DarkZero win ALGS Split 2 Playoffs: Final placements and recap

Twitch.tv/PlayApex

The ALGS Split 2 Playoffs have come to a close, with DarkZero claiming the trophy and the grand pize of $300,000! Here is everything you need to know about the second major tournament of the season,

Five months after hosting the Split 1 playoffs, the Copper Box Arena, in London, staged the second major event of the season, with 40 teams from all over the world vying for the lion’s share of a $1 million prize purse.

After three action-packed days, the pool was whittled down to 20 teams for the Finals, featuring the highly popular Match Point format. DarkZero and TSM, the reigning ALGS champions and the Split 1 winners, respectively, both became match point eligible in the third game, but neither team seemed able to capitalise on it. As the Finals dragged on, three other teams entered the race for the title after hitting the 50-point mark.

Article continues after ad

It was only in the seventh game that a winner was found. Rhys ‘Zer0’ Perry was the hero as DarkZero came out on top of a highly contested final ring to claim the trophy.

The victory comes as a much-needed a boost after a rough Split 1, when the team almost didn’t make the Playoffs and placed 13th in London. The team seems to have rediscovered its magic with Brody ‘Xynew’ Geissler, who could not have dreamed of a better LAN debut.

Article continues after ad

“It’s insane, I cannot believe it,” Xynew said after the final. “I never thought I’d be here. Shoutout to my teammates. Third win for them. They’re insane.”

Tier-one Apex returns in September for the final event of the season, the ALGS Championship. The event will take place in Birmingham from September 6-10, the developers announced after the event.

ALGS 2023 Split 2 Playoffs: Format

The event is split into three parts: the group stage, the bracket stage, and the finals. The group stage will see the 40 qualified teams split into four groups of 10 teams, who will play each other in a six-game series. Each team will play 18 games in total. The results will determine the teams’ seed for the bracket stage, with the top 20 teams starting in the winners’ bracket and the lower 20 starting in the losers’ bracket.

Article continues after ad

The bracket stage will feature one six-game series for the upper bracket and two six-game series for the lower bracket. The top 10 teams from the winners’ bracket will move on to the finals, while the remaining 10 will play in the second round of the losers’ bracket. In the end, the top 10 teams of the lower bracket will move on to the finals

The finals will use a match point format, with teams becoming “Match Point Eligible” once they reach a minimum of 50 points. The first team on match point to win a match is declared the winner of the tournament.

Article continues after ad

ALGS 2023 Split 2 Playoffs: Standings and results

Placement Team Prize Money (USD)
1 DarkZero $300,000
2 TSM $160,000
3 Oxygen $105,000
4 XSET $85,000
5 FaZe $65,000
6 Pioneers $50,000
7 Moist Esports $40,000
8 OpTic Gaming $30,000
9 Alliance $25,000
10 Fnatic $20,000
11 NRG $16,000
12 Luminosity $15,000
13 FC destroy $14,000
14 100 Thieves $13,000
15 ganbare otousan $12,000
16 PULVEREX $11,000
17 Fire Beavers $10,500
18 RIDDLE $10,000
19 BLVKHVND $9,500
20 Acend $9,000
21 Realize N/A
22 JLINGZ
23 GoNext
24 Element 6
25 DreamFire
26 NAKED
27 ONIC
28 Entropiq
29 Complexity
30 NORTHEPTION
31 Aurora N/A
32 MDY-WHITE
33 GLYTCH
34 LeaveNoWitness
35 Crazy Raccoon
36 SAF Esports
37 FURIA
38 ATHXHVY
39 Noctem
40 Vexed

The ALGS Split 2 Playoffs ran from July 13 to July 16, with the group stage held on Thursday and Friday, while the bracket stage was played on Saturday before Sunday’s Finals.

Finals: July 16 (11 am ET / 4 pm BST)

Winner based on placement. Kills in brackets.

Round Winner Runner-Up Third
Round 1 TSM (15) Alliance (7) Pioneers (4)
Round 2 FC destroy (7) DarkZero (14) FaZe (4)
Round 3 DarkZero (9) Oxygen (5) NRG (5)
Round 4 Pioneers (9) Oxygen (3) Alliance (4)
Round 5 Fnatic (7) OpTic (6) Moist (5)
Round 6 FaZe (9) XSET (10) TSM (11)
Round 7 DarkZero (6) OpTic (4) NRG (11)

Bracket Stage: July 15

Loser’s Bracket Round 1 (5 am ET/ 10 am BST)

Winner based on placement. Kills in brackets.

Round Winner Runner-Up Third
Round 1 NORTHEPTION (12) GoNext (6) ONIC (9)
Round 2 OpTic (14) Aurora (6) GoNext (3)
Round 3 RIDDLE (9) Complexity (15) MDY-WHITE (3)
Round 4 GLYTCH (13) DreamFire (8) LeaveNoWitness (5)
Round 5 JLINGZ (4) DreamFire (7) Fire Beavers (15)
Round 6 JLINGZ (6) OpTic (12) BLVKHVND (3)

Winner’s Bracket Round 1 (9:15 am ET / 2:15 pm BST)

Winner based on placement. Kills in brackets.

