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International esports recap: September

Every month, esports events happen all around the globe for nearly every kind of game imaginable. It can sometimes seem difficult to sort through all the information and find which events happened and their results. This recap aims to provide a one-stop-shop with quick glances at what esports tournaments and events happened in the last month or so with links back to more in-depth pages. Due to the sheer amount of events that do happen, the selections here have been limited to the most major games/leagues and their most major tournaments (Tier 1, S-Tier, Majors, etc.).

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Apex Legends

Tournament: Apex Legends Global Series Championship
Date: September 6th-10th, 2023
Location: Birmingham, United Kingdom
Prize Pool: $2,000,000
Winner: TSM
Liquipedia Link

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Global Series Teams

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Global Series Bracket Stage Loser's Round 1

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Global Series Bracket Stage Winner's

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Global Series Bracket Stage Loser's Round 2

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Global Series Playoffs

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Global Series Final Standings

Call of Duty

Tournament: World Series of Warzone 2023
Date: September 16th, 2023
Location: London, United Kingdom
Prize Pool: $500,000
Winner: Team Biffle
Liquipedia Link

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS:GO)

Tournament: ESL Pro League Season 18 (Ongoing as of writing)
Date: August 30th-October 1st (Current)
Location: Saint Julian's, Malta
Prize Pool: $850,000
Winner: TBD
Liquipedia Link

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Pro League 18 Teams

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Pro League 18 Group A

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Pro League 18 Group B

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Pro League 18 Group C

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Pro League Group D

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Pro League Playoffs

DOTA 2

Tournament: BetBoom Dacha Invitational
Date: September 10th-16th, 2023
Location: Yerevan, Armenia
Prize Pool: $250,000
Winner: Gaimin Gladiators
Liquipedia Link

Tournament: Dreamhack Dreamleague
Date: September 18th-September 24th
Location: Online, Europe
Prize Pool: $1,000,000
Winner: Team Spirit
Liquipedia Link

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BetBoom Teams

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BetBoom Group Stage

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BetBoom Playoffs

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Dreamleague Teams

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Dreamleague Group Stage

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Dreamleague Playoffs

FIFA

Tournament: FIFAe Continental Cup
Date: September 13th-17th, 2023
Location: Shanghai, China
Prize Pool: $300,000
Winner: FaZe Clan
Liquipedia Link

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Continental Cup Teams

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Continental Cup Group A Knockouts

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Continental Cup Group B Knockouts

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Continental Cup Finals

Fortnite

Tournament: Fortnite Championship Series Major 3 - Regional Grand Finals
Date: August 12th-13th, 2023
Location: 6 Online Events (North America, Europe, Brazil, Asia, Oceania, Middle East)
Prize Pool: N/A
Winner: One per region - Top teams from each region qualify for the Fortnite Global Championship

Tournament: Fortnite Championship Series - Regional Last Chance Majors
Date: August 18th-20th, 2023
Location: 6 Online Events (North America, Europe, Brazil, Asia, Oceania, Middle East)
Prize Pool: N/A
Winner: One per region - Top teams from each region qualify for the Fortnite Global Championship

The Fortnite Global Championship is taking place starting October 13th in Copenhagen, Denmark.

Halo

Tournament: Halo Championship Series: Fort Worth Major
Date: September 1st-3rd, 2023
Location: Fort Worth, Texas
Prize Pool: $250,000
Winner: OpTic Gaming - Top 8 qualify for the Halo World Championship
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The Halo World Championship is taking place starting October 13th in Seattle, Washington.

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Fort Worth Major Group Stage

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Fort Worth Major Upper Bracket

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Fort Worth Major Lower Bracket

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Fort Worth Major Final Standings

League of Legends

Tournament: Regional Splits/Events (LCS, LEC, LCK, LPL, etc.)

League of Legends regional splits/events have concluded and 21 of the 22 qualification spots for Worlds 2023 have been determined. 14 of the teams qualified into the Worlds Swiss Stage from the four major region splits (four from LCK, four from LPL, three from LEC, three from LCS). The other 7 teams qualified into the Play-in Groups through various minor region events. The final spot will be determined by the Worlds Qualification Series between Team BDS and Golden Guardians on October 9th.

Worlds 2023 will be taking place starting on October 10th in Seoul and Busan, South Korea
Worlds Liquipedia Link

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Worlds 2023 Swiss Teams

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Worlds 2023 Play-in Teams

Overwatch

Tournament: Overwatch League Regular Season & Regional Play-ins

The Overwatch League online regular season concluded on September 17th with two regional play-in tournaments for teams vying for the final three playoff spots. The top three North American teams and top two Asia-Pacific (APAC) teams from the regular season auto-qualified for playoffs with three more spots being given to the two winners of the NA play-in bracket and one for the winner of the APAC play-in bracket. The playoff qualified teams are: Atlanta Reign (#1 NA), Florida Mayhem (#2 NA), Houston Outlaws (#3 NA), Boston Uprising (NA Play-ins), London Spitfire (NA Play-ins), Seoul Infernal (#1 APAC), Hangzhou Spark (#2 APAC), and Dallas Fuel (APAC Play-ins).

The Overwatch League Playoffs begin September 27th in Toronto, Canada.
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Overwatch League APAC Standings

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Overwatch League NA Standings

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Overwatch League Play-in Brackets

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Overwatch League Playoffs Bracket

Pokémon

Tournament: World Championships (UNITE, GO, Trading Card, Video Game)
Date: August 12th-13th, 2023
Location: Yokohama, Japan
Prize Pool: $717,500 Overall
Winner: Luminosity Gaming (UNITE), ItsAXN (GO), Vance Kelley (Trading Card - Masters), Shohei Kimura (Video Game - Masters)
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UNITE Teams/Group Stage Results

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UNITE Playoffs

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GO Top 16/Playoffs

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Trading Card - Masters Top 8/Playoffs

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Video Game - Masters Playoffs

PUBG

Tournament: PUBG Nations Cup 2023
Date: September 15th-17th, 2023
Location: Seoul, South Korea
Prize Pool: $710,000
Winner: South Korea
Liquipedia Link

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Nations Cup Teams

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Nations Cup Results

Rocket League

Tournament: Gamers8 2023
Date: August 24th-27th, 2023
Location: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Prize Pool: $2,000,000
Winner: Version1
Liquipedia Link

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Gamers8 Teams

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Gamers8 Group Stage A & B

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Gamers8 Group Stage C & D

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Gamers8 Playoffs

Valorant

Tournament: Valorant Champions (VCT Los Angeles)
Date: August 6th-26th, 2023
Location: Los Angeles, California
Prize Pool: $2,250,000
Winner: Evil Geniuses

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VCT LA Teams

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VCT LA Group Stage

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VCT LA Playoffs