The Honor of Kings Champion Cup Winter Season is set to kick off on the 7th of January, and here we’ll be seeing some of the best chinese teams battle it out for a huge prize pool, and the title of best in their region. Read on to know more about the HoK Champion Cup Winter Season and how to watch it.
Tournament’s background
The HoK Champion Cup Winter Season 2020 is the third edition of the Winter Season series. In previous years, we’ve seen teams like Hero JiuJing and QG Happy come out as winners. It is worth noting that the previous events had a similar amount of prize pool to this one.
How to qualify for the main event
Most of the teams that are participating in the HoK Champion Cup Winter Season 2020 got a spot by placing in the top 8 of the King Pro League in the Fall Season. Another set of teams earned their place by placing in the top 3 in King Growth League Fall, or top 2 at the National Tour. And lastly, we had DQ Gaming qualifying via a wildcard spot.
Honor of Kings Champion Cup Winter Season – Prize pool
With regards to the event prize pool, each team will have an initial bounty of ¥425,000 CNY ($65,797.62 USD) starting from the playoffs stage, resulting in a total of ¥3,400,000 CNY ($519,345.61 USD). The winning team will win a fragment of the bounties from the losing team, based on their match results in a best of 7. The eliminated team takes home with the remaining bounties. It may seem a bit complicated, so let us explain it for you.
If a team is eliminated with a score of 4-3, they will be losing ¥170,000 CNY (40%) and giving it to the winning team, hence, taking home ¥255,000 CNY.
Score to prize distribution
- 4-0 = 70%
- 4-1 = 60%
- 4-2 = 50%
- 4-3 = 40%
Tournament format
First Stage – Last Chance
- Single round robin format
- Matches to be played in a best of 1
- The top 4 teams enter the playoffs
Second Stage- Playoffs
- Single elimination bracket
- All matches to be played in a best of 7
- Ultimate Battle Format
Teams Participating
- Crown Watcher
- DQ Gaming
- Hero JiuJing
- Mighty Tiger Gaming
- QG Happy
- Royal Never Give Up
- Shengzhou Gaming
- Talent Gaming
- WanZhen Esports Club
- Xianyou Gaming
- AG Super Play
- Dynamite Gaming
Honor of Kings Champion Cup Winter Season – Schedule
The Last Chance stage will take place between January 7th and 10th, where 10 teams will face each other in a round robin format. The next stage, being the playoffs, is going to take place between the 13th and 17th of January. Whereas the Grand Finals are on the 23rd.
Streaming platform list
The Honor of Kings Champion Cup Winter Season event is going to stream on several Chinese platforms. Some being: Pvp.qq, Huya, Douyu and bilibili.
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Predictions
Last year, QG Happy were crowned champions for the HoK Champion Cup Winter Season. And to end the year, they managed to grab 3rd place at the China Esports Shanghai Master Tournament 2020. Meaning that they are still one of the favourites to come out as victors.
Be sure to tune in to the HoK Champion Cup Winter Season live stream and keep yourself updated with www.esportsguide.com to know more about future Arena of Valor events and news!
