2023 FNCS Global Championship

2023 FNCS Global Championship
Tournament information
LocationCopenhagen, Denmark
DatesOctober 13, 2023–October 15, 2023
VenueRoyal Arena
Participants145; 72 duos and Okis (playing alone)
Final positions
ChampionsCooper & Mero
Tournament statistics
Most Victory Royales
(Grand Finals)		Cheatiin & Pixie
Chico & TruleX (2 wins each)
Most eliminations
(Grand Finals)		Cooper & Mero (29 eliminations)
Prize pool$4,000,000

The 2023 FNCS Global Championship was a Fortnite Battle Royale tournament held in Copenhagen, Denmark, on October 13–15, 2023, played in duos. The tournament was the first FNCS Global Championship and the culmination of the 2023 Fortnite Champion Series, the premier Fortnite Battle Royale competitive circuit. It was held at the Royal Arena and featured a $4,000,000 prize pool. The tournament took place on three days, the first two acting as qualifiers for the third day's Grand Finals, which was won by Cooper 'Cooper' Smith and Matthew 'Mero' Faitel, who were crowned Fortnite World Champions.

Overview

Eventual winning duo Cooper and Mero formed in April 2023 after the latter had initially retired but decided to let a coin toss decide if he would play with the former; the coin toss went in Smith's favor. The duo qualified to the Global Championship through a second place finish in FNCS Major 2. At the Global Championship, the duo ended up qualifying for the Grand Finals, despite having been relegated to the Lower Bracket on day one. They then won the grand finals with 330 points and the most total eliminations of any duo, albeit without any Victory Royales.[1] Besides sharing $1,000,000 in prize money, Smith and Faitel were awarded a trophy made by Swarovski featuring the FNCS logo.[2] Polish duo Michał 'Kami' Kamiński and Iwo 'Setty' Zając were often regarded as favorites ahead of the tournament, having won the previous year's FNCS Invitational LAN, but they finished as runners up with 271 points.[1]

In the day one Upper Bracket, Japanese duo Nomura 'Pepoclip' Yuma and Yamada 'Zagou' Yuto notably circumvented the storm surge mechanic – a mechanic punishing the duos that have dealt the least amount of damage to others – by healing a knocked opponent and damaging him, accruing damage to avoid storm surge, and eventually qualifying to the Grand Finals.[1]

Being a global LAN, the tournament featured a rivalry between Europe and North America. Though the winners were North American, nine Victory Royales were achieved by European duos across the tournament, compared to five by North American duos.[1]

Broadcast

The tournament was officially broadcast by Epic Games on Twitch and YouTube in English, Portuguese and Japanese. The English broadcast featured the following team:[3]

Role Known as Real name
Broadcast host Zeke Zeke Mateus
Stage host Frankie Frankie Ward
Caster Jacob PR Jacob Arce
MonsterDface Javier Collazo
TheBestTaco Melissa
Analyst Kelly Link Kelly Link
Leven2k Daniel
MiniMiner Scott
Vivid Noah Wright

The event was the most-watched Fortnite tournament since the World Cup in terms of peak viewership, reaching over 720,000 viewers,[4] but would later be surpassed in that regard by the two subsequent Global Championships.

Qualification

Qualification took place in FNCS Majors 1–3 2023, as well as in the FNCS Last Chance Major. Between Majors 1 and 2, the regions North America East and North America West were combined into North America Central. Thus, duos qualified to the Global Championship through all three North American regions.

