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The Guild Wars Factions Championship (GWFC) is a series of tournament events sponsored by ArenaNet. Guilds from all territories participate by playing GvG-Battles followed by special seasonal play-off events and the World Championship Finals.

Format[]

There will be three qualifying seasons:

  • March 7, 2006 – April 3, 2006
  • April 18, 2006 – May 15, 2006
  • May 30, 2006 – June 26, 2006

Each season begins with a reset of the guild ladder. At the end of each qualifying season, the top 16 highest ranking guilds worldwide will be invited to the Seasonal Play-Offs. These teams will compete in a single-elimination tournament. Guilds will earn GWFC Points based upon their final position in each seasonal play-off. Additionally, the 1st and 2nd highest ranking guilds in each territory will receive bonus points.

After the last qualifying season, the top five guilds with the highest GWFC Point total (with a maximum of two guilds from any specific territory) will have earned an invitation to compete in the Guild Wars Factions World Championship Finals. In the case of a tie, single elimination tie breaker matches will determine the five guilds that will earn an invitation.

The 6th and final invitation to the World Championship Finals will be awarded to the winner of the GWFC Open tournament event. To this end, on July 7, 2006, the guild ladder will reset again. For the following 72 hours all guilds may compete in randomly paired single-game matches to increase their rank. On July 10, 2006, the top ranking eligible guild which has not yet qualified to the World Championship Finals will earn the remaining 6th invitation.

The World Championship Finals will take place from August 24 to August 27 during the GC Games Convention 2006 in Leipzig, Germany.

GWFC Points[]

Each Seasonal Play-Off will offer GWFC Points to the top 16 guilds of the guild ladder. The amount of points gained follows the chart below:

Result 1st 2nd 3rd to 4th 5th to 8th 9th to 16th
First Seasonal Play-Off 10 8 6 4 2
Second Seasonal Play-Off 15 12 9 6 3
Third Seasonal Play-Off 20 16 12 8 4

The two highest ranked guilds on the guild ladder from each territory will earn the additional number of GWFC points shown below:

Territory Rank 1st 2nd
First Seasonal Play-Off 4 2
Second Seasonal Play-Off 6 3
Third Seasonal Play-Off 8 4

Prizes[]

Factions Championship Trophy 1000x800

The Championship Trophy in the Great Temple of Balthazar

There will be a total of 100.000 USD prize money for the participants of the Guild Wars Factions World Championship.

  • First place: 50,000 USD
  • Second place: 25,000 USD
  • Third and Fourth place: 10,000 USD
  • Fifth and Sixth place: 2,500 USD

In addition to the GWFC Points, there are in-game rewards given to the guilds competing in the seasonal play-offs as well. Guilds who finish 2nd to 16th will win a special silver trim upgrade for their members guild cape which will last until the end of the following season. The winner of the seasonal play-off will win a permanent golden trim upgrade which will make them recognizable as champions as long as the guild exists.

The Guild Wars World Champion and the guilds lineup are immortalized by the Factions Championship Trophy in the Great Temple of Balthazar.

Other additional prizes may be offered.

First Seasonal Play-Offs[]

Results from First Qualifying Season
Seed Guild ELO Rating World Rank Territory Rank GWFC Points
1 Korea The Last Pride [EvIL] 1902 1 1 +4
2 Europe Irresistible Blokes [iB] 1847 2 1 +4
3 Korea War Machine [WM] 1774 3 2 +2
4 Korea The Benecia Renovatio [RenO] 1770 4 3
5 Europe Esoteric Warriors [EW] 1762 5 2 +2
6 North America Bring Back The Rifts [Rift] 1680 6 1 +4
7 North America I Guild I [iGi] 1667 7 2 +2
8 Europe Rus Corp [RUS] 1627 8 3
9 North America Treacherous Empire [Te] 1618 9 3
10 North America Clan Kgyu [KGYU] 1615 10 4
11 North America Time Is Running [OUT] 1598 11 5
12 North America The Voice Of Reason [vOR] 1594 12 6
13 North America Idiot Savants [iQ] 1591 13 7
14 Europe No Clue [emt] 1583 14 4
15 Europe I Black Widow I [Wi] 1572 15 5
16 North America We Still Pwn Charr [Char] 1570 16 8
-- Japan Scarlet Colored Vampires [ScV] 1568 17 1 +4
-- Japan Sacrament Of The Waooru [SotW] 1425 30 2 +2
-- Taiwan, Macao and Hong Kong I Seek Guild H K [香港] 1326 79 1 +4
-- Taiwan, Macao and Hong Kong The Lords Of Judgment [Judg] 1305 97 2 +2

