Esports Media Guide OPENING WEEK ESPORTS SCHEDULE (OCTOBER 26-31) BlizzCon is home to major international tournaments for all of Blizzard’s esports titles. This year, those tournaments include Hearthstone World Championship, Heroes of the Storm Fall Championship, Overwatch World Cup, StarCraft II World Championship Series Global Finals, and World of Warcraft Arena World Championship. OPENING WEEK Throughout the course of the year, the best of the best have battled it out across the globe to earn their coveted seats at BlizzCon. The esports action kicks off with Opening Week from October 26-31, where teams will fight against their global rivals in hopes of climbing to the grand finals of their respective esports at BlizzCon November 4-5. ALL OF THE ACTION DURING OPENING WEEK (OCTOBER 26-31) WILL BE STREAMED LIVE AND FREE OF CHARGE ON BLIZZCON.COM, TWITCH.TV AND MLG.TV, AS DETAILED BELOW: Times listed are PDT 10/26 10/27 10/28 10/29 10/30* 10/31 WoW Arena 11:00 a.m. Heroes 9:00 a.m. 9:00 a.m. 9:00 a.m. Overwatch 12:00 p.m. 12:00 p.m. 12:00 p.m. Hearthstone 9:00 a.m. 9:00 a.m. 9:00 a.m. 9:00 a.m. 9:00 a.m. StarCraft II 8:30 a.m. 8:30 a.m. 8:30 a.m. 9:30 a.m. *Daylight Savings Time ends in the EU. 2016 BlizzCon Esports Media Guide — 2 BLIZZCON ESPORTS SCHEDULE (NOVEMBER 4-5) FRIDAY: NOVEMBER 4, 2016 SATURDAY: NOVEMBER 5, 2016 World of Warcraft & Hearthstone World of Warcraft & Hearthstone StarCraft II StarCraft II Overwatch Arena Heroes of the Storm Tournament Overwatch Arena Heroes of the Storm Tournament Tournament Arena Tournament Arena --- HALL C --- Tournament Stage Stage --- HALL C --- Tournament Stage Stage --- THE ARENA --- --- THE ARENA --- --- HALL B --- --- HALL A --- --- HALL B --- --- HALL A --- Time Time 9:00 WoW Arena World 9:00 9:15 Championship – 9:15 9:30 Venue Opens 9:30am Group A Elimination Venue Opens 9:30am Arena Opens 9:30am 9:30 Venue Opens 9:30am Arena Opens 9:30am 9:45 9am-10am 9:45 10:00 WoW Arena World 10:00 Overwatch World Cup - Bronze 10:15 Championship – 10:15 Medal Match WoW Arena World 10:30 Group B Elimination 10:30 10am-11am Championship – Finals 10:45 10am-11am 10:45 Hearthstone World 10:00am-11:30am 11:00 11:00 Overwatch World Cup - Finals Championship – 11:15 11:15 Preshow Semifinal #1 Simulcast Opening Ceremony: 11am-12pm 11:30 11:30 10:30am-12pm 11:45 11:45 StarCraft II Exhibition Overwatch World Cup – Hearthstone StarCraft II WCS Global Finals 11:15am-12:30pm 12:00 Preshow WoW Arena World 12:00 Preshow – Preshow 12pm-12:15pm Championship – Hearthstone World 12pm-12:30pm 12:15 Group A Decider 12:15 Heroes of the Storm Championship – Hearthstone World Overwatch World Cup - Finals 12:30 12pm-1pm 12:30 Fall Championship – Semifinal #2 Overwatch World Cup – Championship – 11:30am-2:15pm 12:45 12:45 Semifinal #1 12pm-1:30pm Quarterfinal #1 Quarterfinal #1 StarCraft II WCS Global Finals StarCraft II WCS Global Finals 1:00 WoW Arena World 1:00 12pm-2pm 12:15pm-1:45pm 12:15pm-1:30pm – Quarterfinal #1 – Semifinal #1 1:15 Championship – 1:15 12:30pm–2pm 12:30pm-2pm 1:30 Group B Decider 1:30 Hearthstone Finals Hearthstone World 1:45 1pm-2pm 1:45 Preshow Championship – 2:00 2:00 Overwatch World Cup – WoW Arena World Quarterfinal #2 2:15 2:15 Quarterfinal #2 Championship – 1:30pm-2:45pm StarCraft II WCS Global Finals StarCraft II WCS Global Finals Heroes of the Storm Hearthstone World 2:30 1:45pm-3:15pm Semifinal #1 2pm-3pm – Quarterfinal #2 2:30 – Semifinal #2 Fall Championship – Championship – Finals 2:45 2pm–3:30pm 2:45 2pm-3:30pm 3:00 3:00 Semifinal #2 2pm-3:45pm WoW Arena World 3:15 3:15 2pm-4pm Championship – Semifinal 3:30 Hearthstone 3:30 StarCraft II WCS Global Finals Overwatch World Cup – #2 3pm-4pm 3:45 Exhibition 3:45 – Championship Preshow Quarterfinal #3 StarCraft II WCS Global Finals 4:00 2:45pm-5pm 4:00 3:15pm-4:45pm – Quarterfinal #3 4:15 Heroes of the Storm 4:15 3:30pm–5pm 4:30 Fall Championship – 4:30 4:45 Group A Elimination 4:45 Heroes of the Storm StarCraft II WCS Global Finals 4pm - 5:30pm Hearthstone Preshow Fall Championship – 5:00 Overwatch World Cup – 5:00 – Championship 5:15 5:15 Finals Quarterfinal #4 Hearthstone World StarCraft II WCS Global Finals 4pm-6:30pm 5:30 5:30 4pm-6:30pm 4:45pm-6:15pm Championship – – Quarterfinal #4 5:45 Heroes of the Storm 5:45 Quarterfinal #3 5pm–6:30pm 6:00 Fall Championship – 6:00 5:15pm-6:30pm 6:15 Group B Elimination 