Region
Tournament
 Europe North America Brazil Asia Middle East Oceania
East Central West
Major 1
(March 2023) 		Merstach & TaySon
Malibuca & Th0masHD 		Acorn & Cold — Thorik & Boltz Phzin & Kitoz Pepoclip & Zagou QnDx & Rapit Suns & Anon
Major 2
(May 2023) 		Queasy & Veno
Vanyak3k & Karmy
Setty & Kami
Gripey & Flickzy
IDrop & Mappi 		— Dukez & Edgey
Cooper & Mero
Pollo & Sphinx 		— K1nG & Fazer Yuma & Jaemon Kalgamer & 7man Sorif & Skits
Major 3
(August 2023) 		SwizzY & Putrick
TruleX & Chico
Misha & t3eny
Blacha & Mikson
Robban & Axeforce
Snayzy & PodaSai
Vic0 & Pinq
Grolzz & Klown
Fastroki & Kylie
P1ng & Kyry 		Ajerss & Khanada
Bugha & Threats
Rise & Eomzo
Brycx & Chubs
Bacca & Parz
BatmanBugha & Rapid
Ritual & Reet
Muz & Paper
Bucke & Okis
Source & Yumi 		916Gon & Pingu
Nuti & Gabzera
Stryker & azadasz 		Boby & Larkpex
Stain & DayDus
Mkmkpapa & Shelom 		Mshx & Rew
FHD & Hero 		RepulseGod & Jace
Alex & Worthy
Last Chance Major
(August 2023) 		MrSavage & Vadeal
NeFrizi & Howly
Kyzen & Clement
Hen & Vaske
Vortex & Belusi
Fnajen & Moneymaker
JannisZ & Rezon
kirb1 & fiR3hUNTER
Liwshe & Stenno 		Bylah & Peterbot
Cented & Pxlarized
Death & Tahi
Clix & EpikWhale
Kwanti & Tkay
Krisp & Noxy
Fatch & PaMstou
Bully & Shadow 		Talls & Fishy
Diguera & Persa
Frosty & WeY 		Dog & Raru
Cl4x & Wickesy
Zazi & DFM 		Adapter & FKS Gazer & Riverr

Source: esports.gg

Team changes

Russian players Egor 'SwizzY' Luciko, Daniil 'Putrick' Abdrakhmanov, NeFrizi, Vladislav 'Howly' Korobkin and Alexander 'fiR3hUNTER' Vysotsky were disqualified before the event due to the Russo-Ukrainian war. The qualification spots belonging to Luciko & Abdrakhmanov and NeFrizi & Korobkin were rolled down to Charyy & Artur 'G13ras' Gierasimowicz and Lukas 'Cheatiin' Luhn & Wilmer 'Pixie' Juriander, respectively. Other Russian players such as Danila 'Malibuca' Iakovenko were allowed to play because of qualifying outside of Russia.[5][6] Cl4x could not obtain a visa to compete at the event.[5] Cl4x and Vysotsky's respective teammates – kirb1 and Jack 'Wickesy' Withers – played the tournament together.[5]

At the event, Oceanian Major 3 winners Morgan 'RepulseGod' Bamford and Jace were disqualified from the event due to another player having qualified on Bamford's account.[7] Logan 'Bucke' Eschenburg got disqualified for violating the tournament's Code of Conduct, reportedly specifically for smoking and drinking while streaming at the tournament, which was not allowed.[8] Thus, Eschenburg's teammate Arnel 'Okis' Avdagic played the tournament alone.

Format

The tournament began with the Upper Bracket session on October 13 featuring all teams 49 qualified from the regular FNCS tournaments. The top 25 teams from the Upper Bracket qualified to the Grand Finals, while the remaining 24 competed against the teams qualified from the Last Chance Major in the Lower Bracket on October 14 for the remaining 25 Grand Finals spots. The Grand Finals took place on October 15. The Upper and Lower Brackets featured five matches each, and the Grand Finals featured six.[9]

Teams were awarded points for outliving opposing teams, eliminating them, and completing in-game objectives as follows:

Placement Points
1st 65
2nd 56
3rd 52
4th 48
5th 44
6th 40
7th 38
8th 36
9th 34
10th 32
11th 30
12th 28
13th 26
Placement Points
14th 24
15th 22
16th 20
17th 18
18th 16
19th 14
20th 12
21st 10
22nd 8
23rd 6
24th 4
25th 2
26th–50th 0
Action Points
Each elimination[a] 4
Forecast Tower capture[b] 3
Rift Loot Island capture[b] 15
  1. ^ Defined as one player entirely depleting the HP and shield (if any) of an opposing player. Elimination credit not given to a player following such player's elimination.
  2. ^ a b Mid-game objective

Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Total victory royales; 3) Average eliminations in the session; 4) Average placement in the session; 5) Total seconds survived in across all matches

Source: Epic Games

Leaderboards

Upper Bracket
Pos Team Results by match Pts
1 2 3 4 5
P E P E P E P E P E
1. Acorn
Cold 		6 5 2 4 1 7 5 8 34 6 325
2. Queasy
Veno 		1 7 20 2 9 6 4 7 35 1 251
3. Reet
Ritual 		2 5 6 8 30 0 19 3 6 5 249
4. Eomzo
Rise 		10 3 4 4 35 0 17 2 1 7 227
5. Kami
Setty 		49 0 8 4 5 7 3 4 22 2 217
6. Alex
Worthy 		11 3 11 0 16 2 8 5 11 4 208
7. Chico
TruleX 		14 1 28 0 3 2 12 1 3 4 188
8. charyy
G13ras 		12 3 1 10 34 0 13 4 48 0 187
9. Boby
Larkpex 		29 2 32 0 2 11 6 3 18 2 184
10. Bacca
Parz 		9 8 9 4 19 1 10 2 41 0 174
11. Flickzy
Gripey 		18 2 3 6 21 2 14 4 27 3 170
12. Fastroki
Kylie 		3 5 37 2 14 5 31 3 19 2 158
13. Muz
Paper 		41 1 39 0 8 8 7 2 13 3 156
14. Malibuca
Th0masHD 		13 4 48 0 33 2 2 7 44 0 149
15. Axeforce
Robban 		38 0 5 3 6 4 25 1 39 2 144
16. Bugha
Threats 		30 1 27 2 29 0 18 4 2 9 136
17. Blacha
Mikson 		21 1 19 3 15 1 11 0 9 1 134
18. Merstach
TaySon 		5 3 22 1 4 2 39 1 32 1 132
19. axadasz
Stryker 		16 2 15 2 36 0 9 3 17 1 126
20. Pollo
Sphinx 		37 0 23 1 48 0 1 12 49 0 123
21. Pepoclip
Zagou 		28 2 16 2 28 3 35 0 7 4 105
22. Mshx
Rew 		4 5 41 0 43 0 45 0 23 3 101
23. Boltz
THORIK 		35 0 10 2 12 1 24 2 28 0 99
24. Misha
t3enyy 		46 0 44 0 31 2 26 1 4 8 95
25. IDrop
Mappi 		45 0 12 3 10 1 29 0 31 0 91
26. FHD
Hero 		27 0 13 4 45 0 27 1 8 2 90
27. 916Gon
Pingu 		26 2 45 0 17 0 42 0 5 5 90
28. Cooper
Mero 		20 4 18 2 39 2 41 1 16 1 88
29. Karmy
Vanyak3kk 		23 1 24 3 13 6 49 0 29 2 84
30. Kyry
P1ng 		32 5 49 0 23 2 46 0 10 4 82
31. Batman Bugha
Rapid 		15 2 36 0 11 2 30 1 38 2 80
32. Gabzera
Nuti 		40 1 7 3 25 0 36 0 15 0 78
33. Pinq
vic0 		8 2 33 0 40 0 21 5 37 0 74
34. QnDx
Rapit 		31 2 34 1 26 3 43 0 12 4 68
35. Kitoz
Phzin 		39 0 30 1 7 6 33 0 45 0 66
36. Source
Yumi 		7 1 43 0 41 0 16 1 43 0 66
37. 7man
Kalgamer 		34 0 29 2 24 1 28 2 14 2 56
38. Jaemon
Yuma 		22 1 14 0 32 0 32 1 20 1 56
39. Mkmkpapa
Shelom 		44 0 40 0 27 2 15 2 21 1 52
40. Ajerss
Khanada 		48 0 17 4 49 0 47 0 24 3 50
41. Grolzz
Klown 		17 4 31 0 20 0 37 0 30 1 50
42. PodaSai
Snayzy 		25 3 25 0 18 1 20 0 36 0 48
