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)
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