CODM World Championship 2023: GodLike Esports From India Reaches Playoffs
Can they lift the trophy?
GodLike Esports, one of the two Indian representatives at the Call of Duty: Mobile World Championship 2023, has advanced to the Playoffs after delivering a top-tier performance during the Swiss Stage.
The team placed fourth on the points table during the Swiss Stage with a 3-1 scoreline. This included a defeat against Kagendra followed by three consecutive victories against Kingsclan, Exclusive, and TLE Esports.
Unfortunately, the other team from India, Team Vitality, was not able to win a single match or game, booking a last-place finish on the back of a disappointing 0-3 performance.
CODM World Championship 2023: GodLike Esports From India Advances to Quarterfinals
GodLike Esports is the first seed COD Mobile team from India to qualify for the CODM World Championship 2023. They qualified for the tournament by winning the Snapdragon Pro Series Season 3 - India in July 2023.
In the qualifier tournament, GodLike Esports won all their games, every single one of them. The team played 31 games in 10 matches, standing victorious in each one of them, which is impressive in itself.
Now, they have gone on to translate the same on the global stage, advancing to the Playoffs despite an early setback, all set to face Stand Point Gaming in the Quarterfinals.
Here is a quick look at the performance of GodLike Esports in CODM World Championship 2023 till now.
Match 1 | GodLike (India) vs Kagendra (Indonesia) | 2-1
Hardpoint: Apocalypse | 127-250 | GodLike Lost
Search and Destroy: Firing Range | 10-8 | GodLike Win
Control: Standoff | 0-3 | GodLike Lost
Match 2 | Kings (Europe) vs GodLike (India) | 2-0
Hardpoint: Takeoff | 130-250 | GodLike Win
Search and Destroy: Tunisia | 4-7 | GodLike Win
Match 3 | GodLike (India) vs Exclusive (Europe) | 2-0
Hardpoint: Takeoff | 250-76 | GodLike Win
Search and Destroy: Firing Range | 7-4 | GodLike Win
Match 4 | GodLike (India) vs TLE Esports (Mexico) | 2-1
Hardpoint: Takeoff | 250-202 | GodLike Win
Search and Destroy: Tunisia | 5-7 | GodLike Lost
Control: Raid | 3-2 | GodLike Win
Standing fourth on the overall points table among 16 teams, GodLike Esports was successful in making its way through to the next stage.
This makes it the best performance by any COD Mobile team from India at the global stage and this is not even the end of their journey with a potential world championship on the cards.
Now that they are in the Playoffs, the team will be going up against Stand Point Gaming from China in the Quarterfinals, who finished third during the Swiss Stage with a slightly better resume.
All those interested can catch the action live as GodLike Esports takes on Stand Point Gaming on 16th December at 23:00 IST.
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The current COD Mobile roster of GodLike Esports is as follows,
Jash "Learn" Shah [IGL]
Zeel "Neutrino" Patel
Rishi "TrunKs" Dubey
Abhishek "AbhizDADA" Nagar
Aniket "SkullGuy" Majumdar
Gaurang "Prevail" Palav
The representatives from India have already made history and it will be interesting to see how far will they be able to go in the CODM World Championship 2023.