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.
Packs???
I don't receive any pack, it is only me?
It's all of us, mate. Wait till the 2nd of april. (it's one week after conclusion of tournament)
Can anyone tell me when we will be getting the pack rewards?
(I voted for Pavel)
For everyone that is confused: the Old Gods packs you already received were for voting in Hearthstone Global Games (where you voted for someone from your country). Only if you voted for someone for HGG do you get an Old Gods pack (voting is closed). The packs for this event, Hearthstone Championship Tour: Winter Championship, are Mean Streets of Gadgetzan, and to my knowledge, they have not arrived yet. Players who voted for fr0zen or ShtanUdachi will receive 4 packs.
Are the packs supposed to be given already? I voted frozen. Haven't received anything?
why did i only get one pack from Frozen? how many did you get
Was your pack Old Gods or Gadgetzan? I don't think they've even distributed the card packs for the winter championship, and the pack you opened might have been for the global games.
I've only received one too, but I guess this one was just for voting. We'll receive our packs most probably this week (since Blizzard announced that packs will arrive the week after the event closure)
I received a pack from Old Golds, and I supposed it was just for the voting in HCT.
Thank you Frozen for the packs :)
Shtan the best.
Russian mafia in the town. My regrets USA
Thanks for the packs frozen
i voted for shtan, 4 packs!!! XD
Me too. 4 packs or 5?
Hrm i voted DocPwn as a random because i wasn't interested in watching the tournament. Not bad for a guess.
Good thing I didn't fall in the Pavel trap this time, so does anyone know when are we getting our packs?
the Pavel trap haha, so good
Did Blizzard announce WHEN we get the packs?