The Honor of Kings Championship 2024 will start on October 12 and run till October 27 in Jakarta, Indonesia.

Organised by Level Infinite and TiMi Studios, the Honor of Kings Championship 2024 is the World Championship for the 2024 Honor of Kings season. 

Officially abbreviated as KC 2024, the Honor of Kings Championship 2024 will be the season finale for the first Honor of Kings Invitational Series season, and is the successor world championship event to the original International Championship. 

For the first time in Honor of Kings' history, there will be no Chinese teams at the World Championship-equivalent tournament, with the Chinese teams participating in the KPL Grand Finals to determine the best team of the King Pro League season.

Meanwhile, the Group Stage and Playoffs Stage 1 of the Honor of Kings Championship 2024 will be held at the MGP Space while Playoffs Stage 2 will take place at the Kemang Village in Jakarta.

Honor of Kings Championship 2024 schedule and format

The Honor of Kings Championship 2024 will be staged in two phases - Group Stage and Playoffs.

The Honor of Kings Championship 2024 Group Stage will see 16 teams compete from October 12 to October 17.

As per the Honor of Kings Championship 2024 format, these participating teams have been divided into four groups of four teams each. The group stage will be held in a  single round-robin best-of-three (Bo3) format.

The top two teams from each group will qualify for playoffs.

The Honor of Kings Championship 2024 playoffs will be staged in a double-elimination format from October 18-27.

Group winners will be seeded and will avoid each other in the first match, while teams from the same group will also not face each other in the first match.

All playoff matches will be played in a best-of-five (Bo5), while the grand final will be staged in a best-of-seven (Bo7) series.

Honor of Kings Championship 2024 teams and groups

Here are the teams that will feature in the Honor of Kings Championship 2024.

  • Black Shrew Esport (EWC Midseason #2)
  • Influence Rage (Americas Play-In #1)
  • Team Vitality (EMEA Play-In #1)
  • Fearless Esports HK (Pacific Play-In #1)
  • Dominator Esports (Indonesia Qualifier #1)
  • Kagendra (Indonesia Qualifier #2)
  • Mahadewa (Indonesia Qualifier #3)
  • BOOM Esports (Philippines Qualifier #1)
  • Blacklist International (Philippines Qualifier #2)
  • Nova Esports (Malaysia Qualifier #1)
  • Team Secret (Malaysia Qualifier #2)
  • Alpha7 Esports (Torneio Da Ascensão #1)
  • Impunity (SEA WC Qualifier #1)
  • Revenant Esports (SEA WC Qualifier #2)
  • FUT Esports (Türkiye Qualifier #1)
  • Team Falcons (MENA Qualifier #1)

Group A: Dominator Esports, Mahadewa, FUT Esports, Blacklist International

Group B: Nova Esports, Team Falcons, Kagendra, Team Vitality

Group C: Alpha7 Esports, BOOM Esports, Team Secret, Influence Rage

Group D: Black Shrew Esport, Impunity, Fearless Esports HK, Revenant Esports

Honor of Kings Championship 2024 prize pool 

The Honor of Kings Championship 2024 has a total prize pool of 1 million USD.

The winner of the Honor of Kings Championship 2024 will receive a cash prize of 300,000 USD while the runner-up will bag 160,000 USD.

The third and fourth-placed teams will get 100,000 USD and 80,000 USD, respectively.

Where to watch Honor of Kings Championship 2024 live

Live streaming of the Honor of Kings Championship 2024 will be available on HoK Global Esports’ YouTube and Twitch channels.

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