The HCT Winter Championship Survival Guide - (Feb 28 - Mar 3)
The Hearthstone Championship Tour (HCT) returns for the third and final season of the Year of the Raven, with the HCT Winter Championship 2019. Sixteen players are competing over four days for their share of the $250,000 prize pool and a seat at the HCT World Championship this April.
HCT Winter Championship Decks
Head on over to our deck list post to see what everyone is bringing.
HCT Winter Championship Schedule
West Coast PST (UTC -8) |
East Coast EST (UTC -5) |
Europe CET (UTC +1) |
Japan JST (UTC +9) |
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February 28 |
8:30 |
11:30 |
17:30 | 01:30 (Mar 1) |
March 1 |
8:30 | 11:30 | 17:30 | 01:30 (Mar 2) |
March 2 |
8:30 | 11:30 | 17:30 | 01:30 (Mar 3) |
March 3 | 8:30 | 11:30 | 17:30 | 01:30 (Mar 4) |
HCT Winter Championship Format
- Best of Five Conquest.
- Each player bans one of the opponent's four decks.
- Four groups of four. Top two from each group go to playoffs.
- Top 8 Single Elimination Playoffs.
HCT Winter Championship Prize Pool
Place | Cash | Points |
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1 | $50,000 | 30 Points |
2 | $40,000 | 25 Points |
3 - 4 | $25,000 | 20 Points |
5 - 8 | $12,500 | 15 Points |
9 - 16 | $7,500 | 12 Points |
HCT Winter Championship Groups
These will not be updated in real time. Please follow the official brackets on the Hearthstone Esports site .
Group A | Match W-L | Total W-L |
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Viper | 2 - 1 | 7 - 4 |
Yueying | 2 - 0 | 6 - 1 |
noblord | 1 - 2 | 4 - 7 |
Tansoku | 0 - 2 | 1 - 6 |
Group B | Match W-L | Total W-L |
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bloodyface | 2 - 1 | 6 - 4 |
Lingluanjing | 2 - 0 | 6 - 1 |
Faeli | 1 - 2 | 5 - 7 |
Tyler | 0 - 2 | 1 - 6 |
Group C | Match W-L | Total W-L |
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Ike | 2 - 1 | 7 - 6 |
Definition | 2 - 0 | 6 - 3 |
Caimiao | 1 - 2 | 6 - 7 |
ThunderUP | 0 - 2 | 3 - 6 |
Group D | Match W-L | Total W-L |
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Roger | 2 - 1 | 7 - 4 |
Bunnyhoppor | 2 - 0 | 6 - 1 |
LionKing | 1 - 2 | 3 - 6 |
bobbyex | 0 - 2 | 1 - 6 |
Single Elimination Bracket
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Quarter-Finals
March 2-
bloodyface 3
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Yueying 0
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Definition 1
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Roger 3
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Lingluanjing 3
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Viper 1
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Bunnyhoppor 3
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Ike 2
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Semi-Finals
March 3-
bloodyface 0
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Roger 3
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Lingluanjing 2
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Bunnyhoppor 3
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Finals
March 3-
Roger 3
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Bunnyhoppor 0
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Winner
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Roger
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Note! Special tiebreaker tussles between Definition, Ike and Yueying will also take place to decide which two players will also qualify to World Championships as both bloodyface and Bunnyhoppor have already secured their qualification earlier.
HCT Winter Championship Stream
You can watch all the action on the main stream at Twitch.tv/PlayHearthstone .
It's written in the f... post that you'll have to wait a week before you'll receive your packs. Learn to read instead of just complaining
Team Roger reprezent ! 4 pqcks aww yeah
This is a public service announcement, people qualifying to the HCT world Championship in April:
IKE (USA)
LFyueying (China)
Roger (Taipei)
SNJing (China)
A83650 (Poland)
Bunnyhoppor (Germany)
Killinallday (USA)
Viper (Germany)
BloodTrail
bloodyface (USA)
justsayian (USA)
languagehacker (Canada)
Point qualifiers:
Hunterace (Sweden)
Muzzy (USA)
Tyler (vietnam)
XiaoT (China)
Also, an update about who actually qualified to the championship in the end after the tie-breakers for us living in Europe might be nice.
Roger winning is maybe the single most shameful thing I have witnessed happening in Hearthstone ever. I still find it hard to believe Blizzard just lets cheaters play in championships at all, him winning is second only to the Diablo Immortal announcement.
Maybe more people would cheat now that the prize Blizzard gives you for it is 50,000$
This "cheater" able to prove himself live against the best in the world. Long live roger and my 4 packs
Great match between Bunnyhoppor and SNJing: I had been with my eyes stuck on the screen for the whole time as the tension was so high.
I’m happy since I chose Bunny, but Jing’s tears on the 3-2 really broke my heart. He is so young, so I hope the best for him. Who knows, maybe I’ll choose him as my next champion!
Do we get an extra pack if Bunny wins the final?
Pretty sure it's
Doesn't Advance: 1 Pack
Quarter Finals: 2 Packs
Semi Finals: 3 Packs
Finals: 4 Packs
In the Spring Championship (I think) I chose Bunny and he won, and I only got 4 packs.
That's correct.
thanks for the packs bunnyhoppor
I don't receive any fuckin packs fuck blizzard
It usually takes 1-2 weeks to get your packs.Dont worry about it
Have you tried the top-ranked guy on some site like https://www.gosugamers.net/hearthstone/rankings? I did that and the result (Bunnyhoppor) is treating me well...
Well, at least he got one pack - I wanted to pick Bunnyhoppor for my champion, but for some unknown reasons I forget to do that in time, so zero packs for me... and looking where's bunny now (currently semifinal, so at least 3 packs) the salt in me is starting to be quite real xD
Sorry for you, mate, really... even more so now that those packs are 4 :P
Good advice. I use this strategy since 2016 and it works pretty good most of the time.
Come on bloodyface, beat that cheater already...
Why is he a cheater?
Did I miss something?