2021 Honor of Kings World Champion Cup

• Main Event
• Champion Cup Points
• Phase 1 Qualifier
• Phase 2 Qualifier

• Overview
• Group Stage
• Knockout Stage
• Qualification

[e][h]Honor of Kings World Champion Cup 2021

League Information

Series:

KCC

Organizer:

Tencent Games
VSPN

Original Name:

2021年王者荣耀世界冠军杯

Game:

Honor of Kings

Type:

Offline

Location:

 Chongqing
 Qingdao
 Wuhan
 Beijing

Venue:

Group Stage:
QGhappy Sunac Esports Center

Quarter-Finals:
Guoxin Stadium
Semi-Finals:
Wuhan Optics Valley International Tennis Center
Grand Finals:
National Olympic Sports Center

Teams:

12

Format:

Group Stage:
Single Round Robin
Knockout Stage:
Single Elimination Bracket

Prize Pool:

¥50,000,000 CNY
(≃ $7,750,004 USD)

Start Date:

2021-07-28

End Date:

2021-08-28

Liquipedia Tier:

Tier 1

Links

Chronology

 2020

2022 

Upcoming Matches

DYG	vs.	MTG
August 01, 2021 - 06:00 UTC KCC 2021 - Group Stage

Hero	vs.	TES
August 01, 2021 - 09:00 UTC KCC 2021 - Group Stage

TTG	vs.	AG.SP
August 01, 2021 - 12:00 UTC KCC 2021 - Group Stage

RW	vs.	MTG
August 04, 2021 - 06:00 UTC KCC 2021 - Group Stage

eStarPro	vs.	WZ
August 04, 2021 - 09:00 UTC KCC 2021 - Group Stage

The 2021 Honor of Kings World Champion Cup is the sixth Honor of Kings Champion Cup series tournament since the tournament has taken place in 2016, organized by Tencent and VSPN. On January 23rd, 2021, Tencent's road map has revealed that the prize pool of 2021 Honor of Kings World Champion Cup will be risen up from ¥ 32,000,000 CNY to ¥ 50,000,000 CNY.

On May 20th, 2021, from Beijing Esports conference, it has revealed that Grand Final match will be taken place on August 28th, 2021 in Beijing at National Olympic Sports Center where the 11th Asian Games were held in 1990.

As of June 16th, 2021, from the Tencent Conference, Honor of Kings World Champion Cup 2021 will be held through 6 cities: including Shanghai, Nanjing, Chongqing, Qingdao, Wuhan and Beijing. But due to the new pandemic of COVID-19 in Nanjing, all matches in Group Stage have been moved to Chongqing. The cities have decreased to 5 cities.

About

Format

• Group Stage
  Week 1: July 28th - August 1st, 2021
  Week 2: August 4th - 8th, 2021 in Chongqing, QGhappy Sunac Esports Center
  • All twelve teams are divided into two groups where they play in a Single Round Robin format.
    • The KPL Spring Champion and the Highest Champion Cup Points team shall not be drawn into the same group.
  • All 30 matches are played within 2 weeks in a Bo5 with Global Ban-Pick
  • Top four teams in each group advance to the Knockout Stage
  • Bottom two teams in each group are eliminated
  • Starting from KCC 2021, the ban slots will be upgraded from 4 heroes to 5 heroes. This new system will be cancelled at first, and will be used in KPL Fall 2021.

• Knockout Stage will be played through 3 various cities
  Quarterfinals: August 12th - 15th, 2021 in Qingdao, Guoxin Stadium
  Semifinals: August 21st - 22nd, 2021 in Wuhan, Optics Valley International Tennis Center
  Grand Final: August 28th, 2021 in Beijing, National Olympic Sports Center
  • Single-elimination Bracket
  • All matches are played in a Bo7 with Global Ban-Pick and Ultimate Battle

In Honor of Kings Pro League: Fall 2018, the playoffs round has set the new rules for drafting and using heroes, which is called Global Ban-Pick (also use in AOV Tournament, started in AOG Spring 2019). But their is a special rules which is not same as AOV tournament in the Game 7, called Ultimate Battle.

• The Ultimate battle will start if there is a tied series in Game 6 after the crystal has been destroyed (3:3).
• After the crystal been destroyed, the referee will allow the coach, analyst or the other staffs in each team to draft the heroes in Game 7 for 3 minutes. After the time is out, the coach must submit the hero lineups and challenger spells to the referee, and then coach must leave the stage. There will be a penalty if the players don't use the same heroes and challenger spells as the coach submit.
• The time will be start counting when the coach come to the stage, and the referee will give a signal for the countdown at 1 minute, 30 seconds, and 10 seconds.
• Each team's hero lineups will not be visible for the opponent team.

