VALORANT Challengers Ascension 2023: EMEA Play-In

• Main Event
• Group Stage
• Play-In
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[e][h]VCT 2023: Ascension EMEA Play-In

League Information

Series:

VCL

Organizer:

Riot Games

Patch:

6.11

Type:

Online

Location:

 Europe
 Middle East
 Africa

Start Date:

2023-06-22

End Date:

2023-06-27

Teams:

9

Liquipedia Tier:

Qualifier (A-Tier)

Links

Maps

Ascent • Bind • Fracture • Haven • Lotus • Pearl • Split

Chronology

Main Event 

About

Broadcast Talent

• English Broadcast
• EMEA Broadcasts
• Show All

• Commentators & Analysts:
  •  Hazza (Harry Chapman)
  •  Kairo (Kieran Tulloch)

• Observer:
  • TBA

• Producer:
  • TBA

• Spanish Commentators:
  •  G0tt (Sergio García-Moreno)
  •  xBlazee (Jon Ander Sukia)
  •  Lembo6 (Álvaro Távora)

• Turkish Commentators:
  •  Karahan (Alican Karahan)
  •  Hetze (Eren Akın)
  •  root (Özgür Alagül)

• Italian Commentators:
  •  etrurian (Filippo Burresi)
  •  slimo0 (Roberto Zappia)
  •  JJack (Giacomo Podestà)

• Portuguese Commentators:
  •  Moove (Luís Silva)
  •  Dryana (Adriana Madureira)

Format

• Group Stage: June 22nd - June 23rd, 2023
  • Three round-robin format groups
  • All matches are Bo1
  • Top team from each group advances to Playoffs
  • Runner-up teams from each group will face each other in a Bo1 round-robin group for the remaining Playoffs spot.
  • Remaining teams from each group are eliminated

• Playoffs: June 26th - June 27th, 2023
  • Single-Elimination bracket
  • Semifinals are Bo3
  • Grand Final is Bo5
  • Winner qualifies to Main Event

Prize Pool

Place

Qualifies To

Participant

 1st

 Ascension

FOKUS

 2nd

-

S2G Esports

 3rd-4th

-

GTZ Esports

Team Queso

place 5 to 9 

place 5 to 9 

 5th

-

Mandatory

 6th

-

Team RA'AD

 7th-9th

-

GMT Esports

MOUZ

Enterprise Esports

Participants

 FOKUS

S	DNP  Kuba
Main RosterStaff

C	Johnny Lobster
C	wallax
Main RosterSubstitutes

1	YaBoiLewis
2	JUGi
3	Lime
4	KPZET
5	WADDLE
SubstitutesStaff

Northern: Polaris

 Team Queso

HC	thinkii
C	Yaba
Main Roster

1	UNFAKE
2	neptuNo
3	H1ber
4	PoPiFresH
5	lowel
Staff

Spain: Rising

 Mandatory

C	menegh
C	CREA
Main Roster

1	HyP
2	AKUMAAAAA
3	Goaster
4	thebigfiz
5	kAdavra
Staff

France: Revolution

 MOUZ

C	KUNDIKUNDI
Main Roster

1	al0rante
2	Obnoks
3	murii
4	Filu
5	iluri
Staff

DACH: Evolution

 S2G Esports

HC	9999
SC	JamezIRL
AC	Naero
Main Roster

1	pAura
2	russ
3	RieNs
4	reazy
5	lurzy0y0
Staff

Turkey: Birlik

 Enterprise Esports

Notes

C	Tenebra
Main Roster

1	Cantzer
2	alexiiik
3	MaFiN
4	Minny
5	bucher
Staff

East: Surge

¹ June 11th -  benjyfishy leaves.

² June 21st -  bucher joins as stand-in.

