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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.
HLTV Awards 2023: Nominees, Categories and Winners
The HLTV Awards 2023 take place on January 13 in Belgrade. Here are the nominees, categories and winners. Updated live.
Player of the Year (HLTV Awards 2023)
The three candidates for Player of the Year are:
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:






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