We finally have more concrete information about the first Halo World Championship! The first portion of the news is the announcement that the HWC prizepool has now moved up all the way to $1,700,000, pushing it into the top ten esports tournaments ranked by raw prize pool! Despite how amazing this news is, it’s not even the most important detail to be released today. That honor goes to the schedule and time frame for the tournament, which can be found below:
North American Schedule Dec 6th – Online Ladder Opened
Dec 20th – Online Qualifier
Jan 3rd – Online Qualifier
Jan 10th – Online Qualifier
Jan 16th Online Qualifier
Jan 17th – Online Qualifier
Jan 24th – Online Qualifier
Jan 31st – Online Qualifier
Feb 19th to 21st – North American Regional Finals
Mar 15th to 17th – Halo World Championship Preliminaries
Mar 19th to 20th – Halo World Championship Finals
Australian and New Zealand Schedule Dec 6th – Online Ladder Opened
Jan 2nd – Online Qualifier
Jan 3rd – Online Qualifier
Jan 9th – Online Qualifier
Jan 10th – Online Qualifier
Jan 16th Online Qualifier
Jan 17th – Online Qualifier
Jan 23rd – Online Qualifier
Jan 24th – Online Qualifier
Feb 6th to 7th – Australia and New Zealand Regional Finals
Mar 15th to 17th – Halo World Championship Preliminaries
Mar 19th to 20th – Halo World Championship Finals
Asia Schedule Dec 6th – Online Ladder Opened
Dec 19th – Online Qualifier
Dec 20th – Online Qualifier
Jan 2nd – Online Qualifier
Jan 3rd – Online Qualifier
Jan 9th – Online Qualifier
Jan 10th – Online Qualifier
Jan 16th Online Qualifier
Jan 30th to 31st – Asia Regional Finals
Mar 15th to 17th – Halo World Championship Preliminaries
Mar 19th to 20th – Halo World Championship Finals
United Kingdom Schedule Dec 6th – Online Ladder Opened
Dec 20th – Online Qualifier
Jan 3rd – Online Qualifier
Jan 6th – Online Qualifier
Jan 10th – Online Qualifier
Jan 16th to 17th – UK Regionals
Mar 15th to 17th – Halo World Championship Preliminaries
Mar 19th to 20th – Halo World Championship Finals
Europe and Africa Schedule Dec 6th – Online Ladder Opened
Dec 19th – Online Qualifier
Dec 20th – Online Qualifier
Jan 2nd – Online Qualifier
Jan 3rd – Online Qualifier
Jan 9th – Online Qualifier
Jan 10th – Online Qualifier
Jan 23rd – Live Qualifier (France)
Jan 24th – Live Qualifier (France)
Feb 6th to 7th – Europe, Middle Eastern and African Regionals
Feb 19th to 21st – North American Regional Finals
Mar 15th to 17th – Halo World Championship Preliminaries
Mar 19th to 20th – Halo World Championship Finals
Latin America Schedule Dec 6 – Online Ladders Begin
Dec 19th – Online Qualifier
Dec 20th – Online Qualifier
Jan 2nd – Online Qualifier
Jan 3rd – Online Qualifier
Jan 9th – Online Qualifier
Jan 10th – Online Qualifier
Jan 16th – Online Qualifier
Jan 17th – Online Qualifier
Jan 23rd – Online Qualifier
Jan 24th – Online Qualifier
Jan 30th – Online Qualifier
Jan 31st – Online Qualifier
Feb 13th to 14th – Latin America Regional Finals
Mar 15th to 17th – Halo World Championship Preliminaries
Mar 19th to 20th – Halo World Championship Finals
Full full information on the schedule and for sign ups, see the Waypoint post here!