Round Winner Runner-Up Third
Round 1 Luminosity (9) Alliance (4) TSM (8)
Round 2 Moist (12) FaZe (0) DarkZero (6)
Round 3 Fnatic (12) PULVEREX (4) Entropiq (6)
Round 4 Oxygen (11) NRG (5) TSM (8)
Round 5 ganbare otousan (7) PULVEREX (7) Moist (10)
Round 6 Alliance (10) TSM (4) Oxygen (13)

Loser’s Bracket Round 2 (1:30 pm ET / 6:30 pm BST)

Article continues after ad

Winner based on placement. Kills in brackets.

Round Winner Runner-Up Third
Round 1 JLINGZ (5) XSET (9) GoNext (9)
Round 2 BLVKHVND (12) RIDDLE (16) FaZe (4)
Round 3 RIDDLE (11) BLVKHVND (7) ONIC (4)
Round 4 FC Destroy (8) Element 6 (6) BLVKHVND (2)
Round 5 Acend (12) 100 Thieves (6) Fire Beavers (9)
Round 6 Realize (9) Fire Beavers (5) Pioneers (7)

Group Stage: July 13-14

Standings

Placement Team Total
1 TSM 197
2 Alliance 194
3 Fnatic 143
4 DarkZero 141
5 Oxygen Esports 141
6 Ganbare otousan 136
7 100 Thieves 135
8 NRG 129
9 LG Chivas 126
10 NAKED 124
11 FC Destroy 122
12 PULVEREX 122
13 Entropiq 117
14 XSET 109
15 Element 6 108
16 Acend 106
17 FaZe 100
18 Moist Esports 97
19 Pioneers 94
20 REALIZE 92
21 Complexity 91
22 NORTHEPTION 90
23 Fire Beavers 88
24 GoNext Esports 85
25 Riddle 85
26 DreamFire 84
27 Start a fight Esports 83
28 BLVKHVND 82
29 Crazy Raccoon 81
30 MDY White 80
31 ONIC 78
32 Aurora Gaming 71
33 LeaveNoWitnesses 67
34 Vexed Gaming 67
35 OpTic Gaming 63
36 JLINGZ 59
37 FURIA Esports 58
38 GLYTCH Energy 50
39 NOCTEM 40
40 ATHXHVY 32

Round 1: July 13 (5 am ET/ 10 am BST)

Group C vs Group D

Winner based on placement. Kills in brackets.

Round Winner Runner-Up Third
Round 1 Luminosity (14) SAF Esports (2) Moist (10)
Round 2 Riddle (7) ganbare otousan (8) Entropiq (7)
Round 3 Luminosity (4) Fnatic (16) PULVEREX (0)
Round 4 Vexed (9) PULVEREX (6) TSM (6)
Round 5 DreamFire (11) Element 6 (14) PULVEREX (4)
Round 6 FaZe (5) PULVEREX (14) TSM (3)

Group A vs Group B (9:15 am ET / 2:15 pm BST)

Winner based on placement. Kills in brackets.

Round Winner Runner-Up Third
Round 1 NAKED (7) DarkZero (4) LeaveNoWitness (4)
Round 2 100 Thieves (7) Alliance (11) Fire Beavers (6)
Round 3 DarkZero (9) Alliance (5) NAKED (6)
Round 4 GoNext (12) Crazy Raccoon (6) ONIC (3)
Round 5 NAKED (6) Alliance (6) Oxygen (7)
Round 6 ONIC (7) Alliance (16) Oxygen (4)

Group A vs Group C (1:30 pm ET / 6:30 pm BST)

Winner based on placement. Kills in brackets.

Round Winner Runner-Up Third
Round 1 Alliance (17) TSM (9) Acend (8)
Round 2 MDY-WHITE (8) Complexity (3) TSM (4)
Round 3 Acend (14) SAF Esports (7) OpTic (2)
Round 4 Realize (9) Complexity (3) GoNext (3)
Round 5 Alliance (11) Realize (4) TSM (15)
Round 6 Realize (7) Acend (6) MDY-WHITE (3)

Round 2: July 14 (5 am ET/ 10 am BST)

Group B vs Group D

Winner based on placement. Kills in brackets.

Round Winner Runner-Up Third
Round 1 ganbare otousan (5) 100 Thieves (8) XSET (8)
Round 2 FC Destroy (7) NORTHEPTION (7) Element 6 (6)
Round 3 FC Destroy (9) Crazy Raccoon (6) 100 Thieves (5)
Round 4 Entropiq (15) 100 Thieves (1) Element 6 (2)
Round 5 Oxygen (12) Element 6 (1) Luminosity (6)
Round 6 Oxygen (12) FaZe (9) NOCTEM (5)

Group A vs Group D (9:15 am ET / 2:15 pm BST)

Winner based on placement. Kills in brackets.

