With more than $4 million at stake across the year, Blizzard has started the first tournaments of its Heroes of the Storm Seasonal Championship Circuit. From now until the beginning of April, teams from all over the world will compete in the first of Blizzard’s planned seasonal championships, The Spring Global Championship, with two more to follow in Summer and then Fall.
While the final Global Championship Event of the Spring Championship will be held in Seoul, South Korea April 1-3, with a prize pool of $500k, qualifying events have already started in some regions, others set to follow in February and even into March.
The prize pools span the range from Latin America’s tournament offering $18.5k to North America, China, and Europe offering $100k each and Korea offering a hefty $200k all on its own. You can find the full list of events below.
SPRING GLOBAL CHAMPIONSHIP EVENT
- Dates: April 1–3
- Location: Seoul, South Korea
- Partner: OGN
- Prize Pool: $500k USD
Australia/New Zealand – Season 1 Regional
- Dates: January 30 – February 28
- Location: Preliminaries online; Finals live streamed from Sydney, Australia
- Partner: ESL
- Prize Pool: $20k USD
China – Gold League
- Dates: January 15–24
- Location: Shanghai, China
- Partner: NetEase / NeoTV
- Prize Pool: $100k USD*
Europe – Spring Regional
- Dates: March 5–6 (Finals)
- Location: Preliminaries online; Finals in Katowice, Poland
- Partner: ESL
- Prize Pool: $100k USD
Korea – Super League
- Dates: January 12–March 20
- Location: Preliminaries online; Finals in Seoul, South Korea
- Partner: OGN
- Prize Pool: $200k USD
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Latin America – Copa America
- Dates: January 25–March 19
- Location: Preliminaries online; Finals in Brazil
- Partner: VIU / BRMA
- Prize Pool: $18.5k USD
North America – Spring Regional
- Dates: February 27–28 (Finals)
- Location: Preliminaries online; Finals in Los Angeles, California
- Partner: ESL
- Prize Pool: $100k USD
South East Asia – Spring Regional
- Dates: January 16–March 6
- Location: Preliminaries online and offline; SEA finals online, cast live from Singapore
- Partner: AsiaSoft
- Prize Pool: $22.5k USD*
Taiwan – Spring Regional
- Dates: February 18–March 13
- Location: Preliminaries online; Finals in Taipei, Taiwan
- Partner: 4Gamers
- Prize Pool: $60k USD