HCT World Championship Details - Players, Location, Dates
Blizzard has announced more information for the upcoming Hearthstone World Championship taking place in Taiwan this April! All 16 competitors will be playing Hearthstone for their share of the $1,000,000 prize pool.
The new expansion will be out prior to the event (likely weeks beforehand) and we're assuming the new Standard rotation will be in use for this event.
Location & Dates
- Dates: April 24 - 27
- Starts at 7 PM PDT (10 PM EDT, 4 AM CEST) each day.
- Venue: Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium
- Address: No. 28, Lane 76, Dunnan Street, Da’an District, Taipei City
Blog Post
Quote from BlizzardWith Luo "Roger" Shengyuan's win over Raphael "Bunnyhoppor" Peltzer in the finals of the Hearthstone Championship Tour (HCT) Winter Championship, we now know the 16 players who will compete at the HCT 2019 World Championship! The top four finishers from each Year of the Raven Seasonal Championship (Summer, Fall, and Winter), will be joined by the four Regional Point Leaders (from Americas, Europe, Asia-Pacific, and China) in April in Taipei, where they will battle for a $1,000,000 prize pool.
Here are the 16 players competing at the HCT 2019 World Championship:
- Raphael "BunnyHoppor" Peltzer
- Kacper "A83650" Kwieciński
- Torben "Viper" Wahl
- David "killinallday" Acosta
- Mihai "languagehacker" Dragalin
- Brian "bloodyface" Eason
- Wu "BloodTrail" Zong-Chang
- David "Justsaiyan" Shan
- Luo "Roger" Shengyuan
- Guan "SNJing" Zhendong
- Mark "Ike" Eichner
- Xu "LFYueying" Kai
- Tyler "Tyler" Hoang Nguyen
- Muzahidul "Muzzy" Islam
- Casper "Hunterace" Notto
- Wu "XiaoT" Juwei
Date and Time: April 24–27, starting at 7:00 p.m. PT daily
Where to Watch: Twitch.tv/PlayHearthstone
Venue: Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium
Address: No. 28, Lane 76, Dunnan Street, Da’an District, Taipei City
The initial group stage will take place over the first two days, with elimination and decider matches on Saturday, and the quarterfinals, semifinals, and grand finals on Sunday. The format will be best-of-five Conquest with each player banning a single deck.
For those who want to watch live as we crown a new World Champion, we will share more details about the in-person experience when tickets go on sale next week.
Be sure to tune in for the climatic end of the Hearthstone Championship Tour when the broadcast goes live at 7:00 p.m. PT on April 24 at Twitch.tv/PlayHearthstone!
Just proves that majority of people spread the word without even looking into the situation. Roger himself didn't cheat - it was shaxy who streamsniped, the other players on his team received information they didn't ask for. And I believe that Blizzards decision to allow Roger to participate was based on something. But of course everyone else is smarter than Blizzard and has access to much more information.
Taiwan... Thailand is a different country. And only one player on the team cheated. Again, you're distorting facts, mess up with geography and people upvote your comment. Geniuses.
Derp... Wrote it correctly in 4 other posts and typoed all over this one... I blame autocorrect...
So everyone is including you right? Cause it look like you knew he didnt have any other choices other than accept the information.
Roger is going to cheat and win the world championships. No contest. Just cheats.
Yeah, on home turf too... Everyone would just cover for him...
WE LIKE IKE
Voting for him again for sure
I didn't know his background until this weekend, what a legend Ike is! <3
Tyler, let's do this my man
It will be a interesting Championship. Cheers for Bunny.
Isint supposed to be the new specialist mode ?
New masters will use that... This is the last official one that doesn't...
Kolento doesnt play competitive HS anymore?
Kolento does still play competitive HS. He won his group in the most recent Starladder.
Kolento failed to qualify... He was knocked out in group stage...
Bunny - i WILL COUNT ON YOU AGAIN :)
YAY! We are all BUNNIES!!! :D