Round 1[]

April 8th 2006 -- April 9th 2006
Korea The Last Pride [EvIL] vs. North America We Still Pwn Charr [Char] 2 : 1
Europe Rus Corp [RUS] vs. North America Treacherous Empire [Te] 0 : 2
Korea The Benecia Renovatio [RenO] vs. North America Idiot Savants [iQ] 2 : 1
Europe Esoteric Warriors [EW] vs. North America The Voice Of Reason [vOR] 2 : 1
Europe Irresistible Blokes [iB] vs. Europe I Black Widow I [Wi] 2 : 0
North America I Guild I [iGi] vs. North America Clan Kgyu [KGYU] 2 : 1
Korea War Machine [WM] vs. Europe No Clue [emt] 2 : 0
North America Bring Back The Rifts [Rift] vs. North America Time Is Running [OUT] 2 : 1

Round 2[]

April 12th 2006 -- April 15th 2006
Korea The Last Pride [EvIL] vs. North America Treacherous Empire [Te] 2 : 1
Korea The Benecia Renovatio [RenO] vs. Europe Esoteric Warriors [EW] 2 : 0
Europe Irresistible Blokes [iB] vs. North America I Guild I [iGi] 0 : 2
Korea War Machine [WM] vs. North America Bring Back The Rifts [Rift] 2 : 0

Round 3[]

April 16th 2006
Korea The Last Pride [EvIL] vs. Korea The Benecia Renovatio [RenO] 2 : 0
Korea War Machine [WM] vs. North America I Guild I [iGi] 2 : 1

Seasonal Final[]

April 16th 2006
Korea The Last Pride [EvIL] vs. Korea War Machine [WM] 2 : 0

As a special prize, the winner of the first seasonal play-offs will be invited to be a part of the Guild Wars presence at the 2006 E3 Conference. There the guild will be paid to play Guild Wars live onstage in the NCsoft booth.

Results from First Seasonal Play-Offs
Guild World Rank GWFC Points
Winner Korea The Last Pride [EvIL] 1 +10
Runner-Up Korea War Machine [WM] 3 +8
3rd Korea The Benecia Renovatio [RenO] 4 +6
North America I Guild I [iGi] 7 +6
5th Europe Irresistible Blokes [iB] 2 +4
Europe Esoteric Warriors [EW] 5 +4
North America Bring Back The Rifts [Rift] 6 +4
North America Treacherous Empire [Te] 9 +4
9th Europe Rus Corp [RUS] 8 +2
North America Clan Kgyu [KGYU] 10 +2
North America Time Is Running [OUT] 11 +2
North America The Voice Of Reason [vOR] 12 +2
North America Idiot Savants [iQ] 13 +2
Europe No Clue [emt] 14 +2
Europe I Black Widow I [Wi] 15 +2
North America We Still Pwn Charr [Char] 16 +2


Second Seasonal Play-Offs[]

Results from Second Qualifying Season
Seed Guild ELO Rating World Rank Territory Rank GWFC Points
1 Korea The Last Pride [EvIL] 1763 1 1 +6
2 Korea War Machine [WM] 1756 2 2 +3
3 North America Treacherous Empire [Te] 1697 3 1 +6
4 Europe Esoteric Warriors [EW] 1671 4 1 +6
5 North America Bring Back The Rifts [Rift] 1655 5 2 +3
6 Europe Irresistible Blokes [iB] 1631 6 2 +3
7 North America We Still Pwn Charr [Char] 1608 7 3
-- North America Rank Three Plus Pug [Deer] 1605 8 4
8 Japan Sacrament Of The Waooru [SotW] 1600 9 1 +6
9 North America Idiot Savants [iQ] 1591 10 5
10 North America Rakanishus Revenge [DtwO] 1562 11 6
11 North America I Guild I [iGi] 1555 12 7
12 Europe Peace And Harmony [PnH] 1552 13 3
13 Europe No Clue [emt] 1548 14 4
14 Europe Rus Corp [RUS] 1547 15 5
15 Europe Nuclear Launch Detected [Nu] 1541 16 6
16 Europe I Black Widow I [Wi] 1536 17 7
-- Japan オレがこやんど [こやんど] 1501 20 2 +3
-- Taiwan, Macao and Hong Kong I Seek Guild H K [香港] 1307 74 1 +6
-- Taiwan, Macao and Hong Kong Alliance Of Pro Myorcs [APM] 1251 123 2 +3

