The First Ever Heroes Of The Storm Global Championship Circuit Is Under Way

Last year at BlizzCon, Blizzard announced that they would be kicking off the first Heroes of the Storm Global Championship this year. With over $4 million on the line, players from Australia/New Zeland, China, Europe, Korea, Latin America, North America, Southeast Asia, and Taiwan will be competing in a seasonal tournament format.

The first qualifiers are currently getting underway and Blizzard has shared a breakdown of the Spring Global Championship and everything that will lead up to it. Dates and locations for the first set of regional events are as follows:

SPRING GLOBAL CHAMPIONSHIP EVENT

• Dates: April 1–3
• Location: Seoul, South Korea
• Partner: OGN
• Prize Pool: $500k USD
• Check back soon for more information

Australia/New Zealand – Season 1 Regional

• Dates: January 30 – February 28
• Location: Preliminaries online; Finals live streamed from Sydney, Australia
• Partner: ESL
• Prize Pool: $20k USD
• For more infomation check out our forum thread.

China – Gold League

• Dates: January 15–24
• Location: Shanghai, China
• Partner: NetEase / NeoTV
• Prize Pool: $100k USD*
• For more information, visit gold.blizzard.cn (Chinese)

Europe – Spring Regional

• Dates: March 5–6 (Finals)
• Location: Preliminaries online; Finals in Katowice, Poland
• Partner: ESL
• Prize Pool: $100k USD
• For more information, visit ESL Gaming

Korea – Super League

• Dates: January 12–March 20
• Location: Preliminaries online; Finals in Seoul, South Korea
• Partner: OGN
• Prize Pool: $200k USD
• For more information, visit PlayXP  (Korean)

Latin America – Copa America

• Dates: January 25–March 19
• Location: Preliminaries online; Finals in Brazil
• Partner: VIU / BRMA
• Prize Pool: $18.5k USD
• For more information, visit Viu Studio

North America – Spring Regional

• Dates: February 27–28 (Finals)
• Location: Preliminaries online; Finals in Los Angeles, California
• Partner: ESL
• Prize Pool: $100k USD
• Check back soon for more information

South East Asia – Spring Regional

• Dates: January 16–March 6
• Location: Preliminaries online and offline; SEA finals online, cast live from Singapore
• Partner: AsiaSoft
• Prize Pool: $22.5k USD*
• For more information, visit HeroesSEA

Taiwan – Spring Regional

• Dates: February 18–March 13
• Location: Preliminaries online; Finals in Taipei, Taiwan
• Partner: 4Gamers
• Prize Pool: $60k USD
• For more information, visit tw.battle.net  (Chinese)