Splatoon 3 Championship 2023

Unofficial

The Splatoon 3 Championship 2023 is an upcoming competitive tournament that will occur during at Nintendo Live 2023 at PAX West on 2023-09-04, involving the top two finishing teams of each of two qualifying events.

Teams
Each of the four participating teams competed in and won one of two qualifying events on the weekends of 2023-06-03 and 2023-06-10.

Starburst
Even after failing to win the InkTV Resurgence League and having its winning streak against fellow Western teams broken by both Alliance Rogue and Jackpot, Starburst was still considered by many one of the top Western teams. As the only Western team to reach the Semifinal round of the Splat World Championship and defeat a Japanese team, Starburst would win at Low Tide City 2023 without dropping a single series or game.

Entering the Ladder stage of the first qualifying event as a favorite, Starburst would earn the #5 seed in the Bracket stage with an 11-3 match record, losing twice to eventual #3 seed DNA and once to #15 seed Take Ur Meds. However, it would sweep both #12 seed InC Red Sun and #4 seed Hypnosis 3-0 to reach the Double Elimination Stage Winners Semifinal Round, matched up against #1 seed and InkTV Resurgence League champions Jackpot. In a mostly back-and-forth series, Starburst would prevail 3-2. Then, it would defeat #7 seed Last Resort 3-1, earning the first spot in the Splatoon 3 Championship 2023.

Roster
(Note: Roles in bold are the primary role of a player.)

Jackpot
Jackpot