This past year has been incredible for competitive Halo. Indeed, Halo Infinite has seen the return of a community longing for a new format. Accordingly, it all climaxes with the largest event of the year – the Halo World Championship 2022. Read on to learn how to watch this exciting event below!
Event Background
As we’ll reiterate, this World Championship is the climax of the Halo Championship Series. For those unaware, 343 Industries has been hosting premier Halo events all year.
Through these events, teams from across the world have been offered the chance to qualify for the big one. Specifically, the final event will feature a $1,000,000 prize pool and will crown a world champion team to be written into the history books.
Taking place betwen the 20th and 23rd October, the following are the 20 teams who’ll be competing at the Seattle Convention Center:
Play-In
- Fnatic
- Complexity Gaming
- Spacestation Gaming
- Altar Esports
- Acend
- JLINGZ esports
- Chiefs
- Divine Mind
Pool Play
- OpTic Gaming
- Cloud9
- FaZe Clan
- Sentinels
- G2 Esports
- eUnited
- Gamers First
- Oxygen Esports
- Natus Vincere
- Team WaR
- Native Gaming Red
- TSS Esports
Apart from the prize pool, teams are also earning points which may come in handy next season.
Format
So, with teams from Europe, NA, Mexico and Oceania, how does the format work?
Accordingly, there will be multiple stages of competition. Firstly, we’ll have a Play-In Stage. Featuring an 8 team double elimination bracket, these teams will be doing their best to make it to the Pool Play Stage and join the rest of the competition.
However, to get there, teams will need to fight through a double elimination bracket and hope to place in the top 4. Here, all matches will be BO5. Take a look at the opening matches below:
- Fnatic vs Divine Mind
- Spacestation vs JLINGZ esports
- Acend vs Altar Esports
- Complexity Gaming vs Chiefs ESC
Once complete, the four teams will join the 12 teams of Pool Play, making it a 16 team competition. Accordingly, this is where the four teams from the Play-in will be shuffled to join the existing Groups:
- A: OpTic Gaming, Oxygen Esports, Native Gaming
- B: Cloud9, Gamers First, Team WaR
- C: FaZe Clan, G2 Esports, TSS Esports
- D: Sentinels, eUnited, Natus Vincere
Within each group, teams will compete against one another once in a round robin, with BO5 matches. Teams will be fighting to earn the following seeds for the Championship Bracket:
- 1-2nd – Championship Upper Bracket Round 1
- 3rd – Championship Lower Bracket Round 1
- 4th – Eliminated
Finally, we’ll have our final 12 teams. Bearing this in mind, the final 12 will compete through a double elimination bracket with BO5 matches. Everything concludes with an exciting BO7 Grand Final.
Schedule for the Halo World Championship 2022
Considering how extensive the event is, we recommend visiting the esports page for Halo Infinite here.
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Predictions
Moreover, while we could predict here, we’ve already worked on a featured article to discuss the matter. Feel free to read our in-depth predictions here.
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