 0-0 Feb 19 | 0-0 Feb 26 | 0-0 Feb 07 | 0-0 Mar 07 | 1-1 Jan 30 | 1-1 Jan 23 | ||
1-1 Jan 23 | 0-0 Feb 13 | 0-0 Feb 18 | 0-0 Mar 05 | 0-0 Mar 05 | 0-0 Mar 06 | 0-2 Jan 29 | 1-1 Jan 28 | 0-0 Feb 06 | 0-0 Feb 25 | 0-0 Feb 26 | 0-0 Feb 11 | 0-2 Jan 22 | 1-1 Feb 05 | 1-1 Jan 30 | ||
0-0 Mar 06 | 0-0 Feb 12 | 0-0 Feb 12 | 0-0 Feb 26 | 0-0 Feb 25 | 0-0 Feb 27 | 2-0 Jan 22 | 1-1 Jan 28 | 2-0 Feb 04 | 0-0 Feb 14 | 0-0 Feb 20 | 0-0 Feb 05 | 0-0 Mar 04 | 2-0 Jan 30 | 1-1 Jan 21 | ||
0-2 Jan 29 | 0-0 Feb 19 | 0-0 Feb 27 | 1-1 Jan 22 | 0-0 Mar 06 | 0-2 Jan 24 | 0-0 Feb 05 | 0-0 Feb 06 | 0-2 Feb 04 | 0-0 Feb 28 | 0-0 Mar 05 | 0-0 Feb 18 | 2-0 Jan 29 | 0-0 Feb 11 | 0-0 Feb 13 | ||
0-0 Feb 12 | 0-0 Mar 06 | 0-2 Jan 21 | 0-2 Jan 31 | 0-2 Jan 29 | 0-0 Feb 05 | 0-0 Feb 19 | 0-0 Feb 25 | 0-0 Feb 14 | 0-0 Feb 28 | 1-1 Jan 24 | 0-0 Mar 04 | 0-0 Feb 07 | 0-0 Feb 26 | 0-2 Jan 22 | ||
0-0 Feb 13 | 0-2 Jan 21 | 0-2 Jan 22 | 0-0 Feb 05 | 0-2 Jan 30 | 0-0 Feb 06 | 0-0 Feb 26 | 0-0 Feb 26 | 0-0 Feb 20 | 0-0 Mar 05 | 1-1 Jan 24 | 0-0 Mar 07 | 0-0 Feb 12 | 0-0 Mar 05 | 0-2 Jan 29 | ||
0-2 Feb 04 | 0-0 Feb 26 | 0-0 Feb 27 | 0-2 Jan 23 | 1-1 Jan 22 | 0-2 Jan 29 | 0-0 Feb 07 | 0-0 Feb 11 | 0-0 Feb 05 | 0-0 Feb 18 | 0-0 Mar 04 | 0-0 Mar 07 | 1-1 Jan 30 | 0-0 Feb 13 | 0-0 Feb 19 | ||
0-0 Feb 27 | 2-0 Feb 04 | 0-0 Feb 06 | 0-0 Feb 18 | 0-0 Feb 13 | 0-0 Feb 19 | 0-0 Mar 07 | 2-0 Jan 22 | 0-0 Mar 04 | 0-2 Jan 29 | 0-0 Feb 07 | 0-0 Feb 12 | 1-1 Jan 30 | 2-0 Jan 23 | 0-0 Feb 25 | ||
1-1 Jan 28 | 0-0 Feb 19 | 0-0 Feb 25 | 0-0 Mar 06 | 0-0 Mar 05 | 1-1 Jan 23 | 1-1 Jan 30 | 1-1 Feb 05 | 0-2 Jan 30 | 0-0 Feb 11 | 0-0 Feb 26 | 0-0 Mar 05 | 0-0 Feb 13 | 0-2 Jan 23 | 0-0 Feb 06 | ||
0-0 Mar 04 | 0-0 Feb 27 | 0-0 Mar 06 | 0-0 Feb 12 | 2-0 Feb 05 | 0-0 Feb 18 | 1-1 Jan 23 | 1-1 Jan 30 | 1-1 Jan 21 | 0-0 Feb 13 | 2-0 Jan 22 | 2-0 Jan 29 | 0-0 Feb 19 | 0-0 Feb 25 | 0-0 Feb 06 | ||
Click here for detailed results of the Group Stage matches
Playoffs[edit]
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Statistics[edit]
Champion Statistics[edit]
Picks | Blue Side | Red Side | Bans | Picks & Bans | ||||||||||||||||||
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Champion | ∑ | W | L | WR | %T | ∑ | W | L | WR | ∑ | W | L | WR | ∑ | %T | ∑ | %T | Played By | Played With | Played Vs. | ||
1 | ![]() | 40 | 19 | 21 | 47.50% | 47.62% | 19 | 11 | 8 | 57.89% | 21 | 8 | 13 | 38.10% | 20 | 23.81% | 60 | 71.43% | 6 (2-4) 5 (1-4) 5 (1-4) 4 (3-1) 3 (3-0) | |||
2 | ![]() | 34 | 21 | 13 | 61.76% | 40.48% | 18 | 14 | 4 | 77.78% | 16 | 7 | 9 | 43.75% | 15 | 17.86% | 49 | 58.33% | 5 (2-3) 4 (4-0) 4 (3-1) 3 (3-0) 3 (2-1) | |||
3 | ![]() | 34 | 14 | 20 | 41.18% | 40.48% | 11 | 6 | 5 | 54.55% | 23 | 8 | 15 | 34.78% | 20 | 23.81% | 54 | 64.29% | 6 (2-4) 5 (2-3) 4 (2-2) 4 (1-3) 3 (1-2) | |||
