The 2017 Hearthstone World Championship Survival Guide
It's finally here! After a long wait since last year, the decks have been released and the top sixteen players have been flown out to compete in Amsterdam. $1,000,000 is up for grabs with first place taking home a large $250,000.
You can catch all this weekend's action over on Twitch.tv/PlayHearthstone . All information you'll need to follow alongside the event, which includes the schedule, decklists, and stream can be found below.
World Championship Schedule
West Coast
PST (UTC -8) |
East Coast
EST (UTC -5) |
Europe
CET (UTC +1) |
Korea
KST (UTC +9) |
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Jan 18 | 23:30 (Jan 17) | 02:30 | 08:30 | 17:30 |
Jan 19 | 23:30 (Jan 18) | 02:30 | 08:30 | 17:30 |
Jan 20 | 23:30 (Jan 19) | 02:30 | 08:30 | 17:30 |
Jan 21 | 07:00 | 10:00 | 16:00 | 00:00 (Jan 22) |
World Championship Format
- All matches will be using the Standard Format.
- All matches will be played with the Best of 5 Conquest Format.
- Each player gets to ban 1 opponent deck.
- The Group Stage will use the Dual Tournament Format.
- Top 8 Group Stage advance to a Single Elimination Bracket.
World Championship Group Stage
Group A | Match W-L | Total W-L |
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DocPwn | 2 - 0 | 6 - 2 |
Tom60229 | 2 - 1 | 6 - 4 |
Orange | 1 - 2 | 4 - 6 |
Hoej | 0 - 2 | 2 - 6 |
Group B | Match W-L | Total W-L |
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JasonZhou | 2 - 1 | 7 - 5 |
SamuelTsao | 2 - 0 | 6 - 4 |
Muzzy | 1 - 2 | 5 - 7 |
Kolento | 0 - 2 | 4 - 6 |
Group C | Match W-L | Total W-L |
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ShtanUdachi | 2 - 1 | 7 - 4 |
Sintolol | 2 - 0 | 6 - 3 |
Purple | 1 - 2 | 5 - 6 |
Ant | 0 - 2 | 1 - 6 |
Group D | Match W-L | Total W-L |
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Fr0zen | 2 - 1 | 8 - 6 |
Surrender | 2 - 0 | 6 - 4 |
OmegaZero | 1 - 2 | 7 - 7 |
Neirea | 0 - 2 | 2 - 6 |
World Championship Playoffs
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Quarter-Finals
Jan 20-
DocPwn 2
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JasonZhou 3
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Sintolol 2
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Fr0zen 3
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SamuelTsao 1
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Tom60229 3
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Surrender 3
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ShtanUdachi 1
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Semi-Finals
Jan 21-
JasonZhou 2
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Fr0zen 3
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Tom60229 3
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Surrender 1
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Finals
Jan 21-
Fr0zen 2
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Tom60229 3
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World Champion
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Tom60229
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World Championship Decks
We've got a dedicated post from last week which includes all the competitor decklists. Go check them, along with a roundup of the class and archetype breakdowns, and the most popular cards, on the dedicated post .
World Championship Stream
All the action can be found on the official stream embedded below. Refer to the schedule above to know when to come back and tune in.
All those Kolento picks! Feelsbadman! Hope Purple gets me more than 1 pack :)
What? We all know Kolento means one pack, like in the last world championship.
For the slow: yes, this is a Thijs = Kolento meme.
Yeah... seems like i dodged the 1packlento this time... I need packs too much to go for the meme lol
LULento.
1packlento
I voted for Kolento. I’m glad Kolento is still in it. I feel really, REALLY, good about his chances.
WSP
I voted for Kolento just for memes. And I play until 30 wins every day so 1 or 3 packs not a big deal for me xD
I'd imagine Hearthstone's twitch will have the VOD
Has Kolento mathematically any chance to get at least 2nd in his group with the 3rd match?
last time i voted for SamuelTsao he gave me three packs i think...now he is doing great again so no regrets voting him again!!!!
EU... LOL
i had to vote for muzzy, kolento only good vs casual ranked ppl and streaming crap...
I also took Muzzy. He got some preeeetty bad luck. Fortunately he can still get back in via the long road on Saturday.
Lol that throw from muzzy was painful to watch!
You can't really call that a "throw". There were reasons to play the way he did. And really good ones. And he got topdecked.
I dont think that there were better plays than Screaming the board after Guldan, but you can convince me.
Scream would have reset the board giving Muzzy an additional heal and leaving Sam with hardly any cards in hand and a good chance at drawing bad top decks... he also had DK Anduin to follow up any good topdecks like Doomguard and Bonemare... 100% bad play by Muzzy... just stating the facts... i also know it's easy to judge when you can see both hands