World of Warcraft Arena Championship Opening Weekend

World of Warcraft Arena Championship
October 24th by Blizzard Entertainment

One week from today, on October 31, the top eight 3v3 Arena teams in the world will converge in ESL’s studios in Burbank, CA to commence the BlizzCon 2014 World of Warcraft Arena Championship, and you’re invited to watch the action free in HD.

Brackets and Matchups

In this first round, two groups of four teams will compete to advance to Anaheim. The two randomly-drawn groups are:

Group A
EU – Skill-Capped EU
NA – Penny for Your Thought
CN – Popped CD No Skill
NA – 3 Amigos

Group B
EU – Playing with Fire
KR – Push Push
EU – Bleached Bones
NA – Death Innovators

Six matches will be played on October 31:

Skill-Capped EU vs. 3 Amigos
Penny for Your Thought vs. Popped CD No Skill
Playing with Fire vs. Death Innovators
Push Push vs. Bleached Bones
Group A: Winner vs. Winner
Group B: Winner vs. Winner

All eight teams will still be in the game heading to Anaheim the following week, with the group winners sitting pretty in possession of two of the final four spots in the semi-finals.

Schedule

The action kicks off at 12:00 noon PDT on October 31, with each match set to start at the top of the hour following the previous match.

Casters

Join us next Friday and watch live in HD for free at Twitch.TV/blizzard. For team breakdowns and additional information and updates throughout the event, check out our BlizzCon 2014 website.