Halo World Championship 2016/EMEA/Regional Finals

Overview

Season Overview

Participants

Full Results

Scoreboards

Halo World Championship Tour: Cologne
Tournament Information
Organizer	343 Industries Electronic Sports League
Format	4v4
Prize Pool	$50,000
Location & Dates
Type	Offline
Start Date	2016-2-6
End Date	2016-2-7
Results
Winner	⁠⁠Team infused
Second	⁠⁠Excel Esports

Halo World Championship Tour: Cologne was a one-time qualifier to determine the four teams, from the EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa) region, that qualified for Halo World Championship 2016, taking place at the ESL Studios in Cologne, Germany from February 6-7, 2016. Halo 5 was played in 4v4 competition.

Overview

The EMEA Regional Finals followed the regional online qualifier series in addition to two live event qualifiers in London and Paris. Teams invited to the event included four teams from the United Kingdom (qualified through the Gfinity UK Finals), two teams from Germany, one qualified through a Germany-exclusive qualifier and the other qualified through a general Europe qualifier, four teams from France, one qualified through the XES France Championship 2016 and the other three from general Europe qualifiers and one team from South Africa, qualified through a South Africa-exclusive qualifier.

Format

• Invitational tournament
  • 12 teams invited
    • Top 3 teams from Gfinity UK Finals and 1st place team from UK Last Chance Qualifier
    • 7 teams from ESL Online Qualifiers
    • 1 team from XES Championship France 2016
  • Top 4 teams advance to Halo World Championship Finals
• Pool Play, top two teams from four 3-team pools advance to Championship Bracket, bottom teams finish 9-12th
  • Best of 3 series
• Championship Bracket
  • Single-elimination 8 team bracket
  • Best of 5 series (quarterfinals), best of 7 series (semifinals, finals)

Game Types and Maps

Eligible maps and modes:

• Team Slayer: Coliseum, The Rig, Plaza, Eden, Empire, Regret, Truth
• Capture the Flag: Coliseum, Truth, Fathom, Empire
• Strongholds: The Rig, Coliseum, Eden, Empire, Plaza

Results

Place	Prize (USD)	Team	Roster
1st	-	⁠⁠Team infused	BlackJack • Chalkie • Ramirez • TuFoxy
2nd	-	⁠⁠Excel Esports	Lunny • Riotz • CreepeazY • Fuzion • Snakey
3rd-4th	-	⁠⁠Epsilon eSports	BUK20 • BUK57 • Jimbo • Snipedrone
3rd-4th	-	⁠⁠FAB Games eSports	Doodle • Kimbo • MonKey • Speed
5th-8th	-	⁠⁠Team Vitality	Botinus • Hitaborg • Renox • Mephisto
5th-8th	-	⁠⁠PuLse Gaming	Rs8 • KrYsTaLiXx • CxLii • SLG
5th-8th	-	⁠⁠Supremacy	Fragxr • PuniShR • SiLeNT • UnwiZe
5th-8th	-	⁠⁠Millenium	SeiFeR • TaLic • Zankioh • SolaR

Full Results

Group Stage

Group A
1.	⁠⁠Team infused				2-0
1.	⁠⁠Team Vitality				1-1
1.	⁠⁠ViNCO Gaming				0-2

Group A Matches
infs⁠⁠	2	1	⁠⁠VIT
VIT⁠⁠	2	0	⁠⁠ViNCO
infs⁠⁠	0	0	⁠⁠ViNCO

Group B
1.	⁠⁠Excel Esports				2-0
2.	⁠⁠Supremacy				1-1
3.	⁠⁠PENTA Sports				0-2

Group B Matches
XL⁠⁠	2	0	⁠⁠PENTA
Sy⁠⁠	0	0	⁠⁠PENTA
XL⁠⁠	0	0	⁠⁠Sy

Group C
1.	⁠⁠FAB Games eSports				2-0
2.	⁠⁠Millenium				1-1
3.	⁠⁠Team Dignitas				0-2

Group C Matches
Mill⁠⁠	0	2	⁠⁠fabE
DIG⁠⁠	0	2	⁠⁠Mill
DIG⁠⁠	0	0	⁠⁠fabE

Group D
1.	⁠⁠Epsilon eSports				2-0
2.	⁠⁠PuLse Gaming				1-1
3.	⁠⁠Wrecking Gaming				0-2

Group D Matches
Epsi⁠⁠	2	0	⁠⁠wG
Epsi⁠⁠	2	0	⁠⁠PG
PG⁠⁠	0	0	⁠⁠wG

Bracket

	Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Finals
	⁠⁠XL	3
	⁠⁠VIT	0
					⁠⁠XL	4
					⁠⁠fabE	1
	⁠⁠fabE	3
	⁠⁠PG	2
									⁠⁠XL	0
									⁠⁠infs	4
	⁠⁠Epsi	3
	⁠⁠Sy	0
					⁠⁠Epsi	2
					⁠⁠infs	4
	⁠⁠infs	3
	⁠⁠Mill	1

Media

Articles

• The Halo World Championship Tour: Cologne Snapshot - eslgaming.com