2015 Hearthstone World Championship

[e][h]2015 Hearthstone World Championship

League Information

Series:

HWC

Organizer:

Blizzard Entertainment

Type:

Offline

Location:

Anaheim

Burbank

Format:

Group Stage:
Dual Tournament
Playoffs:
Single Elimination

Prize pool:

$250,000 USD

Start Date:

2015-10-28

End Date:

2015-11-07

Number of Players:

16

Liquipedia Tier:

Tier 1

Links

Chronology

2014

2016

2015 Hearthstone World Championship is the Global Finals of 2015 HWC series tournaments. 16 players will compete, qualifying throughout 2015 at each regional championship. Matches are played at Anaheim, California at BlizzCon 2015 on November 6-7th.

Information[edit]

Location[edit]

BlizzCon Opening Week: Burbank, California
BlizzCon: Anaheim Convention Center, Anaheim, California

Prize Pool[edit]

$250,000 USD are spread among the players as seen below:

Place	$ USD	Player	Team
1st	$100,000	Ostkaka	Natus Vincere
2nd	$50,000	Hotform	ROOT Gaming
3rd-4th	$15,000	Thijs	G2 Esports
3rd-4th	$15,000	Kno	ZZZZZ
5th-8th	$7,500	Kranich	Team Dignitas
		Pinpingho	Wayi Spider
		Zihao	Team Celestial
		Zoro	Team Celestial
9th-12th	$5,000	JAB	Team Hearthlytics
		Lifecoach	G2 Esports
		Neilyo	ZZZZZ
		PurpleDrank	GamersOrigin
13th-16th	$5,000	NoTomorrow	EDward Gaming
		nias	Team Hearthlytics
		LoveCX	Yolo Miracle
		Neirea	Team Liquid

Format[edit]

General: Best of 5 "Conquest" format
Group Stage: Dual Tournament
- Top 2 from each group advance to Playoffs.
Playoffs: Single Elimination
BlizzCon Showmatches
- Poker Showmatch - ElkY (World Series of Poker, World Poker Tour and European Poker Tour championship winner) vs. Daniel Negreanu (6-time World Series of Poker championship winner and Poker Hall of Fame member)
- Challengestone at BlizzCon with Amaz, Savjz and more

Broadcast Talent[edit]

Host:
- Seltzer (Rachel Quirico)

Commentators:
- Whirthun (Robert Wing)
- Kibler (Brian M. Kibler)
- Raven (Alexander Baguley)
- Frodan (Dan Chou)
- Savjz (Janne Mikkonen)
- Gnimsh (Marcin Filipowicz)
- Amaz (Jason Chan)
- Reynad (Andrey Yanyuk)
- Hyped (George Maganzini)
- Kripparrian (Octavian Morosan)

Participants[edit]

Europe Championship (4)
ThijsNL	Neirea	Lifecoach	Ostkaka
Americas Championship (4)
PurpleDrank	Hotform	JAB	nias
China Championship (4)
LoveCX	Zoro	NoTomorrow	Zihao*
Asia-Pacific Championship (4)
Kranich	Kno	Neilyo	Pinpingho

Zihao's name was given as DieMeng due to the difficulty for the innkeeper to pronounce the name.

Results[edit]

Group Stage[edit]

Group A[edit]

Group A
October 28 - 31, 2015October 28 - 31, 2015
1.	ThijsNL	2-0	6-1
2.	Kno	2-1	7-6
3.	JAB	1-2	6-8
4.	NoTomorrow	0-2	2-6

Match List
October 28, 2015 - 9:00 PDT
ThijsNL ThijsNL NoTomorrow Warrior Druid Priest Druid Mage Hunter	3	0	NoTomorrow
October 29, 2015 - 9:00 PDT
Kno Kno JAB Paladin Hunter Warlock Hunter Druid Mage Druid Hunter Druid Druid	3	2	JAB
October 29, 2015 - 14:00 PDT
NoTomorrow NoTomorrow JAB Paladin Druid Paladin Hunter Hunter Mage Druid Mage Paladin Mage	2	3	JAB
October 30, 2015 - 9:00 PDT
ThijsNL ThijsNL Kno Warrior Druid Mage Druid Mage Paladin Priest Paladin	3	1	Kno
October 31, 2015 - 9:00 PDT
JAB JAB Kno Mage Warlock Mage Paladin Mage Druid Hunter Druid	1	3	Kno

Group B[edit]

