The Halo World Championship is one of the world’s largest, most-watched and most lucrative pro gaming tournaments. It hosts regional champions from the Halo Championship Series, and is run and sponsored by game publisher Microsoft, and Halo series developer, 343 Industries.
The Halo World Championship is governed by the Electronic Sports League (ESL), with the current game played being Halo Infinite. The prize pool in 2016 of $2.5 million was one of the highest ever for a console-game tournament, with the winning team taking home a whopping US$1 Million first-place prize. The Halo World Championship 2024 will have a $1 million prize pool and it will be hosted at the Seattle Convention Centre in Seattle, Washington.
Qualification for Halo World Championship 2024
Qualification for the Halo World Championship is through the Salt Lake City Major results. The top eight teams from the Salt Lake City Major will automatically qualify for the 2024 World Championships. The final places are taken up by the top four teams in the Halo Championship Series points, while four representatives will come from the Last Chance Qualifier.
The two main events for the Halo World Championship Series are the Salt Lake City Major and World Championship, the dates of all Halo Championship events are below.
Event | Date | Prize money $USD |
---|---|---|
March 15-17 | Arlington Major 2024 | $250,000 |
May 31-June 2 | London Major 2024 | $250,000 |
July 26-28 | Atlanta Major 2024 | $250,000 |
September 6-8 | Salt Lake City Major 2024 | $250,000 | October 4-6 | Halo World Championship 2024 | $1,000,000 |
Qualifying Rules
- Game played: Halo Infinite
- Mode played: 4v4
- Team must have 4 players
- Each player must have an active gamertag for Xbox or PC
Halo World Championship 2024 Odds
Below you will find the odds for any team “To Win Outright” at Halo World Championship;
- Spacestation Gaming – $2.10
- OpTic Gaming – $2.50
- FaZe Clan – $4.50
- Shopify Rebellion – $11.00
- Sentinels – $21.00
- Complexity – $23.00
- Quadrant – $34.00
- Pure – $41.00
- Native Gaming – $51.00
- Into The Breach – $51.00
- Cloud9 – $81.00
- Dark Inside – $101.00
- Alpha Esports – $251.00
- Team Lethal Fox – $501.00
- Mindfreak – $751.00
- Ascending Baseline EU – $1,001.00
Below you will find the odds for any team “To Reach The Final” at Halo World Championship;
- Spacestation Gaming – $1.36
- OpTic Gaming – $1.53
- FaZe Clan – $2.50
- Shopify Rebellion – $5.50
- Sentinels – $10.00
- Complexity – $21.00
- Quadrant – $17.00
- Pure – $21.00
- Native Gaming – $26.00
- Into The Breach – $26.00
- Cloud9 – $41.00
- Dark Inside – $51.00
- Alpha Esports – $126.00
- Team Lethal Fox – $251.00
- Mindfreak – $351.00
- Ascending Baseline EU – $501.00
Halo World Championship Teams
Group A
Spacestation Gaming
- Adam “Bound” Gray
- Kevin “Eco” Smith
- Braedon “StelluR” Boettcher
- Kaci “Lqgend” Sabri
- Coach: Kyle “Elamite” Elam
Into The Breach
- James “Jimbo” Bradbrook
- Sébastien “TchiK” Darriet
- Eljas “WuTum” Oliver Veirto
- Liam “zMightys” Boerboom
- Coach: Harry “Wonderboy” Channon
Mindfreak
- Ethan “Scoobmeistr” Page
- Matthew “Swayz” Mcpherson
- Jack “wryce” Birmingham
- “Plasma”
- Coach: Tyson “Pipz” Adam
Pure
- Youssef “Cherished” Shaaban
- Roman “Druk” Nasirudin
- Hunter “Taulek” Davis
- “LastShot”
- Coach: N/A
Group B
OpTic Gaming
- Tommy “Lucid” Wilson
- Joey “Trippy” Taylor
- Matthew “FormaL” Piper
- Zane “Deadzone” Hearon
- Coach: Jason “Lunchbox” Brown
Quadrant
- Norwen “SLG” Le Galloudec
- Renan “Sica” Grall
- David “GloryGGz” Finn
- Michael “Snipedrone” Juchau
- Coach: Nathan “KronosZer” Theodore
Sentinels
- Tony “LethuL” Campbell Jr.
