2016 Heroes of the Storm Gold Club World Championship

[e][h]2016 Heroes of the Storm Gold Club World Championship

League Information

Series:

GCWC

Gold Series

Organizers:

NetEase
Blizzard Entertainment

Server:

China

Type:

Offline

Location:

Beijing

Format:

Group Stage:
Round-Robin
Playoffs:
Double Elimination

Prize Pool:

$300,000 USD

Start Date:

2016-11-26

End Date:

2016-12-04

Teams:

8

Liquipedia Tier:

Tier 1

Links

Battlegrounds

Battlefield of Eternity • Blackheart's Bay • Cursed Hollow • Dragon Shire • Garden of Terror • Infernal Shrines • Sky Temple • Tomb of the Spider Queen • Towers of Doom • Braxis Holdout • Warhead Junction

Chronology

2016 Summer

2016 Grand Finals

2017 GCWC

The 2016 Heroes of the Storm Gold Club World Championship, or "GCWC", is a premier international invitational tournament jointly hosted by NetEase and Blizzard Entertainment. Between November 12 and December 4, battles will be waged by the top Heroes of the Storm teams from around the world as they vie for the coveted GCWC title and a share of the US$300,000 prize pool. The final stages of the tournament will be played at the Water Cube—also known as the National Aquatics Center—an impressive Beijing landmark originally built for the 2008 Olympics.

Information[edit]

Location[edit]

Water Cube, Beijing, China.

Prize Pool[edit]

300,000 USD is spread among the teams as seen below:

Format[edit]

Group Stage: Round Robin
- All matches are Bo2.
- Top 4 advance to Winners' Bracket of Playoffs.
- Bottom 4 advance to Losers' Bracket of Playoffs.
Playoffs: Double Elimination

Broadcast Talent[edit]

English Broadcast[edit]

Casters:
- Wolf (Wolf Schröder)
- Grubby (Manuel Schenkhuizen)
- Dreadnaught (Wade Penfold)
- DunkTrain (Derek Arabian)

Participating Teams[edit]

Ballistix²

1	Noblesse
2	sCsC
3	Jeongha
4	NaCHoJin
5	Swoy


BlizzCon Champion

Team Dignitas

1	Bakery
2	Atheroangel
3	Snitch
4	Mene
5	JayPL


EU Fall Champion

Astral Authority¹

1	CauthonLuck
2	Fury
3	cattlepillar
4	psalm
5	Jun


NA Fall Champion

MVP Black

1	Sake
2	merryday
3	KyoCha
4	Sign
5	Rich


KR Fall Runner-Up

ZeroPanda

1	melodyC
2	m
3	Six
4	sk
5	gemini


CN Summer Champion

Super Perfect Team

1	Misaka
2	Qianxiao
3	Liang
4	Aloof
5	Wings


CN Summer Runner-Up

MVP Miracle

1	CrazyMoving
2	Sniper
3	Darvish
4	Ttsst
5	Reset


Global Wildcard

eStar Gaming

1	Tiger
2	Tumi
3	XingC
4	Savage
5	Tao


Chinese Wildcard

¹ The roster of Murloc Geniuses is acquired by Astral Authority.

² The roster of L5 is acquired by Ballistix.

Results[edit]

Group Stage[edit]

Round Robin
1.	Ballistix	4-3-0	11-3
2.	MVP Black	5-1-1	11-3
3.	MVP Miracle	3-3-1	9-5
4.	ZeroPanda	3-1-3	7-7
5*.	Team Dignitas	1-4-2	6-8
6*.	Super Perfect Team	1-4-2	6-8
7.	eStar Gaming	0-4-3	4-10
8.	Astral Authority	0-2-5	2-12

*Dignitas won an offstream tie breaking match vs. Super Perfect Team for 5th place and the right to face Astral Authority in the lower bracket rather than eStar Gaming.
For detailed results click here.