Group B
October 28 - 31, 2015October 28 - 31, 2015
1.	Zoro	2-0	6-4
2.	Kranich	2-1	8-4
3.	Lifecoach	1-2	4-7
4.	nias	0-2	3-6

Match List
October 28, 2015 - 10:00 PDT
Kranich Kranich Lifecoach Hunter Druid Warlock Warrior Druid Warrior Druid Druid	3	1	Lifecoach
October 29, 2015 - 10:00 PDT
Zoro Zoro nias Paladin Mage Druid Druid Druid Hunter Hunter Mage Hunter Hunter	3	2	nias
October 29, 2015 - 15:00 PDT
Lifecoach Lifecoach nias Warlock Hunter Druid Druid Warrior Druid Warrior Mage	3	1	nias
October 30, 2015 - 10:00 PDT
Kranich Kranich Zoro Hunter Hunter Warlock Paladin Hunter Druid Warlock Druid Druid Druid	2	3	Zoro
October 31, 2015 - 10:00 PDT
Lifecoach Lifecoach Kranich Warlock Warlock Warlock Druid Warrior Hunter	0	3	Kranich

Group C[edit]

Group C
October 28 - 31, 2015October 28 - 31, 2015
1.	Ostkaka	2-0	6-2
2.	Hotform	2-1	7-6
3.	Neilyo	1-2	5-8
4.	LoveCX	0-2	3-6

Match List
October 28, 2015 - 11:00 PDT
LoveCX LoveCX Ostkaka Druid Warrior Druid Rogue Warlock Mage Paladin Rogue	1	3	Ostkaka
October 29, 2015 - 11:00 PDT
Hotform Hotform Neilyo Rogue Hunter Druid Paladin Mage Warrior Mage Hunter	3	1	Neilyo
October 29, 2015 - 16:00 PDT
LoveCX LoveCX Neilyo Paladin Paladin Warlock Hunter Paladin Hunter Druid Hunter Druid Warrior	2	3	Neilyo
October 30, 2015 - 11:00 PDT
Ostkaka Ostkaka Hotform Mage Druid Mage Mage Rogue Mage Warrior Rogue	3	1	Hotform
October 31, 2015 - 10:40 PDT
Neilyo Neilyo Hotform Warrior Mage Paladin Druid Hunter Rogue Warrior Druid Warrior Rogue	2	3	Hotform

Group D[edit]

Group D
October 28 - 31, 2015October 28 - 31, 2015
1.	Zihao	2-0	6-4
2.	Pinpingho	2-1	8-5
3.	PurpleDrank	1-2	5-8
4.	Neirea	0-2	4-6

Match List
October 28, 2015 - 12:00 PDT
PurpleDrank PurpleDrank Pinpingho Druid Hunter Mage Druid Mage Hunter Mage Shaman	1	3	Pinpingho
October 29, 2015 - 12:00 PDT
Neirea Neirea Zihao Paladin Shaman Druid Paladin Druid Shaman Druid Hunter Mage Hunter	2	3	Zihao
October 29, 2015 - 17:00 PDT
PurpleDrank PurpleDrank Neirea Druid Mage Mage Mage Rogue Druid Mage Paladin Rogue Paladin	3	2	Neirea
October 30, 2015 - 12:00 PDT
Pinpingho Pinpingho Zihao Hunter Paladin Druid Shaman Hunter Hunter Hunter Shaman Shaman Shaman	2	3	Zihao
October 31, 2015 - 11:15 PDT
PurpleDrank PurpleDrank Pinpingho Mage Druid Mage Hunter Rogue Shaman Druid Shaman	1	3	Pinpingho

Playoffs[edit]

Bracket[edit]

Quarterfinals

ThijsNL

3

Kranich

2

Ostkaka

3

Pinpingho

1

Zihao

1

Kno

3

Zoro

2

Hotform

3

Semifinals

ThijsNL

2

Ostkaka

3

Kno

2

Hotform

3

Finals

Ostkaka

3

Hotform

0

Showmatch[edit]

Showmatch (Bo5)

Daniel

3

ElkY

1

Distribution[edit]

HCT Region
Country
Show All

Americas

Europe

China

Asia-Pacific

Groupstage

4

Quarterfinals

1

2

3

Semifinals

1

2

1

Finals

1

Champion

1

Americas

Europe

China

Asia-Pacific

Groupstage

2

1

4

1

Quarterfinals

1

2

1

Semifinals

1

Finals

1

Champion

1

Gallery[edit]

External Links[edit]

References[edit]

2015 Hearthstone World Championship

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