Draft:GeoGuessr World Cup 2023

GeoGuessr World Cup
2023
	Final match between Consus and Blinky.
Tournament information
Game	GeoGuessr
Location	Stockholm, Sweden
Date	13–14 October 2023 (main event); 19–26 August 2023 (qualification)
Format	Closed qualifier,; groups; intergroup knockout matches; single-elimination playoff;
Venue	Main event: SPACE Stockholm; Qualifier: Online
Participants	24 (20 invitees + 4 from qualifiers)
Purse	US$50,000
Broadcast	Twitch
Website	https://www.geoguessr.com/world-cup/2023
Final positions
Champion	Consus
2nd place	Blinky
3rd place	Fungus; Radu;
Tournament statistics
Attendance	70,000+ peak viewers
Pre-qualifier
Location	Online, Twitch
Dates	19 August 2023
Matches played	12
Qualifier
Location	Online, Twitch
Dates	26 August 2023
Matches played	24 + 8
Day 1
Location	Stockholm, Twitch
Dates	13 October 2023
Matches played	64
Day 2
Location	SPACE Stockholm, Twitch
Dates	14 October 2023
Matches played	4 + 3
	2024 →

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The GeoGuessr World Cup 2023^[f] was the inaugural GeoGuessr World Cup hosted by GeoGuessr.^[4] It took place 13–14 October 2023 in Stockholm, Sweden, the place of headquarters of GeoGuessr AB.^[5] 24 players from 21 different countries were competing for a prize-pool of $50,000.^[6] Consus, representing the Netherlands, was crowned World Champion after beating Frenchman Blinky in the final.^[4]

Format[edit]

The World Cup consisted of two stages, an online qualifying process^[a]^[b] and the main event over two consecutive days^[c]^[d] in Stockholm.

All matches were played with 1v1 Duels in either best of 3 or best of 5 games, consisting of Moving + NM (if necessary + NMPZ) or Moving + NM + Moving (if necessary + NM + NMPZ) games respectively, with 6000 points of health, 0.5x multiplier increment and a 15-second timer after a guess. The games in Stockholm had a ten-round limit, with multipliers increasing in 0.5x steps after round 1 from 1x to 5.5x.

Ranking criteria
The ranking of players in group stages was determined as follows:^{[citation needed]} Wins obtained in all group matches Game difference^[g] from all group matches Wins obtained in the group matches between the players tied hitherto Game difference from the group matches between the players tied hitherto

Players[edit]

Apart from four players who qualified through the closed-qualifier, 20 players were invited directly by GeoGuessr. They were announced in multiple waves:

Date	Invitees
Initially	Blinky	Jake Lyons	Kodiak	maccem	MatePotato	zi8gzag
13 June^[7]	Wolftrekker	Harmless	Jupa	ReAnna	Fungus
14 July^[8]	Shiina	Anananah	Giovanni	Debre
18 August^[9]	Radu	Topotic	Trabota	quarksauce	Gelotris
Date	Qualifiers
26 August^[10]^[11]	Chicago Geographer	Lennli	Consus	Alok

Prize pool^[6][edit]

Place	Players	Amount	Total
Champion	1	$15,000	$15,000
Runner-up	1	$7,000	$7,000
Third place (semi-finals)	2	$5,000	$10,000
5th–8th place (quarter-finals)	4	$1,500	$6,000
Group stage (shared pool)^[h]	24	-	$12,000
Total	24	$50,000

Qualifiers[edit]

There were two rounds of online qualification, a pre-qualifier and a main qualifier event.^[12]

Pre-qualifier[edit]

On 19 August 2023, popular Tik-Toker rainbolt hosted a pre-qualifier on his Twitch channel.^[13] DerZiggi and Kodiak joined him as commentators. 16 invitees were divided into four groups, the winner of each bracket advanced to the main qualifier. The mode played was Bo3 (NM, NMPZ, MOVE), 6000 points of health, 0.5x multiplier increment from round 4, unlimited round time, and 15s timer on the map "An Improved World".^{[citation needed]}