Round 1[]

May 20th 2006
Korea The Last Pride [EvIL] vs. Europe I Black Widow I [Wi] 0 : 2 Match Report - 2
Japan Sacrament Of The Waooru [SotW] vs. North America Idiot Savants [iQ] 2 : 0
Europe Esoteric Warriors [EW] vs. Europe No Clue [emt] 2 : 1
North America Bring Back The Rifts [Rift] vs. Europe Peace And Harmony [PnH] 2 : 0
Korea War Machine [WM] vs. Europe Nuclear Launch Detected [Nu] 2 : 0
North America We Still Pwn Charr [Char] vs. North America Rakanishus Revenge [DtwO] 2 : 0
North America Treacherous Empire [Te] vs. Europe Rus Corp [RUS] 1 : 2
Europe Irresistible Blokes [iB] vs. North America I Guild I [iGi] 2 : 0

Round 2[]

May 21st 2006
Japan Sacrament Of The Waooru [SotW] vs. Europe I Black Widow I [Wi] 2 : 0 Match Report Video
Europe Esoteric Warriors [EW] vs. North America Bring Back The Rifts [Rift] 2 : 0 Video
Korea War Machine [WM] vs. North America We Still Pwn Charr [Char] 2 : 1 Match Report Video
Europe Irresistible Blokes [iB] vs. Europe Rus Corp [RUS] 2 : 1 Match Report Video

Round 3[]

May 27th 2006
Europe Esoteric Warriors [EW] vs. Japan Sacrament Of The Waooru [SotW] 2 : 1 Video
Korea War Machine [WM] vs. Europe Irresistible Blokes [iB] 0 : 2 Match Report Video

Seasonal Final[]

May 28th 2006
Europe Esoteric Warriors [EW] vs. Europe Irresistible Blokes [iB] 2 : 1 Match Report Video

As special prize for this season, ArenaNet offers the members of the winning guild the opportunity to help redesign, update and personalize the premade PvP builds.

Results from Second Seasonal Play-Offs
Guild World Rank GWFC Points
Winner Europe Esoteric Warriors [EW] 4 +15
Runner-Up Europe Irresistible Blokes [iB] 6 +12
3rd Korea War Machine [WM] 2 +9
Japan Sacrament Of The Waooru [SotW] 9 +9
5th North America Bring Back The Rifts [Rift] 5 +6
North America We Still Pwn Charr [Char] 7 +6
Europe Rus Corp [RUS] 15 +6
Europe I Black Widow I [Wi] 17 +6
9th Korea The Last Pride [EvIL] 1 +3
North America Treacherous Empire [Te] 3 +3
North America Idiot Savants [iQ] 10 +3
North America Rakanishus Revenge [DtwO] 11 +3
North America I Guild I [iGi] 12 +3
Europe Peace And Harmony [PnH] 13 +3
Europe No Clue [emt] 14 +3
Europe Nuclear Launch Detected [Nu] 16 +3


Third Seasonal Play-Offs[]

