Team Blind won the Upthrust Challengers Showdown 2023

The Upthrust Esports Challengers Showdown ran from 20 to 26 June 2023 with a ₹10,00,000 prize pool, and Team Blind won it on 104 points. Spower was named the tournament MVP. Sportskeeda published the winners, overall standings, MVP and prize-pool distribution; EsportsEarnings carries the tournament's earnings record. The MVP award is notable because Spower later became one of the most decorated players in Indian BGMI.

Blind's 104-point total across a week of play is the verified winning number, and the event is a clean example of the mid-2023 third-party circuit: organiser-run, week-long, and big enough to matter for earnings records but outside the official KRAFTON calendar. This is distinct from the Upthrust Pro Showdown Season 2, which is a separate event already on this site.

Gladiators Esports finished runners-up on 102 points, and the full 16-team Grand Finals standings are published on this page, sourced from Liquipedia and cross-checked with Sportskeeda. The winner, the winning total, the MVP and the prize pool remain as confirmed above.

Blind's finals lineup was Jokerr, Manya, NakuL, Rony, spyOp and Spower, with Ayogi as coach, the six names on Liquipedia's team card for the event.

Upthrust Esports Challengers Showdown 2023 ended with WSB Gaming third on 95 points, Orangutan fourth on 90 and OR Esports fifth on 89 in the grand finals. Blind Esports won with 104 points and three chicken dinners, while Gladiators Esports finished second on 102 with a single chicken dinner. Insane Arena, Gamezo Tech and Mayavi called the finals, which ran across 12 matches on 25 and 26 June.

Team Blind won on 104 points with Spower taking MVP honours. The week-long event sits in the mid-2023 third-party circuit, separate from the Upthrust Pro Showdown.