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After Stephano's triumph over Drager concluded WESG Africa & Middle East in Dubai, world's largest StarCraft 2 tournament comes to Europe. Fifteen regional & national qualifiers will determine twenty participants of $27,000 European Regional LAN Finals in Kyiv (October 6th - 9th).
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Regional Qualifier of Benelux - Sunday, Sep 04 4:00pm GMT (GMT+00:00) - Brackets
Norwegian National Qualifier - Monday, Sep 05 4:00pm GMT (GMT+00:00) - Brackets
Regional Qualifier of the UK, Ireland and Iceland - Tuesday, Sep 06 5:00pm GMT (GMT+00:00) - Brackets
Danish National Qualifier - Wednesday, Sep 07 5:00pm GMT (GMT+00:00) - Brackets
Regional Qualifier of Central Europe - Thursday, Sep 08 4:00pm GMT (GMT+00:00) - Brackets
Regional Qualifier of Iberia - Friday, Sep 09 5:00pm GMT (GMT+00:00) - Brackets
Regional Qualifier of Adriatica - Monday, Sep 12 4:00pm GMT (GMT+00:00) - Brackets
Regional Qualifier of South-Eastern Europe - Tuesday, Sep 13 4:00pm GMT (GMT+00:00) - Brackets
French National Qualifier Stage 1 - Wednesday, Sep 14 4:00pm GMT (GMT+00:00) - Brackets
French National Qualifier Stage 2 - Thursday, Sep 15 3:00pm GMT (GMT+00:00) - Brackets
Regional Qualifier of Northern Europe & Post-CIS - Saturday, Sep 17 4:00pm GMT (GMT+00:00) - Brackets
Ukrainian National Qualifier Stage 1 - Saturday, Sep 17 6:00pm GMT (GMT+00:00) - Brackets
Ukrainian National Qualifier Stage 2 - Sunday, Sep 18 3:00pm GMT (GMT+00:00) - Brackets
Swedish National Qualifier - Monday, Sep 19 4:00pm GMT (GMT+00:00) - Brackets
Polish National Qualifier Stage 1 - Tuesday, Sep 20 4:00pm GMT (GMT+00:00) - Brackets
Polish National Qualifier Stage 2 - Wednesday, Sep 21 3:00pm GMT (GMT+00:00) - Brackets
German National Qualifier Stage 1 - Thursday, Sep 22 4:00pm GMT (GMT+00:00) - Brackets
German National Qualifier Stage 2 - Friday, Sep 23 3:00pm GMT (GMT+00:00) - Brackets
Russian National Qualifier Stage 1 - Saturday, Sep 24 9:00am GMT (GMT+00:00) - Brackets
Russian National Qualifier Stage 2 - Sunday, Sep 25 3:00pm GMT (GMT+00:00) - Brackets
FORMAT
1-stage qualifiers provide 1 spot in European Regional LAN Finals. Single Elimination best of 3, final match best of 5.
2-stage qualifiers provide 2 spots in European Regional LAN Finals. Single Elimination best of 3 till Ro8, Double Elimination best of 3 from Ro8 onwards. Both qualifying matches are played in best of 5 as well.
All qualifier winners get full travel support from StarLadder.
Read our full rules here: https://wesg.starladder.com/en/sc2/tournaments/31/rules
STREAMS
English-language coverage will be provided either by StarLadder or by community casters:
 StarLadder
BaseTradeTV
SC2Improve
Other languages:
 StarLadder
 O'Gaming
 TakeTV
 Emil
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Is there anything happening today then...? WESG is indicated in the upcoming events 
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The Benelux qualifier is happening today. uThermal, Harstem, Optimus and few other players participating. English stream on http://twitch.tv/starladder_sc2_en starting at 18:00 CEST as in calendar.
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On September 04 2016 20:19 Alex007 wrote:The Benelux qualifier is happening today. uThermal, Harstem, Optimus and few other players participating. English stream on http://twitch.tv/starladder_sc2_en starting at 18:00 CEST as in calendar.
Ah the highlighted event on top of the list that I for some reason didn't see at all. Thanks! It'll be great to follow this! 
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No surprises about the participants in this final
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China6330 Posts
The real show would be the EU regional finals.
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Canada8989 Posts
No Bunny in the Danish qualifier 
Still one of the more interesting one with Lillekanin Theo and Spacemarine
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If liquipedia is up-to-date, there is a chance for Czecho-Slovak finals in the central EU quals, shame that probably no Czechs nor Slovaks are watching
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Haha, the division of Europe is ... arbitrary to say the least. So there is a separate Danish thing and then Italy is somehow considered Central Europe - I guess you'd be in a risk of an injury by flying pizza if you suggested such a thing in Italy
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Also I hope that no French people have seen the map that assigns Corsika to Italy, otherwise riots are possible
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Underdogs players doing well as always
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The loss of the chance for Czech-Slovak finals is tragic though
edit: according to LP, TomikuS has suddenly become Canadian anyway
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You see people how this regional thing is fucking working? I am going to watch a Czech player, for the first time in my life thanks to this )
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On September 09 2016 03:46 opisska wrote:You see people how this regional thing is fucking working? I am going to watch a Czech player, for the first time in my life thanks to this )
I love local heroes, makes me so much more interested about a local scene.
