Fortnite’s FNCS Global Championship 2023 has concluded, and fans saw their favorite pros square off against one another in their quest for Victory Royale. Here’s the complete info on the tournament, including the schedule, qualified teams, prize money, and more.
Starting in 2019, the Fortnite Champion Series (FNCS) featured high-stakes tournaments with skilled players competing for large prize pools. North America, Europe, Asia, Oceania, and other regions make up FNCS’s many sub-divisions.
This year, players from all over the world competed in various regional tournaments spanning three Majors and a Last Chance Major, all leading up to the FNCS Global Championship, which will be held on October 13-15, 2023, in Copenhagen, Denmark. The event is already poised to be the biggest in-person Fortnite esports event since the 2019 World Cup.
Here’s everything you need to know about the FNCS Global Championship, including the full schedule, qualified duos, prize pool, and more.
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FNCS Global Championship 2023: Schedule and Format
The FNCS Global Championship took place on October 13-15, 2023, with 50 duos starting from the upper bracket and 24 from the lower bracket. Matches started at 10 AM ET every day and run until 2:45 PM ET. Here’s how the event was broken down:
Upper Bracket (October 13):
- 50 duos qualified from the 3 Majors in action.
- 5 matches will be played, with scoring based on placement and eliminations
- Top 25 duos advance to Grand Finals
- Bottom 25 duos drop down to lower bracket
Lower Bracket (October 14):
- 25 duos from upper bracket and 24 from Last Chance Major in action.
- 5 matches will be played, with scoring based on placement and eliminations
- Top 25 duos advance to Grand Finals
Grand Finals (October 15):
- 25 duos from upper bracket and 25 from lower bracket in action.
- 6 matches will be played, with scoring based on placement and eliminations
- Winning duo is crowned the champion
FNCS Global Championship 2023: Venue
The FNCS Global Championship Upper Bracket, Lower Bracket and Grand Finals were held at the Royal Arena, Copenhagen, Denmark, on October 13-15, 2023.
FNCS Global Championship 2023 Grand Finals results and prize pool
The FNCS Global Championship 2023 will award a total prize pool of $4,000,000 to the 75 Grand Finalists. This amount is considerably higher than last year’s prize pool of $1 million for the FNCS Invitational 2022.
YOUR FNCS GC CHAMPIONS: @Cooperfnbr AND @MeroFN! 🏆 pic.twitter.com/hqHTVayIXo
— Fortnite Competitive (@FNCompetitive) October 15, 2023
Cooper and Mero wound up taking home the grand prize with such a decisive victory that, even going into the final match of the day, they already knew how the tournament was going to end. They lifted the coveted FNCS trophy, got the Axe of Champions in-game and a $1 Million cash prize.
The rest of the players, however, had to fight for their placement. FNCS Invitational 2022 champs Kami and Setty pulled ahead of TruleX and Chio at the final hurdle, earning themselves an extra $250k with a precious few extra seconds in the match.
Point tiebreakers are broken up by average elims per match, with the higher average winning out.
Here are the final placements for the top 20 players along with how much they won:
| Placement | Duo | Point Total |
| 1st Place: $1,000,000 | cooper & mero_- | 330 |
| 2nd Place: $650,000 | GG. Kami & Tundra Setty | 271 |
| 3rd Place: $400,000 | Valiant TruleX & GUILD Chio | 268 |
| 4th Place: $300,000 | pixie bää & OVA cheetiin | 234 |
| 5th Place: $200,000 | mkmkpapa & AJS shelom | 224 |
| 6th Place: $150,000 | chubs too tact & Brycx | 222 |
| 7th Place: $120,000 | agent cold & DIG acorn | 222 |
| 8th Place: $100,000 | Elite Eomzo & DT Rise | 216 |
| 9th Place: $80,000 | Agent Reet 007 & ritualxlfg | 208 |
| 10th Place: $50,000 | wave go vico go & pinq bää | 195 |
| 11th Place: $50,000 | GXR Queasy dg & Monaco. Veno | 190 |
| 12th Place: $50,000 | gripey v & Aight Flickzy | 178 |
| 13th Place: $50,000 | BL Karmy & LND Vanyak3k | 178 |
| 14th Place: $50,000 | kbmrapid & 2AM Batman Bugha | 175 |
| 15th Place: $50,000 | Monaco Merstach & Falcon TaySon | 174 |
| 16th Place: $30,000 | pollofn6 & Twis Sphinx | 149 |
| 17th Place: $30,000 | LP Mishafn & Evoza t3eny | 147 |
| 18th Place: $30,000 | ajerss & dignitas khanada | 146 |
| 19th Place: $30,000 | EvozA charyy_ & NStar G13ras | 146 |
| 20th Place: $30,000 | OP ROBBABKEBAB & Axeforce | 144 |
Here’s what players who placed below the top 20 took home:
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- 21st – 25th: $20,000
- 26th – 30th: $18,000
- 31st – 35th: $16,000
- 36th – 40th: $14,000
- 41st – 45th: $12,000
- 46th – 50th: $10,000
- 51st – 75th: $4,000
How to watch FNCS Global Championship 2023
While the in-person event is happening at the Royal Arena in Denmark, fans who’d like to enjoy the event from their homes can watch it via Legends Landing in Fortnite. Watch the action alongside other players and use your Emotes to cheer your favorite duo on.
