Today we are delighted to share more details regarding the Overclocking World Championship roadmap, the structure of the contest and the locations and events we will attend in 2017. Hold onto your hats, it's going to be big!

The Overclocking World Championship (OCWC) is a key element of the HWBOT World Tour 2017. Each stop of the World Tour will feature a OCWC Qualifier tournament where extreme overclockers attending the event compete for a place in the OCWC Final at the end of the year. Let’s take a look at the tournament structure in a little more detail.

Overclocking World Championship 2017: Contest Structure

Each leg of the HWBOT World Tour represents a chance to compete in the Overclocking World Championship (OCWC) Final, a prestigious opportunity for any Extreme Overclocker. The World Tour contains ten locations, providing the ten finalists that will compete for the chance to become Overclocking World Champion 2017.

At each location around the world an OCWC Qualifier will be held. The specific rules, benchmarks and hardware restrictions may change from place to place according sponsorship and partner involvement, however the general format of all OCWC Qualifier will be consistent throughout. A preliminary qualification round will be held, usually last at least one whole day (depending on time restrictions). This round will involve Overclockers competing on three benchmarks in a strict three hour time period. The top four scorers at the end of the round will be invited to compete in Semi-Finals, a Bronze Final and a Grand Final (usually on the last day of the event).

Read the full and detailed article here on OC-ESPORTS.