Event Background
All year long, competitive Hearthstone has thrived through multiple layers of competition. Accordingly, we’ve been covering both the Grandmasters and Masters Tour for 2020. Now, it’s finally time to preview the largest event of the year – the Hearthstone World Championship 2020! Read on to learn How to Watch the event!
This year, Blizzard announced Grandmasters 2020 as the newest Premier League for the scene. Multiple months later, there’s no doubt that Blizzard made the right choice. With $500,000 on the line, the event will be running from the weekend of the 12-14th December.
Indeed, the top 8 players in the world have been gathered. Here they are from all around the globe:
- glory – Asia-Pacific Season 1
- Bankyugi – Asia-Pacific Season 2
- bloodyface – Americas Season 1
- Monsanto – Americas Season 2
- SilverName – EMEA Season 1
- Jarla – EMEA Season 2
- Syf – China Season 1
- XiaoT – China Season 2
Let’s dive right into the format to see how a global championship will be crowned.
Format
The entirely online event will kick off on December 12th through a Group Stage. Note that all games will be played on Standard Mode, Conquest.
Back to the Group Stage, two groups of four have been seeded randomly. Here’s how the groups look like:
Group 1
- bloodyface
- glory
- Jarla
- XiaoT
Group 2
- Syf
- Bankyugi
- SilverName
- Monsanto
Reaching the Playoffs will require players to fight through a Single Elimination format. Basically, only two teams will make it out of each group after winning at least two games. Accordingly, a 2-0 or 2-1 scoreline is required to continue in a smaller bracket format to advance – the bottom two are eliminated.
Once in the Playoffs, matches will be high stakes in a Single Elimination format – one loss and it’s over. Matches here will be BO3 for the semifinals, with the final extending to BO5.
After all this, the inaugural winner of the Hearthstone World Championship 2020 will be crowned.
Schedule for the Hearthstone World Championship 2020
According to Blizzard, the event will be running across the three days, focusing on two game days. Here are the times for each day:
World Championship – Day 1 (Start–>Finish)
- December 12th – 5:00PM CET
- December 13th – 3:00AM CET
World Championship – Day 2 (Start–>Finish)
- December 13th – 5:00PM CET
- December 14th – 1:00AM CET
Watch the Hearthstone World Championship 2020 stream on esportsguide
You can also watch the Hearthstone World Championship 2020 live stream via our very own website. Providing an extensive list of the biggest esports together with streams for each esports match live today or upcoming matches.
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Predictions
This is tough as all attending are star studded competitors – but who has the best shot? Anyone can win, but few step up when they need to. One thing I’d like to note, is that from last year’s Grandmasters 2019 – Global Finals the only returning player is none other than bloodyface, who placed second at that event.
Bearing this in mind, I would pin him as the favourite. However, Hearthstone has changed since then and a rising prospect such as Jarla is on everyone’s mind too.
Another thing to note is the tenacity of the Chinese region, renowned as one of the toughest regions for competitive Hearthstone – players from here are always expected to leave an impact on the tournament.
Overall, it’s all rather up in the air and we cannot wait to see who wins
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