Here at Thunderpick, we’re built by gamers for gamers and to show our commitment to the Esports industry we are excited to launch the Thunderpick World Championship 2023.
With a prize pool of $600,000 guaranteed in Bitcoin, the tournament will take place between July and November with the grand final happening between October 27 and November 5. A total of 60 teams will take part in the qualifying stages (40 teams in EU and 20 teams in NA).
Top-tier CS:GO talent such as Evil Geniuses, who recently signed Thunderpick as their marquee sponsor, will also participate in the tournament. Joining Evil Geniuses in this tournament are also big CS:GO names such as Heroic, ENCE, GamerLegion, Apeks, Monte, MOUZ and Virtus.pro.
There is a $25,000 prize for the 4 teams that will finish first in the playoffs. Then, during the finals, the massive $500,000 prize will be split between the top 6 teams. If you want to stay up to date with everything to do with the Thunderpick World Championship 2023 don’t forget to follow us on Twitter.
Thunderpick World Championship 2023 Schedule
The Thunderpick World Championship tournament will be launched on July 10th when the first NA Series will take place. The Final playoffs will be held between October 27th and November 5th, 2023. The full season will be as follows:
- NA Series #1: July 10th – July 18th
- EU Series #1: July 27th – August 13th
- NA Series #2: August 21st – August 29th
- EU Series #2: September 4th – September 18th
- World Championship Final: October 27th – November 5th
Teams participating in the NA Series
A total of 20 teams will start battling it out on July 11 in the NA Series. World #1 HEROIC and #5 ENCE have been invited to play in the finals. The teams are:
| Nouns | Party Astronauts | ATK | Wildcard |
| Strife | Fluffy Aimers | Timbermen | Rocket |
| Snakes Den | ex-Eros | Mythic | Take Flyte |
| No Impact | Limitless | FlyQuest Red | 7AM NA |
| Shimmer | REIGN | EG Gold | Detonate |
Teams participating in the EU Series
This is the list of teams that will be competing in the EU Series on July 27.
| GamerLegion | Apeks | Virtus.pro | MOUZ |
| Monte | 9INE | Into the Breach | Bad News Eagles |
| SAW | Movistar Riders | Aurora | Eternal Fire |
| Looking4Org | BIG | 9 Pandas | 500 |
| Endpoint | Sampi | Anonymo | EYEBALLERS |
| SINNERS | ALTERNATE aTTaX | HAVU | Nexus |
| B8 | Zero Tenacity | ThunderFlash | Sangal |
| PGE Turow | JANO | Let us cook | Singularity |
| Lazer Cats | NAVI Junior | MASONIC | Sashi |
| Entropiq | EPIC DUDES | Sprout | Falcons |