Warcraft III Season 5 Asia Regional Finals
1. Moon
2. Remind
3. Shy

World of Warcraft Asia Regional Finals
1. Notorious
2. D E R tenacity
3. MYTH

Warcraft III Invitational
1. Tod
2. Fov

StarCraft Invitational
1. Bisu
2. Savior

For more information about the tournaments visit the tournament section on the WWI page. Replays from the StarCraft Invitational, the Warcraft III Invitational, and the Warcraft III Season 5 tournament will be posted on www.battle.net.

May 19-20, 2007 – Asian Regional Finals – Seoul, Korea
The Asian regional finals will be held at the Olympic Fencing Gymnasium and the Olympic Gymnastic Arena in Seoul. Home to the 1988 Summer Olympics, these two venues will host the Worldwide Invitational StarCraft tournament, the World of Warcraft Asian regional finals, and the Warcraft III Kalimdor regional finals.

June 2-3, 2007 – American Regional Finals – San Diego, California
The American regional finals will be held at the House of Blues in San Diego. The House of Blues is known for exciting live music and southern-inspired cuisine. This popular entertainment center will be transformed into a top-tier gaming arena to host the World of Warcraft American regional finals and the Warcraft III Azeroth regional finals.

June 23-24, 2007 – European Regional Finals – Hamburg, Germany
The European regional finals will be held at the Hamburg Messe and Congress center. Located in the heart of one of largest cities in Germany, this national convention center will host the World of Warcraft European regional finals and the Warcraft III Northrend regional finals.

August 3-4, 2007 – Global Finals at BlizzCon 2007 – Anaheim, California
BlizzCon is a celebration of the Warcraft, StarCraft, and Diablo franchises and the players who have helped make them so popular around the world. In addition to many events and activities, we are proud to present the global finals for World of Warcraft and Warcraft III. The top players from each regional competition will be flown in from around the world to compete for the 2007 world championship.

We are pleased to announce the top two performers from Season 4 for each region!

• Americas: KiWiKaKi, SonKiE
• Europe: Grubby, ToD
• Asia: ReMinD, Lucifer

Based on their performance in Season 4's global finals, these players have automatically qualified for their respective regional qualifier event. These select players will join the top-six-ranked players from each region’s invitational ladder to form the final lineups. Congratulations and good luck!

The Warcraft III Season 5 invitational ladder has begun. We have invited the top players from each regional ladder to compete in the invitational ladder. Please refer to the Season 5 FAQ for new information and guidelines about this season's competition. Good luck!

We are pleased to announce the fifth edition of the Battle.net Warcraft III ladder seasons. Based on the positive feedback we received for Season 4, we will be using a similar format for Warcraft III Season 5. Be sure to check out our complete coverage of Season 4, which concluded with an awarding of $10,000 and the Season 4 Global Champion Trophy to ReMinD for his comeback victory in the Global Finals event held in Cologne, Germany this past January.

The upcoming season will once again contain three elite ladders hosted on the Kalimdor, Northrend, and Azeroth gateways. These ladders will initially be populated on an invitation-only basis and feature the world’s most established and successful Warcraft III players. Each ladder will function as a standard Battle.net solo ladder, with its own web interface displaying rankings, and its own map pools.

To ensure that all players eventually have the opportunity to compete for seeds in the final events, we’ll be refreshing the player pool for each of the ladders at the end of the season. Inactive and low-ranking players from these tournament ladders will be replaced with top-ranked players on the standard Battle.net solo ladders. We intend to use this overall format for future Blizzard tournaments as well.

Ladders

For Season 5, each participant will play on the gateway closest to his or her own geographical location. The ladders for these gateways will have roughly 100-150 players on them, and there will be no restrictions for the AMM (automated matchmaking system). This means that the top player could be pitted against someone much lower on the ladder, but it also means that search times should be faster, as AMM searches will only be impacted by player availability.

Players

Each Season 5 player will receive a unique icon and will be able to view and play on the new ladders through Battle.net. Also, six players from Season 4 will be invited by Blizzard to participate in the Season 5 regional qualifiers based on their success in the Season 4 Global Finals.

Season

Season 5 will last approximately one month, and upon completion, Blizzard will arrange for the top players from each ladder to participate in the offline regional qualifiers. Those who succeed in the regional qualifiers will then go head-to-head in the global finals. Similar to Season 4, the Season 5 finals will be hosted at a dedicated event set up solely for the purpose of closing out the season with a bang. More information will be released in the future, including details on rules, scheduling, and prizes, so please stay tuned to www.battle.net.