Esports Wales has announced the launch of the Welsh Masters 2023 tournament, taking place in March and April and featuring some of the best esports players in Wales.
The tournament aims to select the best players to represent the country in international competitions across a range of games.
The 2023 Welsh Masters tournament will include the following games:
- CSGO on March 18th
- Efootball on March 19th
- Dota 2 on March 25th
- Tekken 7 and Street Fighter V on March 26th
- Rocket League on April 1st
- F1 on April 2nd
Welsh Masters 2023 will find players for World Esports Championships
The top players from the Welsh Masters tournament in CSGO, Efootball, Dota 2 and Tekken will also have the opportunity to compete in qualifiers for the International Esports Federation’s (IeSF’s) World Esports Championships in Iasi, Romania.
Welsh esports body, Esports Wales, said in a press release that the games have been selected ‘to showcase the diverse range of esports talent in Wales’.
“Esports Wales is committed to developing and promoting esports in Wales, and we believe that this tournament will help put Welsh esports on the map,” the press release stated.
“The World Esports Championships is one of the biggest esports events in the world, and we are excited to give Welsh players the chance to compete on this global stage. The Welsh Masters tournament will provide a platform for talented players to showcase their skills and compete for the opportunity to represent their country in Iasi.”
For CSGO, Esports Wales will be selecting players for both the Open and Women’s teams.
The news comes shortly after several big esports organisations announced women’s CSGO teams, including the Guild CSGO women’s team, as well as G2 and FaZe to name a few.
It also comes as year after the 2022 Welsh Masters, and half a year after Wales won gold in the Rocket League open, silver in eFootball women’s and bronze in the eFootball open at the 2022 Commonwealth Esports Championships.
Esports Wales is a registered community interest company, founded in 2018, and is responsible for the development of esports in Wales. You can see more on the Esports Wales Twitch channel.
Dom is an award-winning writer and finalist of the Esports Journalist of the Year 2023 award. He graduated from Bournemouth University with a 2:1 degree in Multi-Media Journalism in 2007.
As a long-time gamer having first picked up the NES controller in the late ’80s, he has written for a range of publications including GamesTM, Nintendo Official Magazine, industry publication MCV and others. He worked as head of content for the British Esports Federation up until February 2021, when he stepped back to work full-time on Esports News UK and offer esports consultancy and freelance services. Note: Dom still produces the British Esports newsletter on a freelance basis, so our coverage of British Esports is always kept simple – usually just covering the occasional press release – because of this conflict of interest.
