Factions World Championship
Photos from the show floor
The Championship
On Thursday 24th August 2006, swords will clash and magic will scorch the skies as the semi finals of the Guild Wars Factions World Championship commence. Six guilds have travelled to Leipzig in Germany and will be battling it out for three long days, to decide who will walk away with a place in history and a share of $100,000 in prize money.
Early this year the first ever Guild Wars World Championship was held in Taiwan, with Korean Guild The Last Pride (EvIL) winning first place against War Machine (WM) in an epic final match.
Both guilds are back this year along with two from Europe and two from America, all six of them eager to emerge as the victor. Will The Last Pride manage to defend their crown? Will War Machine get revenge against their rivals? Or will Europe or America stand tall as the winners of the prestigious title of Guild Wars World Champions?
Stay tuned and find out!
Games Convention Leipzig
Games Convention Leipzig is a five day consumer gaming show which welcomes over 125,000 gamers into its halls each August, a perfect place to hold the Guild Wars World Championships.
We will be updating live from the show floor at Games Convention Leipzig throughout the rest of the week, so be sure to stay tuned to http://eu.guildwars.com for exciting Guild Wars World Championship bulletins, and live coverage of Guild Wars presence at Games Convention 2006.
Throughout Games convention we will be adding updates to the official EU Guild Wars website and forums, we will also regularly be updating the official NCsoft Europe Flickr account with new photos.
Be sure to stay tuned for the latest and greatest photos from the show floor.
The Guilds
There are six Guilds from around the world taking place in the Championships; see below for more information on each one.
- War Machine [WM] (Korea)
- The Last Pride [EvIL] (Korea) – reigning World Champion
- Irresistible Blokes [iB] (Finland)
- Esoteric Warriors [EW] (Europe)
- Treacherous Empire [Te] (America)
- Idiot Savants [iQ] (America)
Head over to this page to read interviews with each Guild taking part ion the GWFWC.
GWFC *Updated* Match Schedule
| Match # | Date & Time | Guilds Competing* |
Round 1 | ||
| 1 | Fri August 25, 7.15am GMT | vs. Idiot Savants (6) |
| 2 | Fri August 25, 11am GMT | vs. Treacherous Empire (5) |
Semi-Finals | ||
| 3 | Fri August 25, 3pm GMT | vs. Winner Match 1 |
| 4 | Sat August 26, 9am GMT | vs. Winner Match 2 |
Final | ||
| 5 | Sat August 26, 2pm GMT | vs. Winner Match 4 |
Exhibition Match | ||
| Special | Sun August 27, 8am GMT | vs. Black Emperor |
* The number after each guild is the tournament seed of each guild.
