Evil Geniuses win Valorant Champions 2023: Final standings and recap

Valorant Champions 2023 has come to a close, with Evil Geniuses keeping the trophy in the Americas region after beating Paper Rex. Here you can find everything about the third world championship in Valorant history, including a recap, the standings and all the scores.

After three action-packed weeks in Los Angeles, Valorant Champions 2023 is over. In front of a packed Kia Forum crowd, Evil Geniuses beat Paper Rex 3-1 in the grand final, winning North America’s first international title since VCT 2022 Masters Reykjavík. They also keep the trophy in the Americas following LOUD’s win in Istanbul last year.

What happened to Evil Geniuses in 2023 is nothing short of a Cinderella story. The team began the season in woeful form and became the target of ridicule. Amid rumors that Evil Geniuses were considering replacing head coach Christine ‘potter’ Chi, Max ‘Demon1’ Mazanov was brought into the starting lineup, and their fortunes began to turn.

“It feels pretty good,” potter said after the match when asked about Evil Geniuses’ rollercoaster of a season.

After barely qualifying for the VCT Americas playoffs, Evil Geniuses placed second at VCT Masters Tokyo in what was only the team’s second international appearance. Then EG hit another level in Los Angeles, where they took the scalps of EDward Gaming, DRX, and LOUD in the playoffs before exacting revenge on Paper Rex in a grand final where they were in control for the majority of the series.

But is this the start of an Evil Geniuses era? “Absolutely,” Kelden ‘Boostio’ Pupello said. “Absolutely.”

Valorant Champions 2023 marks the end of the first year of the partnered league format. The tournament had a record $2.25 million prize pool – more than double that of last year’s world championship.

Below is everything you need to know about Valorant Champions 2023.

• Results and standings
  • Playoffs
  • Group standings
  • Group Stage
• Teams and rosters

Valorant Champions 2023: Dates and Format

Valorant Champions 2023 took place from August 6 through 26. The event was held across two locations, with the earlier rounds taking place at the Shrine Auditorium and the latter stages moving to the Kia Forum.

You can find all the dates and locations below:

• Group Stage: August 6-13 (Shrine Auditorium)
• Bracket Stage: August 16-20 (Shrine Auditorium)
• Top Four Finals: August 24-26 (Kia Forum)

Group Stage (August 6-13):

• 16 teams split into four double-elimination groups
• Top 2 teams from each group advance to playoffs.
• All matches are BO3.

Playoffs (August 16-26):

• 8 teams will be randomly placed in a double-elimination bracket.
• Teams from the same group are placed on opposite sides of the bracket.
• All matches are Bo3, except the lower bracket final and the grand final.
• Lower bracket final and grand final will be played in a Bo5 format.

Valorant Champions 2023: Final standings and results

Valorant Champions 2023 Playoffs (August 16-26)

Riot Games

Day 8: August 26

Previous results:

Day 1: August 16

Day 2: August 17

Day 3: August 18

Day 4: August 19

Day 5: August 20

Day 6: August 24

Day 7: August 25

Valorant Champions 2023 Group Stage (August 6-13)

Group Standings

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Day 1: August 6

Day 2: August 7

Day 3: August 8

Day 4: August 9

Day 5: August 10

Day 6: August 11

Day 7: August 12

Day 8: August 13

Valorant Champions 2023: Teams and rosters

Twelve of the 16 slots for Valorant Champions came from the EMEA, Americas and Pacific leagues. The top three teams from the international leagues qualified for both VCT Masters Tokyo and Valorant Champions 2023, with each region also hosting a last-chance qualifier that qualified an additional team for Los Angeles.

Chinese teams competed in the Champions CN Qualifiers to find the top three squads to represent the region at the world championship. The final slot was allocated to EMEA as the winning region of VCT Masters Tokyo.

Below are the teams and players who qualified for the event and traveled to LA.