Splatoon 3 European Championship 2023 - Belgium

The Splatoon 3 European Championship 2023 - Belgium is 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 are held on:
 * May 17 2023
 * May 20 2023
 * May 21 2023
 * May 24 2023

Participants
Five teams participate.

Format
An elimination system consisting of best-of-five series is 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 are played in the rotation below. {| class="wikitable sitecolor-s3 mw-collapsible mw-collapsed zebra-even nocellborder" style="text-align: center;" ! style="text-align: center;" | Mode !! style="text-align: center;" | Stage
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Round 1 (32 teams)

 * S2 Icon Regular Battle alt.svg Turf War || S3 Stage Um'ami Ruins.png Um'ami Ruins
 * S2 Icon Regular Battle alt.svg Turf War || S3 Stage Hagglefish Market.png Hagglefish Market
 * S2 Icon Regular Battle alt.svg Turf War || S3 Stage Inkblot Art Academy.png Inkblot Art Academy
 * S3 icon Splat Zones.png Splat Zones || S3 Stage Brinewater Springs.png Brinewater Springs
 * S3 icon Rainmaker.png Rainmaker || S3 Stage Eeltail Alley.png Eeltail Alley
 * S3 icon Clam Blitz.png Clam Blitz || S3 Stage Mincemeat Metalworks.png Mincemeat Metalworks
 * S3 icon Tower Control.png Tower Control || S3 Stage Museum d'Alfonsino.png Museum d'Alfonsino
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 * S3 icon Rainmaker.png Rainmaker || S3 Stage Eeltail Alley.png Eeltail Alley
 * S3 icon Clam Blitz.png Clam Blitz || S3 Stage Mincemeat Metalworks.png Mincemeat Metalworks
 * S3 icon Tower Control.png Tower Control || S3 Stage Museum d'Alfonsino.png Museum d'Alfonsino
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 * S3 icon Tower Control.png Tower Control || S3 Stage Museum d'Alfonsino.png Museum d'Alfonsino
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Round 2 (16 teams)

 * S2 Icon Regular Battle alt.svg Turf War || S3 Stage Museum d'Alfonsino.png Museum d'Alfonsino
 * S2 Icon Regular Battle alt.svg Turf War || S3 Stage Sturgeon Shipyard.png Sturgeon Shipyard
 * S2 Icon Regular Battle alt.svg Turf War || S3 Stage MakoMart.png MakoMart
 * S3 icon Tower Control.png Tower Control || S3 Stage Flounder Heights.png Flounder Heights
 * S3 icon Splat Zones.png Splat Zones || S3 Stage MakoMart.png MakoMart
 * S3 icon Rainmaker.png Rainmaker || S3 Stage Wahoo World.png Wahoo World
 * S3 icon Clam Blitz.png Clam Blitz || S3 Stage Mahi-Mahi Resort.png Mahi-Mahi Resort
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 * S3 icon Splat Zones.png Splat Zones || S3 Stage MakoMart.png MakoMart
 * S3 icon Rainmaker.png Rainmaker || S3 Stage Wahoo World.png Wahoo World
 * S3 icon Clam Blitz.png Clam Blitz || S3 Stage Mahi-Mahi Resort.png Mahi-Mahi Resort
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 * S3 icon Clam Blitz.png Clam Blitz || S3 Stage Mahi-Mahi Resort.png Mahi-Mahi Resort
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Round 3 (8 teams)

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

 * S2 Icon Regular Battle alt.svg Turf War || S3 Stage Mahi-Mahi Resort.png Mahi-Mahi Resort
 * S2 Icon Regular Battle alt.svg Turf War || S3 Stage MakoMart.png MakoMart
 * S2 Icon Regular Battle alt.svg Turf War ||S3 Stage Um'ami Ruins.png Um'ami Ruins
 * S3 icon Rainmaker.png Rainmaker || S3 Stage Flounder Heights.png Flounder Heights
 * S3 icon Clam Blitz.png Clam Blitz || S3 Stage Inkblot Art Academy.png Inkblot Art Academy
 * S3 icon Tower Control.png Tower Control || S3 Stage Hagglefish Market.png Hagglefish Market
 * S3 icon Splat Zones.png Splat Zones || S3 Stage Wahoo World.png Wahoo World
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 * S3 icon Clam Blitz.png Clam Blitz || S3 Stage Inkblot Art Academy.png Inkblot Art Academy
 * S3 icon Tower Control.png Tower Control || S3 Stage Hagglefish Market.png Hagglefish Market
 * S3 icon Splat Zones.png Splat Zones || S3 Stage Wahoo World.png Wahoo World
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 * S3 icon Splat Zones.png Splat Zones || S3 Stage Wahoo World.png Wahoo World
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Round 5 (2 teams)

 * S2 Icon Regular Battle alt.svg Turf War || S3 Stage Sturgeon Shipyard.png Sturgeon Shipyard
 * S2 Icon Regular Battle alt.svg Turf War || S3 Stage Mahi-Mahi Resort.png Mahi-Mahi Resort
 * S2 Icon Regular Battle alt.svg Turf War || S3 Stage Flounder Heights.png Flounder Heights
 * S3 icon Splat Zones.png Splat Zones || S3 Stage Museum d'Alfonsino.png Museum d'Alfonsino
 * S3 icon Rainmaker.png Rainmaker || S3 Stage Scorch Gorge.png Scorch Gorge
 * S3 icon Clam Blitz.png Clam Blitz || S3 Stage Brinewater Springs.png Brinewater Springs
 * S3 icon Tower Control.png Tower Control || S3 Stage Manta Maria.png Manta Maria
 * }
 * S3 icon Rainmaker.png Rainmaker || S3 Stage Scorch Gorge.png Scorch Gorge
 * S3 icon Clam Blitz.png Clam Blitz || S3 Stage Brinewater Springs.png Brinewater Springs
 * S3 icon Tower Control.png Tower Control || S3 Stage Manta Maria.png Manta Maria
 * }
 * S3 icon Tower Control.png Tower Control || S3 Stage Manta Maria.png Manta Maria
 * }
 * }

Semi-finals
The semi-finals will be held on 28 May 2023.

Format
Like the qualifiers, a best-of-five series will be 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 will be played in the rotation below.

Finale
The grand finale will be held locally on 29 July 2023.

External sources

 * Splatoon 3 European Championship - nintendo.be (Dutch)
 * Splatoon 3 European Championship - nintendo.be (French)