Group A		Decider



Kratsoo	2

Nelson	0
		Kratsoo	0

		Alok	2
Duskden2	0

Alok	2

Group B		Decider



Harrier	2

Pasch	0
		Harrier	0

		Chicago Geographer	2
Brad Hamilton	1^(NM)

Chicago Geographer	2

Group C		Decider



Spiral	0

trulybuzzy	2
		trulybuzzy	2

		DuckBavis	1^(NM)
Toro3317	0

DuckBavis	2

Group D		Decider



Eddie	0

Olimpia	2
		Olimpia	2

		Vell	0
Vell	2

Aksel	1^(NMPZ)

Qualifier[edit]

The main qualifier event was hosted by e-sports veteran caster Pala "Pala" Gilroy Sen and rainbolt on 26 August, streamed on the official Twitch channel.^[14] It was divided into three stages. In Stage I, 12 invitees were joined by the four winners of the pre-qualifier being split equally into four round-robin groups of four. The winners of each group advanced to Stage III, the second and third placed had to win another game in Stage II to proceed. Stage III produced the four qualifiers for the main event.

Stage I was played with the same settings as the pre-qualifier, except the order of the game modes was changed (MOVE, NM, NMPZ), the multiplier increment kicked in on round 5, and a custom map was used.^[1] Stages II and II were Bo5.

Not all matches were broadcast; in fact, only 3/24 group stage matches, 1/4 knockout stage matches, and 3/4 playoff stage matches were.

Stage I (Groups)[edit]

	Group A	Scrypero	DerZiggi	Lennli	Olimpia	W	GW	GL	GD
1	Scrypero		2-0	2-1	1-2	2	5	3	2
2	DerZiggi	0-2		2-1	2-1	2	4	4	0
3	Lennli	1-2	1-2		2-0	1	4	4	0
4	Olimpia	2-1	1-2	0-2		1	3	5	- 2

	Group B	Consus	EmilyApocalypse	Souvlaki Zeitgeist	Trichter33	W	GW	GL	GD
1	Consus		2-0	2-0	2-1	3	6	1	5
2	EmilyApocalypse	0-2		2-0	2-1	2	4	3	1
3	Souvlaki Zeitgeist	0-2	0-2		2-1	1	2	5	- 3
4	Trichter33	1-2	1-2	1-2		0	3	6	- 3

	Group C	Poli	Partee	Chicago Geographer	trulybuzzy	W	GW	GL	GD
1	Poli		1-2	2-0	2-0	2	5	2	3
2	Partee	2-1		2-1	0-2	2	4	4	0
3	Chicago Geographer	0-2	1-2		2-0	1	3	4	- 1
4	trulybuzzy	0-2	2-0	0-2		1	2	4	- 2

	Group D	Alok	Havrd	Boulgour	JH	W	GW	GL	GD
1	Alok		1-2	2-1	2-0	2	5	3	2
2	Havrd	2-1		0-2	2-0	2	4	3	1
3	Boulgour	1-2	2-0		1-2	1	4	4	0
4	JH	0-2	0-2	2-1		1	2	5	- 3

Stage II (Knockout)[edit]

	Knockout #1



	DerZiggi	3

	Boulgour	0

	Knockout #2



	EmilyApocalypse	2^{(MOVE1, NM2)}

	Chicago Geographer	3

	Knockout #3



	Partee	2^{(NM1, MOVE2)}

	Souvlaki Zeitgeist	3

	Knockout #4



	Havrd	1^(NM1)

	Lennli	3

Stage III (Playoffs)[edit]

	Playoff #1



	Scrypero	1^(MOVE2)

	Chicago Geographer	3

	Playoff #2



	Consus	3

	DerZiggi	0

	Playoff #3



	Poli	3

	Lennli	1^(NM1)

	Playoff #4



	Alok	3

	Souvlaki Zeitgeist	2^(NM)

On 12 September, GeoGuessr announced that Poli would not make it to Stockholm, and that he would be replaced by Lennli,^[11] against whom he had won his last game.

