SMITE World Championship 2016

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SMITE World Championship 2016
Tournament Information
Organizer	Hi-Rez Studios
Sponsor(s)	XBOX One Alienware Curse Intel Logitech G ViewSonic City of Alpharetta DXRacer FACEIT Internap Scuf Gaming Azubu Hitpoint Battle & Brew
Format	Group Stage Knockout Stage
Prize Pool	$ 1,000,000
NumberofTeams	10
Links	Website
Location & Dates
Type	Offline
Tier	Premier
Platform	PC
Country	United States
Location	Atlanta
Venue	Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre
Start Date	2016-01-07
End Date	2016-01-10
Results
Winner	Epsilon eSports
Second	Enemy
Third	Cloud9 Paradigm

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

The SMITE World Championship Format

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:

Tournament MVP

Player	KDA	Most Played Gods
Yammyn	5.95	Isis  Medusa  Zeus

Participants

Qualifications
Region	Seed	Team	Qualification Date	Qualification Path
Oceania	1	Avant Garde	2015-10-31	OCE Regional Championship
Latin America	1	Isurus Gaming	2015-11-07	LatAm Regional Championship
Brazil	1	paiN Gaming	2015-11-281	Brazil Regional Championship
North America	1	Cloud9	2015-11-19 (Q) 2015-11-22 (Seed)	NA Regional Championship
	2	Enemy
Europe	1	Paradigm	2015-11-20 (Q) 2015-11-22 (Seed)	EU Regional Championship
	2	Epsilon eSports
Wildcard	3	Fnatic	2015-11-21	NA/EU Wildcard Tournament
China	1	Oh My God B	2015-11-27	China Regional Championship
	2	Qiao Gu Reapers
Notes
1 The Brazil Regional Championship was postponed from November 14th to November 28th, due to a fire near the venue where the event was going to be held.

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Player Chart

Avant Garde
Sporks
Rowe
Ochita
Subfloor
Biggy
CaptCoach

Cloud9
Baskin
andinster
MLCSt3alth
BaRRaCCuDDa
JeffHindla
Hurriwind

Enemy
saltmachine
Adjust
Khaos
Vetium
PainDeViande
Draylo

Epsilon eSports
Dimi
Adapting
Yammyn
emilitoo
iRaffer
YOUNGBAE

Fnatic
maniaKK
CaptainTwig
Zyrhoes
Realzx
Badgah
Krett

Isurus Gaming
N0zwer
Onur
AW4RNSS
extt
Betony
Solana

Oh My God B
mmblydblk
BlueWhale
Bluefish
Luo
Santorsk1

paiN Gaming
Stalk3r
Madrugadão
SchultZen
Arkanjo
Nagare
Ryhu

Paradigm
Xaliea
QvoFred
Lawbster
Funballer
Trixtank
ImDazer

Qiao Gu Reapers
Mikasa
yuanqidai
Night
Master.lu
IF

Results

Placement Stage

Round 1

Epsil

1

ISG

0

paiN

1

OMG.B

0

NME

1

Av

0

Fnatic

1

QG

0

Losers' Bracket

ISG

0

OMG.B

1

Av

0

QG

1

Round 2

Epsil

1

paiN

0

NME

1

Fnatic

0

Group A
1.	Epsilon eSports				2-0
2.	paiN Gaming				1-1
3.	Oh My God B				1-1
4.	Isurus Gaming				0-2

[showhide] Group A Matches
Epsil	1	0	ISG
paiN	1	0	OMG.B
Epsil	1	0	paiN
ISG	0	1	OMG.B

Group B
1.	Enemy				2-0
2.	Fnatic				1-1
3.	Qiao Gu Reapers				1-1
4.	Avant Garde				0-2

