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Esports Media Guide

OPENING WEEK ESPORTS SCHEDULE (OCTOBER 26-31) BlizzCon is home to major international tournaments for all of Blizzard’s esports titles. This year, those tournaments include Hearthstone World Championship, Heroes of the Storm Fall Championship, Overwatch World Cup, StarCraft II World Championship Series Global Finals, and World of Warcraft Arena World Championship.

OPENING WEEKThroughout the course of the year, the best of the best have battled it out across the globe to earn their coveted seats at BlizzCon. The esports action kicks off with Opening Week from October 26-31, where teams will fight against their global rivals in hopes of climbing to the grand finals of their respective esports at BlizzCon November 4-5.

ALL OF THE ACTION DURING OPENING WEEK (OCTOBER 26-31) WILL BE STREAMED LIVE AND FREE OF CHARGE ON BLIZZCON.COM, TWITCH.TV AND MLG.TV, AS DETAILED BELOW:

Times listed are PDT 10/26 10/27 10/28 10/29 10/30* 10/31WoW Arena 11:00 a.m.Heroes 9:00 a.m. 9:00 a.m. 9:00 a.m.Overwatch 12:00 p.m. 12:00 p.m. 12:00 p.m.Hearthstone 9:00 a.m. 9:00 a.m. 9:00 a.m. 9:00 a.m. 9:00 a.m.StarCraft II 8:30 a.m. 8:30 a.m. 8:30 a.m. 9:30 a.m.*Daylight Savings Time ends in the EU.

2016 BlizzCon Esports Media Guide — 2

9:00 9:009:15 9:159:30 Venue Opens 9:30am Venue Opens 9:30am Arena Opens 9:30am 9:30 Arena Opens 9:30am9:45 9:45

10:00 10:0010:15 10:1510:30 10:3010:45 10:4511:00 11:0011:15 11:1511:30 11:3011:45 11:45

12:00Overwatch World Cup –

Preshow12pm-12:15pm

Hearthstone Preshow

12:00

12:15 12:1512:30 12:3012:45 12:451:00 1:001:15 1:151:30 1:301:45 1:452:00 2:002:15 2:152:30 2:302:45 2:453:00 3:003:15 3:153:30 3:303:45 3:45 4:00 4:00 4:15 4:15 4:30 4:30 4:45 4:45 5:00 Hearthstone Preshow 5:00 5:15 5:15 5:30 5:30 5:45 5:45 6:00 6:00 6:15 6:156:30 6:306:45 6:457:00 7:007:15 7:157:30 7:307:45 7:458:00 8:008:15 8:158:30 8:308:45 8:459:00 9:00

