Splatoon 2 World Championship 2019

The Splatoon 2 World Championship 2019 is a Splatoon 2 tournament that will take place at E3 2019.

Qualifiers
One team was chosen to represent each of the four regions at the World Championship through its own regional tournament: Japan, Europe, North America, and Australia/New Zealand.

Japan
GG BoyZ won the fourth Splatoon Koshien tournament and will represent Japan in the World Championship for the second consecutive year. All four members who played in the previous year's World Championship are back to defend their title, including Dynamon, who is in this championship for the third consecutive year.

Europe
Alliance Rogue, the French team comprised of members of rival European teams Kraken Paradise and Team Olive, won Paris Games Week to earn the right to represent France in the Splatoon 2 European Championship 2018-2019. There, this team of French all-stars won its group over Overtime of Belgium and NinPlayers of Italy, then defeated Ämpäri Gang of Finland — also consisting of members of Kraken Paradise and Team Olive — and finally dethroned Europe's defending champions, BackSquids, to win both the championship and the right to represent Europe in the World Championship.

North America
FTWin won the Splatoon 2 North America Inkling Open 2019 after defeating Demise (3-0) and Lowkey (4-3) at PAX East and will represent North America in the World Championship. The team was formed by former members of the teams that finished in the top three of the previous year's Splatoon 2 U.S./Canada Inkling Open: Saikai (3rd), TOMO (2nd), and SetToDestroyX (1st), the latter of which competed in the World Championship 2018. Team captain Kyo, former captain of TOMO, will be playing in his second World Championship, having substituted for Ice of SetToDestroyX a year ago.

Australia
Lime Soda won the Splatoon 2 Australasian Open 2019, defeating Morning Sun five games to four in an incredible reverse sweep, and will represent Australia and New Zealand in the World Championship.

Round One
Matches will be a series of Turf War battles to determine seeding. There will be four stages - Manta Maria, Blackbelly Skatepark, Ancho-V Games, and Skipper Pavilion - with a coin flip before each battle determining which team chooses the stage.

The battles will be as follows:
 * GG Boyz vs. Lime Soda
 * Alliance Rouge vs. FTWin
 * Match 1 loser vs. Match 2 loser
 * Match 1 winner vs. Match 2 winner

Semifinals
The semifinals will be a best of five, single-elimination round on Ranked Battle modes.

Both pairs of teams will play the same sets of battles. The first match will be Number 1 Seed vs. Number 4 Seed, and the second will be Number 2 Seed vs. Number 3 seed. The battles will be as follows:
 * Game 1: Tower Control on The Reef
 * Game 2: Clam Blitz on Arowana Mall
 * Game 3: Splat Zones on MakoMart
 * Game 4 (if necessary): Rainmaker on Inkblot Art Academy
 * Game 5 (if necessary): Tower Control on Starfish Mainstage

Finals
The finals will be a best of seven, single-elimination round on Ranked Battle modes.

The battles will be as follows:
 * Game 1: Tower Control on Wahoo World
 * Game 2: Rainmaker on Humpback Pump Track
 * Game 3: Clam Blitz on Snapper Canal
 * Game 4: Splat Zones on Goby Arena
 * Game 5 (if necessary): Splat Zones on Musselforge Fitness
 * Game 6 (if necessary): Rainmaker on Kelp Dome
 * Game 7 (if necessary): Tower Control on Moray Towers