Hearthstone Winter Championship 2017 Survival Guide
The 2017 Hearthstone Championship Tour's first Championship lands at the always sunny Bahamas! Sixteen players from around the globe have earned their spot in the Winter Championship to compete for their share of the $250.000 prize pool and a seat at the Hearthstone World Championship in January 2018.
Four groups of four players, one from each of the participating regions (Europe, North America, Asia-Pacific and China) that qualified during the Winter Playoffs will compete in a dual tournament format until eight players remain, at which point the remaining players will fight it out in a single elimination bracket.
Follow the event live, starting Thursday, March 23rd and continuing until Sunday, March 26th on the official PlayHearthstone Twitch Channel!
Format
The Winter Championship begins with a double-elimination group stage, followed by a single-elimination bracket.
- Each match will be best-of-seven using the Conquest format with one ban.
- Each player will bring five decks to play with for each match, and they and their opponent will be able to ban one of each other’s decks and compete with the remaining decks.
Schedule
The Championship takes place March 23 to 26 according to the following schedule:
Day 1 - March 23 at 7am PDT |
Groups A and B |
Day 2 - March 24 at 7am PDT |
Groups C and D |
Day 3 - March 25 at 7am PDT |
Group Decider Matches and Quarterfinals |
Day 4 - March 26 at 9am PDT |
Semifinals and Finals |
Prize Pool
The $250,000 Winter Championship prize pool will be divided as follows:
Place |
Prize (USD) |
HCT Points |
1st |
$60,000 |
20 |
2nd |
$40,000 |
15 |
3rd & 4th |
$20,000 |
10 |
5th - 8th |
$12,500 |
8 |
9th - 16th |
$7,500 |
6 |
Total |
$250,000 |
|
Players
Four players from each of the four participating regions (Europe, North America, Asia-Pacific and China) fought through the playoffs to qualify for the Winter Championship.
XHope LovelyChook LvGe OmegaZero
Choose Your Champion!
Don't forget you can still earn some free card packs for choosing a champion! Make sure to do so before March 21 at 11:59 PDT!
The event has started and choosing a champion is no longer possible.
Group Stage
The Winter Championship begins with a double-elimination group stage. Each group consists of four competitors, one from each of the participating regions. Groups were seeded based on Hearthstone Competitive Points, with the top point earner from each region placed in their own group and the remainder of the group being filled in order of the players’ regional seeds.
Group A |
Match W-L |
Total W-L |
ShtanUdachi |
2 - 0 |
8 - 3 |
Fr0zen |
2 - 1 |
9 - 10 |
XHope |
1 - 2 |
9 - 10 |
b787 |
0 - 2 |
5 - 8 |
b787 |
3 |
4 |
Fr0zen |
XHope |
2 |
4 |
ShtanUdachi |
Fr0zen |
1 |
4 |
ShtanUdachi |
b787 |
2 |
4 |
XHope |
Fr0zen |
4 |
3 |
XHope |
Group B |
Match W-L |
Total W-L |
Neirea |
2 - 0 |
8 - 5 |
Palmblad |
1 - 2 |
8 - 9 |
DrJikininki |
0 - 2 |
6 - 8 |
LovelyChook |
2 - 1 |
9 - 9 |
DrJikininki |
3 |
4 |
Neirea |
PalmBlad |
4 |
1 |
LovelyChook |
Neirea |
4 |
2 |
PalmBlad |
DrJikininki |
3 |
4 |
LovelyChook |
PalmBlad |
2 |
4 |
LovelyChook |
Group C |
Match W-L |
Total W-L |
Pavel |
1 - 1 |
10 -8 |
LvGe |
2 - 0 |
8 - 3 |
DocPwn |
1 - 1 |
8 - 9 |
Yulsic |
0 - 2 |
2 - 8 |
Pavel |
3 |
4 |
LvGe |
DocPwn |
4 |
2 |
Yulsic |
Pavel |
4 |
0 |
Yulsic |
LvGe |
4 |
0 |
DocPwn |
DocPwn |
4 |
3 |
Pavel |
Group D |
Match W-L |
Total W-L |
OmegaZero |
0 - 2 |
3 - 8 |
SamuelTsao |
1 - 1 |
11 - 10 |
GreenSheep |
1 - 1 |
9 - 8 |
Tarei |
2 - 0 |
8 - 5 |
OmegaZero |
3 |
4 |
SamuelTsao |
GreenSheep |
2 |
4 |
Tarei |
SamuelTsao |
3 |
4 |
Tarei |
OmegaZero |
0 |
4 |
GreenSheep |
SamuelTsao |
4 |
3 |
GreenSheep |
Top 8
Eight players will move on from the Group Stage into a single-elimination bracket.
Decklists
Please see our separate post for a complete list of decks players have submitted
Casters
Calling all of the action are the familiar casting duos of Dan ‘Frodan’ Chou with Brian Kibler, Simon ‘Sottle’ Welch with Alexander ‘Raven’ Baguley, and TJ ‘Azumo’ Sanders with Nathan 'ThatsAdmirable' Zamora.
Frodan
Brian Kibler
Sottle
Raven
TJ Sanders
ThatsAdmirable
Where To Watch
Tune in to all of the action on the official Hearthstone Twitch channel and discuss the tournament using the #HCT hashtag on Twitter and Facebook.
did you vote for B787 as well?
Why didn't DrDjinski Dragonfire the earlier turn then summon the Volcanic Drake? How did he expected to kill more jades with his dragonfire while they only get bigger?
Pavel, please give your heart and soul, you are not the hero the community deserves, but you are the hero it needs.
No Thijs feelsbadman .
Voted Fr0zen he brought interessting techs before
I do not understand: The champion gets the spot for the HWC for next year. What about the other 3 spots for the winter season?
2nd, 3rd and 4th get the spot regardless of their region or what?
The top four players from the Winter, Spring and Summer championship as well as the top four HCT point earners (the #1 from each region) at the end of the road will have a spot in the World Championship.
In Pavel we pray for packs..
Pavel, the RNG God!
Just a good excuse for Ben Brode to have a holiday.
I bet the next few tournaments will be in Hawaii, Ibiza, Okinawa and the International Space Station
On the ISS? I'd watch that ^^
Ben Brode in zero G....?
I'd watch that.