Microsoft Excel World Championship

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The Microsoft Excel World Championship (MEWC) is an annual Microsoft Excel esports competition, organized by the Financial Modeling World Cup.

Background, Format, and Scoring

In the MEWC, competitors solve case studies using Excel and are allotted 30 minutes to solve each case. Unlike the Financial Modeling World Cup competition, no specific finance or business knowledge is required to solve MEWC cases.

Cases typically involve answering various fill-in questions on a fictional situation. Correct answers result in points awarded to the competitor.

Questions are grouped into "levels", which increase in difficulty and point value as the case progresses. Each case typically contains five levels, although some have contained more. 1,000 points is available for competitors who solve every level correctly.

A typical case containing five levels can have the following scoring:

Level	Difficulty	Possible Points	Questions	Points Per Question
1	Very Easy	60	10	6
2	Easy	160	20	8
3	Medium	200	20	10
4	Hard	220	20	10
5	Very Hard	360	30	12
Total		1000	100

Since 2022, cases have also contained bonus questions, which can result in scores above 1,000. On Live streamed battles, once one or two competitors have correctly answered a bonus question, the remaining competitors cannot score points on that question. This is done to reduce the chances of a tie during livestreams.

In the case of ties, the participant who reaches their score faster is awarded the higher rank.

Annual Format Changes

2021

The MEWC started as the FMWC Open, a standalone competition that did not impact the Financial Modeling World Cup Rankings.

The tournament began with a Qualification Round and concluded with playoff rounds via a single elimination tournament.

128 competitors qualified for the playoff rounds. They were selected via the following criteria:

• 4 semifinalists from the FMWC Battle of 16, held on September 8-9, 2021.
• 16 highest-ranked participants of the Financial Modeling World Cup, based on the overall rankings after Stage 10.
• 4 highest-ranked participants of the Financial Modeling World Cup in the U-25 age group, based on the overall rankings after Stage 10.
• 100 highest-ranked participants of the Qualification round, held on November 13, 2021.
• 4 wildcards, selected by the organizers.

The playoff rounds took place from December 4th - 11th, 2021.

The last three rounds were held on December 11, 2021, and were broadcast on FMWC's YouTube channel and ESPN3.

2022

The FMWC Open was rebranded as the Microsoft Excel World Championship (MEWC).

128 playoff qualifiers were selected via the following criteria:

• 4 winners of the 3 FMWC regional battles and women’s battle.
• 16 highest-ranked participants of the Financial Modeling World Cup, based on the overall rankings after Stage 6.
• 4 highest-ranked participants of the Financial Modeling World Cup in the U-25 age group, based on the overall rankings after Stage 6.
• 100 highest-ranked participants of the Qualification round, held on October 8, 2022.
• 4 wildcards, selected by the organizers.

The last three rounds were held on November 12, 2022, and were broadcast on FMWC's YouTube channel and ESPN3.

2023

128 playoff qualifiers will be selected via the following criteria:

• 45 winners of the 9 monthly Excel Esports Battles held from January – September 2023. For each battle, the five spots are awarded to the top live streamed competitor and 4 best offline competitors.
• 16 highest-ranked participants of the Financial Modeling World Cup, based on the overall rankings after Stage 6.
• 4 highest-ranked participants of the Financial Modeling World Cup in the U-25 age group, based on the overall rankings after Stage 6.
• 60 highest-ranked participants of the Qualification round, held on October 7, 2023.
• 3 wildcards, selected by the organizers.

The MEWC is no longer a single elimination tournament, but now a pay-to-play double elimination tournament. After a loss, participants can re-enter the MEWC only if they have registered for FMWC's Excel Training Camp. After the 4th round, all training camp participants can compete in a Last Chance Qualification Round. The Top 8 players from this round will be added to the MEWC main draw.

Afterwards, the MEWC proceeds in a standard single elimination tournament format, with all successive rounds taking place in Las Vegas.

Results

2021

Seeds

1. Diarmuid Early (third round) 2. Andrew Ngai (champion) 3. Anup Agarwal (third round) 4. Willem Gerritsen (fourth round) 5. Michael Jarman (final) 6. John Lim (second round) 7. Sameer Jagetia (quarterfinals) 8. Samir Asadov (first round)

Finals

Quarterfinals Share the Ride December 11 Semifinals Tripeaks December 11 Finals Knights and Warriors December 11                   NR Joseph Palisoc 116 NR Jason Moore 182 NR Jason Moore 282 5 Michael Jarman 302 5 Michael Jarman 171 NR Harry Gross 85 5 Michael Jarman 280 2 Andrew Ngai 734 3 Anup Agarwal 109 NR Tim Roberts 138 NR Tim Roberts 114 2 Andrew Ngai 302 7 Sameer Jagetia 172 2 Andrew Ngai 487

Section 1 (Americas)

First round(128) Card Game December 4 Second Round (64) Excelopolis December 4 Third Round (32) The Gambler December 8 Fourth Round (16) Biathlon December 8                         1   16       8   9       5   12       4   13       NR Adam Burnham 72 NR Norman Sheppard 4     NR Julie Bowden 150 NR Fernando Merino 66     NR Stephen Xiao 72 NR Branden Lewis 178     NR Stig Hedström-Cornéer 27 NR John-Erik Johansson 0

Section 2 (Americas)

