2016 HCT - Americas Winter Championship

[e][h]2016 HCT - Americas Winter Championship

League Information

Series:

HCT

Organizer:

Blizzard Entertainment

Type:

Offline

Location:

Los Angeles

Format:

Group Stage:
Dual Tournament
Playoffs:
Single Elimination

Prize pool:

$80,000 USD

Start Date:

2016-03-11

End Date:

2016-03-13

Number of Players:

8

Liquipedia Tier:

Tier 1

Links

Chronology

Spring

2016 HCT - Americas Winter Championship is the first season of 2016 HCT series tournaments for Americas region.

Information[edit]

Location[edit]

TBA

Prize Pool[edit]

80,000 USD are spread among the players as seen below:

Place	$ USD	HCT Points	Player	Team
1st	$25,000		Amnesiac	Team Archon
2nd	$15,000	20	Nostam
3rd-4th	$10,000	15	AlSkyHigh
3rd-4th	$10,000	15	chessdude
5th-6th	$5,000	10	Talion
5th-6th	$5,000	10	Snail
7th-8th	$5,000	10	Chakki	Team Dignitas
7th-8th	$5,000	10	wtybill

Format[edit]

General: Best of 5, "Conquest" with 1 ban format
Group Stage: Dual Tournament
- Top 2 from each group advance to Playoffs.
Playoffs: Single Elimination
- Season champion will be invited to Global Finals at 2016 BlizzCon directly and will get 30 HCT Points.

Broadcast Talent[edit]

Commentators:
- Whirthun (Robert Wing)
- Reynad (Andrey Yanyuk)
- Azumo (TJ Sanders)
- Songbird (Cora Georgiou)
- Savjz (Janne Mikkonen)
- Sottle (Simon Welch)
- Frodan (Dan Chou)

Participants[edit]

Top 8 of Preliminary
Nostam	wtybill	chessdude	Chakki
Snail	AlSkyHigh	Talion	Amnesiac

Fibonacci was unable to attend and has been replaced by Nostam.

Results[edit]

Group Stage[edit]

Group A[edit]

Group A
March 11th, 2016March 11th, 2016
1.	Nostam	2-0	6-1
2.	Amnesiac	2-1	6-7
3.	Talion	1-2	7-8
4.	Chakki	0-2	3-6

Match List
Chakki Chakki Nostam Druid Warrior Druid Shaman Shaman Druid Druid Druid	1	3	Nostam
Amnesiac Amnesiac Talion Warrior Warlock Rogue Warlock Paladin Warlock Paladin Mage Paladin Warrior	3	2	Talion
Nostam Nostam Amnesiac Druid Druid Warrior Druid Warlock Rogue	3	0	Amnesiac
Chakki Chakki Talion Warlock Druid Druid Druid Shaman Warrior Shaman Druid Shaman Warlock	2	3	Talion
Amnesiac Amnesiac Talion Rogue Mage Warrior Warlock Warrior Mage Druid Mage Druid Warrior	3	2	Talion

Group B[edit]

Group B
March 11th, 2016
1.	AlSkyHigh	2-0	6-2
2.	chessdude	2-1	7-6
3.	Snail	1-2	4-7
4.	wtybill	0-2	4-6

Match List
wtybill wtybill AlSkyHigh Warrior Paladin Mage Paladin Druid Paladin Druid Warrior Druid Warlock	2	3	AlSkyHigh
chessdude chessdude Snail Rogue Warrior Rogue Mage Mage Mage Mage Paladin	1	3	Snail
Snail Snail AlSkyHigh Warrior Warlock Warrior Paladin Warrior Druid	0	3	AlSkyHigh
wtybill wtybill chessdude Warlock Rogue Warlock Warrior Warlock Mage Mage Mage Druid Mage	2	3	chessdude
Snail Snail chessdude Mage Rogue Paladin Rogue Paladin Mage Druid Druid	1	3	chessdude

Playoffs[edit]

Semifinals

AlSkyHigh

1

Amnesiac

3

Nostam

3

chessdude

2

Finals