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!
How do you cheat on hearthstone?
by playing hunter
or stacking 4 armor in every turn.
We have still wait for double World Champion...
RIP Firebat, Ostkaka, Pavel and Tom...
maybe next year, this time fingers crossed for sayian, agent 836 and bunny...
This is going to be a really difficult pick, starting by who I won't vote for ever: Roger, Killinallday. All the rest are subject to inspection of decks when they come out.
Don't know how much knowing the decks will help, though, meta after 2 weeks of expansion is so unrefined, even in top levels, and all the top even/odd decks are out of the question...
Is there another choose champion for this?
There will be, closer to the event, if past years are any indication.
When do we get those packs?
in a week or two. And not everyone at the same time too... It always seems like some interns are just giving those out one by one...
I think this week we will see new expansion announcement
Ah right... tom60229 is from Taiwan, now the venue makes sense...
Also the home of cheaters...
Yep I said that already below
Go, Pogo-Hopper, go! ;)
LoL, Trimutius didnt even said Roger specifically, and the fact you said that he did not cheating, prove he known for his cheat.
will it be voting?
They are actually holding world championship in the land of cheaters....
Get your facts right first. Roger never cheated
Taiwan HGG team did...
How to get yourself the down voted record in 1 easy step by beardfasse.