First round(128) Card Game December 4 Second Round (64) Excelopolis December 4 Third Round (32) The Gambler December 8 Fourth Round (16) Biathlon December 8                         1   16       8   9       5   12       4   13       NR Joseph Jones-Jennings 60 NR Michael Ortenberg 0     NR Jason Moore 103 NR Nikolay Georgiev 97     NR Benjamin Buring 33 NR Linda Murphy 0     NR Pavel Kozlov 92 8 Samir Asadov 82

Section 3 (Americas)

First round(128) Card Game December 4 Second Round (64) Excelopolis December 4 Third Round (32) The Gambler December 8 Fourth Round (16) Biathlon December 8                         1   16       8   9       5   12       4   13       NR Jelle Hettinga 72 NR Jefferson Oliveira 60     NR Oskars Vainovskis 102 NR Jannik Hercksen 0     NR David Drury 88 NR John Opondo 0     NR Cesar Prieto 80 NR Eldar Radovici 72

Section 4 (Asia / Pacific)

First round(128) Dominate the Dominoes December 4 Second Round (64) Lumberjack December 4 Third Round (32) It's a Snake! December 8 Fourth Round (16) The Odds for Mr. Odd December 8                         1   16       8   9       5   12       4   13       NR Gabriela Stroj 310 NR Matthew Fried 310     NR Tom Dang (AUS) 150 NR Karlheinz Weyh 220     NR Max Twemlow 337 NR Victor Ogundele 4     NR Igor Yengalychev 332 4 Willem Gerritsen 334

Section 5 (Asia / Pacific)

First round(128) Dominate the Dominoes December 4 Second Round (64) Lumberjack December 4 Third Round (32) It's a Snake! December 8 Fourth Round (16) The Odds for Mr. Odd December 8                         1   16       8   9       5   12       4   13       NR Christopher Ashworth 322 NR Nitish Mehta 36     NR Theodoros Kasianis 258 NR Will Wardle 0     NR Jerry Joshua Diaz 18 NR Bohdan Yakymchuk 340     NR Catherine Xu 310 NR Hesham Fouad 310

Section 6 (Asia / Pacific)

First round(128) Dominate the Dominoes December 4 Second Round (64) Lumberjack December 4 Third Round (32) It's a Snake! December 8 Fourth Round (16) The Odds for Mr. Odd December 8                         1   16       8   9       5   12       4   13       NR Manav Agarwal 0 NR Dhara Shah 150     NR Cheong Ng 337 NR Léo Perret 0     NR Levi Bailey 0 NR Tim Roberts 310     NR Tenis Lenerts 304 6 John Lim 325

Section 7 (Americas)

First round(128) Card Game December 4 Second Round (64) Excelopolis December 4 Third Round (32) The Gambler December 8 Fourth Round (16) Biathlon December 8                         1   16       8   9       5   12       4   13       NR Tom Dang 0 NR Filip Krerowicz 150     NR Tyson Corner 72 NR Dan Johnson 88     NR Steffany Ayala 0 NR Jason Sindler 158     NR Erik Oehm 75 NR Konrad Schäfers 72

Section 8 (Mixed)

First round(128) December 4 Second Round (64) December 4 Third Round (32) December 8 Fourth Round (16) December 8                         1   16       8   9       5   12       4   13       NR Armando Godina Carrasco 74 NR Eduardo Gonzalez Arias 166     NR Adam Vlachos 66 NR Ayman Ramzy 81     NR JP Delavin 322 NR Stevenson Yu 310     NR Johnson Mathias 16 2 Andrew Ngai 310

2022

Qualification results (Top 20)

In total 377 people took part and 128 qualified for the final round. The best ranked participants of the FMWC ranking, were prequalified.

Rank	Name	Nation	Total Points	Time
1	Willem Gerritsen	Netherlands	5,000	00:36:50
2	Michael Clarke	New Zealand	5,000	00:46:59
3	Michael Holmes	Canada	5,000	00:51:01
4	Brian Hanley	United States	5,000	00:51:28
5	Alfons Oliver Altes	Spain	5,000	00:52:23
6	Justin Merson	Canada	5,000	00:54:51
7	Brittany Deaton	United States	5,000	00:54:57
8	Jason Webber	South Africa	5,000	00:55:02
9	Eduardo Gonazales Arias	Spain	5,000	00:55:32
10	Peter Rebecchi	Great Britain	5,000	00:55:57
11	David Brown	United States	5,000	00:56:49
12	Stefanus Ng	India	5,000	00:59:28
13	Diarmuid Early	United States	4,800	00:25:14
14	Paul Dent	Great Britain	4,600	00:50:55
15	Nicolas Micot	France	4,600	00:52:31
16	Nick McCartney	United States	4,600	00:54:55
17	Lianna Gerrish	United States	4,600	00:57:34
18	Bram Van Eeckhout	Belgium	4,600	00:58:14
19	Matthew Fried	Australia	4,550	00:50:17
20	Isaac Mendez Cortinas	Spain	4,400	00:56:55

Bracket

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	Andrew Ngai	1,250
	Kenneth Wang	760
					Andrew Ngai	615
					Brittany Deaton	610
	Joseph Michael Palisoc	1,000
	Brittany Deaton	1,250
									Andrew Ngai	1,250
									Matthew Fried	420
	Michael Jarman	1,200
	Michael Clarke	770
					Michael Jarman	415
					Matthew Fried	914
	Matthew Fried	986
	Michael Holmes	976

External links

• Official website

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