In Raleigh, North Carolina, the Halo Championship 2021: Kickoff Major begins today. North American, European, and Oceanian teams compete for a $250,000 prize fund in the competition.
We made it to the promised LAN 🙌
📅 Dec 17-19
💰 $250K + Crowdfunding
⚔️ 272 Teams
⭐️ @Twitch DropsWe're proud to present the SOLD OUT @HCS Kickoff Major Raleigh 2021 – kicking off this Friday at 9am PT / 12pm ET! pic.twitter.com/wZ1d2obq2L
— Halo Esports #HCS (@HCS) December 14, 2021
The highly anticipated next-generation entry for the renowned first-person arcade-shooter franchise, Halo Infinite, was recently launched. Due to its well-balanced gameplay and fast-paced combat, the title has taken over the world by storm.
The game’s free-to-play nature, as well as its simultaneous release on the Pc and the Xbox Series X|S, and Xbox One, has allowed more people to join in.
Halo Infinite Championship Series 2021: Kickoff Major Playoff
This year’s tournament kicks off with a bang. Each of the four pools has a total of 16 teams in it. For each pool, the top two teams from that pool will advance to Round 2, while the worst two teams will be relegated to Round 1.
Pool A
- Bing Chilling – Europe HCS Points
- Chiefs Esports Club – Oceania Qualifier
- Kansas City Pioneers – North America HCS Points
- OpTic Gaming – North America Qualifier
Pool B
- Divine Mind – Replacement HCS Points (ANZ)
- FaZe Clan – North America Qualifier
- G2 Esports – North America HCS Points
- Natus Vincere – Europe HCS Points
Pool C
- eUnited – North America Qualifier
- Oxygen Esports – North America HCS Points
- Quadrant – Europe Qualifier
- The Boys – Replacement HCS Points (EU)
Pool D
- Acend – Europe Qualifier
- Cloud9 – North America HCS Points
- Spacestation Gaming – Replacement HCS Points (NA)
- XSET – Replacement HCS Points (Sentinels)
The championship that began on December 17, is slated to end two days after on December 19. Halo esports will stream all of the matches simultaneously on both the Twitch and YouTube channels.
Our first match of the weekend is now underway!
Pool D@Spacestation ⚔️ @XSET https://t.co/e5eEleh4IW | https://t.co/zEAg7S6F2W pic.twitter.com/0Hd8Kns2PY
— Halo Esports #HCS (@HCS) December 17, 2021
Playoff standings and results of Halo Championship Series 2021
After the Pool Play and Open Bracket stages, 32 teams advanced for the playoff round of the Halo Championship Series 2021: Kickoff Major. Open Bracket’s bottom eight teams were paired with Pool Play’s bottom eight teams in Lower Bracket – round 1. By their performance in Pool Play, the top 8 groups advance directly to the second round of the upper bracket.
⚠️ Sunday Event Schedule Update
Due to the FFA running over, we will not be able to allow Free Play. pic.twitter.com/9mwxFQYPX2
— Halo Esports #HCS (@HCS) December 19, 2021
Here are the results:
Upper Bracket – Round 1
- The Boys vs Sentinels (0 – 3)
- The Guard vs XSET (2 – 3)
- Team War vs Divine Mind (3 – 0)
- BLVKHVND vs Chiefs Esports Club (0 – 3)
- Status Quo vs Acend (0 – 3)
- Oxygen Esports vs Build By Gamers (2 – 3)
- Mock-it Esports vs Bing Chilling (3 – 1)
- FootFungus 792 vs Natus Vincere (0 – 3)
Upper Bracket – Round 2
- Optic Gaming vs Sentinels (3 – 0)
- Faze Clan vs XSET (3 – 0)
- Cloud9 vs Team War (3 – 0)
- Quadrant vs Chiefs Esports Club (3 – 0)
- G2 Esports vs Acend (0 – 3)
- Kansas City Pioneers vs Build By Gamers (3 – 0)
- eUnited vs Mock-it Esports (3 – 0)
- SpaceStation Gaming vs Natus Vincere (3 – 1)
Upper Bracket – Quarterfinals
- Optic Gaming vs Faze Clan (3 – 1)
- Cloud9 vs Quadrant (3 – 1)
- Acend vs Kansas City Pioneers (0 – 3)
- eUnited vs SpaceStation Gaming (3 – 0)
Upper Bracket – Semifinals
- Optic Gaming vs Cloud9 (TBD December 19)
- Kansas City Pioneers vs eUnited (TBD December 19)
Lower Bracket – Round 1
- The Boys vs WarZ (0 – 3)
- The Guard vs Falling Esports (3 – 1)
- Divine Mind Exile Gaming (0 – 3)
- BLVKHVND vs Aspire Entertainment (0 – 3)
- Statius Quo vs Vandyl (3 – 2)
- Oxygen Esports vs Solaris (3 – 1)
- Bing Chilling vs Unsigned Talent (0 – 3)
- Foot Fungus 792 vs Gamers First (0-3)
Lower Bracket – Round 2
- Natus Vincere vs WarZ (3 – 0)
- Mock-it Esports vs The Guard (1 – 3)
- Build By Gamers vs Exile Gaming (3 – 0)
- G2 Esports vs Aspire Entertainment (3 – 0)
- Chiefs Esports Club vs Status Quo (1 – 3)
- Team WaR vs Oxygen Esports (3 – 0)
- XSET vs Unsigned Talent (0 – 3)
- Sentinels vs Gamers First (3 – 0)
Lower Bracket – Round 3
- Natus Vincere vs The Guard (TBD December 19)
- Build By Gamers vs G2 esports (TBD December 19)
- Status Quo vs Team WaR (TBD December 19)
- Unsigned Talent vs Sentinels (TBD December 19)
If you’re a fan of the Halo series, you’ll have fun watching such competitive gamers adapt to a new game in the series. There are a lot of exciting changes in gameplay mechanics as well as a new crop of extremely competitive players and teams to look forward to in this new esports competition.
