CN vs EU, Who Will Take Home The Ferrari?
Starting May 4th at 12:00 CEST and spanning eleven days, another China vs. Europe tournament begins. Players won't be fighting for mere pocket change, as a Ferrari California sports car is up for grabs to the winner of the event, sponsored by NetEase president Ding Lei. This time also available to European players!
Invited are a ton of big names including both the current World Champion Pavel and Winter Champion ShtanUdachi. Other players joining them on the European team are Rdu, Orange, SuperJJ, Xixo, StanCifka and Kolento.
On the Chinese side the team consists of their entire line-up for the upcoming Spring Championship, Trunks, Dogggg, JasonZhou and Xhope as well as four veteran players LvGe, OmegaZero, Hamster and LovelyChook.
Groups and Format
Group Stage
- Conquest, BO5, 1 Ban
- Two groups of 8 players
- Round Robin
- Top 4 from each group advances
Playoffs
- Conquest, BO7, 1 Ban
- Single-elimination bracket
Group A | Group B | ||
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LovelyChook | Xixo | JasonZhou | Pavel |
Dogggg | SuperJJ | XHope | Kolento |
OmegaZero | Rdu | Trunks | StanCifka |
LvGe | Orange | Hamster | ShtanUdachi |
Schedule
The event lasts for a total of 11 days with 1 day off in between (reserved for tiebreakers) and 1 day where a show matches are played instead.
Schedule | |||
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May 4th | Round 1, Group A & B | May 10th | Round 7 |
May 5th | Round 2 | May 11th | Tiebreaker matches only |
May 6th | Round 3 | May 12th | Show Match |
May 7th | Round 4 | May 13th | Quarter Final |
May 8th | Round 5 | May 14th | Semi-Final & Final |
May 9th | Round 6 |
Prizes
The winner of the event will be able to take home a Ferrari California sports car or alternatively can choose to take €200,000 instead.
Prizes | |
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1st Place | Ferrari California sports car or €200,000 |
2nd Place | €10,000 |
3rd and 4th Place | €5,000 |
5th to 8th Place | €1,000 |
Where to watch
Unfortunately Blizzard does not provide an official English broadcast. But like last year, Firebat will be casting the event on his own channel, together with Zalae. The official Chinese stream will be hosted on "BlizzardTV" at gold.blizzard.cn.
wow this is insane, amazing Price pool by a awesome Card game. So i wish all good luck and su much fun^^
The ferrari has the hearthstone logo __
Wooo! Go EU
Looks like they toke a page from Team 5's Heroic Brawl, the prize difference between 1st and 2nd is ridiculous.
Who will take home the Ferrari? Spoiler: EU
Also this is the cringiest trailer I've ever seen.
EU will take it home!
Take the Money. Like last time...
Dude, blizzard has nothing to do with this event. Not all big tournaments are organized and paid for by them
A children's card game for a Ferrari. What a time to be alive.
Its not just a card game for "children". its a hobby like football.
Happy to see Kolento in this tournament :)
Go Kolento! *breaks out the Ukraine-colored pompoms*
Huge prize difference between the 1rst and the 2nd : 190.000$ for a bad top deck !
°.°
The cost of upkeep of a Ferrari is not worth it. Unless the winner plans to sell it immediately (Considering that the car was made in 2016).
The winner (Lovelychook) last year sold it immediately.
One could choose the Ferrari and sell it. It should be able to be sold for more than 200 right? :p
If it was manufactured in 2016, then yes. The selling price in the USA is averaging near $220k.
It's worth atleast a few Heroic Tavern Brawl entries for sure!