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On September 09 2016 03:51 Aeromi wrote:Show nested quote +On September 09 2016 03:46 opisska wrote:You see people how this regional thing is fucking working? I am going to watch a Czech player, for the first time in my life thanks to this ) I love local heroes, makes me so much more interested about a local scene.
That's really easy, when you're French
I am a little sad that I have discovered esports so late, because I found out that one of my friends is actually a local champion from some 2000 or so in BW. Back then, it was quite vibrant in the Czech scene, in contrast to the deadness of now.
Now that I moved to Poland, it gets easier at least
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TomikuS even has Czech characters in team handle, perfect
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On September 09 2016 03:09 opisska wrote:If liquipedia is up-to-date, there is a chance for Czecho-Slovak finals in the central EU quals, shame that probably no Czechs nor Slovaks are watching
But POLISH people are watching??????????
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On September 09 2016 03:46 opisska wrote:You see people how this regional thing is fucking working? I am going to watch a Czech player, for the first time in my life thanks to this )
And I was even thinking about creating a fan club for him because he is quite nicely winning :-)
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On September 09 2016 04:31 Diabolique wrote:Show nested quote +On September 09 2016 03:09 opisska wrote:If liquipedia is up-to-date, there is a chance for Czecho-Slovak finals in the central EU quals, shame that probably no Czechs nor Slovaks are watching But POLISH people are watching??????????
You know well that I am only pretending to be Polish.
Also, are you listening to BTTV how they comically pronounce TomikuS like it was an english word ?
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On September 09 2016 04:40 opisska wrote:Show nested quote +On September 09 2016 04:31 Diabolique wrote:On September 09 2016 03:09 opisska wrote:If liquipedia is up-to-date, there is a chance for Czecho-Slovak finals in the central EU quals, shame that probably no Czechs nor Slovaks are watching But POLISH people are watching?????????? You know well that I am only pretending to be Polish. Also, are you listening to BTTV how they comically pronounce TomikuS like it was an english word ?
That's cheating! How can someone want to pretend to be Polish??? :-)
btw. Rifkin has quite a funny cough - attack ... just wondering if he will vomit at the end :-)
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A glorious Czech victory!
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Haha, the division of Europe is ... arbitrary to say the least.
Our regions system had to consider not only StarCraft 2, but CS:GO, DotA 2 and HS as well. It had to be the same for all titles. Clearly it's not possible for any system to be equally great in all titles for all local regions but we've done our best in order for it at least not to look absolutely stupid in eyes of any community.
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On September 09 2016 04:56 Alex007 wrote:Our regions system had to consider not only StarCraft 2, but CS:GO, DotA 2 and HS as well. It had to be the same for all titles. Clearly it's not possible for any system to be equally great in all titles for all local regions but we've done our best in order for it at least not to look absolutely stupid in eyes of any community.
It's all in good spirit from me - I think that even from SC2 point of view it's reasonable, but from the point of geography it's kinda funky Just fix the Corsika thing )
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On September 09 2016 05:24 opisska wrote:Show nested quote +On September 09 2016 04:56 Alex007 wrote:Haha, the division of Europe is ... arbitrary to say the least. Our regions system had to consider not only StarCraft 2, but CS:GO, DotA 2 and HS as well. It had to be the same for all titles. Clearly it's not possible for any system to be equally great in all titles for all local regions but we've done our best in order for it at least not to look absolutely stupid in eyes of any community. It's all in good spirit from me - I think that even from SC2 point of view it's reasonable, but from the point of geography it's kinda funky Just fix the Corsika thing )
You don't have the proper business spirit ... offer him something and he could give Corsica to us!!! And maybe even add Sardinia!
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who runs these qualifier for sea? i would like to offer bloodyrafe and myself to run the qualifiers if possible. we do wcs anz and several esl cups
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imbaTV runs all Asia-Pacific qualifiers so this is probably not the proper thread, we cannot help you unfortunately.
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if a finn doesnt qualify from the finland/post-cis quali i might just get myself banned by spamming drunk santa everywhere.
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On September 15 2016 03:24 Nerchio wrote:
Clem hype :D
:D
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United States97276 Posts
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winning drogo then losing to dayshi, seriously
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United States97276 Posts
On September 16 2016 01:22 Makro wrote:
winning drogo then losing to dayshi, seriously
Underdogs has made France so deep in talent it doesnt surprise me that they can all beat each other
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On September 16 2016 01:41 Shellshock wrote:Show nested quote +On September 16 2016 01:22 Makro wrote:
winning drogo then losing to dayshi, seriously Underdogs has made France so deep in talent it doesnt surprise me that they can all beat each other
Dayshi is my favorite up and coming player.
