The Halo World Championship is one of the world’s largest, most-watched and most lucrative pro gaming tournaments. It hosts regional champions from the Halo Championship Series, and is run and sponsored by game publisher Microsoft, and Halo series developer, 343 Industries.
The Halo World Championship is governed by the Electronic Sports League (ESL), with the current game played being Halo Infinite. The prize pool in 2016 of $2.5 million was one of the highest ever for a console-game tournament, with the winning team taking home a whopping US$1 Million first-place prize. The Halo World Championship 2025 will have a $1 million prize pool.
Qualification for Halo World Championship 2025
Qualification for the Halo World Championship is through the Salt Lake City Major results. The top eight teams from the Salt Lake City Major will automatically qualify for the 2025 World Championships. The final places are taken up by the top four teams in the Halo Championship Series points, while four representatives will come from the Last Chance Qualifier.
The two main events for the Halo Championship Series are the Salt Lake City Major and World Championship, the dates of all Halo Championship events are below.
| Event | Date | Prize money $USD |
|---|---|---|
| Halo World Championship | October 24-26 | $1,000,000 |
| Arlington Major | April 18-20 | $250,000 |
| Dallas Open | May 23-25 | $250,000 |
| Salt Lake City Major | August 1-3 | $250,000 |
| FaZe Major | September | $250,000 |
Qualifying Rules
- Game played: Halo Infinite
- Mode played: 4v4
- Team must have 4 players
- Each player must have an active gamertag for Xbox or PC
Halo Championship Series 2025 map pool
Below you will find a table showing the 2025 Halo Championship Series map pool that must be followed at all HCS events.
| Slayer | Capture The Flag | Oddball | King Of The Hill | Strongholds | Assault |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aquarius | Aquarius | Live Fire | Live Fire | Live Fire | Aquarius |
| Live Fire | Fortress | Recharge | Recharge | Recharge | Fortress |
| Origin | Forbidden | Streets | Solitude | ||
| Recharge | Origin | ||||
| Solitude | |||||
| Streets |
Halo World Championship 2025 Odds
Odds for the Halo World Championship are not available. ESB will update this page when they are released.
Halo World Championship Teams
Halo World Championship teams will be announced closer to the event’s start date.
Halo World Championship Format
Pool Play
- Four groups of four teams play a single round-robin
- All matches are best-of-five
- Top two teams from each group advance to upper-bracket round one
- Third team in each group advances to lower-bracket round one
- Fourth team in each group is eliminated
Championship Bracket
- Remaining teams play in a double-elimination bracket
- All matches are best-of-five, except the grand final that is best-of-seven
Prize pool distribution for the 2025 Halo World Championship
The US$1,000,000 prize pool for the 2025 Halo World Championship will be distributed as the table shows below.
| Place | Prize Money $USD | Halo WC Series Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | $400,000 | 200,000 |
| 2nd | $220,000 | 120,000 |
| 3rd | $110,000 | 88,000 |
| 4th | $70,000 | 72,000 |
History of Halo World Championship winners
Below is the list of Halo World Championship winners throughout its history.
- 2016 : Counter Logic Gaming
- 2017 : OpTic Gaming
- 2018 : Splyce
- 2022 : OpTic Gaming
- 2023 : FaZe Clan
- 2024 : Spacestation Gaming
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