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This topic lists the esports events for the year 2023.

If tournaments are held entirely online, it is denoted in the list below. For those tournaments that are held either entirely offline, or either the tournament is held with a mix of online and offline; especially the knockout stage of the tournament is held offline (LAN), the host city that hosts the Grand Final is indicated first if there are multiple host cities.

Counter-Strike[edit]

Tournament	Host city	Duration	Champion	Runner-up
Blast Paris Major 2023	Paris	May 8–21	Team Vitality	GamerLegion
Blast Premier Spring Final 2023	Washington, D.C.	June 7–11	Heroic	Team Vitality
Gamers8 2023	Riyadh	August 16–20	Team Vitality	ENCE
Roobet Cup 2023	Online tournament	October 25 – November 2	Virtus.pro	Monte
Thunderpick World Championship 2023	Online tournament	October 27 – November 5	FaZe Clan	Virtus.pro
CS Asia Championships 2023	Shanghai	November 8–12
Blast Premier Fall Final 2023	Copenhagen	November 22–26
Blast Premier World Final 2023	Abu Dhabi	December 13–17

2023 ESL Pro Tour: EPT Championships & EPT Masters[edit]

Tournament	Host city	Duration	Champion	Runner-up
Intel Extreme Masters Katowice 2023	Katowice
ESL Pro League Season 17	St. Julian's
Intel Extreme Masters Rio 2023	Rio de Janeiro
Intel Extreme Masters Dallas 2023	Dallas
Intel Extreme Masters Cologne 2023	Cologne
ESL Pro League Season 18	St. Julian's
Intel Extreme Masters Sydney 2023	Sydney

Dota 2[edit]

Mobile Legends: Bang Bang[edit]

Tournament	Host city/cities	Duration	Champion	Runner-up
MLBB M4 World Championship	Jakarta	January 1–15	ECHO Philippines	Blacklist International
MLBB Southeast Asia Cup 2023	Phnom Penh	June 10–18	ONIC Esports	Blacklist International
32nd Southeast Asian Games – Men's Tournament		May 12–14	Philippines	Malaysia
32nd Southeast Asian Games – Women's Tournament		May 10–11	Indonesia	Philippines
Snapdragon Pro Series Season 3 - SEA Challenger Finals	Jakarta	July 17–23	ONIC Esports	Bigetron Alpha
IESF World Championships 2023	Iași	August 26 – September 3	Philippines	Indonesia
MLBB M5 World Championship	Manila & Quezon City	December 2–17	AP Bren	ONIC Esports

Professional leagues for MLBB[edit]

Tournament	Host city	Duration	Champion	Runner-up
MPL Indonesia Season 11	Jakarta	February 17 – April 9	ONIC Esports	EVOS Legends
MPL Indonesia Season 12	Jakarta	July 13 – October 15	ONIC Esports	Geek Fam
MPL Philippines Season 11	Pasay	February 17 – May 7	ECHO Philippines	Blacklist International
MPL Philippines Season 12	Quezon City	September 8 – October 29	AP Bren	Blacklist International
MPL Malaysia Season 11	Kuala Lumpur	March 10 – April 30	Todak	Team SMG
MPL Malaysia Season 12	Kuala Lumpur	August 18 – October 8	Homebois	Team SMG

League of Legends[edit]

Tetris[edit]

Valorant[edit]

References[edit]

Category:2023 in esports Category:Esports by year

v t e Esports and competitive video gaming
Games Leagues and tournaments Players Cheating
Fighting	Capcom Cup CEO Evolution Championship Series Killer Instinct World Cup Super Smash Bros. Apex The Big House Genesis Smash World Tour Super Smash Con
MOBA	Dota 2 Pro Circuit The International League of Legends World Championship Mid-Season Invitational Champions Korea Championship Series EMEA Championship Pro League Pacific Championship Series Vietnam Championship Series other Mobile Legends: Bang Bang Mid Season Cup World Championship Smite World Championship
Real-time strategy	StarCraft StarCraft II Global League Warcraft III championships
Shooter	Apex Legends Global Series Call of Duty Championship League Counter-Strike BLAST Premier ESL Pro League Flashpoint Majors Fortnite World Cup Overwatch Apex Champions Series Contenders League World Cup QuakeCon Six Invitational Valorant Champions Tour PUBG Mobile
Sports	eFootball.Open eSailing World Championship FIA-Certified Gran Turismo Championships FIFAe World Cup FIFAe Nations Cup Formula One Esports Series Formula E: Accelerate iRacing eNASCAR Coca-Cola iRacing Series eNASCAR iRacing Pro Invitational Series EuroNASCAR Esports Series INDYCAR iRacing Challenge NBA 2K League Rocket League Championship Series eRacing 2017 Vegas eRace
Other genres	Classic Tetris World Championship Hearthstone Pokémon World Championships
Multi-genre	Asian Games Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games DreamHack ELeague ESEA League ESL Intel Extreme Masters Esports World Convention Major League Gaming list of National Championships Nintendo World Championships Campus Challenge Olympic Esports Series Southeast Asian Games Twin Galaxies World Cyber Games World Electronic Sports Games World Series of Video Games
Governing bodies	Amazon University Esports Armenian Esports Federation Asian Electronic Sports Federation Bangladesh Youth Development & Electronic Sports Association British Esports Esports Integrity Commission Esports World Federation International Esports Federation Korea e-Sports Association National Association of Collegiate Esports Professional Esports Association Saudi Esports Federation Tespa Thailand E-Sports Federation Russian eSports Federation World Esports Association
Defunct organizations	Championship Gaming Series Cyberathlete Professional League eGames G7 Teams MBCGame StarCraft League Ongamenet Starleague Professional Gamers League Tougeki – Super Battle Opera United Kingdom eSports Association World e-Sports Games World League eSport Bundesliga XLEAGUE.TV
Years	2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
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