ESL Clash Of Nations 2023: The Battle of Asian Teams

Author

Debjoy Basu

Date

Nov, 25.2023

ESL Clash of Nations 2023, organized by ESL Asia, is an offline event taking place at Centerpoint Studio in Bangkok, Thailand. The tournament is a part of the Valorant Champions Tour (VCT) OFF//SEASON and ESL Clash of Nations series and holds a prize pool of ฿1,000,000 THB. A total of 4 Asian teams will fight against each other in a double-elimination format, with all matches being played in best-of-three series. The tournament has already commenced on24th November

Recap from Upper-Bracket Semifinals 

As mentioned above, Talon Esports is the only team that has got a direct invitation. Team NKT and FULL SENSE secured their spot from respective Thailand Qualifiers whereas Oasis Gaming made it through the SEA Qualifiers. The first game of the tournament was played between Team NKT and Oasis Gaming. FULL SENSE faced Talon Esports in the second match. Let us move to the match recaps - 

Match 1: Team NKT vs Oasis Gaming

  • The first map of the game was Breeze. The double controller setup didn't go well for Team NKT and they lost the game by 9-13. 
  • Split was the second map of the match. Both the teams played well and went to overtime. Team NKT won the game by 14-12. 
  • The decider game began on Haven map. Team NKT began to dominate the first half, and later they clinched the win by 13-8. 

Match 2: FULL SENSE vs Talon Esports 

  • The first game began on the Lotus map. FULL SENSE played well in the first half and made it 7-5. But Talon Esports gave a strong fight and made it a 10-13 victory. 
  • Both the teams went ahead for the second game on Breeze map. FULL SENSE dominated the in both the halves and made it a comfortable 13-6 victory. 
  • Haven was the final map of the match. It was a stellar performance from both sides but FULL SENSE managed to get past Talon with an overtime win by 15-13. 

With this, Team NKT and FULL SENSE made it to the Upper Bracket Finals while Oasis Gaming and Talon Esports will face each other in the Lower Bracket Semifinal. The Upper Bracket Final and Lower Bracket Final are currently ongoing.