This weekend, AVALON Hollywood & Bardot in Los Angeles, California, hosted the biggest King of Fighters XV event of the year – SNK World Championship 2023 Finals. 32 players made it here through the Global Qualifiers, Regional Qualifiers, and Last Chance Qualifier. Xiao Hai was the biggest favorite going into this, but he didn’t manage to win it all, getting only 3rd spot after two surprising 0:3 losses against M’ and Laggia.
An all-Japanese grand final between M’ and Laggia was very close, but ultimately, the latter took the W and the $50,000.