Over the last several weeks the best Hearthstone players from North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, and China have emerged from regional playoffs to claim their spots at the HCT Winter Championship. The four qualified players from each region will duke it out to decide who will take home the title of HCT Winter Champion, the lion’s share of a $250,000 prize pool, and a sizable portion of the 251 Hearthstone Competitive Points (CP) up for grabs.

Here are the 16 competitors from all four regions:

Americas

Mark "Ike" Eichner

Matt "noblord" Koutsoutis

Bobby "bobbyex" Du

Brian "bloodyface" Eason

Europe

Torben "Viper" Wahl Oldřich "Faeli" Mahdal

Fatih "ThunderUP" Akduman

Raphael "Bunnyhoppor" Peltzer

Asia-Pacific

Jiyong "Definition" Yoon

Luo "Roger" Shengyuan

Shuhei "Tansoku" Omura

Tyler 'Tyler' Hoang Nguyen

China

Zhe "GoeLionKing" Wang

Xu "LFYueying" Kai

Guan "SNJing" Zhendong

Zhao "Caimiao" Haixiao

If any of our Chinese representatives are unable to attend the HCT Winter Championship, you can find the three players on deck to replace them here.

The HCT Winter Championship will be broadcast live from Blizzard Arena Los Angeles. With the 2019 Overwatch League season occupying Studio 1, HCT Winter will be produced from Studio 5. While this section of Blizzard Arena is unable to accommodate a studio audience, we are excited for our players to compete in a live, face-to-face setting, and we can’t wait to put on a great show for viewers worldwide.

The HCT Winter Championship will begin with a double-elimination group stage, followed by a single-elimination playoff bracket. Each group will consist of four competitors, one from each region. Each match will be best-of-five using the Conquest format with one class ban, so each player must bring four decks. Groups will be seeded based on Playoff placements.

Broadcast Dates and Times:

Feb. 28–March 3 from 8:30 a.m.–8:30 p.m. PT daily

Broadcast Channel:

Keep a lookout for another opportunity to win some Hearthstone packs with Choose Your Champion, which will go live on Feb. 20, a week before HCT Winter begins.