TOURNAMENT PROCEDURE
PRELIMINARY
The players selected based on the records of World Arena Season 24 and Season 25
will compete in the preliminaries according to each region.
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AMERICAS & EUROPE
16 players will play against each other under the Double Elimination Method for three days.
Eight players that win two times in each day will advance to the regional cup. -
ASIA-PACIFIC
Asia-Pacific Preliminary consists of 4 groups according to the region of residence.
Eight players of each group will play against each other under the Double Elimination Method for two days and two players of each region, a total of 8 players, will advance to the regional cup.
REGIONAL CUP
Eight players who advanced to each regional cup will play against each other in the regional cup under the Single Elimination Tournament Method.
- EUROPE CUP IN PARIS
- AMERICAS CUP IN L.A.
- ASIA-PACIFIC CUP IN TAIPEI
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CHINA QUALIFICATION MATCH
The winner of the China Qualification Match wins a ticket to the World Finals.
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OPEN QUALIFIER - THAILAND
Players from Thailand, the venue of the World Finals,
have an opportunity to participate in a separate Open Qualifier before the preliminaries are held in that region.
The winner of the Open Qualifier wins a ticket to the World Finals.
WORLD FINALS
2 players from each Regional Cup, 1 player from the China Qualification Match, and 1 player from the Open Qualifier - Thailand, 8 players in total, will advance to the World Finals.
SWC2023 WORLD FINALS
IN BANGKOK
SWC2023 Regional Cups and World Finals will be held offline.
※ Please refer to the tournament notice for more details.
TOURNAMENT PRIZE
Total Prize Pool of 214,000 USD (World Finals included)1st Place | 2nd Place | 3rd Place (Tied) |
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100,000 USD | 20,000 USD | 10,000 USD |
"** In-game rewards will be provided to the eight World Finalists.
The world champion of the SWC2023 will receive a trophy and a medal, and 2nd/3rd (tied) places will receive a medal.
1st Place | 2nd Place | 3rd Place (Tied) |
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10,000 USD | 5,000 USD | 2,500 USD |
** Players that won 1st place, 2nd place, and 3rd place (tied) in Regional Cups will receive prize money and a medal.
1st Place | 2nd Place | 3rd Place |
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8,000 USD | 4,000 USD | 2,000 USD |
** Players that won 1st place, 2nd place, and 3rd place will receive prize money and a medal.