Splatoon 3 North American Championship 2023

The Splatoon 3 North American Championship 2023 is an upcoming competitive tournament that will occur on 2023-03-26, involving the top two finishing teams of each of both events the Splatoon 3 Splatsville Showdown 2022.

Teams
Each of the four participating teams competed in and won one of two events of the Splatoon 3 Splatsville Showdown, which were held on 2022-12-02 - 2022-12-03 and on 2023-01-13 - 2023-01-14.

Starburst
Arguably the best team in North America and the favorite entering this tournament, Starburst was one of two co-winners of the first event of the Splatoon 3 Splatsville Showdown by winning the event outright through the Winner's Bracket. On the first day of the event, it first advanced from the Ladder stage as the #2 seed with a 13-0 match record and a 26-2 game record, behind only #1 seed Destiny Bond. However, the next day, it faced some stiff opposition in both the Bracket and Double Elimination stages. After sweeping #15 seed Ataraxia 3-0, Starburst faced #7 seed Sayonara in a back-and-forth series, from which the former emerged victorious. In the Double Elimination stage, Starburst fell behind #6 seed Ascension 0-2 before pulling off a reverse sweep to win the Winner's Semifinal 3-2. After overcoming those challenges, Starburst swept Destiny Bond in the Winner's Final to earn a spot in the Splatoon 3 North American Championship 2023.

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

Destiny Bond
Consisting of a mix of competitive Splatoon veterans (including the once-highest-ranked individual western player of Splatoon 2 in Zero), Destiny Bond went 13-0 in matches in the Ladder stage without losing a single game, earning the #1 seed. The next day in the Bracket stage, after sweeping #16 seed Half Baked 3-0, Destiny Bond finally lost its first game to #9 seed Mysterial Ultraviolet Garfield before winning the next three in a row. After a tight Winner's Semifinal 3-2 victory against #4 seed DNA, Destiny Bond finally lost a series, a 0-3 sweep at the hands of Starburst (see above), and drop down to the Loser's Bracket. In Loser's Final, Destiny Bond would drop the first game to #6 Ascension before winning the next three, punching its ticket to PAX East.