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Alisports, StarLadder and ImbaTV are proud to announce world’s largest StarCraft 2: Legacy of the Void tournament with the biggest prize pool in the history of Blizzard’s RTS title. WESG (World Electronic Sports Games) features glorious US$402,000 prize pool for StarCraft 2 Global Grand Finals in December 2016, but this is not the full story of the event: StarCraft 2 fans will be able to enjoy four regional qualifiers with LAN finals during the next few months!
Qualification spots
As our tournament rules are very close to the rules of the Olympic Games, WESG features more than 40 national qualifiers, where the best representatives of each country and region can complete for spots in LAN finals. The regional qualifiers for WESG Global Grand Finals will take place in the following four regions: Asia-Pacific (APAC), Europe & CIS, North & South Americas, Africa & Middle East. The qualification spots to the WESG Global Grand Finals will be distributed among the winners of the regional qualifiers as follows:
China (host) - 1
Asia-Pacific (APAC) - 6
Europe & CIS - 8
North & South Americas - 6
Africa & Middle East - 3
Total - 24
Regional qualifiers
Regional qualifiers in Europe & CIS, North & South America, Africa & Middle East will be held by leading European eSports operator Starladder, while Chinese and Asia-Pacific ones will be held by leading Chinese operator ImbaTV. Please take a look at our brief schedule for the first regional qualifiers of WESG.
African Regional Qualifiers:
Registration for national qualifiers: August 5th - August 12th. HOW TO PLAY?
Qualifiers dates: August 13th - August 14th
Main event dates: August 26th - August 28th
Main event venue: Conrad Hotel, Dubai, UAE
European Regional Qualifiers:
Early September - LAN finals in October
American Regional Qualifiers:
Late September - LAN finals in October
These qualifiers will be organized by
- Alex007 of Starladder - TL Profile - Twitter @Alex007UA
- Liveon of the Dutch StarCraft League - Twitter @DSCLeague
We will keep this thread updated with all the latest news and results. Don't hesitate to reach out to us via PM, Twitter or email wesg.sc2@starladder.tv if you have any questions.
More details about regional qualifiers and registration procedure can be found on WESG StarCraft 2 website.
China will be the hosting country of the 2016 WESG Global Grand Finals and the winner of the Chinese national qualifiers will directly qualify for the Global Grand Finals.
Prize pool
Prize pool of WESG StarCraft 2 Global Grand Finals:
1st - $200,000
2nd - $100,000
3rd - $50,000
4th - $20,000
5th-8th $8,000
Total - $402,000
Prize pool of WESG Regional LAN Finals*:
1st - $12,000
2nd - $6,000
3rd - $3,000
4th - $1,500
5th-8th - $1,200
Total - $27,300
* Prize pool is fixed in CYN so this one is based on current CYN/USD currency
Other information
For more updates, follow WESG on Twitter and Facebook.
VoDs will be posted on our Youtube channel
Source press-releases:
WESG Announcement
African Qualifiers
May the best StarCraft 2 player win!
Update players Dubai
The players for the African and Middle-east regional qualifier in Dubai are now known:
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Stephano (Tunesia)- Divain (Algeria, Z)
- Rakan (Saudi Arabia, T)
- Elgolden (Syria, P)
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Zerghamdi (Turkey)- Aegwynn (Turkey, Z)
- Drager (South Africa, P)
- Static (South Africa, P)
Update Qualifiers EU
It is now possible for European players to sign up for their regional qualifiers. Click the link below to see what qualifier you should sign up for. There is a link to the actual qualifier sign-up page on that page as well, including the dates those qualifiers are to be played.
LINK TO EU QUALIFIERS
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