- Jesse “bubu dubu” C. Moeller
- Michael “Falcated” Garcia
- Ethan “Precision” Friese
- Coach: Kyle “Chig” Lawson
Ascending Baseline EU
- Bastien “aX BastosS” Cot
- Luciano “Mose” Calvanico
- “Millsy”
- “Sunnriz”
- Coach: Hamzah “Phlux” Nackvi
Group C
Shopify Rebellion
- Billy “MentaL” Putnam
- Preston “CyKul” Sipes
- Michael “SoulSnipe” Girgis
- Donnie “Suppressed” Lopez
- Coach: Nick “BesT MaN” Johnson
Native Gaming
- Bradley “aPG” Laws
- Aleks “Barcode” Krsmanovic
- Chris “Gilk3y” Gilkey
- Josbe “Tapping Buttons” Valadez
- Coach: Emanuel “Hoaxer” Lovejoy
Cloud9
- Juliano “Sceptify” Sadiku
- Sabur “Sabinater” Hakimi
- Ayden “Suspector” Hill
- Emmanuel “Manny” Lombert
- Coach: Trevor “SenscR” David
Dark Inside
- Jason “Descendant” Morales
- Torez “Envore” Broyles
- Spencer “Piggy” Thomas
- “Ezho”
- Coach: Lazaro “Callous” de los Reyes Sanchez
Group D
FaZe Clan
- Jonathan “Renegade” Willette
- Bradley “Frosty” Bergstrom
- Mathew “Royal2” Fiorante
- Paul “Snakebite” Duarte
- Coach: Chris “Royal1” Fiorante
Complexity Gaming
- Brant “Huss” Hussey
- Ryan “RyaNoob” Geddes
- Timothy “Rayne” Tinkler
- Dylan “Breakingshot” Scott
- Coach: Nicholas “Ashes” Ridgeway
Team Lethal Fox
- Matt “Haines” Haines
- Abel “Rammyy” Garcia
- Jack “Yakzn” Johnson
- “Common”
- Coach: Nick “Thug Nasty” Lavid
Alpha Esports
- Irving “Drift” RamÃrez Moya
- Isaac “Noble” Adame
- Leo “Leuor” Urgell
- “Acid”
- Coach: Carlos “Nugget” Sánchez Marlasca
Halo World Championship Format
-
Pool Play
- Four groups of four teams play a single round-robin
- All matches are best-of-five
- Top two teams from each group advance to upper-bracket round one
- Third team in each group advances to lower-bracket round one
- Fourth team in each group is eliminated
-
Championship Bracket
- Remaining teams play in a double-elimination bracket
- All matches are best-of-five, except the grand final that is best-of-seven
Prize pool distribution for the 2024 Halo World Championship
The US$1,000,000 prize pool for the 2024 Halo World Championship will be distributed as the table shows below.
Place | Prize Money $USD | Halo WC Series Points |
---|---|---|
1st | $400,000 | 200,000 |
2nd | $220,000 | 120,000 |
3rd | $110,000 | 88,000 |
4th | $70,000 | 72,000 | 5th-6th | $45,000 | 64,000 | 7th-8th | $25,000 | 56,000 | 9th-12th | $10,000 | 44,000 | 13th-16th | $5,000 | 36,000 |
History of Halo World Championship winners
Below is the list of Halo World Championship winners throughout its history.
- 2016 : Counter Logic Gaming
- 2017 : OpTic Gaming
- 2018 : Splyce
- 2022 : OpTic Gaming
- 2023 : FaZe Clan
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