 Team RA'AD

S	DNP  neveR
Main RosterStaff

C	MoeAZack
C	Future
Main RosterSubstitutes

1	Depyro
2	Shniider
3	Sand
4	phaze
5	falltw
SubstitutesStaff

MENA: Resilience

 GMT Esports

C	iLka
AC	Grigua
Main Roster

1	Bipo
2	HearthBeat
3	N A I S
4	AFoxx
5	marteen
Staff

Italy: Rinascimento

 GTZ Esports

HC	LohaN
AC	Kicygo
Main Roster

1	starkk
2	OLIZERA
3	k1zpawn
4	RobbieBk
5	kamo
Staff

Portugal: Tempest

Results

Group Stage

Group A

Group A Week 1 Week 1
1.	FOKUS	1-1	26-22	+4
2.	Team RA'AD	1-1	26-26	0
3.	GMT Esports	1-1	20-24	-4

Group A Matches

Round 1

FKS

13

15

RAAD

FOKUS

13

15

Team RA'AD

June 22, 2023 - 18:10 CEST

13	6	1
	6	0

Pearl

1	6	15
2	6

	Map Veto
TBD	BAN	TBD
TBD	BAN	TBD
TBD	BAN	TBD
DECIDER	TBD	DECIDER

Round 2

GMT

7

13

FKS

GMT Esports

7

13

FOKUS

June 22, 2023 - 19:30 CEST

7	3
	4

Pearl

	9	13
	4

	Map Veto
Start Map Veto
Fracture	BAN	Split
Lotus	BAN	Haven
Bind	BAN	Ascent
DECIDER	Pearl	DECIDER

Round 3

RAAD

11

13

GMT

Team RA'AD

11

13

GMT Esports

June 22, 2023 - 20:35 CEST

11	2
	9

Haven

	10	13
	3

	Map Veto
TBD	BAN	TBD
TBD	BAN	TBD
TBD	BAN	TBD
DECIDER	Haven	DECIDER

Group B

Group B Week 1 Week 1
1.	GTZ Esports	2-0	26-20	+6
2.	S2G Esports	1-1	24-21	+3
3.	MOUZ	0-2	17-26	-9

Group B Matches

Round 1

MOUZ

9

13

GTZ

MOUZ

9

13

GTZ

June 22, 2023 - 18:10 CEST

9	6
	3

Pearl

	6	13
	7

	Map Veto
		Start Map Veto
Fracture	BAN	Lotus
Ascent	BAN	Split
Bind	BAN	Haven
DECIDER	Pearl	DECIDER

Round 2

S2G

13

8

MOUZ

S2G Esports

13

8

MOUZ

June 22, 2023 - 19:20 CEST

13	5
	8

Split

	7	8
	1

	Map Veto
TBD	BAN	TBD
TBD	BAN	TBD
TBD	BAN	TBD
DECIDER	Split	DECIDER

Round 3

GTZ

13

11

S2G

GTZ

13

11

S2G Esports

June 22, 2023 - 20:40 CEST

13	7
	6

Ascent

	5	11
	6

	Map Veto
TBD	BAN	TBD
TBD	BAN	TBD
TBD	BAN	TBD
DECIDER	Ascent	DECIDER

Group C

Group C Week 1 Week 1
1.	Team Queso	1-1	24-19	+5
2.	Mandatory	1-1	19-21	-2
3.	Enterprise Esports	1-1	21-24	-3

Group C Matches

Round 1

TQ

11

13

EP

Team Queso

11

13

Enterprise Esports

June 22, 2023 - 18:30 CEST

11	7
	4

Split

	5	13
	8

	Map Veto
		Start Map Veto
Lotus	BAN	Haven
Fracture	BAN	Pearl
Ascent	BAN	Bind
DECIDER	Split	DECIDER

Round 2

MDR

6

13

TQ

Mandatory

6

13

Team Queso

June 22, 2023 - 20:45 CEST

6	3
	3

Haven

	9	13
	4

	Map Veto
TBD	BAN	TBD
TBD	BAN	TBD
TBD	BAN	TBD
DECIDER	Haven	DECIDER

Round 3

EP

8

13

MDR

Enterprise Esports

8

13

Mandatory

June 22, 2023 - 22:00 CEST

8	6
	2

Haven

	6	13
	7

	Map Veto
Start Map Veto
Bind	BAN	Ascent
Pearl	BAN	Fracture
Lotus	BAN	Split
DECIDER	Haven	DECIDER

Last Chance Group

Last Chance Group Week 1 Week 1
1.	S2G Esports	2-0	26-17	+9
2.	Mandatory	1-1	22-26	-4
3.	Team RA'AD	0-2	23-28	-5