Day 1 (group and knockout stage)[edit]

The group stage was played on 13 October, with all players being present in Stockholm.^[2] The official Twitch channel broadcasted games of Groups A and D, while a second stream showed games of Groups B and C.^[15]^[16] In similar fashion to the main qualifier, the 24 participants were divided into four groups of six, playing one another in a round-robin, with the respective winners directly advancing to Day 2, while the second and third placed were matched up in a knockout stage to determine the last spots for the final day.

The format used was a Bo3, as in the qualifiers, but with a 10-round limit, the multiplier increment from round 2, and a 60s round time on the custom World Cup map "An Official World".^{[citation needed]}

For every stream there were three matches played at the same time, one of which was being broadcast live.

Group A[edit]

11:00	Group A	Debre	zi8gzag	Topotic	Shiina	Alok	ReAnna	W	GW	GL	GD
1	Debre		2-0	2-1	2-0	1-2	2-1	4	9	4	5
2	zi8gzag	0-2		0-2	2-0	2-0	2-0	3	6	4	2
3	Topotic	1-2	2-0		0-2	2-1	2-1	3	7	6	1
4	Shiina	0-2	0-2	2-0		2-0	0-2	2	4	6	- 2
5	Alok	2-1	0-2	1-2	0-2		2-1	2	5	8	- 3
6	ReAnna	1-2	0-2	1-2	2-0	1-2		1	5	8	- 3

Group B[edit]

11:00	Group B	Consus	Trabota	Gelotris	maccem	Kodiak	quarksauce	W	GW	GL	GD
1	Consus		2-1	2-0	2-1	2-1	2-0	5	10	3	7
2	Trabota	1-2		2-0	2-1	2-1	2-0	4	9	4	5
3	Gelotris	0-2	0-2		2-1	2-1	2-0	3	6	6	0
4	maccem	1-2	1-2	1-2		2-0	0-2	1	5	8	- 3
5	Kodiak	1-2	1-2	1-2	0-2		2-0	1	5	8	- 3
6	quarksauce	0-2	0-2	0-2	2-0	0-2		1	2	8	- 6

Group C[edit]

15:00	Group C	Radu	Jupa	MatePotato	Wolftrekker	Chicago Geographer	Anananah	W	GW	GL	GD
1	Radu		0-2	2-0	2-1	2-0	2-0	4	8	3	5
2	Jupa	2-0		1-2	1-2	2-1	2-0	3	8	5	3
3	MatePotato	0-2	2-1		2-0	0-2	2-0	3	6	5	1
4	Wolftrekker	1-2	2-1	0-2		2-0	2-1	1	7	6	1
5	Chicago Geographer	0-2	1-2	2-0	0-2		2-0	2	5	6	- 1
6	Anananah	0-2	0-2	0-2	1-2	0-2		0	1	10	- 9

Group D[edit]

15:00	Group D	Blinky	Fungus	Lennli	Giovanni	Jake Lyons	Harmless	W	GW	GL	GD
1	Blinky		2-1	2-1	2-0	2-0	2-0	5	10	2	8
2	Fungus	1-2		2-0	2-1	2-1	2-0	4	9	4	5
3	Lennli	1-2	0-2		2-0	2-0	2-0	3	7	4	3
4	Giovanni	0-2	1-2	0-2		2-1	1-2	1	4	9	- 5
5	Jake Lyons	0-2	1-2	0-2	1-2		2-1	1	4	9	- 5
6	Harmless	0-2	0-2	0-2	2-1	1-2		0	3	9	- 6

Knockout stage[edit]

	Knockout #1

	19:00

	zi8gzag	1^(NM)

	Gelotris	2

	Knockout #2

	19:30

	Trabota	2

	Topotic	1^(MOVE)

	Knockout #3

	20:10

	Jupa	0

	Lennli	2

	Knockout #4

	20:40

	Fungus	2

	MatePotato	0

Day 2[edit]

The final day was played in the SPACE Arena, Stockholm, in front of an audience on 14 October 2023.^[4] The format for the quarter-finals stayed exactly the same as it was for the games of the previous day; however, the semi-finals and the final were Bo5 (MOVE, NM, MOVE, NM, NMPZ).

