SMITE World Championship 2016

The SMITE World Championship 2016 is an event held by Hi-Rez Studios to finish off the official eSports season during January 7–10, 2016. The best teams from North America, Europe, China, Oceania, Brazil and Latin America compete in order to determine the best team in the world during Season 2.

Overview
This event will be held at the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre in Atlanta, GA.

Format

 * Placement Stage
 * Eight teams are placed into a double elimination bracket
 * The top 6 teams advance to the Knockout Stage
 * All matches are Best-of-1
 * Knockout Stage
 * Eight team, Single Elimination Bracket
 * The #1 seeds from NA & EU receive a bye into the Quarterfinals.
 * The teams qualified from the Placement Stage are placed into the Quarterfinals
 * Quarterfinals & 3rd place match are Best-of-3
 * Semifinals & Grand Finals are Best-of-5

Talent Lineup

 * Kelly "HiRezKelly" Link - Host
 * Sean Charles - Host
 * Bart "HiRezBart" Koenigsberg - Caster
 * Brandon "dmbrandon" Nance - Caster
 * Thom "F." Badinger - Caster
 * Graham "Hinduman" Hadfield - Caster
 * Steven "Zapman" Zapas - Caster
 * Maxwell "Aror" Jackson - Caster
 * Alexander "HughZ" Hughes - Caster
 * Warren "Fats" Blake - Caster
 * Alex "Goldenboy" Mendez - Host/Analyst
 * Kevin "Adanas" Meier - Analyst
 * Riley "Incon" Unzelman - Analyst
 * Anatoliy "AnatoLiy" Alekseyenok - Analyst
 * Nate "Ataraxia" Mark - Analyst
 * Gianlucca "qe3q" Sever - Analyst

Prize Pool
$1,000,000 USD is spread among the teams as follows:

Placement Stage
[8DE6Qual]

Knockout Stage
[8SE]

Streams

 * usukAzubu
 * usukTwitch
 * usukYouTube
 * 🇧🇷 brazilAzubu
 * 🇧🇷 brazilTwitch
 * 🇧🇷 brazilYouTube


 * 🇪🇸 spainTwitch
 * 🇪🇸 spainTwitch (Latam)
 * frTwitch
 * frTwitch
 * 🇨🇳 chinaLongzhu
 * 🇨🇳 chinaDouyuTV

Radio/Audio Only

 * usuk Esportspedia

Schedule/VODs
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