The ALGS: 2023 Championship, which rounds out Year 3 of Electronic Arts' competitive Apex Legends circuit, will be held at the Resorts World Arena in Birmingham, UK, from September 6 to September 10. It will see the best teams from around the globe battle it out for the label of World Champion.
Thousands of teams worldwide competed across the 2022-23 season to seal their berths at the Year 3 Championship, but only 40 remain. This big-ticket event carries a prize pool of $2M and will be the largest international event of the year. Some of the prominent teams appearing include TSM, Fnatic, OpTic Gaming, Sentinels, 100 Thieves (star player cum content creator iiTzTimmy’s team), FaZe Clan, DarkZero Esports, NORTHEPTION, Moist Esports, and NRG.
In terms of regional representation, South America has three slots, APAC-South seven, APAC-North nine, EMEA eight, and North America 13. America also has the most players among the 120 registered for this Apex Legends competition, with 29, while Japan (18) and Australia (11) are the other nations with double-digit representation.
Participating teams at the ALGS: 2023 Championship
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Schedule of the ALGS: 2023 Championship
Organized by EA and Respawn Entertainment, it acts as the world championship for Apex Legends esports. The tournament will be split into three stages — Group Stage (September 6 and September 7), Bracket Stage (September 7 and September 9), and Finals (September 10) — that will be held across five days.
The Group Stage of the ALGS: 2023 Championship will see the 40 sides distributed into four groups of ten teams each. Twenty teams with the highest score will start in the winners' bracket (of the Bracket Stage), while the other 20 rosters will move to the losers' bracket round 1.
The Finals will see the 20 remaining teams compete using the Match Point format, with the ten sides that advance from the winners' bracket getting seeded based on their placement, thus starting the Finals with Advance Starting Points. The winner receives $600K, the runner-up pockets $320K, and the third-placed side walks away with $210K.
How to watch the ALGS: 2023 Championship
This premier tournament can be watched live on these official sites:
There will be many streamers, both popular and small ones, who will also be community-casting it on their various accounts online, so readers must ensure to check their schedules to get an idea of when they start broadcasting the action live. Influencers officially hosting watch parties are:
- NiceWigg & Greek (English)
- Pokizgames (Portuguese)
- Oraxe & Wisethug (French)
- Restiafps (Chinese)
- Vickypalami (Spanish)
Fans who are interested in attending this Apex Legends Global Series event can also buy tickets online. The prices start from £25.40, with people under 16 requiring a responsible adult aged 18+ with a valid ticket to accompany them. More details can be accessed here.
Let’s also not forget that there will be Twitch Drops available for viewers, with the Crimson Striker Peacekeeper Skin, Crimson Hawk Valkyrie Skin, Championship Sticker, Championship Holospray, and Championship Gun Charm all up for grabs after at least 60 minutes of viewing the action. Users must connect their EA accounts with their Twitch accounts and tune in to the events live stream on the official Apex Legends Esports Twitch channel or one of its partnered Watch Party streams to earn these rewards.
What happened at the ALGS: 2022 Championship?
The Apex Legends Global Series: 2022 Championship was a LAN tournament held at the PNC Arena in Raleigh, North Carolina, from July 7 to July 10. DarkZero Esports from Australia were the victors, taking home $500K out of the $2M total prize pool.
It had to go through much controversy due to the organizational and logistical issues arising from the USA's rules for travel and stay regarding the coronavirus. However, all this helped bring lots of attention to the competition, which became the most watched and second-most popular one in discipline history.
Like 2022, when lots of players and teams could not travel due to restrictions that led to a lot of last-minute hassle for teams, there were lots of visa issues for players and members looking to attend this year’s tournament. In fact, many e-athletes have not been able to procure their visas on time, forcing them to miss out on this highly-coveted event once again.
This led to many calling it the most controversial Apex Legends competition ever, and that is something the organizers will look to avoid this time around. For the 2023 edition, Alliance and Aurora Gaming have already seen their players scamper to get their visas done on time, currently using substitutes until their main players find a way to arrive. It remains to be seen how it all plays out, and if teams can get their starting players to travel, things should not become as harrowing as last time.
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