43. Fazer
K1nG 		19 0 46 0 22 0 23 2 25 1 42
44. Brycx
Chubs 		36 0 26 0 42 0 22 3 26 3 35
45. Okis 43 0 21 2 46 0 44 0 46 1 22
46. Dukez
Edgey 		47 0 42 2 37 0 34 2 40 0 16
47. DayDus
Stain 		24 2 47 0 47 0 48 0 42 0 12
48. Anon
Suns 		42 0 38 1 38 0 38 1 33 0 8
49. Skits
Sorif 		33 1 35 0 44 0 40 0 47 0 4
Lower Bracket
Pos Team Results by match Pts Prize money
1 2 3 4 5
P E P E P E P E P E
1. MrSavage
Vadeal 		11 4 13 3 8 5 29 3 1 8 249 [α]
2. Ajerss
Khanada 		4 5 11 2 6 5 13 1 9 0 233
3. Brycx
Chubs 		1 5 3 5 29 2 35 0 8 1 217
4. Batman Bugha
Rapid 		3 4 19 2 5 2 43 0 5 7 214
5. Kwanti
Tkay 		15 4 4 3 26 0 10 6 11 4 200
6. Gabzera
Nuti 		31 1 5 4 7 1 8 2 13 2 184
7. Liwshe
Stenno 		6 6 28 2 12 4 37 0 6 2 176
8. Cheatiin
Pixie 		14 1 1 6 23 4 42 0 10 0 171
9. Bylah
Peterbot 		21 1 20 2 3 5 39 0 7 6 168
10. Krisp
Noxy 		48 0 8 3 33 3 15 5 3 3 166
11. Kitoz
Phzin 		7 3 2 8 45 0 24 4 28 1 162
12. Pinq
vic0 		36 1 39 2 20 3 1 11 30 4 161
13. Hen
Vaske1x 		10 4 42 0 10 4 40 1 17 5 159
14. Fnajen
Moneymaker 		38 0 10 5 38 2 47 0 4 6 150
15. PodaSai
Snayzy 		8 1 16 2 32 1 3 1 20 2 148
16. Grolzz
Klown 		44 0 6 5 28 1 31 0 2 6 144
17. Cooper
Mero 		2 4 26 3 11 5 38 0 36 1 141
18. Source
Yumi 		5 4 32 2 9 4 44 0 16 0 138
19. JannisZ
Rezon 		18 1 7 2 15 1 17 1 23 4 136
20. Karmy
Vanyak3kk 		12 4 45 1 22 0 6 1 15 3 134
21. Dukez
Edgey 		28 2 30 0 1 8 20 3 33 1 133
22. Mkmkpapa
Shelom 		28 0 9 1 16 3 7 4 46 0 127
23. Clement
Kyzen 		9 4 33 3 14 1 18 4 42 0 122
24. Cented
Pxlarized 		23 0 12 1 2 5 33 0 25 1 120
25. DayDus
Stain 		19 0 48 0 31 1 5 5 12 1 114
26. Fishy
Talls 		13 6 25 1 17 1 32 3 24 1 113 $4,000
27. Clix
EpikWhale 		16 4 14 2 24 0 14 0 21 1 110
28. FHD
Hero 		47 0 21 4 34 0 16 4 22 4 101
29. Frosty
WeY 		30 0 15 4 18 3 19 1 32 2 92
30. 7man
Kalgamer 		25 1 43 0 4 6 34 1 31 2 90
31. QnDx
Rapit 		24 3 18 1 30 3 25 0 19 4 80
32. 916Gon
Pingu 		40 0 46 0 42 0 2 5 38 0 76
33. Belusi
Vortex 		41 0 35 0 21 1 23 1 18 5 75
34. Death
Tahi 		20 3 27 3 44 0 36 0 14 2 68
35. Jaemon
Yuma 		32 3 22 1 48 0 11 3 48 0 66
36. Bully
Shadow 		43 0 37 0 46 0 4 3 35 0 60
37. Fatch
PaMstou 		17 1 34 0 13 0 41 0 26 1 52
38. Aim
Zazi 		34 0 41 0 35 1 9 3 37 0 50
39. Fazer
K1nG 		33 0 29 1 36 0 12 2 27 1 44
40. Diguera
Persa 		45 0 40 0 27 2 21 6 43 0 42
41. Kyry
P1ng 		22 4 47 0 25 2 27 1 34 0 38
42. Skits
Sorif 		37 0 36 6 41 3 48 0 45 0 36
43. Kirb1
wickesy 		26 1 17 0 37 1 28 1 29 1 34
44. Adapter
FKS 		35 1 31 1 19 2 45 0 47 0 30
45. Dog
Raru 		42 2 23 2 43 0 26 1 39 0 29
46. Anon
Suns 		27 0 24 2 47 0 30 1 41 2 24
47. Gazer
River 		39 0 44 0 40 0 22 2 44 0 16
48. Okis 46 1 38 0 39 0 46 0 40 0 4
  1. ^ Determined in Grand Finals
Legend
Color Movement
Advancement to Grand Finals
Relegation to Lower Bracket
Elimination from tournament

