Splatoon 3 European Championship 2023 - The Netherlands

The Splatoon 3 European Championship 2023 - The Netherlands was a tournament that is part of the Splatoon 3 European Championship 2023. The tournament was officially announced on 10 May 2023.

Rules

 * The tournament has the use of secondary abilities disabled in its entirety.

Qualifiers
Four online qualifying tournaments were held on:
 * May 17 2023
 * May 20 2023
 * May 21 2023
 * May 24 2023

Participants
Twenty teams participated. Teams Hollandtis, Gemakkelijke Slag, De Dappere Dodo's, and Fax Traud made it to the semi-finals.

Format
An elimination system consisting of best-of-five series was used, where the first matches consist of a best-of-three Turf War. One point is earned for winning the best-of-three Turf War matches within the best-of-five series. After that, Splat Zones, Rainmaker, Clam Blitz, or Tower Control matches remain and these series were played in the rotation below. {| class="wikitable sitecolor-s3 mw-collapsible mw-collapsed zebra-even nocellborder" style="text-align: center;" ! style="text-align: center;" | Serie !! style="text-align: center;" | Mode !! style="text-align: center;" | Stage
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Round 1

 * 1 || S2 Icon Regular Battle alt.svg Turf War || S3 Stage Um'ami Ruins.png Um'ami Ruins
 * 2 || S2 Icon Regular Battle alt.svg Turf War || S3 Stage Hagglefish Market.png Hagglefish Market
 * 3* || S2 Icon Regular Battle alt.svg Turf War || S3 Stage Inkblot Art Academy.png Inkblot Art Academy
 * 1 || S3 icon Splat Zones.png Splat Zones || S3 Stage Brinewater Springs.png Brinewater Springs
 * 2 || S3 icon Rainmaker.png Rainmaker || S3 Stage Eeltail Alley.png Eeltail Alley
 * 3* || S3 icon Clam Blitz.png Clam Blitz || S3 Stage Mincemeat Metalworks.png Mincemeat Metalworks
 * 4* || S3 icon Tower Control.png Tower Control || S3 Stage Museum d'Alfonsino.png Museum d'Alfonsino
 * colspan="3" |
 * 2 || S3 icon Rainmaker.png Rainmaker || S3 Stage Eeltail Alley.png Eeltail Alley
 * 3* || S3 icon Clam Blitz.png Clam Blitz || S3 Stage Mincemeat Metalworks.png Mincemeat Metalworks
 * 4* || S3 icon Tower Control.png Tower Control || S3 Stage Museum d'Alfonsino.png Museum d'Alfonsino
 * colspan="3" |
 * 4* || S3 icon Tower Control.png Tower Control || S3 Stage Museum d'Alfonsino.png Museum d'Alfonsino
 * colspan="3" |
 * colspan="3" |
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Round 2

 * 1 || S2 Icon Regular Battle alt.svg Turf War || S3 Stage Museum d'Alfonsino.png Museum d'Alfonsino
 * 2 || S2 Icon Regular Battle alt.svg Turf War || S3 Stage Sturgeon Shipyard.png Sturgeon Shipyard
 * 3* || S2 Icon Regular Battle alt.svg Turf War || S3 Stage MakoMart.png MakoMart
 * 1 || S3 icon Tower Control.png Tower Control || S3 Stage Flounder Heights.png Flounder Heights
 * 2 || S3 icon Splat Zones.png Splat Zones || S3 Stage MakoMart.png MakoMart
 * 3* || S3 icon Rainmaker.png Rainmaker || S3 Stage Wahoo World.png Wahoo World
 * 4* || S3 icon Clam Blitz.png Clam Blitz || S3 Stage Mahi-Mahi Resort.png Mahi-Mahi Resort
 * colspan="3" |
 * 2 || S3 icon Splat Zones.png Splat Zones || S3 Stage MakoMart.png MakoMart
 * 3* || S3 icon Rainmaker.png Rainmaker || S3 Stage Wahoo World.png Wahoo World
 * 4* || S3 icon Clam Blitz.png Clam Blitz || S3 Stage Mahi-Mahi Resort.png Mahi-Mahi Resort
 * colspan="3" |
 * 4* || S3 icon Clam Blitz.png Clam Blitz || S3 Stage Mahi-Mahi Resort.png Mahi-Mahi Resort
 * colspan="3" |
 * colspan="3" |
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Round 3

 * 1 || S2 Icon Regular Battle alt.svg Turf War || S3 Stage Hagglefish Market.png Hagglefish Market
 * 2 || S2 Icon Regular Battle alt.svg Turf War ||S3 Stage Inkblot Art Academy.png Inkblot Art Academy
 * 3* || S2 Icon Regular Battle alt.svg Turf War || S3 Stage Flounder Heights.png Flounder Heights
 * 1 || S3 icon Clam Blitz.png Clam Blitz || S3 Stage Scorch Gorge.png Scorch Gorge
 * 2 || S3 icon Tower Control.png Tower Control || S3 Stage Um'ami Ruins.png Um'ami Ruins
 * 3* || S3 icon Splat Zones.png Splat Zones ||S3 Stage Sturgeon Shipyard.png Sturgeon Shipyard
 * 4* || S3 icon Rainmaker.png Rainmaker || S3 Stage Undertow Spillway.png Undertow Spillway
 * colspan="3" |
 * 2 || S3 icon Tower Control.png Tower Control || S3 Stage Um'ami Ruins.png Um'ami Ruins
 * 3* || S3 icon Splat Zones.png Splat Zones ||S3 Stage Sturgeon Shipyard.png Sturgeon Shipyard
 * 4* || S3 icon Rainmaker.png Rainmaker || S3 Stage Undertow Spillway.png Undertow Spillway
 * colspan="3" |
 * 4* || S3 icon Rainmaker.png Rainmaker || S3 Stage Undertow Spillway.png Undertow Spillway
 * colspan="3" |
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Round 4

