Overview

Over the course of the weekend we have seen the AWC Shadowlands Cup 4 unravel on the world of warcraft’s YouTube channel. This post will give you the vods from the course of the weekend, as well as information about the AWC Shadowlands cups, from as much information as I can find to suffice this post.

Friday 5th March

It started off on Friday with the EU region fighting for their place in the AWC circtuit tournament, attempting to eliminate other teams, win the cup to maximise their points gained to ensure they make it to the circuit, you can catch the vod here:

Saturday 6th March

On Saturday we saw the US region doing the same thing as EU did the day before, you can catch the vod here:

Sunday 7th March

Then, finally after hours of battling in numerous arenas, elimination of multiple teams we landed on champsionship sunday. You can find the vod here:

Championship Sunday determines the winner of the cup for each region and then the teams are allocated points based off of where they finish off. Below, you can see the point allocation for each place:

Arena Cup Tournament Points and Prizes
Tournament Placement	Point Award Per Team	Prize Award Per Team (USD)
1st Place	120 points	$5,000
2nd Place	100 points	$2,800
3rd Place	80 points	$1,600
4th Place	60 points	$600
5th and 6th Place	40 points	No cash prize
7th and 8th Place	20 points	No cash prize
9th, 10th, 11th, and 12th Place	12 points	No cash prize

You can find some more information for AWC from Blizzard:

https://worldofwarcraft.com/en-gb/esports/arena

But also the extensive rules on MLG’s website:

https://gamebattles.majorleaguegaming.com/pc/world-of-warcraft/tournament/awc-shadowlands-2021-eu-cup-4/rules

So congratulations to the EU champions Skill Capped EU and congratulations to the NA champions Hamsters & Hares.

What does this mean now? Well that is the final of the four cups and the top 8 players from each region will make it to the circuit, as the schedule shows there will be 4 weeks of the S1 Shadowlands circuit, in which players from both EU and NA will fight for the title of world champion https://worldofwarcraft.com/en-gb/esports/schedule.

Standings

Here are the standings for EU:

Rank	Team	Points Total
1	Skill Capped EU	440
2	Method EU	420
3	Cowana Gaming	232
4	Reload Esports	220
5	Creed	140
6	Blast Wave Bros	132
7	Tegridy Damp	104
8	Ad Hoc Gaming	92
9	F2K MyWay	60
10	LF Org	42
11	Roman Pirates	32
11	Handsome Crew	32
13	Win On Blue	20
13	SC Panthera	20
15	Team Lockdown	12
15	Ad Hoc GG	12
15	Team Vésuve	12
15	Against All Odds	12
15	Harry Pottered	12
15	Hajime	12

Also, the standings for US:

Rank	Team	Points Total
1	Method NA	460
2	OTK	300
3	Cloud9	292
4	Charlotte Phoenix	220
5	Hamsters & Hares	212
6	Golden Guardians	120
7	Unitas	112
8	Spacestation Gaming	96
9	FLP	80
10	Plot Twist	76
11	Trust The Process	52
12	Stache Stallions	32
13	Tatakae	12
13	Deception Gaming	12
13	Alt Six	12
16	Easy Money	6
16	KMNFC	6

You can find the standings for yourself also here.

Wrapping it all up

So congratulations to the top 8 from EU: Skill Capped EU, Method EU, Cowana Gaming, Reload Esports, Creed, Blast Wave Bros, Tegridy Damp, Ad Hoc Gaming and congratulations to the top 8 from NA: Method NA, OTK, Cloud9, Charlotte Phoenix, Hamsters & Hares, Golden Guardians, Unitas, Spacestation Gaming.

Unfortunately, the rest of the teams don’t qualify, but best of luck to them in the next AWC Shadowlands cups.

I hope you’ve enjoyed this post, I tried to make it as detailed as I can with information as accurate as I can find. The standings are correct as of Monday 8th March when I looked on the website, for the most accurate points total for the teams please refer to the standings link I posted further above. That will be it for today’s post, I wish you all the best in your arena queues and maybe I’ll meet you in the arena