Article continues after ad
Round Winner Runner-Up Third
Round 1 Aurora (7) DarkZero (13) ganbare otousan (6)
Round 2 Alliance (13) NAKED (7) RIDDLE (4)
Round 3 Realize (7) Element 6 (8) LeaveNoWitness (1)
Round 4 ganbare otousan (13) Moist (6) FaZe (4)
Round 5 Entropiq (7) GoNext (7) NRG (12)
Round 6 NRG (15) NAKED (12) Aurora (8)

Group B vs Group C (1:30 pm ET / 6:30 pm BST)

Winner based on placement. Kills in brackets.

Round Winner Runner-Up Third
Round 1 Fnatic (13) NORTHEPTION (6) 100 Thieves (3)
Round 2 NORTHEPTION (10) TSM (3) Complexity (5)
Round 3 TSM (16) XSET (3) Fire Beavers (2)
Round 4 Fnatic (8) DreamFire (9) Start a fight Esports (6)
Round 5 PULVEREX (5) FC Destroy (6) Acend (6)
Round 6 XSET (10) PULVEREX (3) Fnatic (3)

ALGS 2023 Split 2 Playoffs: Groups

The 40 teams at the event have been split into four groups of 10 that will battle each other for kills and placement in matches with other groups.

Group A Group B Group C Group D
Alliance XSET Complexity Gaming Moist Esports
DarkZero Esports NORTHEPTION PULVEREX Noctem Esports
ONIC Esports ATHXHVY Acend Pioneers
REALIZE BLVKHVND TSM ganbare otousan
Gosu Fire Beavers MDY White FURIA Esports
LeaveNoWitness JLINGZ Esports DreamFire FaZe Clan
NAKED Oxygen Esports SAF Esports Element 6
NRG Esports 100 Thieves OpTic Gaming Riddle
Aurora Gaming Crazy Raccoon Vexed Gaming Entropiq
Ethernal FC Destroy Fnatic Luminosity

ALGS 2023 Split 2 Playoffs: Teams and players

Thanks to the region’s performance in the Split 1 Playoffs, North America was awarded three additional slots at the event on top of its base eight. EMEA has two extra slots in addition to its regular eight, with APAC North (eight), South America (four) and APAC South (four) having one extra slot apiece.

Article continues after ad

Teams have locked in their rosters for the ALGS international event. However, it’s worth noting that players have had to be subbed out in the past due to visa issues, so these lineups may not be set in stone.

Team Region Players
XSET North America oh Nocturnal, FunFPS, Sikezz
Luminosity North America YanYa, Neazul, jaguares
OpTic Gaming North America skittleCakes, Knoqd, Dropped
100 Thieves North America Onmuu, Vaxlon, scuwry
NRG North America sweetdreams, nafen, Gild
FURIA Esports North America HisWattson, Xeratricky, Pandxrz
FaZe Clan North America Snip3down, Phony, Frexs
Oxygen Esports North America aidanthedestroye, Reedz, Vein
TSM North America ImperialHal, Reps, Verhulst
DarkZero North America Zer0, Genburten, Xynew
Complexity Gaming North America Monsoon, Lewda, Cody
Vexed EMEA unlucky, Tyler, MaTaFe
Ethernal EMEA B4mbino, DcTzr, Slab
Alliance EMEA Yuki, Hakis,Effect
Acend EMEA Lufka, PostKiLL, K4shera
Aurora Gaming EMEA cleaveee, RANCHES, Sunset
Pioneers EMEA Gnaske, SirDel, Zaine
JLINGZ Esports EMEA Noiises, Jmw, Naghz
Entropiq EMEA Uxako, Hiarka, th0rfinnnnn
Element 6 EMEA Slayers, KIND4, KSWINNIIE
Fire Beavers EMEA 9impulse, ojrein, taskmast33r
Fnatic APAC N YukaF, UmichanLoveti, Meltstera
Crazy Raccoon APAC N Ras, Parkha, Mainy
NORTHEPTION APAC N Taida, satuki, ReyzyGG
PULVEREX APAC N saku, ShunMi, Ftyan
Riddle APAC N YUKIO, 1tappy, MiaK
REALIZE APAC N Obly, KaronPe, SangJoon
ganbare otousan APAC N JungHee, Dogma, Jusna
FC Destroy APAC N UmichanLoveti, HammerDrill, yukaPEROdator
NAKED APAC N Pinky, Lykq, 4rufa
BLVKHVND APAC S StrafingFlame, Buegy, EzFlash
Moist Esports APAC S Emtee, Prycyy, Wxltzy
DreamFire APAC S Roieee, Pite, 3Mz
ONIC Esports APAC S Fussy, shadi, Rakiiii
MDY White APAC S FeiJu, MingYUE, LQDuD
Noctem Esports South America 1Worst, N3LAS, KiingZ
ATHXHVY South America Vlatow, asleep, TriNITYzy
SAF Esports South America Lusquinn, Jinqs, Sleep
Gosu South America renatricky, PANIC, Zilach
LeaveNoWitness South America Pirrus, Kurev, brtus_o