Source: esports.net

Grand Finals
Pos Team Results by match Pts Prize money
1 2 3 4 5 6
P E P E P E P E P E P E
1. Cooper
Mero 		2 7 2 5 5 5 12 5 14 5 23 2 330 $1,000,000
2. Kami
Setty 		3 4 16 2 19 1 6 3 19 1 2 4 271 $650,000
3. Chico
TruleX 		17 3 43 0 43 2 10 4 1 4 1 9 268 $400,000
4. Cheatiin
Pixie 		12 1 1 6 1 8 20 1 34 0 28 0 234 $300,000
5. Mkmkpapa
Shelom 		15 3 14 1 13 2 34 1 2 4 8 4 224 $200,000
6. Brycx
Chubs 		40 0 34 1 7 7 1 5 9 2 21 0 222 $150,000
7. Acorn
Cold 		25 0 5 6 32 1 2 5 17 3 9 2 222 $120,000
8. Eomzo
Rise 		14 2 12 4 18 3 9 1 18 0 6 3 216 $100,000
9. Reet
Ritual 		5 5 23 2 26 4 7 3 8 1 16 1 208 $80,000
10. Pinq
vic0 		6 6 11 2 12 2 25 2 16 3 29 0 195 $50,000
11. Queasy
Veno 		13 1 38 0 8 0 3 7 40 1 14 4 190
12. Flickzy
Gripey 		9 7 18 3 33 0 40 2 37 0 4 8 178
13. Karmy
Vanyak3kk 		45 1 19 4 2 5 13 2 33 0 13 2 178
14. Batman Bugha
Rapid 		22 0 22 2 10 3 19 0 21 0 3 4 175
15. Merstach
TaySon 		16 3 8 2 37 4 16 1 11 3 20 1 174
16. Pollo
Sphinx 		1 6 25 0 31 0 28 1 13 4 24 2 149 $30,000
17. Misha
t3enyy 		38 2 15 4 46 1 37 2 39 3 7 6 147
18. Ajerss
Khanada 		41 2 48 0 4 7 49 2 10 4 38 0 146
19. charyy
G13ras 		23 0 3 5 27 0 4 2 24 1 42 1 146
20. Axeforce
Robban 		46 0 7 4 17 2 5 5 38 0 46 0 144
21. Mshx
Rew 		24 3 20 2 36 0 17 4 15 8 37 0 139 $20,000
22. Gabzera
Nuti 		29 0 17 2 3 4 45 0 30 1 12 2 134
23. Bugha
Threats 		32 0 41 0 34 0 11 4 3 6 30 2 130
24. axadasz
Stryker 		36 0 21 0 23 1 38 1 5 4 11 3 126
25. Krisp
Noxy 		8 1 9 5 22 2 41 1 31 0 39 0 114
26. Bylah
Peterbot 		35 1 6 8 21 3 27 2 32 1 35 0 110 $18,000
27. PodaSai
Snayzy 		10 2 27 1 14 2 35 2 25 1 18 1 110
28. JannisZ
Rezon 		7 3 50 0 25 2 14 5 47 0 33 1 108
29. Liwshe
Stenno 		37 2 42 0 28 2 31 0 4 9 50 0 103