Broadcast Talent

• Host & Interviewer:
  • TBA

• Play-by-Play Commentator:
  • TBA

• Color Commentator:
  • TBA

• Desk Host:
  • TBA

• Analyst:
  • TBA

Prize Pool

The prize pool of the tournament is ¥ 50,000,000 CNY (≈ 7,680,730 USD). The Final MVP player will get their own FMVP Series Skin.

Place	$ USD	¥ CNY	Team
1st	$3,255,002	¥21,000,000	TBD
2nd	$1,240,001	¥8,000,000	TBD
3rd-4th	$697,500	¥4,500,000	TBD
			TBD
5th-8th	$310,000	¥2,000,000	TBD
			TBD
			TBD
			TBD
9th-12th	$155,000	¥1,000,000	TBD
			TBD
			TBD
			TBD

Award	Player	Team
Finals MVP	TBD

Knockout Stage MVP
Player	MVPs

Qualification

Event	Date	Pool	Seeds	Teams	IDs
KPL Spring Champion	2021-03-11 – 2021-06-26	1	1	Hero JiuJing	南京Hero
Champion Cup Points	2020-09-16 – 2021-06-26	1	2	AG Super Play	成都AG
Champion Cup Points	2020-09-16 – 2021-06-26	2	2	Douyu Gaming	深圳DYG
Phase 1 Qualifier	2021-07-05 – 2021-07-06	2	4	Ghost Owl Gaming	GOG
Phase 1 Qualifier	2021-07-05 – 2021-07-06	2	4	QG Happy	重庆QG
Phase 1 Qualifier	2021-07-05 – 2021-07-06	2	4	TOP Esports	长沙TES
Phase 1 Qualifier	2021-07-05 – 2021-07-06	2	4	eStar Pro	武汉eStar
Phase 2 Qualifier	2021-07-08 – 2021-07-11	2	5	Gank Gaming	佛山GK
Phase 2 Qualifier	2021-07-08 – 2021-07-11	2	5	Talent Gaming	广州TTG
Phase 2 Qualifier	2021-07-08 – 2021-07-11	2	5	Mighty Tiger Gaming	MTG
Phase 2 Qualifier	2021-07-08 – 2021-07-11	2	5	WanZhen Esports Club	东莞Wz
Phase 2 Qualifier	2021-07-08 – 2021-07-11	2	5	Rogue Warriors	RW侠

