2021 Avatar World Championship

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2021 Avatar World Championship
2021
Tournament information
SportAvatar
LocationBagabiada
DatesOctober 2021–2021
Administrator(s)Glace
Tournament
format(s)
12 team double round robin
5 team best-of-seven elimination ladder matchups
Venue(s)Twenties Hall, Bagabiada Arts and Civic Hall
Teamsx
Purse10,000,000 euclos
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The 2021 Avatar World Championship is an esports tournament for the multiplayer online battle arena game Avatar. The Avatar World Championship series is the oldest official still-running tournament for the game (being founded in 2013), the one with the largest prize pool, and widely considered to be the most prestigious, with the most publicity and the highest competitiveness. Being held annually, the 2021 event will be the ninth iteration.

The event will run from October 2021, with a total prize pool of 10 million euclos, the largest in the series' history. This prize pool puts the tournament in the top ten esports events with the largest prize pool. The event is to be hosted in Bagabiada, capital of Bagabiada state in Dezevau, in the Bagabiada Arts and Civic Hall, and in the Twenties Hall. Avatar, created in and originally popular in Dezevau, had its development moved to Kesselbourg in 2012; this is notably the first time the Avatar World Championship will be hosted in Dezevau.

Twelve qualifying teams from around the world will compete, first in a round-robin stage, with the best-performing teams advancing to best-of-seven elimination matchups, until there is a winner. Glace, the developer of Avatar, is the host and organiser of the event. SilverknightS, the champions from 2020, have qualified again.

Hosting

Organisation

Glace, the Kesselbourg-based developer of Avatar, retains full control of the Avatar World Championship series (founded 2013), in matters ranging from competitive integrity to marketing. The company was incorporated in 2012 after the creators of the game decided to leave Dezevau, where the game was created with federal government funding, to become a for-profit business in Kesselbourg. This departure left relations poor between Glace and the Dezevauni government. However, Avatar has continued to be popular in Dezevau, and it is one of the game's strongest regions in terms of competition and popularity. Negotiations on hosting were announced to have borne fruit in 2020; this is the first time that the Avatar World Championship will be hosted in the game's birthplace.

Venue

Bagabiada Arts and Civic Hall

The round robin stage will take place at the Bagabiada Arts and Civic Hall, a multipurpose venue with a capacity of several thousand spectators, depending on its configuration (space needing to be set aside for players, equipment, broadcast staff, etc.) The matchup stage will take place at the Twenties Hall, an indoor events venue with a capacity of 30,000. Spectators will be able to enter both for free. Bagabiada Arts and Civic Hall will be occupied on a full time basis for more than a month, whereas Twenties Hall will only be for more than a week. Reports that Bagabiada Stadium would be used were incorrect; it was quickly passed over as a candidate, because of it being open air, and the weather in Dezevau being hot, humid and often rainy, which might affect foreign competitors (who might otherwise have to have an air-conditioned room built within the venue) and equipment. Twenties Hall is located substantially underneath Bagabiada Stadium, though, and major events will not be held at Bagabiada Stadium while the Avatar World Championship is ongoing.

Participants

The following teams qualified to play in the 2021 Avatar World Championship, according to the regional league-based criteria of Glace; there is at least one representative from every regional league. Notably, SilverknightS, the 2020 champions, have qualified again to defend their title.