[showhide] Group B Matches
NME	1	0	Av
Fnatic	1	0	QG
NME	1	0	Fnatic
Av	0	1	QG

Knockout Stage

Round 1

PDG

2

OMG.B

0

NME

2

paiN

0

C9

2

QG

0

Epsil

2

Fnatic

0

Round 2

PDG

1

NME

3

C9

2

Epsil

3

Round 3

NME

0

Epsil

3

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Streams

• Azubu
• Twitch
• YouTube
• Azubu
• Twitch
• YouTube

• Twitch
• Twitch (Latam)
• Twitch
• Twitch
• Longzhu
• DouyuTV

Radio/Audio Only

• Esportspedia

Location

Atlanta, Georgia
Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre
Photo by Wordpress

Schedule/VODs

[Show all Results]

• Placement Stage
• Quarterfinals
• Semifinals
• Grand Finals

TBDTBD - Thu 2016-01-07 16:0008:0017:0001:00[1] Epsilon eSportsIsurus Gaming1 - 03 - 0Thu 2016-01-07 16:3008:3017:3001:30[2][3] paiN GamingOh My God B1 - 03 - 0Thu 2016-01-07 17:3009:3018:3002:30[4][5] EnemyAvant Garde1 - 03 - 0Thu 2016-01-07 18:3010:3019:3003:30[6][7] FnaticQiao Gu Reapers1 - 03 - 0Thu 2016-01-07 19:3011:3020:3004:30[8][9] Epsilon eSportspaiN Gaming1 - 03 - 0Thu 2016-01-07 20:3012:3021:3005:30[10][11] EnemyFnatic1 - 03 - 0Thu 2016-01-07 21:3013:3022:3006:30[12][13] Isurus GamingOh My God B0 - 10 - 3Thu 2016-01-07 22:3014:3023:3007:30[14][15] Avant GardeQiao Gu Reapers0 - 10 - 3Thu 2016-01-07 23:3015:3000:3008:30[16][17]

ParadigmOh My God B2 - 03 - 0Fri 2016-01-08 16:1508:1517:1501:15[18][19][20][21] EnemypaiN Gaming2 - 03 - 0Fri 2016-01-08 18:1510:1519:1503:15[22][23][24][25] Cloud9Qiao Gu Reapers2 - 03 - 0Fri 2016-01-08 20:1512:1521:1505:15[26][27][28][29] Epsilon eSportsFnatic2 - 03 - 0Fri 2016-01-08 22:1514:1523:1507:15[30][31][32][33]

ParadigmEnemy1 - 30 - 3Sat 2016-01-09 16:1508:1517:1501:15[34][35][36][37][38][39] Cloud9Epsilon eSports2 - 30 - 3Sat 2016-01-09 20:4512:4521:4505:45[40][41][42][43][44][45]

EnemyEpsilon eSports0 - 30 - 3Sun 2016-01-10 20:4512:4521:4505:45[46][47][48][49]

Regional Distribution

• Teams
• Players

	Brazil	China	Europe	Latin America	North America	Oceania
Qualified	1 2 3 1 2 1
Quarterfinals	1 2 3 2
Semifinals	2 2
Finals	1 1
Winner	1

	Argentina	Australia	Brazil	Canada	China	Denmark	Germany	Netherlands	Norway	Portugal	South Korea	Sweden	United Kingdom	USA
Qualified	4 5 6 3 10 2 1 1 2 1 1 4 4 6
Quarterfinals	5 3 10 2 1 1 2 1 1 4 4 6
Semifinals	3 2 1 1 1 1 3 2 6
Finals	3 1 3 1 2
Winner	1 3 1

Additional Content

Articles

• Pre-November
• November
• December
• Jan 1-6
• Jan 7-11

• July 5th, Smite World Championship prize pool capped at $1 million by Andy Chalk on PC Gamer
• July 6th, Smite’s $1m Prize Pool Cap And What It Means For The Pro Scene by Philippa Warr on Rock Paper Shotgun
• July 14th, Hi-Rez Studios Announces the SMITE World Championship Presented By Xbox One by Hi-Rez Studios

