With the climax of the Heroes Summer Championship only a few weeks away, the current calm before the storm affords us an opportunity to look ahead to the Fall Championship, which is scheduled to get underway mere days after the Summer finals in Sweden.
Following months of competition involving hundreds of teams from around the world, the Fall Championship will culminate at BlizzCon, where 12 teams will compete for a prize pool of US$1,000,000. The 12 qualifying teams will again include the season’s winners and runners-up from China and Korea; two Regional event winners each from Europe and North America; and the winners from Australia/New Zealand, Latin America, South East Asia, and Taiwan.
Subject to change, here are the details for the Fall Championship events that the best Heroes teams around the world will be competing in in the coming months:
China – Gold League Season 3
•Dates: July – August (Details TBD)
•Playoff Dates: TBD
•Location: Shanghai
•Partner: NeoTV
•Prize Pool: TBD
Korea – Super League Season 3
•Dates: August – October (Details TBD)
•Playoff Dates: TBD
•Location: Seoul, Korea
•Partner: OGN
•Prize Pool: 200,000,000 KRW
Europe – Fall Regional 1
•Dates: July 14th – 17th
•Location: TBD
•Partner: Dreamhack
•Prize Pool: $100,000 USD
Europe – Fall Regional 2
•Dates: August 18th – 21st
•Location: ESL Gamescom (Cologne, Germany)
•Partner: ESL
•Prize Pool: $100,000 USD
North America – Fall Regional 1
•Dates: TBD
•Location: TBD
•Partner: TBD
•Prize Pool: $100,000 USD
North America – Fall Regional 2
•Dates: Sept 2nd – Sept 5th
•Location: PAX Prime (Seattle, United States)
•Partner: ESL
•Prize Pool: $100,000 USD
Australia / New Zealand – Season 3 Regional
•Dates: September 3rd
•Location: TBD
•Partner: ESL
•Prize Pool: $10,000 USD
Taiwan – Fall Regional
•Dates: Sept 17th
•Location: Offline (Taipei, Taiwan)
•Partner: TBD
•Prize Pool: 1,800,000 TWD
South East Asia – Fall Regional
•Dates: Sept 24th – Sept 25th
•Location: Bangkok, Thailand
•Partner: Asiasoft
•Prize Pool: $22,500 USD
Latin America – Copa America
•Dates: September 27th – 28th
•Location: Sao Paulo, Brazil
•Partner: Brasil Mega Arena
•Prize Pool: $4,500 USD
Fall GLOBAL CHAMPIONSHIP
•Dates: November 4 – 5
•Location: BlizzCon (Anaheim, United States)
•Prize Pool: $1,000,000 USD
*Regional prize pools may vary; US$ values according to exchange rates; see regional websites for local prizing.