Time moves quickly! The Hearthstone World Championship is almost upon us!

See the current standings here!

The long road to the World Championship is approaching its thrilling destination! The final, legendary leg of the Hearthstone World Championship begins on October 28 at 9:00 AM PDT, as part of BlizzCon’s Opening Week festivities. Sixteen of the best Hearthstone players in the world, hailing from the Americas, Europe, China and the Asia-Pacific region will be there.

These players battled their way through opponent after opponent to get here, proving themselves again and again, and now they stand at the threshold with the reward for all their effort in sight. It will take all of their will, wits, and Hearthstone skill to win the two-stage tournament that will decide who will be crowned 2015 Hearthstone World Champion and claim their share of the $250,000 prize pool!

Players

Representing the Americas

Representing Europe

Representing the Asia-Pacific region

Kranich Kno Neilyo Pinpingho

Representing China

LoveCX Zoro NoTomorrow DieMeng

Host

Rachel “Seltzer” Quirico

Casters

Dan “Frodan” Chou

Brian Kibler

Marcin “Gnimsh” Filipowicz

Robert “Whirthun” Wing

Janne “Savjz” Mikkonen

Jason “Amaz” Chan

Andrey “Reynad” Yanyuk

George "Hyped" Maganzini

Octavian "Kripparrian" Moroșan

Schedule

Group Stages:

16 players will throw down in four different groups. Two players advance from each group to form a Top 8 that will advance to the single-elimination bracket.

Dates: 10/28 – 10/31

Start time: 9:00 AM PDT/12:00 PM EST/5:00 PM CET

Single-elimination:

Eight players will come together and battle for the title of Hearthstone World Champion.

Dates: 11/06 – 11/07

Start time:

11/06: 11:45 AM PST

11/07: 10:30 AM PST

11/06 – 11/07

All of the card-slinging action can be seen live on the official Hearthstone twitch channel.

THE END IS COMING, and you won’t want to miss a second of the action! Whether in-person or via stream, be sure to tune in to the Hearthstone World Championship’s thrilling conclusion!