Villain World Championship: The group stage is on, vote now!

The GamePro Villain World Championship has officially started.

The time has come! 48 villains are starting at our GamePro Villain World Championship to find out who is the baddest and most popular of them all. Because this decision needs you! In the coming days you will have the opportunity to vote for your favorite villain(s) in a series of polls and vote way up.

Let’s start with the group stage which is now officially started is and for which you can vote until Sunday night.

All important information about the group phase

How does the villain world cup work? 48 villains chosen by you and us will compete in our World Cup in 8 randomly drawn groups. You have 2 votes for each poll/group, so choose wisely! The top two finishers advance to the knockout round after the group stage is complete.

Until when can I vote in the group stage? Until May 8 at 11:59 p.m. Then it will be clear who will move into the round of 16, for which the polls will start on May 11th. The complete tournament tree can be found below.

But enough of the preliminary banter. Here are the groups, happy voting!

Villain World Championship Group Stage – All Groups and Polls

This is how the villain world championship continues / Tournament tree

Round of 16 (Voting Period May 11-12)

• Round of 16 1: 1st place group 1 against 2nd place group 2
• Round of 16 2: 2nd place group 1 against 1st place group 2
• Round of 16 3: 1st place group 3 against 2nd place group 4
• Round of 16 4: 2nd place group 3 against 1st place group 4
• Round of 16 5: 1st place group 5 against 2nd place group 6
• Round of 16 6: 2nd place group 5 against 1st place group 6
• Round of 16 7: 1st place group 7 against 2nd place group 8
• Round of 16 8: 2nd place group 7 against 1st place group 8

Quarterfinals (Voting Period May 14-15)

• Quarterfinals 1: Winner AF 1 vs Winner AF 3
• Quarterfinals 2: Winner AF 2 vs. Winner AF 4
• Quarterfinals 3: Winner AF 5 vs. Winner AF 7
• Quarterfinals 4: Winner AF 6 vs. Winner AF 8

Semifinals (Voting Period May 17-18)

• Semi-final 1: winner VF 1 against winner HF 3
• Semi-final 2: winner VF 2 against winner VF 4

Finals (Voting Period May 20-22)

• Winner HF 1 against winner HF 2

After that it will be clear which villain can put on the crown and call villain world champion. We are looking forward to the results and hope you enjoy voting and discussing!