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Hearthstone Battlegrounds Brawl: Schedule, Format, Players, Prize Pool & How-To Watch

To celebrate the coming of Pirates in Hearthstone, Blizzard is returning Battlegrounds Brawl. Here's everything you need to know about it.
Hearthstone Battlegrounds Brawl: Schedule, Format, Players, Prize Pool & How-To Watch

It's has been two weeks since the coming of Pirates in Hearthstone Battlegrounds.

Four new Pirate heroes and a bunch of Pirate cards have been added to the game, which opened up a lot of new strategies and opportunities to have fun with this popular Hearthstone mode.

To celebrate the coming of pirates, Blizzard is once again returning with the Battlegrounds Brawl event.

What is Battlegrounds Brawl?

Battlegrounds Brawl: Pirates & Mayhem
(Picture: Blizzard)

Battlegrounds Brawl: Pirates & Mayhem is an invitational Hearthstone Battleground tournament, organized by Blizzard. 

Hearthstone creators will be split into 4 teams—the Southsea Swashbucklers, Bloodsail Buccaneers, Fogsail Freebooters, and Northsea Navigators—each competing for their share of a $200,000 prize pool across 7 rounds of heated Battlegrounds action!

The event will be hosted by Frodan and Sottle.

Battlegrounds Brawl Teams

Southsea Swashbucklers - Firebat, Amaz, Solary, Tom60229

Bloodsail Buccaneers - Kripp, Trump, Sjow, DDaHyoNi

Battlegrounds Brawl: Pirates & Mayhem
(Picture: Blizzard)

Northsea Navigators - Brian Kibler, Educated Collins, RDU, Jinbae

Fogsail Freebooters - Dog, Hafu, Thijs, shtan_udachi

Battlegrounds Brawl: Pirates & Mayhem
(Picture: Blizzard)

Battlegrounds Brawl Format

Two games will be played simultaneously in each round. Points will be awarded at the end of each round to individual competitors based on their placement and added to their team’s total point score.

Seven rounds in total. Each team’s total number of 1st place finishes will be the primary tiebreaker.

  • 1st place finish = 5 points awarded
  • 2nd place finish = 4 points awarded
  • 3rd place finish = 2 points awarded
  • 4th place finish = 1 point awarded

Battlegrounds Brawl Prize Pool

$200,000 in total

  • 1st place team = $20,000 per member
  • 2nd place team = $12,500 per member
  • 3rd place team = $10,000 per member
  • 4th place team = $7,500 per member

When does Hearthstone Battlegrounds Brawl start?

You can watch Hearthstone Battlegrounds live on 23 June, from 6:00 a.m. - 11:00 p.m. CET

How to watch Hearthstone Battlegrounds Brawl

Battlegrounds Brawl: Pirates & Mayhem will be broadcast live on the official Hearthstone Twitch and YouTube channels, with participants streaming their own perspective to their respective channels as well.

Southsea Swashbucklers

Bloodsail Buccaneers

Northsea Navigators

Fogsail Freebooters