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Where can I find the rules of qualification to Blizzcon?

As in the title. I searched around the official HGC site and Liquipedia, to no avail. Does anyone have any info on this?

Matt MacNeil

Posted 7 years, 1 month ago (Source)

On http://us.heroesofthestorm.com/esports/en/schedule?week=39®ion=NA I read for the playoffs:

The third- through sixth-place teams from the regular season compete in a stepladder format—in each round, lower-seeded teams battle each other for the chance to play a higher-seeded team. The playoff winner joins the first- and second-place teams from the regular season at the HGC Finals.

(emphasis mine)

So that implies that the HGC finals will consist of three teams of each of the major regions: the first and second placed teams, and the winners of the play-offs.

I don't know if anything is known about qualification for the minor regions.

This is correct.

TW, SEA, LATAM, & ANZ all have their own tailored programs to send teams to BlizzCon.

16 teams at the HGC Finals this year.
Matt MacNeil

Posted 7 years, 1 month ago (Source)

So that will be 3 teams of each of the four major regions through HGC ranking + playoffs, and 1 team each from the minor regions?

Yep.

<blockquote class="quoted">
    <div class="md"><p>On <a href="http://us.heroesofthestorm.com/esports/en/schedule?week=39®ion=NA">http://us.heroesofthestorm.com/esports/en/schedule?week=39®ion=NA</a> I read for the playoffs:</p>

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<p>The third- through sixth-place teams from the regular season compete in a stepladder format—in each round, lower-seeded teams battle each other for the chance to play a higher-seeded team. <em>The playoff winner joins the first- and second-place teams from the regular season at the HGC Finals.</em></p>
</blockquote>

<p>(emphasis mine)</p>

<p>So that implies that the HGC finals will consist of three teams of each of the major regions: the first and second placed teams, and the winners of the play-offs.</p>

<p>I don't know if anything is known about qualification for the minor regions.</p>
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</blockquote>
<div class="md"><p>This is correct.  </p>

<p>TW, SEA, LATAM, & ANZ all have their own tailored programs to send teams to BlizzCon.</p>

<p>16 teams at the HGC Finals this year.</p>
</div> (<a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/heroesofthestorm/comments/6uhq3w/where_can_i_find_the_rules_of_qualification_to/dlszcn3">Matt MacNeil</a>)
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    <div class="md"><p>So that will be 3 teams of each of the four major regions through HGC ranking + playoffs, and 1 team each from the minor regions?</p>
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<div class="md"><p>Yep.</p>
</div> (<a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/heroesofthestorm/comments/6uhq3w/where_can_i_find_the_rules_of_qualification_to/dlt1vco">Matt MacNeil</a>)
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