9:15Overwatch World Cup –

Post-show9:15

9:30 9:309:45 9:45

10:00

World of Warcraft & Heroes of the Storm Tournament Stage

--- HALL B ---

Hearthstone World Championship – Finals

2pm-3:45pm

StarCraft II WCS Global Finals – Championship

4pm-6:30pm

StarCraft II WCS Global Finals – Quarterfinal #1

12:30pm–2pm


2pm–3:30pm


3:30pm–5pm


5pm–6:30pm

Venue Opens 9:30am

Simulcast Opening Ceremony: 11am-12pm

StarCraft II WCS Global Finals – Preshow

12pm-12:30pm

Hearthstone Finals Preshow

Closing Ceremony Simulcast: 6:30pm-9pm

StarCraft II Exhibition11:15am-12:30pm

StarCraft II WCS Global Finals – Semifinal #112:30pm-2pm

StarCraft II WCS Global Finals – Semifinal #22pm-3:30pm

Hearthstone World Championship –

Semifinal #1 10:30am-12pm

Hearthstone World Championship –

Semifinal #212pm-1:30pm

Heroes of the Storm Fall Championship –

Finals4pm-6:30pm

StarCraft II WCS Global Finals – Championship Preshow

StarCraft IITournament Arena--- THE ARENA ---

StarCraft IITournament Arena--- THE ARENA ---

Hearthstone Tournament

Stage --- HALL A ---

World of Warcraft & Heroes of the Storm Tournament Stage

--- HALL B ---Time

WoW Arena World Championship – Finals

10:00am-11:30am

Overwatch World Cup – Quarterfinal #1

12:15pm-1:45pm

Overwatch World Cup – Quarterfinal #21:45pm-3:15pm



Overwatch World Cup – Semifinal #1

6:15pm-7:45pm

Hearthstone Exhibition

7:45pm-10pm

Hearthstone World Championship – Quarterfinal #46:30pm-7:45pm


Semifinal #112pm-2pm


Semifinal #22pm-4pm

StarCraft II Exhibition6:45pm–8pm

Hearthstone World Championship – Quarterfinal #1

12:15pm-1:30pm


Hearthstone Exhibition

2:45pm-5pm


WoW Arena World Championship –

Group B Elimination10am-11am

WoW Arena World Championship – Group A Decider

12pm-1pm

WoW Arena World Championship – Group B Decider

1pm-2pm


Semifinal #1 2pm-3pm

Overwatch World Cup – Semifinal #2

7:45pm-9:15pmHeroes of the Storm Fall Championship – Group B

Decider8:30pm-10pm


Group A Decider7pm-8:30pm

WoW Arena World Championship – Semifinal

#2 3pm-4pm

Show Closes: 10pm

Time

Hearthstone Tournament

Stage --- HALL A ---

FRIDAY: NOVEMBER 4, 2016 SATURDAY: NOVEMBER 5, 2016

Overwatch World Cup - Bronze Medal Match10am-11am

Overwatch Arena--- HALL C ---

Overwatch World Cup - Finals Preshow

Overwatch World Cup - Finals11:30am-2:15pm

Overwatch Arena--- HALL C ---

Heroes of the Storm Fall Championship – Group A Elimination

4pm - 5:30pm

Heroes of the Storm Fall Championship – Group B Elimination

5:30pm-7pm


Group A Elimination9am-10am

BLIZZCON ESPORTS SCHEDULE (NOVEMBER 4-5)


WORLD OF WARCRAFT ARENA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPAfter successfully making it through their respective Regional tournaments, the top eight World of Warcraft Arena teams from around the world are traveling to BlizzCon to compete for their share of a prize pool of $250,000. This year’s teams include three apiece from Europe and North America, plus one each from China and KR/TW.

Ahead of the Grand Finals at BlizzCon 2016, the top eight World of Warcraft Arena teams will battle it out during Opening Week in a best-of-five format. The Grand Finals will ramp up the competition with best-of-seven bouts.

The first battle of each match will be fought in Nagrand Arena, and thereafter the losing team will choose an eligible map for the next game. Battles will end when one team is eliminated or when 25 minutes have elapsed.

1ST: $120,000

2ND: $50,000

3RD – 4TH: $20,000

5TH – 6TH: $12,000

7TH – 8TH: $8,000

PRIZE POOL DISTRIBUTION

$250,000

OPENING WEEK SCHEDULE: Matches begin at 11 a.m. PDT

Friday, October 28

The following matches will be hosted on the Blizzcon World of Warcraft Tournament Stage, Hall B.

Friday, November 4

» 9:00 a.m. – Group A Elimination (Venue opens at 9:30 a.m.)

» 10:00 a.m. – Group B Elimination

» 12:00 p.m. – Group A Decider

» 1:00 p.m. – Group B Decider

» 2:00 p.m. – Semifinal #1


Saturday, November 5

» 10:00 a.m. – Finals

VIEW PHOTOS MORE INFO

CLICK BELOW FOR MORE WORLD OF WARCRAFT ARENA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP

WATCH A LIVE STREAM OF THE EVENT

BLIZZCON.COM TWITCH.TV MLG.TV

1ST: $120,000

2ND: $50,000

3RD – 4TH: $20,000

5TH – 6TH: $12,000

7TH – 8TH: $8,000


http://blizzard.gamespress.com/Esports#?tab=World of Warcraft

https://blizzcon.com/en-us/news/20090403/the-world-of-warcraft-2016-road-to-blizzcon

