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Three Spider-Man characters on a roof together in Marvel Rivals.
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Who won the Marvel Rivals Showdown Twitch Rivals event?

Catch up on the tournament's action.

Marvel Rivals Showdown Twitch Rivals was one of the first tournaments for the game. If you missed the action, here’s everything you need to know to catch up.

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The event gathered a few of the most renowned streamers from North America and put them against each other in an exciting format. Besides earning the glory of winning the prestigious Marvel Rivals tournament, there was also an impressive prize pool.

Who won the Marvel Rivals Showdown Twitch Rivals?

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Twelve teams competed, but hogzmr and his squad eventually came out on top. Screenshot by Dot Esports

Let’s get the most important details out of the way first. Team Hogzmr won the tournament. In the grand final, Hogzmr and his team defeated one of the most popular streamers, xQc.

Marvel Rivals Showdown Twitch Rivals format

The tournament, which had a prize pool of $200,000, took place over two days, Jan. 18 to 19. All teams were split into two groups of six and played each other once. This determined the top two teams, who got a pass directly into the event’s quarterfinals. The remaining eight were placed in the first round, where Group A’s third-place team faced the last team from Group B, and so on.

Team hogzmr was dominating from the start, finishing first in Group B. Team xQc, on the other hand, didn’t have a perfect start, but they pulled through in the playoffs. Here are the full results and groups of Marvel Rivals Showdown Twitch Rivals.

Group A

PlaceTeamMatch scoreGame scoreGame difference
FirstTeam Shroud4-1-09-1+8
SecondTeam aztecross3-1-17-3+4
ThirdTeam Zentreya3-0-26-4+2
FourthTeam aspen1-2-24-6-2
FifthTeam Joe Bartolozzi1-2-24-6-2
SixthTeam willneff0-0-50-10-10

Group B

PlaceTeamMatch scoreGame scoreGame difference
FirstTeam hogzmr3-2-08-2+6
SecondTeam calwya3-2-08-2+6
ThirdTeam xQc3-0-26-4+2
FourthTeam abe2-1-25-50
FifthTeam necros1-1-33-7-4
SixthTeam Xmiramira0-0-50-10-10

Marvel Rivals Showdown Twitch Rivals playoffs results

xQc wearing a black shirt looking at his monitor
XQc and his roster made it to the final, but failed there eventually. Screenshot via xQc on Twitch

Four teams received a bye directly to the quarterfinals, while eight began the playoffs in the first round. Here’s a complete bracket and its results.

Round one

  • Team abe 0-2 Team Joe Bartolozzi
  • Team Zentreya 2-0 Team Xmiramira
  • Team aspen 2-0 Team necros
  • Team xQc 2-0 Team willneff

Quarterfinals

  • Team Shroud 2-0 Team Joe Bartolozzi
  • Team hogzmr 2-0 Team Zentreya
  • Team calwya 2-0 Team aspen
  • Team aztecross 2-0 Team xQc

Semifinals

  • Team Shroud 2-3 Team hogzmr
  • Team calwya 2-3 Team xQc

Grand final

  • Team hogzmr 3-1 Team xQc

If you want to see some of the weekend’s action for yourself, visit Twitch Rivals’ channel and watch the saved broadcast.

Marvel Rivals Showdown Twitch Rivals participants

Renowned streamers and content creators participated in the event. With 12 teams, there were 72 players in the tournament, including a few big names in the industry, like Shroud, xQc, Skadoodle, Sykkuno, Valkyare, zombies, and more. Here’s the full list.

Team abeabeeskayfoolishpeterparksleepyValkyrae
Team aztecrossaztecrossIFrostBoltohblessPanduhsaylessoloqueue_ow
Team calwyacalwyaghasklintvms_megatronbrawlproemilytangerineDeku
Team Joe BartolozziJoe BartolozziSneegsnagJoJoThaMoFoFoxManCracklycochard123
Team aspenAspenFroggerOWWarnpipluptinyDarkDawko
Team hogzmrHogzmrdokibirdSuperGomezRymazingConeySabooboo
Team XmiramiraXmiramiraVoxximillionJediOsoMikeauxlQneqsCakePopPlays
Team ZentrayaZentreyaiPNRubenSargasmaramoriGURUrainhoe
Team necrosnecrosSykkunoellumbogurFufutrubunnii
Team ShroudShroudsYnceDezQuarterJadeSkadoodleBnansMACE
Team willneffwillneffpokelawlsgiginesuaMythNoko
Team xQcxQcDetailedmewnfarem0xyyzombstaxi2g

Marvel Rivals Showdown Twitch Rivals controversy, explained

A week before the event began, a sudden rule change sparked a new controversy among the participants. Initially, NetEase allowed only two Grandmaster+ players in each team to keep the competition fun, engaging, and somewhat leveled. But a week before, that number was increased to four, which irritated streamers like Valkyare, who commented on the issue during her match.

“I’m gonna throw up, like which Twitch staff member do I need to talk to?” Valkyare said after losing a game against Team necros, which featured former Overwatch pros and high-ranked players like necros and bogur. Bogur even commented on the problem.

“At this point its more of a pro tournament where the high rated players will game and everyone else will be afk. Twitch Rivals IMHO should be about content creators learning the game, competing and having fun, but how are they supposed to do any of that if every game is a stomp… Right now its coughing baby vs. hydrogen bomb,” the former pro wrote on X (formerly TWitter).

Other streamers like Sykkuno also commented on the controversy, after he almost got kicked from the event when he reached Diamond a day before the event started. Eventually, he was allowed to participate.


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Freelance Writer at Dot Esports. Mateusz previously worked for numerous outlets and gaming-adjacent companies, including ESL. League of Legends or CS:GO? He loves them both. In fact, he wonders which game he loves more every day. He wanted to go pro years ago, but somewhere along the way decided journalism was the more sensible option—and he was right.