2021 Honor of Kings World Champion Cup
World Champion Cup
VSPN
Shanghai
Single Round Robin
Playoffs:
Single Elimination Bracket
(≃ $7,734,907 USD)
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.
Contents
About[edit]
Format[edit]
- Group Stage
- All twelve teams are divided into two groups where they play in a Single Round Robin format.
- Top four teams in each group advance to the Playoffs Stage
- Bottom two teams in each group is eliminated
- All matches are played in a Bo3 with Global Ban-Pick
- Playoffs
- 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[edit]
- Host:
- TBA
- Commentator:
- TBA
- Analyst Desk:
- TBA
- Interviewer:
- TBA
Prize Pool[edit]
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
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- | - |  TBD
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 2nd
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- | - | TBD
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 3rd-4th
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- | - | TBD
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| TBD
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| 5th-8th | - | - | TBD
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| TBD
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| TBD
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| TBD
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| 9th-12th | - | - | TBD
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| TBD
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| TBD
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| TBD
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| Award | Player | Team |
|---|---|---|
| Finals MVP |  TBD
|
| Group Stage MVP | |
|---|---|
| Player | MVPs |
| Playoffs MVP | |
|---|---|
| Player | MVPs |
Qualification[edit]
Participants[edit]
Results[edit]
Group Stage[edit]
Playoffs[edit]
Additional Data[edit]
Country Representation[edit]
| # | Country / Region | Representation | Players |
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