2023 FNCS Global Championship

2023 FNCS Global Championship

Tournament information
Location	Copenhagen, Denmark
Dates	October 13, 2023–October 15, 2023
Venue	Royal Arena
Participants	145; 72 duos and Okis (playing alone)
Final positions
Champions	Cooper & 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. Besides sharing $1,000,000 in prize money, Smith and Faitel were awarded a trophy made by Swarovski featuring the FNCS logo. 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.

Only nine players who qualified for the 2019 Fortnite World Cup went on to qualify for the 2023 Global Championship.

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.

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.

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:

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, 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. Cl4x could not obtain a visa to compete at the event. Cl4x and Vysotsky's respective teammates – kirb1 and Jack 'Wickesy' Withers – played the tournament together.

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. 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. 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.

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	4
Forecast Tower capture	3
Rift Loot Island capture	15

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
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

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:

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