Team Cup Overview
Battle for glory, plant your flag, and raise your banner, as the inaugural Team Cup takes place at World Championship: Osaka! 32 teams of top players from around the world will square off for a whopping $60,000 USD, with the support of their country in their corner! Teams are formed across top performers in the 2024 National Championship season and top ELO rankings from each countries leaderboard.
The Team Cup kicks off Thursday October 31 with Team Play, where each nation packs three different heroes for 5 rounds of Living Legend. Players then shift into the World Championship competition where they are not only playing for themselves, but their country! At the end of Round 15 on Saturday, the Top 4 teams advance to the Knockout Rounds, which take place on Sunday!
Bring on the face paint, flags, and national anthems, and follow along all weekend on the live blog for updates on how your country is doing.
Date: October 31 - November 3, 2024
Format: Team Play - Living Legend | Individual Play - Classic Constructed and Rosetta Booster Draft
Eligibility: Qualified Players Only, up to 46 teams (138 players)
Venue: INTEX Osaka, 1 Chome-5-102 Nankokita, Suminoe Ward, Osaka, 559-0034, Japan
Event Hall: Thursday - International Conference Hall | Friday - Sunday - Hall 2
Time: Thursday - 11:00 AM | Friday - 9:00 AM | Saturday - 9:00 AM | Sunday - TBC
Team Cup standings will be published with the following schedule:
| Interval | Phase |
|---|---|
| End of Team Play Thursday | Conclusion of Team Cup Living Legend |
| End of Round 5 Friday | Conclusion of World Championship Classic Constructed - Phase 1 |
| End of Round 8 Friday | Conclusion of World Championship Booster Draft - Phase 2 |
| End of Round 11 Saturday | Conclusion of World Championship Booster Draft - Phase 3 |
| End of Rounds 12-15 Saturday | During World Championship Classic Constructed - Phase 4 |
| At the conclusion of Individual Play of the World Championship on Saturday, the Top 4 teams in the Team Cup standings will advance to the knockout rounds. |
| Team Cup Knockout Rounds | Format | |
|---|---|---|
| Game A - Semi-Final | Highest Ranked Team vs Fourth Highest Ranked Team, Winner advances to the Final | Living Legend |
| Game B - Semi-Final | Second Highest Ranked Team vs Third Highest Ranked Team, Winner advances to the Final | Living Legend |
| Game C - Final | Winner from Game A vs Winner from Game B | Living Legend |
Team Cup Players
| Country | National Champion (Captain) | National Finalist | National ELO (Overall) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Australia | Zachary Gardiner | Robert Piper | Nick Butcher |
| Austria | valentin mackl | Michael Koch | Florin-Cristian Loghin |
| Belgium | Matthias Verbeeck | Renzo schietgat | Sammy Weckx* |
| Brazil | Arthur Murta | Raphael Rosa | Filipe Lima Cardoso* |
| Canada | Sunny Yang | Kevin Constantineau | Tariq Patel |
| Croatia | Luka Kramaric | Nikola Kramarić | Kristian Čurla |
| Finland | Juha Saarnilampi | Jyry Soinio* | Ville Teräväinen |
| France | Paul LE GOUEZ | Louis Guillot | Arthur Trehet |
| Germany | Tom Tydecks | Viet Pham* | Maximilian Klein* |
| Hong Kong | Shing Tsang | Kelvin Ng | Pudding Tam |
| Hungary | András 'Kaptain' Kovács | Benedek Soós* | Valentin Varga |
| Indonesia | Julio Anthony | Odi Winata | Muhamad Agus Suriyanto |
| Ireland | Dylan Thompson | Peter Smyth* | Ian Holland |
| Italy | Mirko Dolce | Natan Tomeo | Stefano Meoni* |
| Japan | Xavier McLean | yamamura shoma | haruka sonoda |
| Malaysia | Keith Yong | Colin Tang | Ji Timm Lee |
| Netherlands | Wouter Ouwehand | Donovan van Beek* | Gary White* |
| New Zealand | Dr. Daniel McKay | Matt Rogers* | Dennis Zhang |
| Norway | Christopher Reyes | Lucas Vaz | Tov Hanssen* |
| Philippines | Justin Cu | Nathaniel Jerald Bea | Andre Ryan See |
| Poland | Lukasz Ziemba | Mariusz Suchanecki | Bartosz Ziemba |
| Portugal | Tiago Rodrigues | Bernardo Cardoso | Gregory Patellis |
| Romania | Andrei Joghiu | Suciu Andrei | Bogdan-Andrei Oros |
| Singapore | Jin Han Toh | shirui wu | Gordon Koh Koh |
| Slovakia | Viliam Kubik | Matúš Martinko | Peter Markovič |
| South Korea | suk kyo suh | Suh Jaeyong | Nathan Youngblut |
| Spain | Max Dieckmann | Pablo Pintor* | Daniel Correas |
| Switzerland | Michael Wachouschek | Marco Lauria | Ralph Schlauri |
| Taiwan | Lee Ming-Han | Pei-Tung Liao | Oh Oh |
| Thailand | Torpong Juntree | Chanon Puttaree | Thanthawat "Vespa" Chujitngamsuwong |
| UK | Emad Kashy | Anton Cid Mejias | Thomas Harle |
| USA | Evan Herndon | Andrew Rothermel | Brodie Spurlock |
