We're pleased to officially announce the Blood Bowl 2 2018 World Cup!
Compete for more than $30,000 in prizes and become the next Blood Bowl 2 Champion!
There are 3 ways to qualify for the World Cup 2018 Play-Offs:
- Champion Ladder
- Community Leagues
- Invitational Cup
Find more info about the World Cup on the official website: http://worldcup.bloodbowl-game.com/
Champion Ladder
The Champion Ladder and its Champion Cup welcome an exclusive prize for season 14 and 15 on all platforms!
You can qualify for the World Cup Play-Offs by enrolling in seasons 14 and 15 of the Champion Ladder in the Official Cabalvision League.
Create your team, sign-up to the Champion Ladder from April 4th and reach the top of the Ladder for a chance to earn your ticket to the Play-Offs!
The 4 best coaches (the semi-finalists) of the Champion Cups 14 and 15 will be qualified for the World Cup 2018 Play-Offs!
Champion Ladder Season 14 starts April 4th on at 12:00pm (CEST) and finishes May 9th at 11:59am (CEST).
Champion Ladder Season 15 starts May 9th on PC/Mac, PS4 and Xbox One at 12:00pm (CEST) and finishes June 13th at 11:59am (CEST).
Community Leagues
The World Cup is first and foremost a huge event for the Blood Bowl community, and we worked once again with the biggest and most active community leagues on Blood Bowl 2 to organize official qualifier competitions!
Each league has its own rules and organises its own competition.
Invitational Cup
We decided to organize a tournament pitting the best Blood Bowl coaches since the creation of the Champion Ladder (August 2016) - this epic one-time tournament will grant 2 tickets to the World Cup 2018 Play-Offs!
The 8 coaches invited to the World Cup Invitational Cup are:
- The 5 best coaches from the Champion Ladder PC/Mac from Seasons 1 to 14.
- The two best coaches from the Champion Ladder PS4 from Seasons 1 to 14.
- The best coach from the Champion Ladder Xbox One from Seasons 6 to 14 (season 6 is the first season of the Champion Ladder on Xbox One).
The best Coaches are those who gained the most points in the 14 Champion Cups according to the following rules:
- 1 point if the coach reaches the Round of 32 (only valid in seasons 9 to 14)
- 1 point if the coach reaches the Round of 16
- 1 point if the coach reaches the Round of 8
- 1 point if the coach reaches the semi-finals
- 1 point if the coach reaches the grand final
- 1 point if the coach wins the Champion Cup
Find the current rankings here:
World Cup 2018 Play Off
The 64 best players from the qualifiers will have access to the Play-Offs.
The Play-Offs are a 64 player single-elimination tournament starting July 16th 2018. It lasts 4 weeks and finishes August 16th 2018.
Players qualified for the Play-Offs will create a brand new team with any races available in the game and keep it for the whole competition.
- 64 teams
- Knock-out Single Elimination
- All matches in BO1
- Three minute turn duration
- Resurrection Mode
- No Stadium upgrades allowed
- No inducement allowed
- Custom teams:
Tier 1: Amazon, Bretonnian, Chaos Dwarf, Dark Elves, Dwarf, Lizardmen, Norse, Orc, Skaven, Undead, Wood Elves
Team creation up to 1100 TV, then you add: 4 single skills - maximum 2 skills to one player. No stat up. (Final Max starting TV: 1180)
Tier 2: Chaos, Elven Union, High Elves, Humans, Khemri, Necromantic, Nurgle, Underworld, Kislev Circus, Vampire
Team creation up to 1100 TV, then you add: 5 single skills and 1 doubles skill - maximum 2 skills to one player. No stat up. (Final Max starting TV: 1230)
Tier 3: Halfling, Goblin, Ogre
Team creation up to 1100 TV, then you add: 4 single skills and 2 doubles skill - maximum 2 skills to one player. No stat up. (Final Max starting TV: 1240)
After each game, the advancing coach chooses to place 1 extra skill (Max of 2 skills for T1, T2 and T3 teams still applies) on a specified player.
- Round of 64 - as above
- Round of 32 - add a doubles skill
- Round of 16 - add a normal skill
- Quarterfinals - add a doubles skill
- Semifinals - add a normal skill
- Final - add a normal skill
Awards and prizes
2018 World Cup Champion
- $3,000
- ASUS Pack including (approximate total retail value of $6,700):
- High End Gaming PC System with ROG components and AMD Ryzen 16 Core processor,
- 1 ROG Gladius II Origin mouse
- 1 ROG STRIX Edge mouse pad
- 1 ROG STRIX Flare keyboard
- 1 ROG STRIX Fusion 500 headphone
- 1 ROG STRIX XG35VQ 35” Gaming Display monitor
Runner-up
- $1,500
- ASUS Pack including (approximate total retail value of $4,300):
- High End Gaming PC System with ROG components and AMD Ryzen 8 Core processor,
- 1 ROG Gladius II Origin mouse,
- 1 ROG STRIX Edge mouse pad
- 1 ROG STRIX Flare keyboard
- 1 ROG STRIX Fusion 500 headphone
3rd & 4th
- $1,000
- ASUS Pack including (approximate total retail value of $670):
- 1 ROG Gladius II Origin mouse
- 1 ROG STRIX Edge mouse pad
- 1 ROG STRIX Flare keyboard
- 1 ROG STRIX Fusion 500 headphone
5th to 8th
- $500
9th to 16th
- $250
All Coaches qualified for the 2018 World Cup Play-Offs will receive:
- 1 Steam code for the games:
- Mordheim: City of the Damned
- Space Hulk: Deathwing - Enhanced Edition
- Battlefleet Gothic: Armada
- Blood Bowl 2 Legendary Edition