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Week 7 of the 2020 Grandmasters starts tomorrow. 48 players will compete -- including 7 brand new Grandmasters for a total of eight weeks. Prizing for the Season includes $500,000 and of course the right to compete at this year's Hearthstone World Championship. We're into the fourth and final week of Round Robin matches after previously completing three weeks of Swiss. Next week will consist of the playoff portion and player relegations.

Points totals from the first three weeks were used to split the field into two Divisions per region. The bottom two players in Division B will face automatic relegation. The next two lowest finishers from Division B and the bottom two finishers from Division A will compete in a 4-man Relegation bracket to determine the third contestant to be relegated at the end of the Season.

Featured Match-ups This Week

We've chosen one must watch match-up from each region this week. While the weekend is sure to be packed with action, these are the matches you'll definitely want to make time for!

Americas: Monsanto vs. Empanizado - Sunday - 1:00pm PDT/22:00 CEST

One of the last matches of the weekend and the Round Robin stage, with potentially a trip to the playoffs on the line where the loser is in the relegation bracket and the winner is in the playoffs.

Europe: SilverName vs. Felkeine - Friday - 9:00am PDT/18:00 CEST

Both players are on 1 win out of 5 games and losing this one will mean almost certain relegation bracket play. The drama will be intense!

Asia-Pacific: Posesi vs. Che0nsu - Friday - 2:00am PDT/11:00 CEST

The starting match on Friday, and (you might sense a theme here) it's a banger between 2 players where the loser is very likely to end up in the relegation bracket and the winner is very likely safe and in the playoffs.

Format

Weeks 1-3: Swiss/Group Stages

• Each Region will compete in 7 rounds of Swiss off stream earlier in the week.
• The Top 8 finishers from each Region will play in a dual tournament format Friday-Saturday, with the Top-4 being played Sunday.
• Format changes each week:
• Wk. 1: Conquest w/ 1 Ban
• Wk. 2: Four Deck Last Hero Standing w/ 1 Ban
• Wk. 3: Ten Deck Conquest w/ 6 Bans

Week 4-7: Round Robin

• After the first three weeks, players will be split into two divisions per Region based on point accumulations. Division A will consist of the Top 8, while Division B will consist of 9-16.
• The two divisions will compete in Round Robin style play over the four weeks. Standings from this four week period will determine playoff participants.
• Format for the Round Robin will be Five Deck Conquest w/ 1 Ban.

Week 8: Season One Playoffs

• Top 6 from Division A automatically advance to the Playoff portion.
• Top 4 from Division B compete in a "play-in" Round with the winners joining the Division A winners.
• The bottom 3 players from each Region will be relegated from Grandmasters.
• The winner of each Region's Playoff advances to the World Championship.

Standings