Guild Wars Factions Championship

The Guild Wars Factions Championship (GWFC) is a series of tournament events sponsored by ArenaNet. Guilds from all territories participate by playing GvG-Battles followed by special seasonal play-off events and the World Championship Finals.

Format
There will be three qualifying seasons:


 * March 7, 2006 – April 3, 2006
 * April 18, 2006 – May 15, 2006
 * May 30, 2006 – June 26, 2006

Each season begins with a reset of the guild ladder. At the end of each qualifying season, the top 16 highest ranking guilds

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trim upgrade which will make them recognizable as champions as long as the guild exists.

The Guild Wars World Champion and the guilds lineup are immortalized by the Factions Championship Trophy in the Great Temple of Balthazar.

Other additional prizes may be offered.

Seasonal Final
As a special prize, the winner of the first seasonal play-offs will be invited to be a part of the Guild Wars presence at the 2006 E3 Conference. There the guild will be paid to play Guild Wars live onstage in the NCsoft booth.

Seasonal Final
As special prize for this season, ArenaNet offers the members of the winning guild the opportunity to help redesign, update and personalize the premade PvP builds.

GWFC Point final standing
GWFC Point final standing after the third seasonal play-offs.

(*) = ranking order due to tie-breaker match

Tie-Breaker
Despite the fact that Sacrament Of The Waooru [SotW] won the tie-breaker match, the guild declined their invitation to the World Championship Finals in favor of Treacherous Empire [Te]. See the news fom July 14th, 2006, for the full story.

GWFC Open
The top ten participants of the GWFC Open event from July 7th to July 10th, 2006.

World Championship Finals
The top five teams were seeded by their final GWFC Point ranking. The sixth seed in the finals was reserved for the winner of the Open Event. GWFC Points were irrelevent in determining this slot.

The placement of the 3rd and 4th was decided in a tie-breaker match.

Quarter-Finals
The two highest-seeded guilds received a bye during this round.

Finale
