[1] The US$2.6 million prize pool for the tournament was at the time the third-highest in eSports, behind the third and fourth iterations of Dota 2's The International and just slightly ahead of the League of Legends World Championships.
The 2016 Smite World Championship was held from January 7–10, 2016, and featured tournaments for both the PC and Xbox One versions of the game.
[6][7][8] Epsilon eSports (Dimi, Adapting, Yammyn, emilitoo, and iRaffer) defeated the North American team Enemy (saltmachine, Adjust, Khaos, Vetium, PainDeViande) in the finals to win the 2016 event.
SWC 2017 was held January 5–8 as part of the Hi-Rez Expo event that also included a Smite console world championship, and the Paladins HRX invitational.
North American Splyce (Divios, Cyno, Moswal, Cyclonespin, and Aror) defeated European Team RivaL (Deathwalker, Iceicebaby, Wlfy, Vote, and KaLaS).
SK Gaming (ScaryD, Sam4Soccer2, Paul, Zapman, and Neilmah) defeated a new roster under the banner Team RivaL (fineokay, arkkyl, CaptainTwig, PandaCat, and PolarBearMike).
The 2023 Smite World Championship was played in front of a live audience for the first time in 2 years from January 14-16, 2023.