The final was watched by over 71,000 viewers at the same time,^[i] the two semi-finals reached a peak viewership of over 45,000 and 56,000 respectively.^[3]

Quarter-finals		Semi-finals		Final

15:00

Debre	1^(NM)
		19:00
Fungus	2
		Fungus	2^{(MOVE2, NM2)}
16:00
		Consus	3
Consus	2
				21:00
Lennli	1^(NM)
				Consus	3
17:00
				Blinky	1^(MOVE1)
Radu	2
		20:00
Trabota	0
		Radu	2^(NM)
18:00
		Blinky	3
Blinky	2

Gelotris	0

Notes[edit]

^ ^a ^b ^c Format used for pre-qualifier: Bo3 (NM, NMPZ, MOVE), 6000 points of health, 0.5x multiplier increment from round 4, unlimited round time, 15s timer, AIW^{[citation needed]}
^ ^a ^b ^c Format used for Qualifier: Bo3 (MOVE, NM, NMPZ) + Bo5 (MOVE, NM, MOVE, NM, NMPZ), 6000 points of health, 0.5x multiplier increment from round 5, unlimited round time, 15s timer, custom map^[1]
^ ^a ^b ^c Format used on Day 1: Bo3 (MOVE, NM, NMPZ), 6000 points of health, 10 round limit, 0.5x multiplier increment from round 2, 60s round time, 15s timer, AOW^[2]^{[citation needed]}
^ ^a ^b ^c Format used on Day 2: Bo3 (MOVE, NM, NMPZ) + Bo5 (MOVE, NM, MOVE, NM, NMPZ), 6000 points of health, 10 round limit, 0.5x multiplier increment from round 2, 60s round time, 15s timer, AOW^[2]}^{[citation needed]}
^ official stream
^ originally known as the GeoGuessr World Cup
^ won games minus lost games
^ $200 per win
^ across multiple streams

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b "GeoGuessr World Cup Qualifiers - Entire event". YouTube. Retrieved 2 March 2024.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "GeoGuessr World Cup: Everything you need to know". GeoGuessr. Retrieved 2 March 2024.
^ ^a ^b Iyer, Ravi. "GeoGuessr World Cup 2023 sees 71K peak concurrent viewers as Consus paints Sweden 'Oranje'". Esports Charts. Retrieved 2 March 2024.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Huge Success for Historic World Championship in GeoGuessr". GeoGuessr. Retrieved 2 March 2024.
^ "The Globe as a Playing Field: The First World Cup in GeoGuessr is Here". GeoGuessr. Retrieved 2 March 2024.
^ ^a ^b "GeoGuessr World Cup Prize Pool". GeoGuessr. Retrieved 2 March 2024.
^ "LET'S WELCOME THE NEXT WORLD CUP PLAYERS🏆". X.com. Retrieved 2 March 2024.
^ "🥁 Drumroll, please! The next 4 players for the GeoGuessr World Cup". X.com. Retrieved 2 March 2024.
^ "MEET THE PLAYERS 👋 The fourth wave of players are here for the GeoGuessr World Cup!". X.com. Retrieved 2 March 2024.
^ "WOW! What a night, what a last game😳?! WHAT A LAST ROUND!?". X.com. Retrieved 2 March 2024.
^ ^a ^b "Poli has decided not to partake in the World Cup". X.com. Retrieved 2 March 2024.
^ "Announcing the GeoGuessr World Cup Closed Qualifier 26th of August". GeoGuessr. Retrieved 2 March 2024.
^ "SET YOUR ALARMS ⏰". X.com. Retrieved 2 March 2024.
^ "LIVE!". X.com. Retrieved 2 March 2024.
^ "GeoGuessr World Cup - Group stage B-stream". X.com. Retrieved 2 March 2024.
^ "STARTING SOON!". YouTube. Retrieved 2 March 2024.

