2018 Arena of Valor World Cup Recap

The 2018 Arena of Valor World Cup is the first Arena of Valor World Cup hosted by Tencent Games. The tournament will held in Los Angeles, United States with a prizepool of $ 550,000 USD for grabs. The main event will take place in the TCL Chinese Theatre in Los Angeles on July 27th and 28th.

Contents

GROUP STAGE

Twelves teams participate.

Teams are drawn into four groups based on seeding.

Single Round Robin.

Matches are best of three.

Top two teams per group advance to Quarterfinal.

Tiebreaker rules

If two teams have the same record, ties will be broken by a tiebreaker match.

If three teams have the same record, top two teams will be broken by game record. After that, teams will play a tiebreaker match.

KNOCK OUT STAGE

Quarterfinal

Single elimination bracket.

All matches are Bo5.

Semifinal & final

Double-elimination bracket.

Semifinal matches are Bo5.

Grand Finals is Bo7.

Place	$USD	Team
1	$200,000	Korea
2	$100,000	Thailand
3	$50,000	Chinese Taipei
4	$50,000	China
5-8	$18,000	Vietnam
5-8	$18,000	Thailand WC
5-8	$18,000	North America
5-8	$18,000	Chinese Taipei WC
9-12	–	South America
9-12	–	Europe
9-12	–	Indonesia
9-12	–	Singapore

Prize	$USD	Team/Player
Most Tenacious Team	$5,000	Vietnam
Most Creative Team	$5,000	Thailand
AWC Overall MVP	$10,000	KR Rush
Player with the Most Kills	$3,500	CN Nanwan
Player with the Second Most Kills	$2,500	KR Rush
Player with the Third Most Kills	$1,000	KR HAK
Player with the Most Assists	$3,500	TH Moss
Player with the Second Most Assists	$2,500	KR JJak
Player with the Third Most Assists	$1,000	KR Rush
Player who Dealt the Most Damage	$3,000	NA Sleepy
Player who Took the Most Damage	$3,000	TPEwc Luyao
Player who created a Successful Strategy with a Less Popular Hero	$1,500	VN Yamate

Team	Winning matches	$USD
Korea	6	3,000
Thailand	5	2,500
Chinese Taipei	3	1,500
China	3	1,500
Vietnam	1	500
Thailand WC	1	500
Chinese Taipei Wildcard	1	500
North America	1	500
South America	0	–
Europe	0	–
Indonesia	0	–
Singapore	0	–

Tier 1

IT. City Bacon (Thailand)
Thailand Wildcard
J Team (Taiwan)
ahq Olympus (South Korea)

Tier 2

Team Allegiance (North America)
Saigon Phantom (Vietnam)
Taiwan Wildcard
Dawn Raider (China)

Tier 3

For The Dream (Europe)
PaiN Gaming (South America)
EVOS Esports (Indonesia)
Tamago (Singapore)

For details of team rosters, click here.

Group A

Place	Team	Result
1	Thailand	4-1
2	North America	2-2
3	Singapore	1-4

Thailand	2	0	North America
Thailand	2	1	Singapore
Singapore	0	2	North America

Group B

Place	Team	Result
1	Chinese Taipei	4-1
2	Vietnam	3-2
3	Indonesia	0-4

Vietnam	2	0	Indonesia
Chinese Taipei	2	1	Vietnam
Chinese Taipei	2	0	Indonesia

Group C

Place	Team	Result
1	Korea	4-1
2	Chinese Taipei Wildcard	3-3
3	Europe	1-4

Korea	2	1	Chinese Taipei Wildcard
Korea	2	0	Europe
Chinese Taipei Wildcard	2	1	Europe

Group D

Place	Team	Result
1	China	4-0
2	Thailand Wildcard	2-2
3	South America	0-4

China	2	0	South America
Thailand Wildcard	0	2	China
Thailand Wildcard	2	0	South America

All time are PDT.

GROUP STAGE

Time	Match	Result	VODs
07/17	TH vs NA	2-0	1
07/17	VN vs ID	2-0	1
07/17	KR vs TPE WC	2-1	1
07/17	CN vs SA	2-0	1
07/18	TH vs SG	2-1	1
07/18	TPE vs VN	2-1	1
07/18	KR vs EU	2-0	1
07/18	TH WC vs CN	0-2	1
07/19	SG vs NA	0-2	1
07/19	TPE vs ID	2-0	1
07/19	TPE WC vs EU	2-1	1
07/19	TH WC vs SA	2-0	1

KNOCK OUT STAGE

Time	Match	Result	VODs
07/20	TH vs TPE WC	3-0	1
07/20	KR vs NA	3-0	1
07/21	TPE vs TH WC	3-0	1
07/21	CN vs VN	3-1	1
07/27	KR vs TPE	3-0	1
07/27	TH vs CN	3-1	1
07/27	CN vs TPE	2-3	1
07/27	KR vs TH	0-3	1
07/28	TPE vs KR	0-3	1
07/28	TH vs KR	3-4	1