By SMITE
Although we’re only about halfway through Season 6, it’s time to start looking forward to the 2019 SMITE World Championship! This November, we will be returning to DreamHack Atlanta as part of the Hi-Rez Expo — where our top teams from all over the world will hit the Battleground to fight for glory and more than $1,000,000 between PC and console. Many will enter, but only one team will walk away as the Season 6 SMITE World Champions!
This post will cover all the details you need regarding SWC 2019 at DreamHack Atlanta — including format, participating teams, and match schedules. We’ll also go over information regarding the placement round for this event, which will happen a week before Hi-Rez Expo kicks off.
SMITE Console World Championship 2019
Before the Placement Round bracket, we will hold three matches which will serve as a dedicated SMITE Console World Championship, and will offer console players a prize pool that’s separate from the overall DreamHack Atlanta prize pool. The two final teams will move on in the Placement Round bracket and potentially qualify for the World Championship playoffs at DreamHack Atlanta.
Sunday, November 3rd
- Match 1: Xbox vs. PS4
- Match 2: Xbox vs. PS4
- Match 3: Winner of Match 1 vs. Winner of Match 2
Top two teams qualify into the Placement Round Bracket vs. SML and SPL teams.
SMITE World Championship 2019 Placement Round
Dates: November 4 – November 8
Before our top SMITE teams head to DreamHack Atlanta for the World Championship, they’ll have to fight through a placement round to earn a seat in the playoff bracket. This will be a crossplay bracket that features a mix of top-seeded Console League and Minor League teams, plus the bottom-seeded Pro League rosters for a total of 10 teams in the placement round.
Qualified teams will be seeded as follows:
1. SPL #7
2. SPL #8
3. SPL #9
4. SPL #10
5. SML NA #1
6. SML EU #1
7. SML NA #2
8. SML EU #2
9. Console #1
10. Console #2
These 10 teams will make their way through the Placement Round bracket according to the following format:
- Double-elimination format
- Best-of-three (Bo3) matches throughout the bracket
- Top 2 teams will qualify into the DHATL19 bracket alongside the top six SPL teams
Placement Round Match Schedule
The SMITE World Championship Placement Round will run from Monday, November 4 until Friday, November 8. Matches will be broadcast on all our official channels, including Mixer, Twitch, and YouTube.
Here’s a day-by-day breakdown of the schedule. Games will begin at 11:00 AM ET each day.
Monday, November 4
- Match 1: SML EU #2 vs Console #1
- Match 2: SML NA #2 vs. Console #2
- Match 3: SPL 10 vs SML NA 1
- Match 4: SPL 9 vs SML EU 1
Tuesday, November 5
- Match 5: SPL 7 vs Winner of Match 1
- Match 6: SPL 8 vs Winner of Match 2
- Match 7: Loser of Match 3 vs Loser of Match 2
- Match 8: Loser of Match 4 vs Loser of Match 1
Wednesday, November 6
- Match 9: Loser of Match 5 vs Winner of Match 7
- Match 10: Loser of Match 6 vs Winner of Match 8
- Match 11: Winner of Match 5 vs Winner of Match 3
- Match 12: Winner of Match 6 vs Winner of Match 4
Thursday, November 7
- Match 13: Loser of Match 11 vs Winner of Match 10
- Match 14: Loser of Match 12 vs Winner of Match 9
- Match 15: Winner of Match 11 vs Winner of Match 12
- Match 16: Winner of Match 13 vs Winner of Match 14
Friday, November 8
- Match 17: Loser of Match 15 vs Winner of Match 16
- Match 18: Winner of Match 15 vs Winner of Loser’s Bracket
- Match 19: Bracket reset for final match (if necessary)
SMITE Season 6 World Championship at DreamHack Atlanta
Dates: November 15-17
The top two teams who survive the Placement Round will continue on to compete against the top six SPL teams in the playoff bracket during Hi-Rez Expo at DreamHack Atlanta 2019. The format for this championship bracket is as follows:
- 8 participating teams
- Single-elimination bracket
- Best-of-three (Bo3) quarterfinals
- Best-of-five (Bo5) semifinals
- Best-of-five (Bo5) Grand Finals
Participating teams will be seeded as follows in the SWC 2019 bracket:
1. SPL #1
2. SPL #2
3. SPL #3
4. SPL #4
5. SPL #5
6. SPL #6
7. Placement Round Winner #1
8. Placement Round Winner #2
Match Schedule
For all three days of Hi-Rez Expo at DreamHack Atlanta, we will be broadcasting the SMITE World Championship across every major platform — including Mixer, Twitch, and YouTube!
Here’s a day-by-day breakdown of the match schedule:
Friday, November 15
- Match 1: SPL #1 vs Placement Round Winner #2
- Match 2: SPL #4 vs SPL #5
- Match 3: SPL #2 vs Placement Round Winner #1
- Match 4: SPL #3 vs #SPL #6
Saturday, November 16
- Match 5: Winner of Match 1 vs Winner of Match 2
- Match 6: Winner of Match 3 vs Winner of Match 4
Sunday, November 17
- Match 7: Winner of Match 5 vs Winner of Match 6
That’s all the information we currently have to reveal about the Season 6 SMITE World Championship! If you haven’t already, be sure to purchase tickets for Hi-Rez Expo 2019 at DreamHack Atlanta so you can watch the pinnacle event of the season LIVE at the World Congress Center in Atlanta, GA. And be sure to follow us on Twitter @SmitePro for more updates as we head into Phase 2!