Last Chance Group Matches

Round 1

RAAD

10

13

S2G

Team RA'AD

10

13

S2G Esports

June 23, 2023 - 18:10 CEST

10	4
	6

Ascent

	8	13
	5

	Map Veto
Start Map Veto
Fracture	BAN	Pearl
Split	BAN	Haven
Bind	BAN	Lotus
DECIDER	Ascent	DECIDER

Round 2

MDR

15

13

RAAD

Mandatory

15

13

Team RA'AD

June 23, 2023 - 19:20 CEST

15	9	1
	3	2

Split

1	3	13
0	9

	Map Veto
TBD	BAN	TBD
TBD	BAN	TBD
TBD	BAN	TBD
DECIDER	Split	DECIDER

Round 3

S2G

13

7

MDR

S2G Esports

13

7

Mandatory

June 23, 2023 - 20:45 CEST

13	5
	8

Fracture

	7	7
	0

	Map Veto
TBD	BAN	TBD
TBD	BAN	TBD
TBD	BAN	TBD
DECIDER	Fracture	DECIDER

Playoffs

Semifinals

Semifinals

Semis

SF

Grand Final

Grand Final

Final

GF

GTZGTZ

0

FOKUSFKS

2

GTZ

0

2

FOKUS

June 26, 2023 - 17:10 CEST

5	2
	3

Lotus

	10	13
	3

10	6
	4

Pearl

	6	13
	7

Bind

	Map Veto
		Start Map Veto
Fracture	BAN	Ascent
Pearl	PICK	Lotus
Haven	BAN	Split
DECIDER	Bind	DECIDER

Casters:  Hazza &  Kairo

Team QuesoTQ

0

S2G EsportsS2G

2

Team Queso

0

2

S2G Esports

June 26, 2023 - 19:35 CEST

12	5	0
	7	0

Haven

1	7	14
1	5

7	4
	3

Split

	8	13
	5

Ascent

	Map Veto
Start Map Veto
Fracture	BAN	Pearl
Haven	PICK	Split
Lotus	BAN	Bind
DECIDER	Ascent	DECIDER

Casters:  Hazza &  Kairo

FOKUSFKS

3

S2G EsportsS2G

1

FOKUS

3

1

S2G Esports

June 27, 2023 - 18:10 CEST

9	7
	2

Lotus

	5	13
	8

13	9
	4

Split

	3	4
	1

14	6	1
	6	1

Fracture

0	6	12
0	6

13	10
	3

Haven

	2	4
	2

Bind

	Map Veto
Start Map Veto
Ascent	BAN	Pearl
Lotus	PICK	Split
Fracture	PICK	Haven
DECIDER	Bind	DECIDER

Casters:  Hazza &  Kairo

Additional Data

Country Representation

#	Country / Region	Representation	Players
1	Czechia	5 / 45 (11%)	alexiiik, Cantzer, MaFiN, marteen, Minny
1	France	5 / 45 (11%)	AKUMAAAAA, Goaster, HyP, kAdavra, thebigfiz
1	Turkey	5 / 45 (11%)	lurzy0y0, pAura, reazy, RieNs, russ
4	Egypt	4 / 45 (9%)	Depyro, phaze, Sand, Shniider
4	Germany	4 / 45 (9%)	al0rante, bucher, murii, Obnoks
4	Portugal	4 / 45 (9%)	AFoxx, k1zpawn, OLIZERA, starkk
7	Italy	3 / 45 (7%)	Bipo, HearthBeat, N A I S
7	Poland	3 / 45 (7%)	Filu, kamo, UNFAKE
7	Spain	3 / 45 (7%)	lowel, neptuNo, PoPiFresH
10	Denmark	2 / 45 (4%)	JUGi, KPZET
10	Finland	2 / 45 (4%)	H1ber, iluri
10	United Kingdom	2 / 45 (4%)	Lime, WADDLE
13	Netherlands	1 / 45 (2%)	RobbieBk
13	Russia	1 / 45 (2%)	falltw
13	Wales	1 / 45 (2%)	YaBoiLewis

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