以下为公告主要内容
The Hearthstone Global Games celebrates your nation‘s local heroes as they play to represent your country and earn their share of over $300，000 USD。 The inaugural Hearthstone Global Games will feature teams from 48 different countries who will duke it out online in the international tavern to determine who makes it to the face-off at the live event finals later this year。
炉石传说世界杯将由你们国家当地的英雄代表出战，共享30万美元的奖金池。首届炉石世界杯将由48个不同国家的队伍参与，并将决出今年年底的线下决赛名额。
How to Participate
To participate in the Global Games， you must reside in one of the 48 eligible countries and meet all eligibility requirements present in the Official Rules shown below：
The top ranked player from each eligible country based on the Hearthstone Global Standings will be invited to participate for their national team。 The additional three players per team will be voted on by the community to round out the teams。 Players will be nominated for voting based on their Hearthstone Competitive points， previous competitive results， and their standing in the community。
Details on voting will be announced at a later time。
如何参加炉石世界杯
要参加炉石世界杯，您必须居住在48个符合条件的国家之一，并符合以下官方规则中的所有资格要求：
嘉年华积分排名在所在国的第一位的人将被邀请加入他们的国家队。队伍里的另外3个选手将由社区投票产生。暴雪将根据选手的嘉年华积分、以往的比赛经历和他的社区排名（gosu排名可能作为参考）来提名选手。
投票的具体细节将在之后发布。
Tournament Structure
The Global Games takes place over several phases：
Qualification
Format
All three phases will use a best-of-five， class vs。 class format with nine unique classes per team。
Each player on the team will have two classes they are able to play。
The ninth class will be designated as the “Ace Deck” and may be used for game five instead of previously un-selected decks of the “Ace Player”。
Phase 1
The 48 participating teams will be seeded and placed into one of eight groups based on their country‘s total Hearthstone Competitive Points for the Winter Season。
Each group of six teams will compete online against each other with each team playing each other once （Round Robin）。
The top three teams from each group will advance to Phase 2。
Phase 2
The 24 remaining teams will be seeded and placed into one of six groups based on their country‘s total Hearthstone Competitive Points for the Spring Season。
Each group of four teams will again compete against each other in a Round Robin。
The top two teams from each group， and the four highest 3rd place teams based on tie-breakers will advance to Phase 3。
Phase 3
The remaining 16 teams will then be seeded into a single elimination bracket。
The top four teams will advance to the live Global Games Finals。
比赛赛制
炉石世界杯分为以下几个阶段：
资格赛三个阶段赛制为职业对职业的BO5，（并不是人对人）。国家队里每个人将拥有两个职业，而第九个职业将被定义为“Ace职业”，只能被“Ace选手”在第5局使用。
（暴雪还有一份28页的规则书，有兴趣的可以去详细阅读以下。以下为我个人粗略浏览后的个人解读：赛前各队伍提交9职业，4名选手每人2职业和Ace职业。公布选手所使用的职业后，队长提交每场上场的选手和职业。也就是说5局3胜的比赛里，每个职业只上场一次，不论胜负。卡组在赛前并不公开）
第一阶段，48个国家队将根据其冬季赛全国积分总和被分到8个小组中，每组6个国家队进行单循环赛，前3晋级下一阶段。
第二阶段，24个国家队将根据其春季赛全国积分总和被分到6个小组中，每组4个国家队进行单循环赛，前2稳定晋级，剩下的6个第三名中小分前4的晋级下一阶段。
第三阶段，16个国家队将根据小组赛情况和积分排名进行2轮单淘汰，前4晋级世界杯线下总决赛。
Global Games Finals
Format
The finals will use a best-of-nine， class vs。 class format similar to the qualification period。
Finals
The final four teams will be seeded into a single elimination bracket。
炉石世界杯总决赛
赛制为职业对职业的BO9，这个阶段里，4个国家队将单淘汰比赛。
Prize Pool
Placement Individual Player （USD） Team Total （USD）
1st $15，000 $60，000
2nd $10，000 $40，000
3rd & 4th $5，000 $20，000
5th 8th $1，500 $6，000
9th 16th $1，250 $5，000
17th - 48th $1，000 $4，000
个人解读：
暴雪还发布了一份28页的规则书，不过有些信息还是没给出来，比如比赛的日期。在这里，我作次猜测，因为人选是根2016年11月7日——2017年2月1日期间的积分来选的，所以第一阶段的比赛可能会在全球冬季赛期间举行，同理第二、三阶段则在春季赛、夏季赛举行，而总决赛将在BlizzCon举行。（因为2017的炉石世锦赛为了迎合资料片的发布时间改为2018年的年初，而炉石世锦赛则取代其在BlizzCon里上演）
根据目前的嘉年华积分来看，各国家队积分第一的选手可能是美国Amnesiasc，俄国Pavel，乌克兰DrHippi（没有你K神，K神连冬季赛预选资格都拿不到>。<），英国Georgec，荷兰ThijsNL，德国LifeCoach，韩国Handsomeguy。中国，应该是黄金总决赛冠军OmegaZero。
至于投票选人，应该是根据战网账号投票，你的账号所在地是哪里，就只能给哪个国家的选手投票。暴雪将给每个国家8个名单，观众投票选出3个人气最高的选手参赛。
