IVCL Rising has undergone many changes in the 2023 season. The departure of three major brands such as Giants, Team Heretics and KOI resulted in the loss of viewers to VCTthe maximum continental competition of VALORANT.
Even so, and despite the three Spaniards rule, which reduces the league’s international impact, the Rising continues to be one of the most important in the region. That’s why the league’s Grand Finals, featuring CASE Esports vs. Team Queso, saw the season’s third-highest viewership.
The French championship, leader without discussion
There VCL Revolution, the French VALORANT league was the most remarkable. The French competition has a few top teams, which are seen as the main candidates to fight for promotion to the VCT. However, peak viewership was not in the finale.
On the contrary, its highest figure was 44,997 viewers in the regular phase match between Mandatory Esports and JobLife, according to data from Esports Charts. In that match, Mandatory, who would eventually finish second in the league, clearly won 13-4.
The second contest for data is the VCL Birlik. The Turkish league is another of the strongest, and the numbers back it up. Peaking at 28,114 viewers, the final between S2G and Papara SuperMassive was the most watched in the league. Another candidate to fight Ascension.
In Spain, how could it be otherwise, the most watched moment was the final between CASE and Team Queso. With 19,891 spectators we were very close to 20,000, which was met with the people who filled the Municipal Theater of Torrevieja. Quite high figures for this split, and which place us in third place in Europe.