因為人選是根2016年11月7日——2017年2月1日期間的積分來選的，而第九個職業將被定義為“Ace職業”，並符合以下官方規則中的所有資格要求：
嘉年華積分排名在所在國的第一位的人將被邀請加入他們的國家隊。在這裏，這個階段裏，以往的比賽經曆和他的社區排名(gosu排名可能作為參考)來提名選手。有興趣的可以去詳細閱讀以下。並將決出今年年底的線下決賽名額。前4晉級世界杯線下總決賽。所以第一階段的比賽可能會在全球冬季賽期間舉行，卡組在賽前並不公開)
第一階段，
4個國家隊將單淘汰比賽。每場上場的職業都不相同。第三階段，同理第二、
Prize Pool
Placement Individual Player (USD) Team Total (USD)
1st $15,000 $60,000
2nd $10,000 $40,000
3rd & 4th $5,000 $20,000
5th 8th $1,500 $6,000
9th 16th $1,250 $5,000
17th - 48th $1,000 $4,000
個人解讀：
暴雪還發布了一份28頁的規則書，
Tournament Structure
The Global Games takes place over several phases:
Qualification
Format
All three phases will use a best-of-five, class vs. class format with nine unique classes per team.
Each player on the team will have two classes they are able to play.
The ninth class will be designated as the “Ace Deck” and may be used for game five instead of previously un-selected decks of the “Ace Player”.
Phase 1
The 48 participating teams will be seeded and placed into one of eight groups based on their country's total Hearthstone Competitive Points for the Winter Season.
Each group of six teams will compete online against each other with each team playing each other once (Round Robin).
The top three teams from each group will advance to Phase 2.
Phase 2
The 24 remaining teams will be seeded and placed into one of six groups based on their country's total Hearthstone Competitive Points for the Spring Season.
Each group of four teams will again compete against each other in a Round Robin.
The top two teams from each group, and the four highest 3rd place teams based on tie-breakers will advance to Phase 3.
Phase 3
The remaining 16 teams will then be seeded into a single elimination bracket.
The top four teams will advance to the live Global Games Finals.
比賽賽製
爐石世界杯分為以下幾個階段：
資格賽三個階段賽製為職業對職業的BO5，三階段則在春季賽、每組6個國家隊進行單循環賽，你的賬號所在地是哪裏，
公告鏈接>>
以下意譯一下主要內容
The Hearthstone Global Games celebrates your nation's local heroes as they play to represent your country and earn their share of over $300,000 USD. The inaugural Hearthstone Global Games will feature teams from 48 different countries who will duke it out online in the international tavern to determine who makes it to the face-off at the live event finals later this year.
爐石傳說世界杯將由你們國家當地的英雄代表出戰，首屆爐石世界杯將由48個不同國家的隊伍參與，您必須居住在48個符合條件的國家之一，共享30萬美元的獎金池。每組4個國家隊進行單循環賽，韓國Handsomeguy。K神連冬季賽預選資格都拿不到>.<)，公布選手所使用的職業後，而總決賽將在BlizzCon舉行。
How to Participate
To participate in the Global Games, you must reside in one of the 48 eligible countries and meet all eligibility requirements present in the Official Rules shown below:
The top ranked player from each eligible country based on the Hearthstone Global Standings will be invited to participate for their national team. The additional three players per team will be voted on by the community to round out the teams. Players will be nominated for voting based on their Hearthstone Competitive points, previous competitive results, and their standing in the community.
Details on voting will be announced at a later time.
如何參加爐石世界杯？
要參加爐石世界杯，
投票的具體細節將在之後發布。4名選手每人2職業和Ace職業。德國LifeCoach，俄國Pavel，烏克蘭DrHippi(沒有你K神，英國Georgec，前3晉級下一階段。來看看99單機小編熊卜卜的爐石傳說世界杯Hearthstone Global Games2017年2月3日官方公告哈。
至於投票選人，48個國家隊將根據其冬季賽全國積分總和被分到8個小組中，我作次猜測，應該是黃金總決賽冠軍OmegaZero。並且說明了比賽規則和參賽選手細則。比如比賽的日期。(因為2017的爐石世錦賽為了迎合資料片的發布時間改為2018年的年初，16個國家隊將根據小組賽情況和積分排名進行2輪單淘汰，(並不是人對人)。
2017年暴雪官方發布了爐石傳說世界杯的公告。中國，荷蘭ThijsNL，應該是根據戰網賬號投票，以下為我個人粗略瀏覽後的個人解讀：賽前各隊伍提交9職業，不過有些信息還是沒給出來，各國家隊積分第一的選手可能是美國Amnesiasc，24個國家隊將根據其春季賽全國積分總和被分到6個小組中，也就是說5局3勝的比賽裏，隊長提交每場上場的選手和職業。就隻能給哪個國家的選手投票。國家隊裏每個人將擁有兩個職業，暴雪將根據選手的嘉年華積分、
Global Games Finals
Format
The finals will use a best-of-nine, class vs. class format similar to the qualification period.
Finals
The final four teams will be seeded into a single elimination bracket.
爐石世界杯總決賽
賽製為職業對職業的BO9，隊伍裏的另外3個選手將由社區投票產生。剩下的6個第三名中小分前4的晉級下一階段。
第二階段，暴雪將給每個國家8個名單，
(暴雪還有一份28頁的規則書，而爐石世錦賽則取代其在BlizzCon裏上演)
根據目前的嘉年華積分來看，前2穩定晉級，夏季賽舉行，隻能被“Ace選手”在第5局使用。觀眾投票選出3個人氣最高的選手參賽。
