Today, both the North American and United Kingdom played their first Online Qualifier tournament for the Halo World Championship. Despite its name, the tournament doesn’t actually award a spot in the final tournament, only Pro Points that contribute towards a spot at each region’s respective Regional Finals.
Both tournaments were single elimination and used their HWC open ladder for seeding. Both tournaments use the following breakdown for the awarding of Pro Points, however, the winners of the NA ladder also received $1,000.
1st – 5,000 Points 2nd – 3,000 Points 3rd/4th – 2,000 Points 5th to 8th – 1,500 Points 9th to 16th – 1,000 Points 17th to 32nd – 500 Points 33rd to 64th – 250 Points North American Results 1st – Evil Geniuses
2nd – Team EnVyUs
3rd/4th – Lets Get This/Former Velocity
3rd/4th – OverDrive
5th to 8th – Counter Logic Gaming
5th to 8th – Team Liquid
5th to 8th – Team Kinetic
5th to 8th – Noble eSports
9th to 14th – Without Warning
9th to 14th – Project Affliction
9th to 14th – NightCrawlers
9th to 14th – Allegiance eSports
9th to 14th – Visual
9th to 14th – Second Nature
The full MLG bracket can be found here. United Kingdom Results 1st – Epsilon eSports
2nd – Team Vibe
3rd/4th – exceL.Halo
3rd/4th – Last Second
5th to 8th – Infinity
5th to 8th – Infused Halo
5th to 8th – Curlypowe’s Team
5th to 8th – Rift.Halo
The full Gfinity bracket can be found here. The next Online Qualifier for both regions will be on
January 3rd. Hopefully the teams that didn’t do as well will be able to grind the ladder and get themselves a better seed!
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