The Hearthstone 2020 World Championship is all set to begin the matches tomorrow. Eight of the best players in the world will have a chance at the $500,000 prize pool and join the Hall of Champions. Matches will start on December 12 at 11:00 AM EST with the Championship match on December 13.
So, how do you watch this exciting tournament?
The good news is that it’s pretty simple. All you have to do is go to the official Hearthstone YouTube channel here. That’s right! It’s that simple. But this is the English language stream. For the official steam, the casters are:
- TJ “Azumo” Sanders
- Darroch “Darroch” Brown
- Dan “Frodan” Chou
- Jia “Jia” Dee
- Alex “Raven” Baguley
- Simon “Sottle” Welch
If you know someone who wants a non-English stream, don't worry. There are different channels for that. They can watch the matches here:
Tournament Format
The tournament will follow a 4-deck and Bo5 Conquest with a ban. The Group Stage will divide the players into two groups of four players. All matches are Bo5 with the top two from each group moving to the Playoffs. The Playoffs are a Single Elimination format with all matches in Bo5.
The prize pool is $500,000 and divided as follows:
- Rank 1: $200,000
- Rank 2: $100,000
- Rank 3: $50,000
- Rank 4: $50,000
- Rank 5: $25,000
- Rank 6: $25,000
- Rank 7: $25,000
- Rank 8: $25,000
Competitors
Here are the players:
- The Veteran: Luna “bloodyface” Eason
- Region: Americas
- Ratings
- Speed of Play: 3/5
- Hand-Reading: 4/5
- Class Variation: 5/5
- The Comedian: Jerome “Monsanto” Faucher
- Region: Americas
- Ratings
- Speed of Play: 2/5
- Hand-Reading: 4/5
- Class Variation: 3/5
- The Rising Thai: Poramet “Bankyugi” Putchakan
- Region: Asia-Pacific
- Ratings
- Speed of Play: 3/5
- Hand-Reading: 4/5
- Class Variation: 4/5
- The Noble: Kenta “Glory” Sato
- Region: Asia-Pacific
- Ratings
- Speed of Play: 3/5
- Hand-Reading: 4/5
- Class Variation: 3/5
- The Lion’s Pride: Fan “Syf” Yilun
- Region: China
- Ratings
- Speed of Play: 3/5
- Hand-Reading: 3/5
- Class Variation: 4/5
- The Trailblazer: Wu “XiaoT” Jiwei
- Region: China
- Ratings
- Speed of Play: 3/5
- Hand-Reading: 5/5
- Class Variation: 5/5
- The Inevitable: Jaromir “Jarla” Vyskocil
- Rating: Europe
- Ratings
- Speed of Play: 1/5
- Hand-Reading: 4/5
- Class Variation: 4/5
- The Headliner: Vladislav “SilverName” Sinotov
- Region: Europe
- Ratings
- Speed of Play: 4/5
- Hand-Reading: 4/5
- Class Variation: 2/5
The groups have been revealed and they are:
- Group A
- bloodyface
- XiaoT
- Jarla
- glory
- Group B
- Bankyugi
- Monsanto
- SilverName
- iG.Syf
So, what do you think? Who’s your bet to become the Hearthstone World Champion?