• Novermber 2nd, Avant Garde takes 1st place and qualifies for the SWC after successful LAN by Hi-Rez Cooper on SMITE Pro
• Novermber 9th, Isurus emerge Latin American Champions by Hi-Rez Adanas on SMITE Pro
• Novermber 20th, Two Game 5 sets place Cloud9 and Enemy in the SMITE World Championships by Hi-Rez Cooper on SMITE Pro
• Novermber 21st, Epsilon Esports and Paradigm advance to SWC after 3-0 sweeps in Semi Finals by Hi-Rez Cooper on SMITE Pro
• Novermber 30th, INTZ E-Sports fails to re-qualify for SWC as paiN Gaming becomes Brazil Champions by Hi-Rez Cooper on SMITE Pro

• December 8th, Avant Garde looks to stay undefeated heading into the SMITE World Championship by Hi-Rez Cooper on SMITE Pro
• December 15th, Isurus and paiN Gaming hope to keep success in tough Placement Stage by Hi-Rez Cooper on SMITE Pro
• December 22nd, OMG.B and Qiao Gu Reapers primed to push China far at SWC by Hi-Rez Cooper on SMITE Pro
• December 29th, Europe has more opportunity at SWC with 3 representatives by Hi-Rez Cooper on SMITE Pro
• December 29th, World Champions and newcomers make up North America at SWC by Hi-Rez Cooper on SMITE Pro
• December 31st, World Championship 2016 Team Previews - Paradigm & Cloud9 by Sean Logsdon on Big Bad eSports

• January 4th, Smite World Championship 2016 Preview by Craig Ting on Fnatic
• January 4th, Smite World Championship 2016: Everything You Need to Know by Philippa Warr on Rock Paper Shotgun
• January 4th, Getting Ready for SMITE World Championship 2016 by David Piner on Ten Ton Hammer
• January 5th, SWC Team Previews - Enemy & Epsilon by Sean Logsdon on Big Bad eSports
• January 5th, SWC Team Preview – Fnatic by Sean Logsdon on Big Bad eSports
• January 5th, Hi-Rez Studios Releases Trailer for SMITE World Championship and Teases Playable Amaterasu Goddess by Nile Koegel on MXDWN Gaming
• January 6th, Smite World Championship preview, Australian team Avant Garde, how to watch, streaming link by Max Laughton on Fox Sports AU
• January 6th, The 2016 Smite World Championship kicks off tomorrow by Matthew Figueira on Lazygamer
• January 6th, The 2016 Smite World Championship Starts Tomorrow. Here's What To Expect. by Mike Fahey on Kotaku
• January 6th, SMITE World Championships Preview by Terry O'Brien on MMORPG

• January 7th, Smite World Championship 2016: what you need to know by Chris Thursten on PC Gamer
• January 8th, Breitbart Tech at the 'SMITE' World Championship: Meet the Teams by Nate Church on Breitbart
• January 9th, ‘SMITE’ World Championship Day 1: First Round Rumble by Nate Church on Breitbart
• January 10th, ‘SMITE’ World Championship Quarterfinals by Nate Church on Breitbart
• January 10th, ‘SMITE’ World Championship Semifinals by Nate Church on Breitbart
• January 10th, Epsilon take out Smite World Championship, win $500,000 by Chris Higgins on DailyDot
• January 10th, Smite has its new world champion by Chris Thursten on PC Gamer
• January 10th, Smite World Championship Winning Team Picks up $500,000 by Zorine Te on GameSpot
• January 10th, And The Smite World Championship 2016 Winners Are… by Philippa Warr on Rock Paper Shotgun

Interviews

• December

• December 11th, Realzx and Andinster excited to return to SMITE World Championship by Hi-Rez Studios
• December 18th, Interview with the Coach of OCE's Most Dominant Team, Avant Garde CaptCoach by Team Dignitas