KARDS World Championship: Knockout Stage Incoming!

Good day, commanders!

After intense competition taking place over the course of 12 days for the past 6 weekends, the open qualifiers for the KARDS 2022 World Championship have concluded. The top 58 players from each of the two open qualifiers now join the 12 pre-qualified players to make up the top 128 players who will face off against one another in the Knockout Stage.

The next stages of the competition present a new challenge for our competitors. The Knockout Stage starts with a group stage which leads into a double elimination bracket where players compete to become one of the last four left standing. These four players will then battle it out during the Grand Finals in December for their share of the $10.000 prize pool and the title of World Champion!

[h2]What Now?[/h2]

For those of you that made it - congratulations! You have proven yourself to be a highly skilled and dedicated player of KARDS. We will contact you via email with practical information for the next stage of your mission.

The next stage of the tournament is the Knockout Stage, where we go from 128 players to the top 4 over the course of two weekends of intense KARDS play. The first part of this stage is played in a round robin group stage, with 16 groups of 8 players, where the top 2 players in each group advance into a 32 person double elimination bracket that will bring us to the final 4 players.

The round robin will take place during the weekend of the 29th and 30th of October, with 3 rounds being played on the first day and 4 rounds played on the second. This means that even if a player ends up 0-3 after the first day, they still have a chance to make it through if they play well on the second day.

The double elimination bracket will be played during the weekend of the 5th and 6th of November. On Sunday, November 6th, we will broadcast all matches which determine who will make it to the top 4 Grand Finals Stage.

Important: If you qualified, please make sure your account has an up-to-date email associated with it so that we are able to contact you with details on the next stage. This will require action from you as the remainder of the World Championship will be played outside the game client.

[h2]Live Drawing Stream[/h2]

On Friday, October 28th at 16:00 GMT we will be live from the bunker to do a live drawing show for all the groups. This will be broadcast on the KARDS Twitch, Youtube, and Facebook channels. Make sure you tune in to see what the groups will look like!

Following the live drawing, we will also publish the groups in a Steam article, which will be shared on the KARDS Discord and social media channels.

[h2]Open Qualifier Rewards[/h2]

As promised, the top 300 players in each of the two open qualifiers will receive the exclusive 2022 World Championship card back.

The card back will be automatically added to eligible accounts before November 1st, 2022. No further action is required on your side.

We are extremely excited for the remainder of the World Championship - follow us on Twitch, Facebook, Twitter and join us on Discord to make sure you don’t miss out on any of the action!