2016 ESL North America Spring Regional Championship

[e][h]2016 ESL North America Spring Regional Championship

League Information

Series:

HGC

Organizers:

Blizzard Entertainment
ESL

Type:

Offline

Location:

Burbank

Venue:

ESL Studio

Prize Pool:

$100,000 USD

Start Date:

2016-02-27

End Date:

2016-02-28

Liquipedia Tier:

Tier 1

Links

Winners

Teams

Number of Teams:

8

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

Chronology

2015 HWC

DreamHack - Austin 2016

Information[edit]

Location[edit]

ESL Studio, Burbank, California

Prize Pool[edit]

Top 2 will qualify for the 2016 Heroes of the Storm Spring Global Championship, and the winning team will skip the first group stage there. ^[1]

100,000 USD is spread among the players as seen below:

Place	$ USD	Qualified	Team
1st	$25,000		Cloud9
2nd	$20,000		Team Naventic
3rd-4th	$15,000	-	COGnitive Gaming
3rd-4th	$15,000	-	Tempo Storm
5th-6th	$7,500	-	King of Blades Alpha
5th-6th	$7,500	-	Team Blaze
7th-8th	$5,000	-	Panda Global
7th-8th	$5,000	-	Team Nom

Format[edit]

Group Stage: Dual Tournament
- All matches are Bo3.
- Top 2 of each group advance to Playoffs.
Playoffs: Single Elimination
- All matches are Bo3.
- Finals: The match is Bo5.

Broadcast Talent[edit]

Casters:
- SolidJakeGG (Jacob Kulinski)
- Zoia (Jared Eggleston)
- Dreadnaught (Wade Penfold)
- Gillyweed (Jaycie Gluck)

Host:
- Anna Prosser Robinson (Anna Prosser Robinson)

Observers:
- Broseidon (Cullen Pinney)
- miwa (Ji Yang)

Participating Teams[edit]

Cloud9

1	DunkTrain
2	KingCaffeine
3	iDream
4	k1pro
5	Arthelon


Qualifier #1

Team Naventic¹

1	McIntyre
2	erho
3	Zuna
4	Fan
5	Kenma


Qualifier #1

Tempo Storm

1	So1dier
2	Kaeyoh
3	Srey
4	Goku
5	Zixz


Qualifier #2

COGnitive Gaming

1	Faye
2	cattlepillar
3	Glaurung
4	CauthonLuck
5	iakona


Qualifier #2

Team Blaze

1	Yuuj
2	Kladeous
3	Batterry
4	Roflcopter
5	Dxn817


Qualifier #3

Panda Global

1	MichaelUdall
2	bigempct
3	psalm
4	bkid
5	akaface


Qualifier #3

King of Blades Alpha

1	FrozenX
2	Darkchimaera
3	TalkingTrees
4	Tomster
5	KilluZiioN


Invitational Qualifier

Team Nom

1	Deadlyice
2	Dayun
3	Kachi
4	Wrath
5	zugrug


Invitational Qualifier

¹ Team Naventic acquired bob ross fan club.

Results[edit]

Group Stage[edit]

Group A[edit]

Group A
February 27 - 28, 2016
1.	Team Naventic	2-0	4-1
2.	Tempo Storm	2-1	5-4
3.	King of Blades Alpha	1-2	4-4
4.	Panda Global	0-2	2-4

Match List
February 27, 2016 - 10:00 PST
TS	2 Tempo Storm Panda Global Infernal Shrines Tomb of the Spider Queen Battlefield of Eternity	1	PG
February 27, 2016 - 12:00 PST
NVT	2 Team Naventic King of Blades Alpha Blackheart's Bay Dragon Shire	0	KoBA
February 27, 2016 - 14:00 PST
PG	1 Panda Global King of Blades Alpha Battlefield of Eternity Cursed Hollow Infernal Shrines	2	KoBA
February 27, 2016 - 16:00 PST
TS	1 Tempo Storm Team Naventic Dragon Shire Tomb of the Spider Queen Battlefield of Eternity	2	NVT
February 28, 2016 - 11:40 PST
KoBA	1 King of Blades Alpha Tempo Storm Garden of Terror Infernal Shrines Towers of Doom	2	TS

Group B[edit]

Group B
February 27 - 28, 2016
1.	Cloud9	2-0	4-1
2.	COGnitive Gaming	2-1	5-3
3.	Team Blaze	1-2	4-5
4.	Team Nom	0-2	0-4

Match List
February 27, 2016 - 18:00 PST
COG	1 COGnitive Gaming Team Blaze Dragon Shire Blackheart's Bay Sky Temple	2	Blaze
February 27, 2016 - 20:00 PST
C9	2 Cloud9 Team Nom Towers of Doom Sky Temple	0	NOM
February 27, 2016 - 22:00 PST
COG	2 COGnitive Gaming Team Nom Towers of Doom Dragon Shire	0	NOM
February 28, 2016 - 10:00 PST
Blaze	1 Team Blaze Cloud9 Battlefield of Eternity Sky Temple Tomb of the Spider Queen	2	C9
February 28, 2016 - 13:30 PST
COG	2 COGnitive Gaming Team Blaze Cursed Hollow Sky Temple Battlefield of Eternity	1	Blaze