Legends Landing is accessible via island code 3303-7480-5925 or by selecting it in the Discover menu in the game.
Moreover, the event will be streamed across various other channels in two languages, English and Portuguese. Here’s where the event was streamed live:
- English coverage
- Portuguese coverage
Those watching virtually were also be eligible to receive free cosmetic item drops throughout the tournament, though those cosmetics are no longer available now that the event has concluded.
Full list of Qualified Duos in FNCS Global Championship 2023
A total of 73 duos competed for the top position in the Battle Royale Duo format of the FNCS Global Championship 2023. Among these, 8 duos were qualified in Major 1, 12 duos were qualified in Major 2, 29 duos were qualified in Major 3, and 24 duos were qualified in Last Chance Major.
Here’s the complete list of qualified players and the bracket from which they qualified, along with their region.
Major 1 qualified duos
- Merstach + TaySon (Europe)
- Malibuca + Th0masHD (Europe)
- Acorn + Cold (North America)
- Thorik + Boltz (North America)
- Phzin + Kitoz (Brazil)
- Pepoclip + Zagou (Asia)
- Suns + Anon (Oceania)
- QnDx + Rapit (Middle East)
Major 2 qualified duos
- Queasy + Veno (Europe)
- Venyak3kk + Karmy (Europe)
- Setty + Kami (Europe)
- Grippey + Flickzy (Europe)
- IDrop + Mappi (Europe)
- Yuma + Jaemon (Asia)
- Sorif + Skits (Oceania)
- Kalgamer + 7Man (Middle East)
- K1nG + Fazerkame44 (Brazil)
- Dukez + Edgey (North America)
- Cooper + Mero (North America)
- Pollo + Sphinx (North America)
Major 3 qualified duos
- Trulex + Chico (Europe)
- P1ng + Kyry (Europe)
- Pinq + Vic0 (Europe)
- Blacha + Mikson (Europe)
- Robban + Axeforce (Europe)
- Snayzy + Podasai (Europe)
- Klown + Grolzz (Europe)
- Fastroki + Kylie (Europe)
- Misha + T3eny (Europe)
- Khanada + Ajerss (North America)
- Bugha + Threats (North America)
- Bacca + Parz (North America)
- Reet + Ritual (North America)
- Muz + Paper (North America)
- Eomzo + Rise (North America)
- Brycx + Chubs (North America)
- Batman Bugha + Rapid (North America)
- Bucke + Okis (North America) (DISQUALIFIED)
- Source + Yumi (North America)
- Gon + Pingu (Brazil)
- Nuti + Gabzera (Brazil)
- Stryker + Axadasz (Brazil)
- Boby + Larkpex (Asia)
- Stain + Daydus (Asia)
- Mkmkpapa + Shelom (Asia)
- Repulse + Jace (Oceania) (DISQUALIFIED)
- Worthy + Alex (Oceania)
- Mshary + Rew (Middle East)
- Hero + FHD (Middle East)
Last Chance Major qualified duos
- MrSavage + Vadeal (Europe)
- Kyzen + Clement (Europe)
- Hen + Vaske (Europe)
- Vortex + Belusi (Europe)
- Moneymaker + Fnajen (Europe)
- JannisZ + Rezon (Europe)
- Stenno + Liwshe (Europe)
- Bylah + Peterbot (North America)
- Cented + Pxlarized (North America)
- Death + Tahi (North America)
- Clix + Epikwhale (North America)
- Kwanti + Tkay (North America)
- Krisp + Noxy (North America)
- Fatch + PaMstou (North America)
- Bully + Shadow (North America)
- Fishy + Talls (Brazil)
- Persa + Diguera (Brazil)
- Frosty + Wey (Brazil)
- Raru + Dog (Asia)
- Clxxer + Wickesy (Asia)
- Aim + Zazi (Asia)
- Gazer + River (Oceania)
- Adapter + FKS (Middle East)
- Kirb1 (Europe)
So, there you have it. That’s everything you need to know about FNCS Global Championship 2023.