Results from First Qualifying Season
Seed Guild ELO Rating World Rank Territory Rank GWFC Points
1 Korea War Machine [WM] 1713 1 1 +8
2 Korea The Benecia Renovatio [RenO] 1703 2 2 +4
3 North America Mostly Harmless [MH] 1691 3 1 +8
4 Europe No Clue [emt] 1681 4 1 +8
5 Europe Irresistible Blokes [iB] 1667 5 2 +4
6 Korea The Last Pride [EvIL] 1656 6 3
7 Europe Esoteric Warriors [EW] 1643 7 3
8 North America Treacherous Empire [Te] 1628 8 2 +4
-- North America Whats Going On [sup] 1601 9 3
9 North America Nuclear Launch Detected [Nu] 1590 10 4
10 Europe Peace And Harmony [PnH] 1590 11 4
11 Japan Supernova Jpn [SpNv] 1586 12 1 +8
12 North America Clan Kgyu [KGYU] 1584 13 5
13 North America Idiot Savants [iQ] 1574 14 6
14 Japan Sacrament Of The Waooru [SotW] 1566 15 2 +4
15 Europe Spectral Agony [sA] 1565 16 5
16 Japan Elite Mangudai [mn] 1539 17 3
-- Taiwan, Macao and Hong Kong Harbinger Of Chaos [LusT] 1393 38 1 +8
-- Taiwan, Macao and Hong Kong I Seek Guild H K [香港] 1384 39 2 +4

Round 1[]

July 1st 2006
Korea War Machine [WM] vs. Japan Elite Mangudai [mn] 2 : 0
North America Treacherous Empire [Te] vs. North America Nuclear Launch Detected [Nu] 2 : 0
Europe No Clue [emt] vs. North America Idiot Savants [iQ] 2 : 0
Europe Irresistible Blokes [iB] vs. North America Clan Kgyu [KGYU] 2 : 0
Korea The Benecia Renovatio [RenO] vs. Europe Spectral Agony [sA] 2 : 0
Europe Esoteric Warriors [EW] vs. Europe Peace And Harmony [PnH] 2 : 0
North America Mostly Harmless [MH] vs. Japan Sacrament Of The Waooru [SotW] 2 : 1
Korea The Last Pride [EvIL] vs. Japan Supernova Jpn [SpNv] 2 : 1

Round 2[]

July 2nd 2006 -- July 3rd 2006
Korea War Machine [WM] vs. North America Treacherous Empire [Te] 2 : 0 Match Report Video
Europe No Clue [emt] vs. Europe Irresistible Blokes [iB] 1 : 2 Match Report Video
Korea The Benecia Renovatio [RenO] vs. Europe Esoteric Warriors [EW] 0 : 2 Match Report Video
North America Mostly Harmless [MH] vs. Korea The Last Pride [EvIL] 1 : 2 Match Report Video

Round 3[]

July 8th 2006
Korea War Machine [WM] vs. Europe Irresistible Blokes [iB] 2 : 0 Match Report
Korea The Last Pride [EvIL] vs. Europe Esoteric Warriors [EW] 2 : 0 Match Report

Seasonal Final[]

July 9th 2006
Korea War Machine [WM] vs. Korea The Last Pride [EvIL] 0 : 2 Match Report


Results from Third Seasonal Play-Offs
Guild World Rank GWFC Points
Winner Korea The Last Pride [EvIL] 6 +20
Runner-Up Korea War Machine [WM] 1 +16
3rd Europe Irresistible Blokes [iB] 5 +12
Europe Esoteric Warriors [EW] 7 +12
5th Korea The Benecia Renovatio [RenO] 2 +8
North America Mostly Harmless [MH] 3 +8
Europe No Clue [emt] 4 +8
North America Treacherous Empire [Te] 8 +8
9th North America Nuclear Launch Detected [Nu] 9 +4
Europe Peace And Harmony [PnH] 10 +4
Japan Supernova Jpn [SpNv] 11 +4
North America Clan Kgyu [KGYU] 12 +4
North America Idiot Savants [iQ] 13 +4
Japan Sacrament Of The Waooru [SotW] 14 +4
Europe Spectral Agony [sA] 15 +4
Japan Elite Mangudai [mn] 16 +4


GWFC Point final standing[]

