Splyce Defeat TOX Gaming to Become Halo World Champions
Splyce Defeat TOX Gaming to Become Halo World Champions
The North American squad Splyce managed to defeat the two-time world champions TOX Gaming in the grand finals of Halo World Championship 2018 with the 4-0 score, receiving $500,000 in prize money.
The main event of the season was held on April 13-15 at CenturyLink Field Event Center in Seattle, United States. It featured 16 best teams from all around the world, who qualified for HaloWC 2018 by acquiring points at different events, which were held throughout the season, including LAN-finals in Orlando, London, Sydney, Mexico City and Columbus. The list of participants consisted of nine North American teams (Splyce, TOX Gaming, Team EnVyUs, Team Reciprocity, Renegades, Elevate, Oxygen Supremacy, Str8 Rippin, Wise Gaming), four teams from Europe and Middle East (Team Infused, Vexed Gaming, Fable Esports, Myztro Gaming), two teams from Australia and New Zealand (Mindfreak, Team Immunity), as well as one team from Latin America – Berserker Esports.
These teams were seeded into four groups with round-robin format, with only two best teams from each group advancing to the next stage. The playoffs stage was held in a double-elimination format with best-of-seven series. Out of eight teams that managed to qualify for the playoffs only one team was from Europe – Team Infused, the other six slots were secured by North American teams – Splyce and Str8 Rippin advanced from Group A, TOX Gaming and Renegades were the strongest in Group B, Team Reciprocity managed to place first in Group C with the total score of 9-1, while Team EnVyUs and Elevate qualified from Group D.
Splyce started their run through the playoffs bracket by defeating Team Infused (4-1) and Team EnVyUs (4-2), facing TOX Gaming in the Winners’ Finals, who previously outplayed Elevate (4-1) and Team Reciprocity. Splyce defeated TOX (4-1), knocking them to the lower bracket, where they had to face Team EnVyUs. In a tough fight, with the 4-3 score the two-times world champions TOX managed to defeat nV and advanced to the grand finals, in which they again lost to Splyce, this time not being able to secure even a single map. This victory granted Splyce $500,000 in prize money on top of 2x$20,000 of what they received for placing first at both HaloWC Orlando Open and HaloWC Columbus.
Group Stage:
| Group A | Group B | ||||||
| 1. | Splyce | 3-0 | 9-0 | 1. | TOX Gaming | 3-0 | 9-1 |
| 2. | Str8 Rippin | 2-1 | 6-4 | 2. | Renegades | 2-1 | 7-4 |
| 3. | Berserker Esports | 1-2 | 3-8 | 3. | Wise Gaming | 1-2 | 4-6 |
| 4. | Fable Esports | 0-3 | 3-9 | 4. | Mindfreak | 0-3 | 0-9 |
| Group C | Group D | ||||||
| 1. | Team Reciprocity | 3-0 | 9-1 | 1. | Team EnVyUs | 3-0 | 9-1 |
| 2. | Team Infused | 2-1 | 7-3 | 2. | Elevate | 2-1 | 7-3 |
| 3. | Oxygen Supremacy | 1-2 | 3-6 | 3. | Vexed Gaming | 1-2 | 3-6 |
| 4. | Myztro Gaming | 0-3 | 0-9 | 4. | Team Immunity | 0-3 | 0-9 |
Playoffs:
Upper Bracket
Lower Bracket
Tournament Results:
| Place | $ USD | Team |
| 1st | $500,000 | Splyce |
| 2nd | $200,000 | TOX Gaming |
| 3rd | $100,000 | Team EnVyUs |
| 4th | $50,000 | Team Reciprocity |
| 5th-6th | $35,500 | Renegades, Elevate |
| 7th-8th | $20,000 | Str8 Rippin, Team Infused |
| 9th-12th | $7,500 | Oxygen Supremacy, Wise Gaming, Vexed Gaming, Berserker Esports |
| 13th-16th | $2,500 | Fable Esports, Mindfreak, Team Immunity, Myztro Gaming |