2023 Valorant Champions

2023 Valorant Champions
Tournament information
Game	Valorant
Location	Los Angeles; Inglewood
Dates	August 6–August 26
Administrator	Riot Games
Tournament; format(s)	GSL Format (group stage); Double Elimination (playoffs)
Venue(s)	2 Shrine Auditorium and Expo Hall; (Group Stage and Bracket Stage) ; Kia Forum; (Upper Bracket Finals, Lower Bracket Semifinals and Finals, and Grand Finals) ;
Teams	16
Purse	$2,250,000 USD
Final positions
Champions	Evil Geniuses
Runner-up	Paper Rex
Tournament statistics
Attendance	11,500
	← 2022 2024 →

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.^[1] 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$.^[2]^[3]

LOUD were the defending champions,^[4] but lost to Evil Geniuses in the lower bracket final.^[5]

Evil Geniuses from Americas won the Valorant world championship after defeating Paper Rex from Pacific in the finals by a score of 3–1.^[6]

^ Daniels, Tom (March 6, 2023). "VALORANT Champions 2023 heads to Los Angeles". Esports Insider. Retrieved July 19, 2023.
^ Fragen, Jordan (2023-07-27). "Riot doubles down on music for Valorant Champions Tour 2023". VentureBeat. Retrieved 2023-08-28.
^ "Ticking Away by VALORANT on Tidal". Tidal (service). Archived from the original on 2023-08-28. Retrieved 2023-08-28.
^ Field Level Media (September 19, 2022). "LOUD defeat OpTic to win Valorant Champions 2022". Reuters. Retrieved August 16, 2023.
^ Datuin, Sage (2023-08-25). "Evil Geniuses Take Down LOUD To Qualify For VALORANT Champions Grand Finals". Esports Illustrated. Retrieved 2023-08-27.
^ "Evil Geniuses win Valorant Champions 2023: Final standings and recap". Dexerto. Retrieved 2023-08-27.

[Daniels-1] Daniels, Tom (March 6, 2023). "VALORANT Champions 2023 heads to Los Angeles". Esports Insider. Retrieved July 19, 2023.

[Fragen-2] Fragen, Jordan (2023-07-27). "Riot doubles down on music for Valorant Champions Tour 2023". VentureBeat. Retrieved 2023-08-28.

[3] "Ticking Away by VALORANT on Tidal". Tidal (service). Archived from the original on 2023-08-28. Retrieved 2023-08-28.

[4] Field Level Media (September 19, 2022). "LOUD defeat OpTic to win Valorant Champions 2022". Reuters. Retrieved August 16, 2023.

[5] Datuin, Sage (2023-08-25). "Evil Geniuses Take Down LOUD To Qualify For VALORANT Champions Grand Finals". Esports Illustrated. Retrieved 2023-08-27.

[6] "Evil Geniuses win Valorant Champions 2023: Final standings and recap". Dexerto. Retrieved 2023-08-27.

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