 * 1 || S2 Icon Regular Battle alt.svg Turf War || S3 Stage Mahi-Mahi Resort.png Mahi-Mahi Resort
 * 2 || S2 Icon Regular Battle alt.svg Turf War || S3 Stage MakoMart.png MakoMart
 * 3* || S2 Icon Regular Battle alt.svg Turf War ||S3 Stage Um'ami Ruins.png Um'ami Ruins
 * 1 || S3 icon Rainmaker.png Rainmaker || S3 Stage Flounder Heights.png Flounder Heights
 * 2 || S3 icon Clam Blitz.png Clam Blitz || S3 Stage Inkblot Art Academy.png Inkblot Art Academy
 * 3* || S3 icon Tower Control.png Tower Control || S3 Stage Hagglefish Market.png Hagglefish Market
 * 4* || S3 icon Splat Zones.png Splat Zones || S3 Stage Wahoo World.png Wahoo World
 * colspan="3" |
 * 2 || S3 icon Clam Blitz.png Clam Blitz || S3 Stage Inkblot Art Academy.png Inkblot Art Academy
 * 3* || S3 icon Tower Control.png Tower Control || S3 Stage Hagglefish Market.png Hagglefish Market
 * 4* || S3 icon Splat Zones.png Splat Zones || S3 Stage Wahoo World.png Wahoo World
 * colspan="3" |
 * 4* || S3 icon Splat Zones.png Splat Zones || S3 Stage Wahoo World.png Wahoo World
 * colspan="3" |
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Round 5
(* if necessary)
 * 1 || S2 Icon Regular Battle alt.svg Turf War || S3 Stage Sturgeon Shipyard.png Sturgeon Shipyard
 * 2 || S2 Icon Regular Battle alt.svg Turf War || S3 Stage Mahi-Mahi Resort.png Mahi-Mahi Resort
 * 3* || S2 Icon Regular Battle alt.svg Turf War || S3 Stage Flounder Heights.png Flounder Heights
 * 1 || S3 icon Splat Zones.png Splat Zones || S3 Stage Museum d'Alfonsino.png Museum d'Alfonsino
 * 2 || S3 icon Rainmaker.png Rainmaker || S3 Stage Scorch Gorge.png Scorch Gorge
 * 3* || S3 icon Clam Blitz.png Clam Blitz || S3 Stage Brinewater Springs.png Brinewater Springs
 * 4* || S3 icon Tower Control.png Tower Control || S3 Stage Manta Maria.png Manta Maria
 * }
 * 2 || S3 icon Rainmaker.png Rainmaker || S3 Stage Scorch Gorge.png Scorch Gorge
 * 3* || S3 icon Clam Blitz.png Clam Blitz || S3 Stage Brinewater Springs.png Brinewater Springs
 * 4* || S3 icon Tower Control.png Tower Control || S3 Stage Manta Maria.png Manta Maria
 * }
 * 4* || S3 icon Tower Control.png Tower Control || S3 Stage Manta Maria.png Manta Maria
 * }
 * }

Semi-finals
The semi-finals were held on 28 May 2023.

Participants
The four teams that qualified went on to the semi-finals. Teams Hollandtis and Gemakkelijke Slag made it to the grand finale.

Format
Like the qualifiers, a best-of-five series was used, where the first match consists of a best-of-three Turf War. One point is earned for the Turf War match within the best-of-five series. After that, Splat Zones, Rainmaker, Clam Blitz, or Tower Control matches remain and these series were played in the rotation below. (* if necessary)

Finale
The grand finale was held on 24 June 2023 during Heroes Dutch Comic Com and was live-streamed on Nintendo Nederland's Youtube channel.

Format
Unlike the qualifiers, a best-of-seven series was used in the finale, where the first match consists of a best-of-three Turf War. One point is earned for the Turf War match within the best-of-seven series. After that, Splat Zones, Rainmaker, Clam Blitz, or Tower Control matches remain and these series were played in the rotation below. (* if necessary)

External sources

 * Splatoon 3 European Championship - nintendo.nl
 * Bezoek Nintendo op Heroes Dutch Comic Con - nintendo.nl
 * Kijk live naar de finale van het Splatoon 3 European Championship – The Netherlands! - nintendo.nl
 * DappleProductions on Twitch (Qualifier 2)
 * DappleProductions on Twitch (Qualifier 3)
 * TygoX2 on Twitch
 * Nintendo Nederland on Youtube (Finale)