2021 Honor of Kings World Champion Cup

Overview

The 2021 KCC ran from July 28 through August 28, with a 12-team main event and a reported CNY 50 million prize pool. The group-stage plan originally included Nanjing, but its first week was moved to Chongqing as COVID-19 conditions changed. The announced Qingdao and Wuhan in-person knockout venues and Beijing’s planned National Olympic Sports Center final were not used for offline play; the final remained in Beijing’s event programme and was broadcast online. Shanghai and Chongqing hosted in-person phases. Exact phase-level venue records remain incomplete.[1][2][4][5][8]

The Beijing Municipal State-owned Cultural Assets Management Center reported that Chongqing QGhappy defeated Foshan GK 4–2 and that QGhappy.Fly earned the final MVP award. Their current canonical Team records are used for navigation, with the 2021 names preserved as the competition names in each role. Liquipedia’s S-Tier list confirms the tournament classification.[3][7]

The closing report lists annual brand partners, industry partners, an official voice platform and other commercial activations. Five partner identities resolve to existing PTG pages; the remaining entities are not yet added to linked partner tabs. Nine of the 12 participants also resolve to existing Team pages. Ghost Owl Gaming, Mighty Tiger Gaming and WanZhen Esports Club need separate historical Team identity and image audits before they can be linked.[6]