[format1-1] Format used for pre-qualifier: Bo3 (NM, NMPZ, MOVE), 6000 points of health, 0.5x multiplier increment from round 4, unlimited round time, 15s timer, AIW^{[citation needed]}

[format2-3] Format used for Qualifier: Bo3 (MOVE, NM, NMPZ) + Bo5 (MOVE, NM, MOVE, NM, NMPZ), 6000 points of health, 0.5x multiplier increment from round 5, unlimited round time, 15s timer, custom map^[1]

[format3-5] Format used on Day 1: Bo3 (MOVE, NM, NMPZ), 6000 points of health, 10 round limit, 0.5x multiplier increment from round 2, 60s round time, 15s timer, AOW^[2]^{[citation needed]}

[format4-6] Format used on Day 2: Bo3 (MOVE, NM, NMPZ) + Bo5 (MOVE, NM, MOVE, NM, NMPZ), 6000 points of health, 10 round limit, 0.5x multiplier increment from round 2, 60s round time, 15s timer, AOW^[2]}^{[citation needed]}

[7] stream

[9] riginally known as the GeoGuessr World Cup

[13] won games minus lost games

[19] $200 per win

[25] ross multiple streams

[qualifier-2] "GeoGuessr World Cup Qualifiers - Entire event". YouTube. Retrieved 2 March 2024.

[schedule-4] "GeoGuessr World Cup: Everything you need to know". GeoGuessr. Retrieved 2 March 2024.

[viewership-8] Iyer, Ravi. "GeoGuessr World Cup 2023 sees 71K peak concurrent viewers as Consus paints Sweden 'Oranje'". Esports Charts. Retrieved 2 March 2024.

[winner-10] "Huge Success for Historic World Championship in GeoGuessr". GeoGuessr. Retrieved 2 March 2024.

[announcement-11] "The Globe as a Playing Field: The First World Cup in GeoGuessr is Here". GeoGuessr. Retrieved 2 March 2024.

[prize-12] "GeoGuessr World Cup Prize Pool". GeoGuessr. Retrieved 2 March 2024.

[14] "LET'S WELCOME THE NEXT WORLD CUP PLAYERS🏆". X.com. Retrieved 2 March 2024.

[3rd_invite-15] "🥁 Drumroll, please! The next 4 players for the GeoGuessr World Cup". X.com. Retrieved 2 March 2024.

[4th_invite-16] "MEET THE PLAYERS 👋 The fourth wave of players are here for the GeoGuessr World Cup!". X.com. Retrieved 2 March 2024.

[17] "WOW! What a night, what a last game😳?! WHAT A LAST ROUND!?". X.com. Retrieved 2 March 2024.

[woooosh-18] "Poli has decided not to partake in the World Cup". X.com. Retrieved 2 March 2024.

[qualifierannonce-20] "Announcing the GeoGuessr World Cup Closed Qualifier 26th of August". GeoGuessr. Retrieved 2 March 2024.

[pre-qualifier-21] "SET YOUR ALARMS ⏰". X.com. Retrieved 2 March 2024.

[qualifierstart-22] "LIVE!". X.com. Retrieved 2 March 2024.

[b-stream-annonce-23] "GeoGuessr World Cup - Group stage B-stream". X.com. Retrieved 2 March 2024.

[b-stream-24] "STARTING SOON!". YouTube. Retrieved 2 March 2024.

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