The 2018 Halo World Championship Finals Begin Today
By Nicholas Barth ·
The biggest event in Halo esports will be taking place this weekend with 16 teams battling it out for their share of the impressive prize pool.
The 2018 Halo World Championship Finals have begun as 16 of the best teams in the world will be competing for the lion's share of the $1,000,000 prize pool. The crown jewel of Halo esports is taking place at the CenturyLink Field Event Center in Seattle, Washington and will be taking place between Thursday, April 13th to Sunday, April 15th.
All 16 teams that qualified for the World Championship did so through international LAN qualifiers. Seven of the teams qualified through various events in the past few months, while the final nine made their way into the Finals with their performances at the recent MLG Columbus event. A round-robin group stage will begin the tournament action. The top two teams from each of the four groups will advance to the championship bracket. Each of the final eight teams in the championship bracket will compete in a double elimination format to decide who will be crowned world champions.
The wait is over, the time has come - the Halo World Championship 2018 Finals begin now. $1,000,000 and esports glory is on the line. Catch the action live all weekend on https://t.co/v27zfREXwH, https://t.co/Q5p0MNevGx, https://t.co/W75fhGdwNv, & https://t.co/hz1kKzE8JM! #HaloWC
— Halo Esports #HaloWC (@HCS) April 13, 2018
The groups for the event are as follows:
Group A
Splyce
Str8 Rippin
Fable Esports
Psychotic Gaming
Group B
Tox
Renegades
Wise Gaming
Mindfreak
Group C
Team Reciprocity
Oxygen Sumpremacy
Team Infused
Myztro Gaming
Group D
Team EnVyUs
Elevate
Vexed Gaming
Team Immunity
Mixer, Twitch, MLG and Twitter will be the four platforms broadcasting the 2018 Halo World Championship Finals. Along with the main streams, secondary broadcasts will also be made available in order for fans to have the chance to catch the action of every match going on this weekend. Today's action is currently underway and is expected to run for close to 10 hours. Saturday, April 14th will be running from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. PST. The Championship action on Sunday will begin at 11:00 a.m. PST.
Paul "Snakebite" Duarte, Matthew "Royal2", Bradley "Frosty" Bergstorm and Tony "LethuL" Campbell Jr. are the two time defending champions and will be looking to take home their third straight championship. However, Splyce is the team that everyone has as their favorite going into the Finals with their impressive victories at MLG Orlando and Columbus.
(cover photo courtesy of Halo Waypoint)