http://blizzcon.com/watch

https://www.twitch.tv/warcraft

http://tv.majorleaguegaming.com/channel/wow--heroes

Longzhu Gaming (TW/KR)Shipit Hwan Park

Shotky Jongmun Shin

VITDUBU Jin Hyung Park Soo

Method (Europe)Chas Josef Stoianov

Froffsy Thomas Pullen

Nolifer Youness Dorqoch

Praii TRimo Gruneisen

Method (North America)Bean Michael Gyure

Cdew Charles Dewland

Smexxin Nick Dalsoglio

Snutz Kelvin Nguyen

Northern Gaming Blue (Europe)Minpojke Jonathan Andersson

Raiku Shaun Meaney

Whaazz Oscar Wulff

Zunniyaki Mathias Esterlechner

Panda Gaming (China)Darkarchonyo Jusi Bai

Dou Guangyu Zhao

PPcat Pan Yan

Sagiy Dongjian Fu

Panda Global (North America)CMG Ethan Gibeaut

Jax Kyle Keller

Rubcub Andrew Woods

Wealthyman Marcel Rodriquez

Splyce (Europe)Boetar Simon Heinks

Fabss Fabio Nardelli

Swapxy René Pinker

Tempo Storm (North America)Chanimal Adam Chan

Gorecki Ryan Hannan

Jahmilli Damon Bligh

Pikaboo Jason Smith

Whaazz Oscar Wulff

Zunniyaki Mathias Esterlechner

Damon Bligh

Pikaboo Jason Smith



Wednesday, October 26

Thursday, October 27

Friday, October 28

The following matches will be hosted in the Blizzcon Heroes of the Storm Tournament Stage, Hall B.

Friday, November 4

» 4:00 p.m. – Group A Elimination

» 5:30 p.m. – Group B Elimination

» 7:00 p.m. – Group A Decider

» 8:30 p.m. – Group B Decider




» 4:00 p.m. – Finals

HEROES OF THE STORM FALL CHAMPIONSHIP There’s a prize pool of $1,000,000 on the line in the Nexus, and after months of competition leading up to this moment, the Heroes of the Storm Fall Championship will culminate at BlizzCon. The 12 qualifying teams will include the season’s winners and runners-up from China and Korea; two Regional event winners each from Europe and North America; and the winners from Australia/New Zealand, Latin America, South East Asia, and Taiwan.

Qualifying teams will face off in a dual tournament group stage until only four remain. Then, when only the best of the best are still standing, they’ll do battle in a single-elimination bracket until only the champions are left standing.

1ST: $300,000

2ND: $150,000

3RD – 4TH: $100,000

5TH – 6TH: $75,000

7TH – 8TH: $50,000

9TH – 12TH: $25,000


$1,000,000


CLICK BELOW FOR MORE HEROES OF THE STORM FALL CHAMPIONSHIP




http://blizzard.gamespress.com/Esports#?tab=Heroes of the Storm

http://us.heroesofthestorm.com/esports/en/news/19850021


https://www.twitch.tv/blizzheroes

http://tv.majorleaguegaming.com/channel/wow--heroes

Astral Authority (North America)cattlepillar Ben BunkCauthonLuck Rori Bryant-RaibleFury Manuel MedinaJun Jun Jangpsalm Harrison Chang

Ballistix (South Korea)Jeongha Jeong Ha LeeNaCHoJin Jin Su ParkNoblesse Do Joon ChaesCsC Seung-Chul KimSwoy Seung Won Kim

Burning Rage (Latin America)betogg Roberto AlvesJschritte Juan Passosmurizzz Murilo TuchtenhagenSurprise Joseph CaroVieira Rodrigo Lopes

Denial Esports (North America)aPm Francis Gilbert-BrodeurGlaurung Mike FiskiDream Kun Fangk1pro Keiwan ItakuraKingCaffeine John Paul Lopez

eStar Gaming (China)Misaka Lizhong Zhouqianxiao Qian Litiger Hanfei Chentumi Zhihao WuXingchen Lunhan Kang

Fnatic (Europe)Breez Pontus SjogrenQuackniix Dob EngströmscHwimpi Simon SvenssonSmexystyle Filip LiljeströmWubby Jonathan Gunnarsson

