While competitive Arena of Valor only just finished enjoying the largest event of the year, the AoV World Cup 2021, there’s still some awesome events on the horizon. Indeed, when taking a look at the sister Chinese version of the title, the HoK World Champions Cup 2021 is equally epic.
Read on for all the viewership details you need for this event!
Event Background
In terms of background, this event is the sixth iteration of the yearly Champions Cup tournament. Accordingly, this means that the event has taken place every year since 2016.
Similar to other tournaments such as The International, the prize pool has steadily increased each year. For 2021, a prize pool of ¥50,000,000 is live while the Grand Final will be held on August 28th at the National Olympic Center! As you can tell, this year Tencent Games are stepping things up.
In order to participate at this event, only the best Chinese KoG teams have earned a spot. Indeed, all 12 teams will compete at multiple locations in offline environments. Notably, the tournament will move from Shanghai, Nanjing, Chongqing, Qingdao, Wuhan and Beijing at stages in the tournament.
With regards to competitors, feel free to discover the talented line-ups attending below:
- Hero JiuJing – KPL Spring Champion
- AG Super Play – Champion Cup Points
- Douyu Gaming – Champions Cup Points
- Ghost Owl Gaming – Phase 1 Qualifier
- QG Happy – Phase 1 Qualifier
- TOP Esports – Phase 1 Qualifier
- eStar Pro – Phase 1 Qualifier
- Gank Gaming – Phase 2 Qualifier
- Talent Gaming – Phase 2 Qualifier
- Mighty Tiger Gaming – Phase 2 Qualifier
- WanZhen Esports Club – Phase 2 Qualifier
- Rogue Warriors – Phase 2 Qualifier
Prize pool and regional dominance are on the line. Also,the MVP player will earn their very own FMVP Series Skin. All the action looks to last one month from 28th July to 28th August.
Format
It’s quite a special format for this event, as each stage will be played at a different arena.
To begin with, the Group Stage kicks off on July 28th at Nanjing with the first week of Group Stage. After this, the second week will be played at Chongqing. Here, all 12 teams are placed into two groups to play Single Round Robin.
After 30 matches of BO5 games, the top 4 team from each group will progress to the knockout stage. Here are the groups:
- Group A – AG Super Play, Douyu Gaming, Ghost Owl Gaming, Mighty Tiger Gaming, Rogue Warriors, Talent Gaming
- Group B – eStar Pro, Gank Gaming, Hero JiuJing, QG Happy, TOP Esports, WanZhen Esports Club
Furthermore, comes the Knockout stages at 3 different cities:
- QuarterFinals – August 12-15th – Qingdao
- Semifinals – August 21-22nd – Wuhan
- Grand Finals – August 28th
The Knockout Stage will involve a single-elimination bracket, where each match will be played in a BO7.
Schedule for the HoK World Champions Cup 2021
In terms of schedule, we highly recommend tuning in to the Huya page for the event where the event will be streamed on the mentioned games of competition.
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Predictions for the HoK World Champions Cup 2021
Depending ont he seeds, there are plenty of predictions to make. Accordingly, yes you can take a look at last year’s performances, but more relevant are the Honor of Kings World Champion Cup Points which teams earned throughout the entire season.
Let’s see how the top 10 stack up on the leaderboard:
- Hero Jiujing – direct seed earned after winning Spring 2021
- AG Super Play – 16
- Douya Gaming – 16
- Talent Gaming – 14
- eStar Pro – 9
- QG Happy – 8
- LGD Goose – 8
- TOP Esports – 6
- Weibo Gaming – 6
- Gank Gaming 5
Bearing everything in mind, this looks to be an awesome event.
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