15th Esports World Championship Iasi 2023

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Malta competes in the 15th World Esports Championship, held in Iasi, Romania between the 25th August and the 3rd of September 2023. Malta competes in the eFootball and the Tekken 7 categories.

Disciplines

eFootball, Tekken 7

National Selection

eFootball

The National Selection for eFootball was organised through a one-day National Qualifier held at Esports Plaza in Sliema on the 4th March 2023.

Malcolm “FantiFlames” Said won the national qualifier.

Tekken 7

The Tekken 7 national selection adopted a different selection process, which was through a series of connected circuit events. The National Circuit: Tekken is a year long circuit that awards points to affiliated tournaments using a number of criteria.

After six tournaments, all organised by Level Academy, it was determined that Lyon “Lyonidas” Buhagiar would represent Malta in the World Championship 2023 as he acquired the most points until the cut-off point: end of March 2023.

National Circuit 2023 Tekken Top 10

Finals

Malta managed its best performance yet, as both competitors qualified from the group stage and into the playoffs, with Lyonidas placing an overall 17th from 91 countries, whilst FantiFlames placed 33rd out of 97 countries.

Tekken 7

In Tekken 7, Malta defeated the Dominican Republic, the Maldives, and India, but ultimately lost to Georgia in the second round of the playoff stage.

Groupstage
  • Team Malta (Lyonidas) 2:0 Maldives
  • Team Malta (Lyonidas) 0:2 New Zealand
  • Team Malta (Lyonidas) 1:2 Denmark
  • Team Malta (Lyonidas) 2:1 Dominican Republic
Playoffs
  • Team Malta (Lyonidas) 1:2 Georgia
  • Team Malta (Lyonidas) 2:1 India

eFootball

In eFootball, Malta registered wins against Algeria, Honduras and Bahrain, as well as draws against Australia and France, but ultimately lost to Uruguay in the first round of the playoff stage.

Groupstage
  • Team Malta (FantiFlames) 0:0 France
  • Team Malta (FantiFlames) 0:1 France
  • Team Malta (FantiFlames) 2:0 Bahrain
  • Team Malta (FantiFlames) 1:1 Bahrain
  • Team Malta (FantiFlames) 1:2 Honduras
  • Team Malta (FantiFlames) 3:2 Honduras
  • Team Malta (FantiFlames) 2:0 Algeria
  • Team Malta (FantiFlames) 2:3 Algeria
  • Team Malta (FantiFlames) 2:2 Australia
  • Team Malta (FantiFlames) 1:1 Australia
Playoffs
  • Team Malta (FantiFlames) 1:2 Uruguay