Celestial Tournament

The Celestial Tournament is a special GvG tournament held through February and March, 2007, sponsored by ArenaNet. 277 guilds with more than 2,500 players registered for the tournament, making this the largest Guild Wars tournament up to date. Prizes vary from video cards to in game items.

It has been announced that this tournament will once again involve the Xunlai Tournament House, however the prizes for the Xunlai Tournament House have not yet been announced.

Format
Registration for the Celestial Tournament was open for all eligible guilds until February 14, 2007. The tournament consists of two stages. First, there are eight rounds of a Swiss system tournament, from February 16th until March 30th, 2007. The first round was randomly seeded. The winner of a pairing in each round was determined by a single match.

Following the Swiss play, on February 31st and March 1st, 2007, the top 16 guilds (based upon win/loss results and opponent's match-win percentage as the tie-breaker) will compete in a single elimination tournament. All pairings in this stage will be best of three matches.

Prizes
The winners will receive the following prizes from ArenaNet:

The effect of the special transmogrify potions is currently unknown.

Swiss System Rounds
The Swiss rounds began on February 16 at 19:00 GMT. The current standing and results can be seen on the official site.

Play-Offs
The teams will be seeded according to their Swiss system rounds final standing.