The Coupe de France 2023 is the second annual French League of Legends tournament, in which the winner earns the prestigious title of LFL 2023 champion!
This is one of the most underrated League of Legends tournaments that is held and is always a great watch, but who plays in the Coupe de France, and what does the 2023 version look like?
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What teams are playing in the Coupe de France 2023?
There are 24 different League of Legends teams that take part in the Coupe de France, and it holds a lot of similarities to larger tournaments such as the League of Legends Worlds Championships and MSI:
- 10 LFL Teams (Top 8 go into Round Two)
- 10 LFL Division 2 Teams
- 2 Mastercard Nexus Tour Finalists
- 2 Open Qualifier Winners
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What is the format of the Coupe de France 2023?
The French tournament is held with a pretty standard formatting compared to a lot of other League of Legends tournaments, apart from the fact that there is no group stage.
Instead, teams just go into Round 1 against another team, and progress if they win their best of three matches.
In Round 2, the top eight seeds from the LFL come into the mix, and the matches go to best of five matches for the rest of the tournament.
The winners of those best-of-fives head into one of four quarter-final matches, which then lead into standard tournament settings of semi-finals, followed by the grand final!
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What is the schedule for the Coupe de France 2023?
The schedule of the tournament is played roughly over two weeks and is played on League of Legends Patch 13.18, apart from the Finals, which is held a lot later:
- Round 1: 26-27 September
- Round 2: 28-29 September
- Quarter-Finals: 2 October
- Semi-Finals: 7-8 October
- Grand Final: 1 November
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What teams are in the Coupe de France 2023?
- Team Go – LFL
- Karmine Corp – LFL
- BK ROG Esports – LFL
- LDLC OL – LFL
- Aegis – LFL
- Solary – LFL
- Vitality.Bee – LFL
- Team BDS Academy – LFL
- GameWard – LFL
- Izi Dream – LFL
- Team Du Sud – LFL Division 2
- Lille Esport – LFL Division 2
- MHSC Esport – LFL Division 2
- Atletec – LFL Division 2
- Project Conquerors – LFL Division 2
- Klanik Esport – LFL Division 2
- Joblife – LFL Division 2
- ViV Esport – LFL Division 2
- Akroma – LFL Division 2
- MS Company – LFL Division 2
- Colors Esport – Other
- Kaeru Gyangu – Other
- Zerance – Other
- Use Your Lead – Other
