of 12 total teams going to Super Regionals, only five
season performance. These seeds determine the
will be sent to the Smite World Championship.
starting position of a team in the tournament bracket.
Many games hold regional tournaments at
For example, the teams that had the best record
the end of seasons with the purpose of deciding
in each region get the first seed in their Regional
which teams go to that game’s world championship
tournament. In addition to the standard first round
tournament. Smite is no exception. The Super
quarterfinals, semifinals, and finals, there are sets
Regionals are a special event this year where North
whose winners earn the fifth and third placings.
America and European contests will be held at the
Games are played in the Super Regionals from
same place at the same time. All games will be
Tuesday, November 17th until Sunday the 22nd. If you
played at Hi-Rez studios in Atlanta, Georgia. The
only care about one of the regions, North American
venue is closed to the public, but the tournament can
games are on Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday and
be viewed in full on twitch.tv/smitegame. In addition
Sunday, while European teams play on Wednesday,
to granting teams spots to the SWC, Super Regionals
Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. The day by day schedule
have a cash prize for every team that participates,
of the event is below and a quicker summary follows.
with the value increasing the higher the team places.
The first place organization in each region wins
TUESDAY:
$70,000 and each region will win almost a quarter of
a million dollars total from Super Regional prizing.
The format of Super Regionals is a based off of
The first set at Super Regionals is the sixth seed
from North America facing the third seed in a best
a typical eight-team bracket, but with only six teams,
of five (Bo5) match. Following is a Bo5 set between
the first and second teams do not need to play in the
North America’s fourth and fifth seeds. The winners
first round, but instead start playing in the semifinals.
of each set advance to the top four of their region.
Teams are given “seeds” based on their regular
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