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The [[2018 AUNZ Splatoon 2 Cup]] was used to determine what team would be representing the Australia region in the tournament. [https://twitter.com/YeahNahSplat Yeah Nah] won, earning their spot in the World Championship.<ref>[http://www.nintendo.com.au/yeah-nah-wins-2018-aunz-splatoon-2-cup-will-represent-aunz-at-e3-2018 Yeah Nah wins 2018 AUNZ Splatoon 2 Cup, will represent AUNZ at E3 2018]</ref> | The [[2018 AUNZ Splatoon 2 Cup]] was used to determine what team would be representing the Australia region in the tournament. [https://twitter.com/YeahNahSplat Yeah Nah] won, earning their spot in the World Championship.<ref>[http://www.nintendo.com.au/yeah-nah-wins-2018-aunz-splatoon-2-cup-will-represent-aunz-at-e3-2018 Yeah Nah wins 2018 AUNZ Splatoon 2 Cup, will represent AUNZ at E3 2018]</ref> | ||
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S2WC2018 SetToDestroyX.jpg|Members of SetToDestroyX represeting North America: Kyo, HXN, Fuzzy and Whitt. | |||
S2WC2018 BackSquids.jpg|Members of BackSquids represeting Europe: Wadsm, Majin, Echo and Kaito. | |||
S2WC2018 GGBoyZ.jpg|Members of BackSquids represeting Japan: Taiji, Etona, Yamamicchi and Dynamon | |||
S2WC2018 YeahNah.jpg|Members of BackSquids represeting Australia: Latias, RiviЯ, Gabe and Flc | |||
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==E3 2018 Championship== | ==E3 2018 Championship== |
Revision as of 19:35, 26 May 2019
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Type | LAN |
Location | Belasco Theatre, California |
Format | Opening Rounds Tournament Bracket |
Winner | GG BoyZ (JP) |
The Splatoon 2 World Championship 2018 was a Splatoon 2 tournament that took place at E3 2018.
Qualifiers
One team was chosen to represent each of the four regions at the World Championship: North America, Europe, Japan, and Australia, each through their own regional tournament.
North America
The Splatoon 2 U.S./Canada Inkling Open 2018 was used to determine what team would be representing the U.S./Canada region in the tournament. SetToDestroyX won, earning their spot in the World Championship. The team was formerly Deadbeat, who won the 2017 Splatoon 2 World Inkling Invitational at E3 2017.[1]
Europe
The Splatoon European Championship 2017 was used to determine what team would be representing the Europe region in the tournament. BackSquids (formerly known as Gucci Gang) won, earning their spot in the World Championship.[2]
Japan
Splatoon Koshien 2018 was used to determine what team would be representing the Japan region in the tournament. GG BoyZ won, earning their spot in the World Championship.[3]
Australia
The 2018 AUNZ Splatoon 2 Cup was used to determine what team would be representing the Australia region in the tournament. Yeah Nah won, earning their spot in the World Championship.[4]
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Members of SetToDestroyX represeting North America: Kyo, HXN, Fuzzy and Whitt.
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Members of BackSquids represeting Europe: Wadsm, Majin, Echo and Kaito.
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Members of BackSquids represeting Japan: Taiji, Etona, Yamamicchi and Dynamon
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Members of BackSquids represeting Australia: Latias, RiviЯ, Gabe and Flc
E3 2018 Championship
Opening Rounds
Semifinals
The semifinals took place on June 11, 2018 from 3:30-6:00pm PT (6:30-9:00pm ET) to determine the two teams who would be competing in the Grand Finals the following day.
Finals
The finals took place on June 12, 2018 at 1pm PT (4pm ET) between GG BoyZ (Japan) and BackSquids (Europe). The Grand Finals was a best of 7 between the four different Ranked Battle modes.
The matches went as follows:
- Game 1: Splat Zones on Walleye Warehouse - GG BoyZ win 0-27
- Game 2: Tower Control on Wahoo World - BackSquids win 54-68
- Game 3: Clam Blitz on Manta Maria - GG BoyZ win 0-40
- Game 4: Rainmaker on Camp Triggerfish - BackSquids win 0-30
- Game 5 (if necessary): Splat Zones on The Reef - GG BoyZ win 0-26
- Game 6 (if necessary): Tower Control on Moray Towers - GG BoyZ win 0-100
- Game 7 (if necessary): N/A
GG BoyZ won match 6 of the Grand Finals, making it 4-2, claiming their victory as the champions of the Splatoon 2 World Championship.
Videos
- 2018 Splatoon 2 World Championships - Opening Rounds - Round 1 - Nintendo E3 2018
- 2018 Splatoon 2 World Championships - Opening Rounds - Round 2 - Nintendo E3 2018
- 2018 Splatoon 2 World Championships - Opening Rounds - Round 3 - Nintendo E3 2018
- 2018 Splatoon 2 World Championships - Opening Rounds - Round 4 - Nintendo E3 2018
- 2018 Splatoon 2 World Championships - Semi-Finals - Round 5 - Nintendo E3 2018
- 2018 Splatoon 2 World Championships - Semi-Finals - Round 6 - Nintendo E3 2018
- 2018 Splatoon 2 World Championships - Finals - Round 7 - Nintendo E3 2018
Trivia
- To promote the event, the SWC Logo Tee was available as a gift from a Nintendo Switch news article.