News
Eight players will duke it out for the 2023 crown!
Blizzard has officially revealed the lineup for the Hearthstone World Championship 2023 event! Read on for the schedule, prize pool, format, where to watch the event, list of players, how they qualified, and more.
PocketTrain wins Hearthstone World Championship 2023!
“I’m scared to go to sleep because if I wake up, it won’t be real.”
Amy Chen
Hearthstone World Championship 2023
This year’s Hearthstone World Championship will kick off on Dec. 16 at 9 a.m. PDT and run through Dec. 17. It will feature eight players bringing four decks into fray and best-of-five matches. A prize pool of $350,000 USD will also be at stake.
Where to watch and what to expect
The tournament will be played online and livestreamed on Hearthstone’sTwitchandYouTubechannels. The Hearthstone World Championship will also feature two dual elimination groups. Two players with two match wins before two match losses in their group will earn a place in the semifinals. The winners of the semifinal matches will then face off in the grand finals.
On Dec. 8, Blizzard revealedpatch 28.2.1as a balance update for the 2023 Hearthstone World Championship. Notably, the patch nerfed Sif Mage and Enrage Warrior. It also buffed some underperforming deck archetypes alongside Excavate Treasure buffs.
Related articles
Hearthstone World Championship 2023 players
Ahead of the tournament, Blizzard also revealed the list of competitors. These include PocketTrain, gyu, Lev “levik” Merkulov, uikyou, Tom “Meati” Wayland, hemlock, Franjo “reqvam” Blažević, and CJKaka.
Levik wins Hearthstone Masters Tour Spring Championship!
Levik completed his to-do list at the Hearthstone Masters Tour Spring Championship by winning the tournament! Here’s how he reached the top!
Hearthstone Worlds 2023
These players earned a spot in the 2023 Hearthstone World Championship by fighting their way to the top on ladder and through events throughout the year. Gyu and PocketTrain, for example, won the Masters Tour Summer Championship and Masters Tour Fall Championship respectively. Meanwhile, uikyou and CJKaka secured spots by dueling and earning points on the Hearthstone ladder.
That’s all for now. Stick around on esports.gg for morenews and updates!