GWFC Point Standing
Rank Territory Guild GWFC Points
1 1 Korea War Machine [WM] 46
2 2 Korea The Last Pride [EvIL] 43
3 1 Europe Irresistible Blokes [iB] 39 (*)
4 2 Europe Esoteric Warriors [EW] 39 (*)
5 1 Japan Sacrament Of The Waooru [SotW] 25 (*)
6 1 North America Treacherous Empire [Te] 25 (*)
7 3 Europe No Clue [emt] 21
8 3 Korea The Benecia Renovatio [RenO] 18
9 2 North America Bring Back The Rifts [Rift] 17
10 3 North America Mostly Harmless [MH] 16
11 1 Taiwan, Macao and Hong Kong I Seek Guild H K [香港] 14
12 2 Japan Supernova Jpn [SpNv] 12
13 4 North America I Guild I [iGi] 11
14 5 North America Idiot Savants [iQ] 9
15 2 Taiwan, Macao and Hong Kong Harbinger Of Chaos [LusT] 8
4 Europe Rus Corp [RUS] 8
Europe I Black Widow I [Wi] 8
6 North America We Still Pwn Charr [Char] 8
19 6 Europe Peace And Harmony [PnH] 7
7 North America Nuclear Launch Detected [Nu] 7
21 8 North America Clan Kgyu [KGYU] 6
22 3 Japan Scarlet Colored Vampires [ScV] 4
Japan Elite Mangudai [mn] 4
7 Europe Spectral Agony [sA] 4
25 3 Taiwan, Macao and Hong Kong Alliance Of Pro Myorcs [APM] 3
5 Japan オレがこやんど [こやんど] 3
9 North America Rakanishus Revenge [DtwO] 3
28 4 Taiwan, Macao and Hong Kong The Lords Of Judgment [Judg] 2
10 North America Time Is Running [OUT] 2
North America The Voice Of Reason [vOR] 2

GWFC Point final standing after the third seasonal play-offs.

(*) = ranking order due to tie-breaker match

Tie-Breaker[]

July 9th 2006
Japan Sacrament Of The Waooru [SotW] vs. North America Treacherous Empire [Te] 2 : 0

Despite the fact that Sacrament Of The Waooru [SotW] won the tie-breaker match, the guild declined their invitation to the World Championship Finals in favor of Treacherous Empire [Te]. See the news fom July 14th, 2006, for the full story.

August 5th 2006
Europe Esoteric Warriors [EW] vs. Europe Irresistible Blokes [iB] 1 : 2


GWFC Open[]

Results from the GWFC Open
World Rank Guild ELO Rating
1 North America Idiot Savants [iQ] 1549
2 Korea War Machine Universal [WM] 1436
3 Korea The Benecia Renovatio [RenO] 1420
4 Europe Peace And Harmony [PnH] 1393
5 North America Mostly Harmless [MH] 1373
6 North America Clan Kgyu [KGYU] 1351
7 North America One Hitter Quitters [QQ] 1336
8 North America Im Following You [Mush 1298
9 North America Stoned To Death [STD] 1294
10 Europe Capita Cerberi [CC] 1289

The top ten participants of the GWFC Open event from July 7th to July 10th, 2006.

World Championship Finals[]

World Championship Finals Participants
Seed Guild GWFC Points
1 Korea War Machine [WM] 46
2 Korea The Last Pride [EvIL] 43
3 Europe Irresistible Blokes [iB] 39
4 Europe Esoteric Warriors [EW] 39
5 North America Treacherous Empire [Te] 25
6 North America Idiot Savants [iQ] 9*

The top five teams were seeded by their final GWFC Point ranking. The sixth seed in the finals was reserved for the winner of the Open Event. GWFC Points were irrelevent in determining this slot.

The placement of the 3rd and 4th was decided in a tie-breaker match.

Quarter-Finals[]

August 25th 2006
Europe Esoteric Warriors [EW] vs. North America Treacherous Empire [Te] 1:2
Europe Irresistible Blokes [iB] vs. North America Idiot Savants [iQ] 0:2

The two highest-seeded guilds received a bye during this round.

Semi-Finals[]

August 25th 2006 -- August 26th 2006
Korea War Machine [WM] vs. North America Treacherous Empire [Te] 2:0
Korea The Last Pride [EvIL] vs. North America Idiot Savants [iQ] 1:2

Finale[]

August 26th 2006
Korea War Machine [WM] vs. North America Idiot Savants [iQ] 2:1


Results from the World Championship Finals
Guild GWFC Points
World Champion Korea War Machine [WM] 46
Runner-Up North America Idiot Savants [iQ] 9*
3rd Korea The Last Pride [EvIL] 43
North America Treacherous Empire [Te] 25
5th Europe Irresistible Blokes [iB] 39
Europe Esoteric Warriors [EW] 39


See Also[]


Guild Wars Championship Series
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