Celestial Tournament

The Celestial Tournament is a special GvG tournament held through February and March, 2007, sponsored by ArenaNet. 277 guilds entered with more than 2,500 players registered for the tournament, making this the largest Guild Wars tournament up to date. 165 guilds made it to the 8th and final Swiss system round. Prizes vary from video cards to in game items.

It has been announced that this tournament will once again involve the Xunlai Tournament House.

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 March 31st and April 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 to turn you into a Rollerbeetle Racer.

In addition to the above prizes, it has been announced that there is a "Good Sportsmanship Award." 5 Guilds will be able to win this title and they will receive a full set of skill pins.

In addition to the above mentioned prizes, the winning guild of the tournment, the winners of the best sportsmanship overall, as well as the 8 players who get the most points from the Xunlai Tournament House will receive special Transmogrifer potions that will never run out.

Swiss System Rounds
The Swiss rounds began on February 16, 2007, at 19:00 UTC and ended on March 29th, 2007.

Final standings
0) guilds match-win (GMW) percentage = fraction of possible points scored by guild in all rounds, but at least 1/3

1) opponents match-win (OMW) percentage = average GMW of guilds opponents

2) guilds battle-win (GBW) percentage = as GMW, but counting each best-2-of-3 battle individually

3) opponents battle-win (OBW) percentage = average GBW of guilds opponents

The complete standing and results can be seen on the official site.

Good Sportsmanship Award
The Good Sportsmanship Award was given to the top 5 guilds who recieved the most good sportsmanship nominations from their peers during the Swiss System rounds of the Celestial Tournament.

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