ZywOo, NiKo an ropz are the final nominees for Player of the Year at the HLTV Awards 2023.
The highly coveted HLTV Player of the Year at the HLTV Awards 2023 in Belgrade. This is an evolution of the traditional HLTV top 20 the Counter-Strike website hosts, except this time the final three podium places will be revealed live on stream and through social media.
Ahead of the HLTV Awards 2023, the three finalists for the HLTV Player of the Year Award were revealed. However, CS fans have yet to know who placed #1.
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Player of the Year (HLTV Awards 2023)
The three candidates for Player of the Year are:
- Mathieu "ZywOo" Herbaut
- Robin "ropz" Kool
- Nikola "NiKo" Kovač
ZywOo was part of the Paris Major winning Vitality roster, who took home five 1st place finishes in 2023. Should ZywOo win he would follow in the footsteps of Oleksandr "s1mple" Kostyliev in achieving three HLTV top 1s of the year.
The next nominee is FaZe Clan's Robin "ropz" Kool, whose stock has risen in 2023, placing 8th in 2022's top 20. The final nominee is Nikola "NiKo" Kovač, who continues his consistent journey. Entering the top 20 since 2016, the Bosnian has five top-5s since 2017.
The winner will unveiled during tonight's broadcast:
Check out the updated list of the 20 best players in the world by HLTV:
Position Player Team | 1st Mathieu “ZywOo” Herbaut Team Vitality | 2nd Nikola “NiKo” Kovač G2 Esports | 3rd Robin “ropz” Kool FaZe Clan | 4th Ilya "m0NESY" Osipov G2 Esports | 5th Lotan "Spinx" Giladi Team Vitality | 6th Álvaro "SunPayus" García Team Falcons | 7th Oleksandr "s1mple" Kostyliev Natus Vincere | 8th Dmitry "sh1ro" Sokolov Team Spirit | 9th Martin "stavn" Lund Astralis | 10th Helvijs "broky" Saukants FaZe Clan | 11th Nicolai "device" Reedtz Astralis | 12th David "frozen" Čerňanský FaZe Clan | 13th Nemanja "huNter-" Kovač G2 Esports | 14th Guy "NertZ" Iluz Heroic | 15th Jakob "jabbi" Nygaard Astralis | 16th Benjamin "blameF" Bremer Astralis | 17th Emil "Magisk" Reif Team Falcons | 18th Casper "cadiaN" Møller Team Liquid | 19th Kaike "KSCERATO" Cerato FURIA | 20th Russel "Twistzz" Van Dulken Team Liquid |
Check out the full list of HLTV Awards 2023 winners.
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