Arena World Championship
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| Arena World Championship | |
|---|---|
 New 2018 logo | |
| Status | Active |
| Genre | Video game |
| Location(s) | Usually at BlizzCons |
| Country | United States |
| Inaugurated | October 10/11, 2008 (as Arena Tournament) |
| Organized by | Blizzard Entertainment |
| Website | |
| worldofwarcraft.com | |
The Arena World Championship (abbreviated as AWC) is the esports tournament for arenas in World of Warcraft.
History
- AWC 2024 The War Within Season 1 had a share of $300,000 (USD) prize pool for the Grand Finals. There will be 4 cups per region, each rewarding points and a $20,000 (USD) prize pool, and the banner toy Forged Banner of the Algari. The top 3 teams and the winning team from the Gauntlet will go into the Grand Finals.[1]
- AWC 2024 Dragonflight Season 4[2]
- AWC 2023 Dragonflight Season 3 had a share of a $300,000 (USD) prize pool across the entire season and a banner toy
[Dreaming Banner of the Aspects] for teams that competes in a full AWC Cup.[3] - AWC 2023 Dragonflight Season 2 had a share of a $400,000 (USD) prize pool across the entire season, $10,000 (USD) per Cup and a banner toy
[Smoldering Banner of the Aspects] for teams that competes in a full AWC Cup.[4] - AWC 2023 Dragonflight Season 1 had a share of a $400,000 (USD) prize pool and introduced a banner toy,
[Thundering Banner of the Aspects], as a reward to all participants[5] - Arena World Championship 2022. The audience earned the
[Fearless Spectator] for watching via YouTube. - Arena World Championship 2019
- Arena World Championship 2018 had a share of a $280,000 (USD) prize pool.[6] It took place at BlizzCon 2018.
- Arena World Championship 2017 took place at BlizzCon 2017. The world champions were ABC.[7]
- Arena World Championship 2016 took place at BlizzCon 2016. The audience earned the
[Patron of War] for watching via Twitch. - Arena World Championship 2014
- BlizzCon 2013 Arena Global Invitational
- World of Warcraft Arena Global Finals 2012, also the introduction of the World Championship branding, took place in Shanghai, China in late 2012.
- BlizzCon 2011 Arena Global Invitational
- BlizzCon 2010 Arena Tournament
- BlizzCon 2009 Arena Tournament
- BlizzCon 2008 Arena Tournament was the first major arena event for 3v3 arena.
Notes
With the StarCraft II World Championship closing its doors in 2020 in favor of the ESL Pro Tour,[8] the World of Warcraft Arena World Championship is the last on-going esports from Blizzard that has the "World Championship" branding.
Gallery
2012 logo
2014-2018 logo
North America 2014-2018 logo
2018 CGI logo
15th Anniversary 2022
Logo used for 2023 Dragonflight Season 2
Logo used for 2023 Dragonflight Season 3 and 2024 Dragonflight Season 4
Logo used for 2024 The War Within Season 1
1st place winner prize (2017)
2017 stage
2017 trophies
Trophy
Videos
Trailers
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- Battle for Azeroth
- 2018 Fall Season
- 2018 Fall Season: Finals
- 2019 Spring Season
- 2019 Spring Season: Finals
- 2020 Season
- 2020 Season: Circuit[lower-alpha 1]
- Season ?: Finals[lower-alpha 2]
- Shadowlands
- Season 1: Circuit[lower-alpha 2]
- Season ?: Circuit[lower-alpha 2]
- Season ?: Finals
- Dragonflight
- Season 1: Finals[lower-alpha 2]
- Season 2
- Season 2: Finals
- Season 3[lower-alpha 2]
Notes
References
- ^ Error on call to Template:ref web: Parameters url and title must be specified. Blizzard Entertainment (2024-09-03).
- ^ Arena World Championship Returns 3 May!. Blizzard Entertainment (2024-04-29).
- ^ Unveiling AWC & MDI in 2024!. Blizzard Entertainment (2023-12-18).
- ^ Arena World Championship Dragonflight Season 2 is here!. Blizzard Entertainment (2023-06-12).
- ^ WoW Esports: The AWC and MDI 2023 Plans are Here!. Blizzard Entertainment (2022-12-19).
- ^ World of Warcraft Esports: 2018 Plans Revealed. Blizzard Entertainment (2018-01-12). Retrieved on 2018-01-13.
- ^ World of Warcraft Arena: World Champions Crowned at BlizzCon 2017!. Blizzard Entertainment (2017-11-20). Retrieved on 2018-02-05.
- ^ Elise Favis 2020-01-07. Blizzard cuts esports deal with ESL, DreamHack around StarCraft II, Warcraft III: Reforged. The Washington Post.
External links
World of Warcraft Community Site World of Warcraft eSports (US)
World of Warcraft Europe World of Warcraft eSports (EU)
Liquipedia More in-depth information
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