Nov 25 - 27, 2022
São Paulo, Brazil
2023 Latin American International Championships
Sword & Shield - Silver Tempest
• The 2023 Latin American International Championships returned to São Paulo for a fifth year in a row. (Not counting the two-year hiatus due to covid.) It was a three-day event where anyone was welcome to play
• Day 1 consisted of 9 rounds (Best of 3), in which 976 players competed in Day 1. All players with 19 match points moved on to Day 2. (103 players competed in Day 2) Day 2 consisted of 6 additional rounds of Swiss, resulting in a cut of Top 8. Top 8 & Top 4 matches were played out that night, saving each division's finals for Championship Sunday.
Prizing:
• 1st Place
$10,000
• 2nd Place
$5,000
• Top 4
$2,500
• Top 8
$1,500
• Top 16
$1,000
• Top 32
$750
• Top 64
$500
(Top 8 finishers all received a case of 6 Booster Boxes.)
(Top 16 finishers all received 4 Booster Boxes.)
(Top 32 finishers all received 2 Booster Boxes.)
(Top 64 finishers all received 1 Booster Box.)
Legal Sets:
TCG Casters:
Kyle Sabelhaus
Chip Richey
Freya Pearce
Pablo Meza
Travel Stipends:
Players that earned the most amount of Championship Points between April 25 - June 26, 2022 received a travel award to LAIC.
(Top 4 Players received their Travel Stipend prior to LAIC.)
(Top 16 Players received their $1,000 Travel Stipend after LAIC, but only if they competed in the event.)
(Players that had the same amount of CP as 16th Place also received a stipend.)
(Top 4 players under the age of 18 received $5,000 if IC was outside of their region, $2,500 if in their region.)
US & Canada Travel Awardees
- Isaiah Bradner
- Azul Griego
- Brian K
- Jon Eng
- Ryan Antonucci
- Justin Bokhari
- Aidan Khus
- Ian Robb
- Zachary Cooper
- Noah Yoshida
- Grant Manley
- Franco Puertas
- Rowan Stavenow
- Aneil S
- Parker Lish
- Nicholas Flores
Europe Travel Awardees
- Tord Reklev
- Stéphane Ivanoff
- Sander Wojcik
- Fabien Pujol
- Adam Hawkins
- James Cox
- Kai Wainwright
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- Stephen Kent
- Philip Schulz
- Miloslav Poslední
- Alessandro Cremascoli
- Bryan de Vries
- Pedro Torres
- Gabor V
- Alberto Conti
Latin America Travel Awardees
- João Pedro Medeiros
- Gustavo Wada
- Yerco Valencia
- William Azevedo
- Diego Barrera
- Pedro Pertusi
- Andres Estefamp
- Pablo Meza
- Paulete Gouveia
- Fabrizio Silva
- Jonathan Lanciano
- Marco C
- Renan Fiorani
- Benjamin F
- Matias Matricardi
- Angel Aranibar
Oceania Travel Awardees
- Kaiwen Cabbabe
- Natalie Millar
- Brent Tonisson
- Matthew Burris
- Christian Hasbani
- Henry Brand
- Jeremy Lim
- Aaron Van Der Kolk
- Marco Giovannini
- Jake Lazzari
- Angus Johnson
- Kippin Calzy
- Mervin Chiang
- Louis Pozzacchio
- Max Prescott
- Stephen Kirk
Prizing:
TCG Casters:
Chip Richey
Kyle Sabelhaus
Pablo Meza
Freya Pearce