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.
The pavel comeback has started!
We believe in you Pavel. Give your heart and soul!
I've now learned never to go with the biggest names in Hearthstone. Last time Thijs lost it for me...this time Pavel...although maybe this is more confirmation that hearthstone is more about luck than skill...
Pavel came back (4-0) in the losers bracket. If you voted for him you must atleast have some faith lol
Definitely. Definitely rigged. Most definitely.
I blame Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer.
If Pavel only gives us one pack I believe that both him and Thijs should move to Wild next HS Champ. Season.
Did frozen make it?
C'mon Fr0zen. Kick XHope's ass.
3 packs are surely better than one.
Inbefore Pavel becomes new 1 pack man..
P.S: Pls not :/
Mistake about Pavel's score. He's 3-4, not 2-4.
Rooting for DocPwn, doing well so far!
'What a childish comment'
Lets hope pavel can come back and bring me some good packs
My first thought was to vote for Neirea, but hype for Pavel ruined my decision lol
PS: Yes, Neirea gifted you one more pack already
I am very glad to ShtanUdachi victories. My favorite streamer will bring me a lot of packs for winning the championship.
ShtanUdachi was really convincing on Day 1. The speed of his plays was amazing, especially with those snap-pick Kazakus potions. Really fun to watch. I hope he goes far in this tournament.
It's just the person responsible for updating these tables hasn't yet done that. It is finished already. I'll put the result in a spoiler just in case someone wants to watch it themselves.
LovelyChook won 4-3 eliminating Americas Winter Champion DrJikininki. That means we'll see a rematch between PalmBlad and LovelyChook for the runner-up spot of Group B on Saturday.
Looks like my champion got knocked out already!
That's why you NEVER vote base on the face.