6:15 6:30 5:30pm-7pm 6:30 Overwatch World Cup – Hearthstone World 6:45 6:45 Semifinal #1 Championship – 7:00 7:00 6:15pm-7:45pm Quarterfinal #4 StarCraft II Exhibition 7:15 Heroes of the Storm 7:15 6:30pm-7:45pm 6:45pm–8pm 7:30 Fall Championship – 7:30 Closing Ceremony Simulcast: 6:30pm-9pm 7:45 Group A Decider 7:45 8:00 7pm-8:30pm 8:00 Overwatch World Cup – 8:15 8:15 Semifinal #2 8:30 8:30 7:45pm-9:15pm Hearthstone 8:45 8:45 Heroes of the Storm Fall Exhibition 9:00 9:00 Championship – Group B 7:45pm-10pm Overwatch World Cup – 9:15 Decider 9:15 Post-show 8:30pm-10pm 9:30 9:30 9:45 9:45 10:00 Show Closes: 10pm 2016 BlizzCon Esports Media Guide — 3 OPENING WEEK SCHEDULE: Matches begin at 11 a.m. PDT Friday, October 28 The following matches will be hosted on the Blizzcon World of Warcraft Tournament Stage, Hall B. Friday, November 4 WORLD OF WARCRAFT ARENA » 9:00 a.m. – Group A Elimination WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP (Venue opens at 9:30 a.m.) » 10:00 a.m. – Group B Elimination After successfully making it through their » 12:00 p.m. – Group A Decider respective Regional tournaments, the top eight World of Warcraft Arena teams from around the » 1:00 p.m. – Group B Decider world are traveling to BlizzCon to compete for » 2:00 p.m. – Semifinal #1 their share of a prize pool of $250,000. This year’s » 3:00 p.m. – Semifinal #2 teams include three apiece from Europe and North Saturday, November 5 America, plus one each from China and KR/TW. » 10:00 a.m. – Finals Ahead of the Grand Finals at BlizzCon 2016, the top eight World of Warcraft Arena teams will battle it out during Opening Week in a best-of- CLICK BELOW FOR MORE WORLD OF WARCRAFT five format. The Grand Finals will ramp up the ARENA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP competition with best-of-seven bouts. VIEW PHOTOS MORE INFO The first battle of each match will be fought in Nagrand Arena, and thereafter the losing team WATCH A LIVE STREAM OF THE EVENT will choose an eligible map for the next game. BLIZZCON.COM TWITCH.TV MLG.TV Battles will end when one team is eliminated or when 25 minutes have elapsed. PRIZE POOL DISTRIBUTION $250,000 1ST: $120,000 5TH – 6TH: $12,000 2ND: $50,000 7TH – 8TH: $8,000 3RD – 4TH: $20,000 2016 BlizzCon Esports Media Guide — 4 Longzhu Gaming (TW/KR) Panda Gaming (China) Shipit Hwan Park Darkarchonyo Jusi Bai Shotky Jongmun Shin Dou Guangyu Zhao VITDUBU Jin Hyung Park Soo PPcat Pan Yan Sagiy Dongjian Fu Method (Europe) Panda Global (North America) Chas Josef Stoianov CMG Ethan Gibeaut Froffsy Thomas Pullen Jax Kyle Keller Nolifer Youness Dorqoch Rubcub Andrew Woods Praii TRimo Gruneisen Wealthyman Marcel Rodriquez Method (North America) Splyce (Europe) Bean Michael Gyure Boetar Simon Heinks Cdew Charles Dewland Fabss Fabio Nardelli Smexxin Nick Dalsoglio Swapxy René Pinker Snutz Kelvin Nguyen Northern Gaming Blue (Europe) Tempo Storm (North America) Minpojke Jonathan Andersson Chanimal Adam Chan Raiku Shaun Meaney Gorecki Ryan Hannan Whaazz Oscar Wulff Jahmilli Damon Bligh Zunniyaki Mathias Esterlechner Pikaboo Jason Smith 2016 BlizzCon Esports Media Guide — 5 OPENING WEEK SCHEDULE: Matches begin at 9 a.m. PDT Wednesday, October 26 Thursday, October 27 Friday, October 28 The following matches will be hosted in the Blizzcon Heroes of the Storm Tournament Stage, Hall B. HEROES OF THE STORM Friday, November 4 FALL CHAMPIONSHIP » 4:00 p.m. – Group A Elimination » 5:30 p.m. – Group B Elimination There’s a prize pool of $1,000,000 on the line in the Nexus, and after months of competition leading » 7:00 p.m. – Group A Decider up to this moment, the Heroes of the Storm Fall » 8:30 p.m. – Group B Decider Championship will culminate at BlizzCon. The 12 Saturday, November 5 qualifying teams will include the season’s winners » 12:00 p.m. – Semifinal #1 and runners-up from China and Korea; two Regional event winners each from Europe and North America; » 2:00 p.m. – Semifinal #2 and the winners from Australia/New Zealand, Latin » 4:00 p.m. – Finals America, South East Asia, and Taiwan. Qualifying teams will face off in a dual tournament CLICK BELOW FOR MORE group stage until only four remain. Then, when only HEROES OF THE STORM FALL CHAMPIONSHIP the best of the best are still standing, they’ll do battle in a single-elimination bracket until only the VIEW PHOTOS MORE INFO champions are left standing.