4 | ![]() | 33 | 21 | 12 | 63.64% | 39.29% | 17 | 13 | 4 | 76.47% | 16 | 8 | 8 | 50.00% | 23 | 27.38% | 56 | 66.67% | 6 (4-2) 4 (4-0) 4 (3-1) 4 (2-2) 3 (3-0) | |||
5 | ![]() | 31 | 20 | 11 | 64.52% | 36.90% | 20 | 15 | 5 | 75.00% | 11 | 5 | 6 | 45.45% | 7 | 8.33% | 38 | 45.24% | 5 (3-2) 4 (4-0) 3 (3-0) 3 (2-1) 3 (2-1) | |||
84 games played | 53W - 31L (63.10%) | 31W - 53L (36.90%) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Click here for complete statistics table |
Country Representation[edit]
# | Country / Region | Representation | Players |
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1 | ![]() | 39 / 86 (45%) | APA, Array, Aspect, Bradley, breezyyy, Chad, Concept, DARKWINGS, Exyu, FakeGod, Goo, Hauntzer, Insanity, Instinct, Jenkins, Joey, Keel, Kim Down, Lightpulse, lunacia, Minui, miya, Mobility, MooseHater, Nxi, Perry, Plux, Prismal, RobbyBob, shochi, Sketchdreams, Soligo, Swordd, Tomo, Trevor, Wixxi, Young, Yukino, Zeyzal |
2 | ![]() | 24 / 86 (28%) | Ablazeolive, Chime, Copy, Diamond, Doxa, Duoking, Faisal, links, Maniac, Massu, Meech, Philip, rovex, Sheiden, SiddyWiddy, SkyTec, Smoothie, Sniper, Soul, Spirax, Tomio, V1per, WildTurtle, Winnie |
3 | ![]() | 8 / 86 (9%) | ADD, Arrow, EMENES, Gamsu, Hoon, Mir, Qitong, RoseThorn |
4 | ![]() | 4 / 86 (5%) | Destiny, Kevy, Ryoma, Srtty |
5 | ![]() | 2 / 86 (2%) | Bolulu, Unforgiven |
5 | ![]() | 2 / 86 (2%) | Bejjaniii, Seranok |
7 | ![]() | 1 / 86 (1%) | Airren |
7 | ![]() | 1 / 86 (1%) | Svenskeren |
7 | ![]() | 1 / 86 (1%) | Pretty |
7 | ![]() | 1 / 86 (1%) | Yuuji |
7 | ![]() | 1 / 86 (1%) | Lost |
7 | ![]() | 1 / 86 (1%) | Blazze |
7 | ![]() | 1 / 86 (1%) | Lens |
References[edit]
- ↑ North American Challengers League (2022-11-21). "Give a warm #PathToLCS welcome to the 6 Provisional Teams in the 2023 Spring Split of Challengers League!" (in
English). Twitter.
- ↑ Lightpulse (2023-01-21). "today i’m playing with @GeneralSniper for his first academy game and @hiitsviper for his first academy adc game." (in
English). Twitter.
- ↑ Andrew Barton (2023-01-18). "We will be having @lolmobility and @RobbyBob311 step in for @k1ngYB and @Ryoma1 until their visas are processed and they arrive in LA." (in
English). Twitter.
- ↑ Qitong (2023-01-20). "lemme hold one real quick" (in
English). Twitter.
- ↑ Immortals (2023-01-21). "While we wait for @BoluluLol's VISA, @Ablazeolive will be stepping in this weekend for Academy!" (in
English). Twitter.
- ↑ rocks908 (2023-01-18). "Hard work pays off" (in
English). Twitter.
- ↑ Counter Logic Gaming (2023-01-20). "An update on CLG Faith" (in
English). Twitter.
- ↑ Dinka (2023-01-30). "with sketch moving back to support alongside a new adc like we had originally planned, look forward to some higher quality games" (in
English). Twitter.