• Date: August 26th to September 3rd, 2023
• Tournament: IESF World Esports Championship 2023 (LAN) ($100.000 Prize pool)
• Format: Single-elimination bracket, with Best-of-three matches
• Next opponent: North Macedonia
• Ro12 Time: Today, Monday, August 28th, at 17:00 CEST.
• Watch all the action LIVE on Astralis Watch.

Last week, the Astralis Talent squad travelled to Iași, Romania, to represent Denmark in the IESF World Esports Championship 2023.

They were put in Group B alongside Uzbekistan, Ukraine, Columbia, Tunisia and Saudi Arabia. The top 3 from each group advance to playoffs.

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Everything on the line

The Danes came out firing on Day 1 as they convincingly beat both Columbia and Saudi Arabia but were later defeated by Uzbekistan.

Everything was on the line on Day 2.

Ukraine proved to be a formidable opponent, who won 14-16 on Inferno, which meant that a win versus Tunisia was required to qualify.

A topfragging Andres "kiR" Kirstein and a great-performing team on Ancient helped the Danish squad to win the match 16-11 and secure playoffs in IESF WEC 2023. 

Group Stage Matches and Results

• 16-5 vs. Colombia (Ancient)
• 16-0 vs. Saudi Arabia (Nuke)
• 7-16 vs. Uzbekistan (Anubis)
• 14-16 vs. Ukraine (Inferno)
• 16-11 vs. Tunisia (Ancient)

Group B Standings

1. Uzbekistan (5-0)
2. Ukraine (4-1)
3. Denmark (3-2)
4. ‍Colombia (2-3)
5. Tunisia (1-5)
6. Saudi Arabia (0-5)

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Number one from each group qualifies directly for the quarter-finals, while the second- and third-placed teams qualify for the Ro12.

The Danes will then face North Macedonia, who placed second in Group D, today, August 28th, at 17:00 CEST.

• The entire playoffs bracket can be found here.
• Watch the match LIVE at Astralis Watch here.