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

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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