Participants

The Champion

Hero JiuJing

	XingHen
	Wuwei
	QingRong
	JiuK
	ZiYang
SubstitutesStaff
A33rd - 4th

	Chenxia
	LingDang
Main RosterStaff
A33rd - 4th

C	JiuZhe
Main RosterSubstitutes
A33rd - 4th

KPL Champion

Champion Cup Points

AG Super Play

	Aze
	Chuchen
	XiaoYing
	Yinuo
	Ice
SubstitutesStaff
A22nd

	Qinian
	yuchen
Main RosterStaff
A22nd

C	awoke
C	YueXia
Main RosterSubstitutes
A22nd

Champion Cup Points

Douyu Gaming

	Yitong
	Xy
	JueKing
	YZ
	XingY
SubstitutesStaff
A22nd

	Giao
	LanL
Main RosterStaff
A22nd

C	Zhan Shen Jian
C	Shen Ling
Main RosterSubstitutes
A22nd

Champion Cup Points

Phase 1 Qualifier

Ghost Owl Gaming

	DAT
	Lanmao
	Wendy
	Aohan
	MingGuo
SubstitutesStaff
A55 - 8th

	Shangji
	Jiuyu
Main RosterStaff
A55 - 8th

C	Zhijian
C	ShengGuang
Main RosterSubstitutes
A55 - 8th

Phase 1 Qualifier

eStar Pro

	Zimo
	HuaHai
	WuXin
	JinYu
	WuMing
SubstitutesStaff
A11st

	Alan
	XiaoHan
Main RosterStaff
A11st

C	SK
C	770
Main RosterSubstitutes
A11st

Phase 1 Qualifier

QG Happy

	Fly
	XiaoPang
	XiangYu
	1dao
	fanfan
SubstitutesStaff
A11st

	JieJie
	XiaoHui
Main RosterStaff
A11st

C	Lin
C	Bai
A	LiLuo
Main RosterSubstitutes
A11st

Phase 1 Qualifier

TOP Esports

	Sumo
	XiangJun
	HuaJuan
	XiaoPeng
	XiaoDun
SubstitutesStaff
Z8-

	GuXing
	yChen
Main RosterStaff
Z8-

C	CarryMyTeam
C	Erkai
Main RosterSubstitutes
Z8-

Phase 1 Qualifier

Phase 2 Qualifier

Gank Gaming

	BaiShou
	PengP
	QingF
	MengLan
	AGai
SubstitutesStaff
A99 - 16th

	XiaoJiu
	Ian
Main RosterStaff
A99 - 16th

C	HuaLou
C	BlackSir
Main RosterSubstitutes
A99 - 16th

Phase 2 Qualifier

Talent Gaming

	QingQ
	Buran
	Ninetails
	qc
	Dragon
SubstitutesStaff
A55 - 8th

	ChenYu
	XiaoGu
Main RosterStaff
A55 - 8th

C	Lovecd
C	Wind
A	AFeng
Main RosterSubstitutes
A55 - 8th

Phase 2 Qualifier

Mighty Tiger Gaming

	JiuLong
	Mf
	Msir
	Evil
	QF
SubstitutesStaff
A33rd - 4th

	Song
	HuaChen
Main RosterStaff
A33rd - 4th

C	Beckman
C	Pomi
Main RosterSubstitutes
A33rd - 4th

Phase 2 Qualifier

Rogue Warriors

	Zixuan
	XiaoYe
	Chenfeng
	Huayun
	Cbuqi
SubstitutesStaff
A22nd

	Djie
	Yguo
Main RosterStaff
A22nd

C	Blade
C	XX
A	Xinling
Main RosterSubstitutes
A22nd

Phase 2 Qualifier

WanZhen Esports Club

	An
	Mufeng
	Ming
	Roc
	Mac
SubstitutesStaff
Z8-

	Xi'ao'xin
	XiaoJ
Main RosterStaff
Z8-

C	Vc
Main RosterSubstitutes
Z8-

Phase 2 Qualifier

Results

Group Stage

Group A Week 1 Week 1
1.	Rogue Warriors		2-1	8-5	+3	2p
2.	Talent Gaming		2-0	6-4	+2	2p
3.	AG Super Play		1-0	3-0	+3	1p
4.	Douyu Gaming		0-1	2-3	-1	0p
4.	Mighty Tiger Gaming		0-1	2-3	-1	0p
6.	Ghost Owl Gaming		0-2	0-6	-6	0p

Group B Week 1 Week 1
1.	Gank Gaming		2-1	8-4	+4	2p
2.	QG Happy		2-0	6-3	+3	2p
3.	eStar Pro		1-1	5-3	+2	1p
4.	TOP Esports		1-1	4-3	+1	1p
5.	Hero JiuJing		1-1	3-5	-2	1p
6.	WanZhen Esports Club		0-3	1-9	-8	0p

 Click here for detailed results of the Group Stage matches

Knockout Stage

Quarterfinals

 1^st place from Group A

 1^st place from Group A

 4^th place from Group B

Match being played in Qingdao

 4^th place from Group B

 2^nd place from Group B

 2^nd place from Group B

 3^rd place from Group A

Match being played in Qingdao

 3^rd place from Group A

 1^st place from Group B

 1^st place from Group B

 4^th place from Group A

Match being played in Qingdao

 4^th place from Group A

 2^nd place from Group A

 2^nd place from Group A

 3^rd place from Group B

Match being played in Qingdao

 3^rd place from Group B

Semifinals

 

TBD

TBD

Match being played in Wuhan

 

 

TBD

TBD

Match being played in Wuhan

 

Finals

 

TBD

TBD

Match being played in Beijing

 

Additional Data

Country Representation

#	Country / Region	Representation	Players
1	China	83 / 84 (99%)	1dao, AGai, Alan, An, Aohan, Aze, BaiShou, Buran, Cbuqi, ChenYu, Chenfeng, Chenxia, Chuchen, Djie, Dragon, Evil, Fanfan, Fly, Giao, GuXing, HuaChen, HuaHai, HuaJuan, Huayun, Ian, Ice, JieJie, JinYu, JiuK, JiuLong, Qinian, Jiuyu, JueKing, LanL, Lanmao, LingDang, Mac, MengLan, Mf, Ming, MingGuo, Msir, Mufeng, Ninetails, NoFear, PengP, QF, QianCheng, QingF, QingQ, QingRong, Roc, Shangji, Song, Sumo, Wendy, WuMing, Wuxin, Xi'ao'xin, XiangJun, XiangYu, XiaoDun, XiaoGu, XiaoHan, XiaoHui, XiaoJ, XiaoPang, XiaoPeng, XiaoYe, XiaoYing, XingHen, XingY, Xy, YChen, YZ, Yguo, Yinuo, Yitong, Yuchen, ZiYang, Zimo, Zixuan, 小久
2	Hong Kong	1 / 84 (1%)	DAT

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