The Hearthstone Global Games Week 2
The Hearthstone Global Games continue with another 24 matches during Week 2. Some teams are already starting to feel the pressure as losing for the second time would mean that they need to win all four remaining matches to have any chance of qualifying. Which teams will triumph this week? Let's find out!
You can learn more about the Hearthstone Global Games, and watch games through an embedded stream, below.
The New Format for the Global Games
We are currently in Phase 1.
- All phases will use a best-of-five, class vs. class format with nine unique classes per team.
- The teams will then ban and pick decks until both teams have five classes left.
- The decks are then assigned to players and the order of players is determined in secret.
Week 2 Schedule
Note that not all 24 matches taking place this week will be shown on stream!
| July 24th - 10:00 CEST / 4am EDT | July 25th - 16:00 CEST / 10am EDT | July 27th - 3:00 CEST / 9pm EDT (26th) |
|---|---|---|
| Slovakia vs Spain | Israel vs Norway | Australia vs Canada |
| Poland vs South Korea | Czech Republic vs Indonesia | Taiwan vs Thailand |
| China vs France | Hungary vs Russia | Hong Kong vs Malaysia |
| Germany vs Romania | Bulgaria vs Italy | |
| United Kingdom vs United States | Brazil vs Greece |
Missed a match you wanted to see last week? Don't worry, videos of all matches can be found from Hearthstone Esports Youtube channel, including those that were played offstream. In case you're only looking for results, the official brackets can be found on Battlefy.
Where to Watch
The tournament will be streamed live on the Hearthstone Twitch channel.
Global Games Current Standings
Standings are current as of Week 1 and are sourced from Blizzard's data on Battlefy. Current standings can be found here.
| Country | Points | Matches | Games | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wins | Losses | Wins | Losses | ||
 Brazil |
3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
 Bulgaria |
3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
 China |
3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
 Finland |
3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
 Greece |
3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
 Italy |
3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
 New Zealand |
3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
 Romania |
3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
 Sweden |
3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
 Taiwan |
3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
 Thailand |
3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
 Ukraine |
3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
 Belarus |
3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
 Chile |
3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
 Czech Republic |
3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
 France |
3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
 Germany |
3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
 Indonesia |
3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
 Poland |
3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
 Slovakia |
3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
 South Korea |
3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
 Spain |
3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
 Peru |
3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
 Singapore |
3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
 Austria |
0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
 Croatia |
0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
 Hungary |
0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
 Japan |
0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
 Kazakhstan |
0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
 Malaysia |
0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
 Mexico |
0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
 Portugal |
0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
 Russian Federation |
0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
 United Kingdom |
0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
 United States |
0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
 Vietnam |
0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
 Australia |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
 Belgium |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
 Canada |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
 Hong Kong |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
 Israel |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
 Netherlands |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
 Norway |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
 Philippines |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
 Switzerland |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
 Turkey |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
 Argentina |
0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
 Denmark |
0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
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Posted Jul 24, 2018 (Spiteful Nerf)terrible mods on the stream, I got muted for @ing someone and saying ligma balls
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Posted Jul 24, 2018 (Spiteful Nerf)Why are teams that won 3-0 seemingly ranked lower than team that won 3-2?
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Posted Jul 24, 2018 (Spiteful Nerf)Actually those wins are equal in terms of tiebreakers. From Battlefy:
So currently all 1-0-records are equal as are 0-1s, respectively. I don't know why our standings are organized like that though, it could still be the other way around and be equally valid. There's some automatization in play so I guess it originates from there.
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Posted Jul 24, 2018 (Spiteful Nerf)I didn't think the wins were equal, if the first tiebreaker is "the sum of your opponents' win/loss records" then it makes sense that the teams that won 3-0 are in last as their opponents win/loss records are 0-3, which puts them bottom of that tiebreaker.
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Posted Jul 24, 2018 (Spiteful Nerf)Based on the fact that all tiebreakers in Battlefy are currently +1 or -1 it means series win-loss-ratios, not individual matches. I too find it a bit weird that they seem to ignore individual matches completely but it is what it is.
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Posted Jul 24, 2018 (Spiteful Nerf)Oh my mistake thanks
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Posted Jul 24, 2018 (Spiteful Nerf)CZE vs CAN last week ended up 3:2 for CZE, not 3:1, if it matters at all...
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Posted Jul 24, 2018 (Spiteful Nerf)I spotted it too but the data for these results are pulled straight from Battlefy so the issue is there. I won't meddle with the standings so I wouldn't break anything.
If Blizzard doesn't spot that mistake early enough it might actually affect the tiebreakers and final standings for the Swiss phase. They have the correct result on playhearthstone.com though, just battlefy has it wrong.
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Posted Jul 24, 2018 (Spiteful Nerf)RDU (Romania) VS SintoLUL (Germany) would be something to look forward to