FAQ

Microsoft Excel World Championship is an online esports tournament that is based in Microsoft Excel. The tournament has a Qualification Round followed by Playoff Rounds, starting from the Last 128 Round.

Microsoft Excel World Championship is open to any participant regardless of age, gender, race, place of living or any other limiting factor.

FMWC is being held each year. We refer to each annual competition as a “Season”, with Season 2022 being divided into 8 monthly Stages.

FMWC Season 2022:

• Stage 1 – January 28-31
• Stage 2 – March 11-14
• Stage 3 – April 22-25
• Stage 4 – June 10-13
• Stage 5 – July 22-25
• Stage 6 – September 2-5
• Stage 7 – October 14-17
• Stage 8 – November 18-21

The Qualification Rounds will start at the following times:

• Asia/Pacific – Saturday, October 8, 2022, 8:00 AM UTC+0.
• All other regions – Saturday, October 8, 2022, 5:00 PM UTC+0.

The Playoff Rounds will take place according to the following schedule:

• • Last 128 and Last 64: Saturday, October 29, 2022 – 2 sessions (1 broadcasted)
  • Last 32 and Last 16: Thursday, November 3, 2022 – 2 sessions (1 broadcasted)
  • The Final Round (Quarterfinals, Semifinals, and the Final game): Saturday, November 12, 2022 – 1 session (1 broadcasted).

In order to allow time zone flexibility for the participants, the first rounds up until and including the Round of Last 16 (i.e., Last 128, Last 64, Last 32 and Last 16) will have 2 (two) sessions. Depending on the location of the participants, each game will be assigned by the organizers to one of the sessions that provides the most convenient time for both players in the game.

• • When there are 2 (two) sessions in a round, these will take place on 08:00 AM London time (UTC+0) and on 05:00 PM London time (UTC+0).
  • The Final Round will have only 1 session and will take place on Saturday, November 12, 2022, 5:00 PM London time (UTC+0).

All game rounds will be held online.

You can register for MEWC by clicking here.

No, you can’t join in the middle of the season.

Qualification Round Format

• While the tournament starts with the Round of Last 128, it is expected that there will be more participants registered for Microsoft Excel World Championship.
• The 128 participants who will take part in the Play-Off Rounds of the tournament will be selected based on the following criteria:
  • 4 places to the winners of FMWC Battles (Regional Battles and Women’s Battle).
  • 16 places to the highest-ranked participants of the Financial Modeling World Cup based on the overall rankings after the September stage (excluding 2 (two) worst stage results for each participant).
  • 4 places to the highest-ranked FMWC participants in the U-25 age group based on the overall rankings after the September stage (excluding 2 (two) worst stage results for each participant).
  • 100 places – to the winners of the Qualification Round (see details below).
  • 4 wildcards, awarded by the Organizers of the Microsoft Excel World Championship.
• In any case, the players willing to participate in Microsoft Excel World Championship, need to register for the tournament (buy the ticket).
• In order to provide fair grounds for selecting the participants to take part in the Playoff Rounds of the tournament, besides the current FMWC ranking leaders, regional qualification rounds will be arranged on Saturday, October 8, 2022.
• The Qualification Round will be organized in 5 different regions:
  • Africa,
  • Asia/Pacific (including Australia),
  • Europe,
  • North America (USA & Canada),
  • South/Latin America.
• The number of participants qualifying from each continent will be proportional to the number of total participants from the region (i.e., if one region has 960 applicants and all other regions have only 10 applicants each, then there will be 96 participants qualifying from the first region and 1 participant – from each of the other regions).
• The Qualification Rounds will start at the following times:
  • Asia/Pacific – Saturday, October 8, 2022, 8:00 AM UTC+0.
  • All other regions – Saturday, October 8, 2022, 5:00 PM UTC+0.
• The Qualification Round will not be broadcasted.

Playoff Round Format

• The Playoff Round starts with the Last 128 stage. 128 top Excel users, selected through a Qualification Round (see below) or through FMWC regular season standings will be eligible to take part.
  • The match winners of each round will proceed to the next round. The losers of each round will finish their participation in the event.
• All Playoff rounds will be broadcasted at least on the FMWC YouTube channel. Arrangements with other broadcasters will be announced as they get signed on the FMWC homepage or FMWC social media channels.
• Round hosts will be focusing on several pre-selected matches. Microsoft Excel World Championship organizers will select a maximum of 8 participants for each round for the broadcast. These players will be required to log in for a video call and to solve the Tasks during the stream. Other players will be required to log in to the Examination Platform (see below). If a player is chosen to take part in the stream but refuses to do so, such a player will be disqualified from further rounds of the competition.
• The Playoff Rounds will take place according to the following schedule:
  • Last 128 and Last 64: Saturday, October 29, 2022 – 2 sessions (1 broadcasted)
  • Last 32 and Last 16: Thursday, November 3, 2022 – 2 sessions (1 broadcasted)
  • The Final Round (Quarterfinals, Semifinals, and the Final game): Saturday, November 12, 2022 – 1 session (1 broadcasted).
• In order to allow time zone flexibility for the participants, the first rounds up until and including the Round of Last 16 (i.e., Last 128, Last 64, Last 32 and Last 16) will have 2 (two) sessions. Depending on the location of the participants, each game will be assigned by the organizers to one of the sessions that provides the most convenient time for both players in the game.
  • When there are 2 (two) sessions in a round, these will take place on 08:00 AM London time (UTC+0)and on 05:00 PM London time (UTC+0).
  • The Final Round will have only 1 session and will take place on Saturday, November 12, 2022, 5:00 PM London time (UTC+0).
• The session’s Timeframe begins exactly at the time mentioned above. The Participant is invited to log in to the Competition on the examination Website in advance.
• The Timeframe takes into account:
  • Downloading all relevant Tasks,
  • Reading and analyzing the Tasks,
  • Creation of models,
  • Completing the relevant answers for Tasks,
  • Submitting the answers,
  • Uploading the model.

After the end of each round.

• The total number of points available for correctly solving all the Tasks at each round – 1,000 points per round (also for the Qualifying Round). Additional extra point bonuses could be introduced by the organizers with the goal to give extra interest to the competition (e.g., extra 100 points for answering an additional extra-hard question).
• After the stage is over, the participants will have to upload their models. If this is not done upon completion of the participant’s work, the participant’s results might be annulled.

You can earn up to 1000 points in each round and 100 additional points for answering extra hard question.

Microsoft Excel World Championship is a standalone competition that will not impact the Financial Modeling World Cup World Rankings or Ratings.

The Participation Fee (hereinafter – Fee) for the whole event should be paid upon registration. The Fee covers participation in all the rounds of the Microsoft Excel World Championship as far as the Participant qualifies as well as provides access to the game task files for all Microsoft Excel World Championship stages. The Fee will increase towards the beginning of the competition. The exact price schedule is as follows:

Yes, you will get the correct solutions after completion of each round.