30. Muz
Paper 		31 0 31 0 45 0 24 2 27 0 5 11 100
31. Blacha
Mikson 		42 0 35 0 11 2 18 1 23 2 19 2 94 $16,000
32. Dukez
Edgey 		11 4 13 3 24 0 26 0 26 0 26 1 92
33. Hen
Vaske1x 		26 1 29 0 9 4 30 1 28 1 41 0 92
34. Pepoclip
Zagou 		28 1 40 0 6 2 33 0 44 1 17 3 86
35. Fnajen
Moneymaker 		44 0 33 2 39 4 32 1 29 1 10 4 80
36. MrSavage
Vadeal 		43 0 28 2 40 2 8 5 41 0 34 2 80 $14,000
37. Clement
Kyzen 		20 3 36 0 35 1 39 1 12 5 36 0 80
38. Boby
Larkpex 		34 0 10 3 38 0 23 0 45 0 15 2 80
39. Malibuca
Th0masHD 		50 0 4 6 49 0 50 0 50 0 32 1 79
40. Source
Yumi 		18 1 37 0 15 0 15 2 43 0 27 1 76
41. Fastroki
Kylie 		27 0 39 1 42 0 22 5 35 2 22 5 68 $12,000
42. IDrop
Mappi 		4 5 46 0 41 0 42 0 36 0 40 0 68
43. Bacca
Parz 		47 0 45 2 48 0 48 0 7 4 48 1 66
44. Cented
Pxlarized 		33 2 44 0 29 0 43 1 6 3 45 0 64
45. DayDus
Stain 		49 0 24 0 16 5 44 0 20 1 43 0 63
46. Grolzz
Klown 		19 4 26 1 20 1 36 0 49 0 25 1 56 $10,000
47. Kitoz
Phzin 		30 4 47 0 47 1 21 3 46 0 31 0 42
48. Boltz
THORIK 		39 0 32 0 30 0 29 1 22 3 44 2 32
49. Alex
Worthy 		21 4 49 0 50 0 46 0 42 0 47 0 29
50. Kwanti
Tkay 		48 0 30 1 44 1 47 0 48 0 49 0 8

Sources: [9][10]

Top eliminations

Upper Bracket
Rank Team Eliminations
1 Acorn & Cold 30
2 Queasy & Veno 23
3 Reet & Ritual 21
4 Boby & Larkpex 18
5 Kami & Setty 17
Charyy & G13ras 17
Gripey & Flickzy 17
Kylie & Fastroki 17
Lower Bracket
Rank Team Eliminations
1 MrSavage & Vadeal 23
2 vic0 & Pinq 21
3 Kwanti & Tkay 17
4 Kitoz & Phzin 16
5 Rapid & Batman Bugha 15
Grand Finals
Rank Team Eliminations
1 Cooper & Mero 29
2 TruleX & Chico 22
3 Gripey & Flickzy 20
4 Misha & t3eny 18
5 Acorn & Cold 17

Source: esports.gg

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