Imperium Pro Team (Philippines)Harharrr John Raizo IchikawaMirr Michael Luo Nsj Neil San Juan Stronger Ronel Tan Zeys Bjorn Ong

MVP Black (South Korea)KyoCha Jeong Won Homerryday Yi Tae JunRich Lee Jae WonSake Yi Jung HyukSign Yoon Ji Hoon

Please Buff Arthas (Taiwan)AlphaLuna Chun Yu Wu Baphomet Chi Hua Li GoDDog Yu Yen Su Scroll Yung Hsiu Lai ZoLa Chun Hao Fan

Reborn (Australia & New Zealand)Arcaner Curtis SimpsonBenjamin94 Benjamin DaviesDaspurtz Zac PetersNinja Shane Ellemrobadobah Robert Purling

Team Dignitas (Europe)Atheroangel Lawrence HarperBakery James BakerJayPL Jerome TrinhMene Thomas CailleuxSnitch Joshua Bennett

ZeroPanda (China)gemini Guo Jiayim Pu HaomelodyC Xiangzhi ZhengSix Yiran Xusk Jize Song


OPENING WEEK SCHEDULE: Matches begin at 12:00 p.m. PDT

Saturday, October 29

Sunday, October 30

Monday, October 31

The following matches will be hosted on the Blizzcon Overwatch Arena, Hall C.

Friday, November 4

» 12:00 p.m. – Preshow

» 12:15 p.m. – Quarterfinal #1






» 9:15 p.m. – Post show


» 10:00 a.m. – Bronze Medal Match

» 11:00 a.m. – Finals Preshow

» 11:30 a.m. – Finals

OVERWATCH WORLD CUPMonths after they were assembled following a community vote, teams representing nations and regions from around the globe will compete for glory at BlizzCon. Sixteen teams will compete in best-of-three, round-robin group stages during Opening Week, all hoping to progress to the single-elimination finals and play on the BlizzCon 2016 stage. Teams competing in the latter stages of this exhibition will include six from the Europe game region, six from the Asia-Pacific game regions, and four from the Americas.

Which nation or region will forever be remembered as the first to win the Overwatch World Cup?

2016


CLICK BELOW FOR MORE OVERWATCH WORLD CUP




http://blizzard.gamespress.com/Esports#?tab=Overwatch

http://playoverwatch.com/worldcup


https://www.twitch.tv/blizzard

http://tv.majorleaguegaming.com/channel/overwatch

Australia* Muselk (c) Elliott WatkinsHeyKatie Jackson FussellKura Sean KovacsRefz Sam Rogerstermo Jake Hickmanyuki James Stanton

Brazil* BRKsEDU (c) Eduardo BenvenutiFlawz Filipe MendesInsanityz Yuri da Silva Ribeiro dos SantosKyo Brunno Cunha Nextage Alan FerreiraSoulive James Romano

Canada* Surefour (c) Lane RobertsHuK Chris Lorangeriid Andrew TrulliLoganDaBest Logan LimPoke Georgie KaramRoolf Randal Stark

Chile Vardoc (c) Nicolas Liñan de ArizaBlanco Pablo Alvarez BallesterosRoarscrach Matías LuceroShal Tomás VillalónSIRPETTERNOW Fernando ArancibiayibraN Yibran Urtubia

China* Jamlee (c) Li YingjieLinkin Yuede GuanMengMao Xiaolong ZhouNai8 Jia JiaPangge Yu ZhouYjjPP Haojia He

Chinese Taipei BabyNie (c) Yu-Lun Nieh Danny Chun-Wei HoEDIBOSS Te-Hsuan FangLazyTitan Wei-kai WangLilgho Tsung-Yu HuangZonda Jung-Da Lu

Finland zappis (c) Joonas Alakurttihymzi Kalle HonkalaLiNkzr Jiri Masalinmafu Lauri RasiTaimou Timo KettunenTseini Jani Kähkönen

France AlphaCast (c) Sébastien FerezDeGuN Laurent PrinderreKitty Riley FrostKnOxXx Jean-louis BoyerKryw Jonathan NobreMickalow Mickaël Maurin