Team Qualification Players Coach
Top laner Top roamer Mid laner Bot roamer Bot laner
Arucian Angels Asteria Inferior
2021 Champions
tourdeforce
(Raymond Delacroix)
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(Toby Williams)
File:ImaguaFlag.png MeatMachine
(Ethan Hudson)
RadicalLouis
(Louis Lejeune)
mutiler244
(Camille Leroy)
File:ImaguaFlag.png Bart Derasmo
Team HAZE Asteria Superior
2021 Champions
Rizealand Cobrag
(Cody Bragg)
Cassier Conquerogue65
(Pat Lucroy)
Rizealand Hedgehogger
(Tom Matthews)
Marchenia Bandito89
(Diego Nunez)
Rizealand PaperPatriot
(Dylan McCain)
N.A.
Octagamers Asteria Superior
2021 Runners-up
Rizealand Zebrass
(Fred Good)
Cassier Dismage
(Remi Rigal)
Rizealand DeathDrummer8
(Conner Hansen)
Cassier Hypogre
(Jules Delafose)
Rizealand 1GlassFlash
(Liam Lawrence)
N.A.
Mtel Lion City Bahia
2021 Champions
Maucha Kumkani
(Cebo Joyi)
Maucha WaWa
(Anasa Schmitd)
Maucha XtaZ
(Lifa Jadezweni)
Maucha Chananga
(Lewis Goli)
Garambura J1
(Jean Maqoma)
Dezevau Jezaga Zemhinou
Frigatebirds Brown Sea
2021 Champions
Lavana uwu_Dingbat
(Bio Juidange)
Dezevau bijemene
(Jazengi Vidimhe)
Dezevau oignon
(Mamhe Nhidomou)
Dezevau bIZARRE
(Gevuine Demaniani)
Dezevau Jean
(Zono Mhudhu)
Lavana Zabedai Mhudhu
New Begia Dockers Brown Sea
2021 Runners-up
Dezevau Deponent Dezevau Jelly Dezevau Gemuidane Dezevau 2468 Dezevau Bedhu Dezevau Debi
(Debi Zugaumo)
CECA Equip Central Euclea
2021 Champions
Champania Ucs Berzi Champania Cristòfor Amell Champania Roger Descamps Champania Alessandre Flequer Champania Eliseu Depònt N.A.
SilverknightS East Euclea
2021 Champions
Amathia SilverPaladin Amathia ArkleeD Amathia Mr.EAGLE Amathia ShielDCitadeL Amathia Levikushi Gaullica Zamarba
"Les Amateurs"
Équipe de Sport-Cyber de Rouanet
East Euclea
2021 Runners-up
Gaullica XaverGamer
(Xavier Boutroux)
Gaullica FlameBlaise
(Sylviane Blaise)
Hennehouwe SerChl03
(Ingrid Bouchard)
Gaullica JPLGaming
(Jean-Paul Laurens)
Gaullica xX_Stunzeed_Xx
(Antoine Gérin)
N.A.
Moriyama Zensenryuu
Austral Foxes
Senria
2021 Champions
Senria suran997
(Keisuke Togawa)
Senria RaivalrY
(Raizo Yasunaga)
Senria AdmiralSat0
(Iehiro Satou)
Senria keisi_razoumon
(Yosirou Kimura)
Senria kitanoya-x67
(Hidesi Busuzima)
N.A.
Team Ace West Euclea
2021 Champions
vasilthegreat
(Vasil Vasilov)
Bistravia Lucky
(Martin Gájda)
Soravia konk
(Konstantin Kulik)
Soravia rougelectrique
(Valerii Dultsev)
Radushia P3rcy
(Anton Marenko)
Bistravia Bartoš Nivica
S5 Gaming West Euclea
2021 Runnners-up
Soravia kl1ment
(Kliment Smeshnoy)
Kantemosha & Ambrazka delphi
(Villiam Järvenpää)
Sagacité
(Dragomir Lenov)
West Miersa jan66
(Janusz Rumiński)
Vedmed niangi2
(Mikhel Saakashvili)
Soravia Cheslav Ungern

Round robin

All qualifying teams play all other teams x number of times.

Matchups

The top eight(?) teams play best-of-sevens, with the losers being instantly eliminated.

Bracket

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Results

By team

Place Region Team Round robin Tiebreakers Matchups Quarters Semis Finals Prize (%) Prize (Euclos)
1st 20% €2,000,000
2nd 10% €1,000,000
3rd 5% €500,000
4th West Euclea S5 Gaming 7-4 4-2 3-4 2.5% €250,000
5th Asteria Superior Team HAZE 7-4 0-2 2-4 2.5% €250,000
6th Asteria Superior Octagamers 6-5 1-1 2.5% €250,000
Central Euclea CECA Equip 6-5 0-2
8th East Euclea SilverknightS 5-6
East Euclea Les Amateurs 5-6
10th Brown Sea Frigatebirds 4-7
Senria Moriyama Zensenryuu Austral Foxes 4-7
12th Brown Sea New Begia Dockers 0-11

By region

Media

The 2021 Avatar World Championship will be streamed live for the general public, as well as recorded and uploaded to the internet. Official broadcasts are made in languages including Gaullican, Estmerish, Ziba, Shangean, Senrian, Vespasian, Soravian and Weranian; casters and other staff from regional leagues are brought in to create these different broadcasts. The gameplay footage, interviews, music and ceremonies are generally the same, but different streams may differ in terms of the commentary, analysis and other content (giveaways, off-topic discussion and games).

Glace maintains all relevant intellectual property rights in the broadcast; it does not allow reproduction of the live broadcast, but does allow private recordings to be uploaded after the fact. This is part of its media strategy, seeking to generate publicity not only before, but also after the event, to maximise the effect of advertisement both for sponsors and for the game itself.

Official sponsors of the event include the Dezevauni Tourism Service, x, y and z. There has been controversy about some of them.