Germany INTERNETHULK (c) Dennis Hawelkaart1er Artur BischofEISSFELDT Arthur Marxkr4tosdigga Tarek EkmekciRuster Dominik Wafflerskipjack Nicholas Rosada

Russia Rubikon (c) Ruben ZurabyancYpheR Aliaksei YanusheuskiGodspeed Stepan SerovRedzzzz Aleksandr GrigorevShaDowBurn George GushchauNFixed Andrei Leonov

Singapore Dest (c) Han Zhong WeiColbat Kenneth HoDoubted Joel TanPamyu Koon Kit Toh RebornZ Ong Wei QingRevenant Marcus Tan

Spain linepro (c) Ivaylo Krasimirov KolevBromaS Jose Antonio Ramos GonzalezHarryHook Jonathan Tejedor RuaneptuNo Alberto Gonzalez MolinilloPescanova Fernando Garcia Cusso Winghaven Sergi Torras Aragon

South Korea* Miro (c) Jin Hyuk GongEscA In Jae KimMiGArHaN Weon Hyeop JeongMiGTaiRong Tae Yeong KimYoo Jei Hong Jei Hong Yoozunba Joon Hyuk Kim

Sweden iddqd (c) André Dahlströmchipshajen John Widlundcocco Roger JonssonTviQ Kevin LindströmZave Kalle NilssonZebbosai John Olsson

Thailand oPuTo (c) Ubon DarakeRLos Vatunyoo SuwannapisitKOKFC Kirtthee TammaphantMickie Pongphop RattanasangchodNzNr Sasalak WannarakZalphx Peerapat Pannasuriyaporn

United States* Seagull (c) Brandon LarnedAdam Adam EckelGods Daniel GraeserMESR Adam De La Torrester Steven LangeTalespin Ronnie DuPree

*Invited

Jung-Da Lu Winghaven Sergi Torras Aragon



Wednesday, October 26


Friday, October 28


Sunday, October 30

The following matches will be hosted in the Blizzcon Hearthstone Tournament Stage, Hall A.

Friday, November 4




» 2:45 p.m. – Exhibition Match #1



» 7:45 p.m. – Exhibion Match #2


» 10:30 a.m. – Semifinal #1


» 1:30 p.m. – Finals Preshow

» 2:00 p.m. – Finals

1ST: $250,000

2ND: $150,000

3RD – 4TH: $100,000

5TH – 8TH: $50,000

9TH – 16TH: $25,000


$1,000,000

HEARTHSTONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP The biggest Hearthstone tournament in the world will conclude at BlizzCon when 16 exceptional players from around the globe—hailing from Europe, China, Asia-Pacific, and the Americas—come together to duel not only for the title of World Champion, but also for their share of a $1,000,000 prize pool. Four groups of four players (one from each region) will compete in a dual-tournament format until only eight remain, at which point the competition will shift to a single-elimination bracket. All matches will be played in a conquest format with a ban.


CLICK BELOW FOR MORE HEARTHSTONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP




http://blizzard.gamespress.com/Esports#?tab=Hearthstone

http://us.battle.net/hearthstone/en/blog/19968666


https://www.twitch.tv/playhearthstone

http://tv.majorleaguegaming.com/channel/hearthstone

William BartonAMERICAS WINTER CHAMPION

Amnesiac

Hao LiAMERICAS LAST CALL

Bbgungun

Yuxiang ChenGOLD SUPER LEAGUE SPRING CHAMPION

Breath

Kim CheonsuASIA PACIFIC LAST CALL

CheOnsu

AMERICAS WINTER CHAMPION

Julien Perrault-HarveyAMERICAS SPRING CHAMPION

Cydonia

AMERICAS LAST CALL

Sang Hyun BaekASIA PACIFIC WINTER CHAMPION

DDaHyoNi

GOLD SUPER LEAGUE SPRING CHAMPION

Artem KravetsEUROPE SUMMER CHAMPION

DrHippi

ASIA PACIFIC LAST CALL

Zhuo WangGOLD SUPER LEAGUE FALL CHAMPION

Hamster

AMERICAS SPRING CHAMPION

IlMook KangASIA PACIFIC SPRING CHAMPION

Handsomeguy

ASIA PACIFIC WINTER CHAMPION

Edwin CookAMERICAS SUMMER CHAMPION

HotMEOWTH

EUROPE SUMMER CHAMPION

Bin ZhouGOLD SUPER LEAGUE SUMMER CHAMPION

Jasonzhou

GOLD SUPER LEAGUE FALL CHAMPION

Olzhas BatyrbekovEUROPE WINTER CHAMPION

Naiman

ASIA PACIFIC SPRING CHAMPION

Zheng LinGOLD SUPER LEAGUE FALL CHAMPION

OmegaZero

AMERICAS SUMMER CHAMPION

Pavel BeltiukovEUROPE LAST CALL

Pavel

GOLD SUPER LEAGUE SUMMER CHAMPION

Thijs MolendijkEUROPE SPRING CHAMPION

ThijsNL

EUROPE WINTER CHAMPION

Chun-Pong NgASIA PACIFIC SUMMER CHAMPION

Yulsic

Zheng LinZheng LinGOLD SUPER LEAGUE FALL CHAMPION

Pavel BeltiukovEUROPE LAST CALL

Thijs MolendijkThijs MolendijkEUROPE SPRING CHAMPION

Chun-Pong NgChun-Pong NgASIA PACIFIC SUMMER CHAMPION


OPENING WEEK SCHEDULE: Matches begin at 8:30 a.m. PDT


Friday, October 28


Match begins at 9:30 a.m. PDT

Sunday, October 30

The following matches will be hosted in the Blizzcon StarCraft II Tournament Arena.

Friday, November 4






» 6:45 p.m. – Exhibition Match


» 11:15 a.m. – Exhibition Match


» 2:00 p.m. – Semifinals #2

» 3:30 p.m. – Championship Preshow

» 4:00 p.m. – Championship

STARCRAFT II WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES GLOBAL FINALSAfter a year of intense WCS competition Blizzard has invited the top 16 players—seven major tournament winners plus nine based on WCS points—in the world to compete in the Global Playoffs. The eight players who make it through the double-elimination groups will then advance to the Global Finals at BlizzCon.

Proceedings will get underway with a ruthless single-elimination bracket, and matches will employ a best-of-five format until the final. The eventual winner must dominate a best-of-seven series to be crowned the WCS Global Champion and earn $100,000!

1ST: $200,000

2ND: $100,000

3RD – 4TH: $30,000

5TH – 8TH: $15,000

9TH – 16TH: $10,000


$500,000 VIEW PHOTOS MORE INFO

CLICK BELOW FOR MORE STARCRAFT II WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES GLOBAL FINALS




http://blizzard.gamespress.com/Esports#?tab=StarCraft

http://us.battle.net/sc2/en/blog/20063107


https://www.twitch.tv/starcraft

http://tv.majorleaguegaming.com/channel/starcraft-2

Team Expert (Korea)ByuN Hyun Woo

SK Teleco (Korea)Dark Park Ryung Woo

Samsung Galaxy (Korea)Dear Dong Jun Baek

True eSport (Poland)Elazer Mikolaj Ogonowski

Ting (United States)Neeb Alex Sunderhaft

EURONICS Gaming (Poland)Nerchio Artur Bloch

Afreeca Freecs (Korea)Patience Ji Hyun

mYinsanity (France)PtitDrogo Théo Freydière

Millenium (Germany)ShoWTimE Tobias Sieber

Team Liquid (Norway)Snute Jens Aasgaard

Samsung Galaxy (Korea)Solar Kang Min Soo

KT Rolster (Korea)Stats Kim Dae Yeob

PSISTORM (Korea)TRUE Bang Tae Soo

KT Rolster (Korea)TY Jun Tae Yang

Team EnVyUs (Korea)viOLet Hwan Dong Kim

KT Rolster (Korea)Zest Joo Sung Wook

EURONICS GamingEURONICS Gaming (Poland)(Poland)Nerchio Artur Bloch

KT RolsterKT Rolster (Korea)(Korea)Stats Kim Dae Yeob


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