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United States97276 Posts
On September 16 2016 01:43 Ej_ wrote:Show nested quote +On September 16 2016 01:41 Shellshock wrote:On September 16 2016 01:22 Makro wrote:
winning drogo then losing to dayshi, seriously Underdogs has made France so deep in talent it doesnt surprise me that they can all beat each other Dayshi is my favorite up and coming player.
ranked below DnS on aligulac. no longer a top dog
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i don't know if the level in the french scene went really bad for dayshi to qualify or if he steps up
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Ok so maybe yesterdays quali wasn't my day but today ill totally get through this quali 
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Apparently Taketv is streaming me vs pupu. Wish me luck bois, its gonna be hard.
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Finally, Naniwa came back for tourneys!
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On September 20 2016 02:29 cSc.Dav1oN wrote:
Finally, Naniwa came back for tourneys!
Makes me very happy too!
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Nice adept control by Naniwa. But damn, that unit is kind of broken. Wtf was Zanster thinking with that 'proxy' hatchery? Terrible idea. That was the easiest thing to counter.
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 Elazer 3-0 Nerchio :o
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On September 22 2016 02:48 Aeromi wrote: Elazer 3-0 Nerchio :o
Nerchio ZvZ man. At KeSPA Cup he'll do something like beat Maru and lose to Pet.
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On September 20 2016 02:56 deus.machinarum wrote:Show nested quote +On September 20 2016 02:29 cSc.Dav1oN wrote:
Finally, Naniwa came back for tourneys! Makes me very happy too!
Same here, I was wondering when the temptation would be too big.
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On September 22 2016 02:51 ZigguratOfUr wrote:Nerchio ZvZ man. At KeSPA Cup he'll do something like beat Maru and lose to Pet.
but he's still like +50 vs Elazer D:
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Eh i am not in the best condition, too many tournaments coming up in a row and busy in real life
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Mana's losing record to Snute/Nerchio is ridiculous
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GG's Elazer and Nerchio
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Russian Federation1016 Posts
Unfortunately, can't watch the stream. Go, go, go, Brat_OK! I remember his style bio+tanks vs blink stalkers all-ins during Protoss bullshit era.
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What a solid line-up for the Europe & CIS regional final! The highest ranking players (WCS that is) that failed to qualify are PtitDrogo & UThermal. Other than that, Naniwa causing an upset in the Swedish qualifier adding extra spice!
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Russian Federation134 Posts
So what will be the format for the regional final?
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On September 22 2016 02:48 Aeromi wrote: Elazer 3-0 Nerchio :o
Nerchio is an overrated player.
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Italy3573 Posts
On October 01 2016 17:58 Enstein wrote:
So what will be the format for the regional final?
...it's just my idea but, looking at the "weird" number of players (20) and the days of the tournament (4) I think the best format would be 4 round-robin groups of 5 players each with the top 2 players advancing (2 groups played on the first day and 2 on the second day), then a standard 8 players single-elimination bracket with the 3rd place match (ro8 played on the third day and semis and finals on the last one)... going for 5 groups of 4 players in a dual-elimination format would need an additional 5 players deciding group for the 3 best second places and would bring a seeding problem for the round of 8...
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Italy3573 Posts
...official format has been released:
https://wesg.starladder.com/en/sc2/news/seeding-of-the-sc2-players-at-the-lan-finals-of-wesg-europe-cis
tldr:
4 groups of 5 players each, top 3 each advance to a
12 players playoffs*, top 8 qualify for global finals
*format for this is not specified and I don't get it atm  maybe could be that 1st places are seeded directly in the ro8 (so qualified for Global Finals) and 2nd and 3rd places battle for the 4 remaining spot but idk...
EDIT: btw, NaNiwa and AqueroN forfeited their spots and were replaced by Namshar and IBIMarine...
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jesus the difference between these groups ..
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Weird format, but hey, they'll be a lot of games !
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Ouch Demuslim
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Who did the seedings? It seems totally random, groups aren't balanced at all
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On October 04 2016 02:53 HsDLTitich wrote:
Who did the seedings? It seems totally random, groups aren't balanced at all
Seems like Dreamhack seeding™
No seriously the groups make no sense. But I guess if top 3 from each group advance, at least Snute, Nerchio and MarineLorD avoid each other in the playoffs.
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1) TL thread with main event info will be created soon (TM)
2) Seeding was totally random except the fact that players from the same country were put in different groups. You may like it or not, that's what AliSports required
3) First place advancers are indeed put into Ro8 directly while 2nd/3rd place finishers will play for Ro8 spots
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Seeding is based clearly on qualifiers to this tournament, not a lot could be changed taking that into consideration. Seeds no. 1 are winners of qualifiers with 2 spots, seed 2 are runners up in the same qualifiers. etc.
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This might be a good time to announce the schedule, all the broadcasting channels and English commentators.
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South Korea2106 Posts
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his might be a good time to announce the schedule, all the broadcasting channels and English commentators.
Working on it. Should be done till ~23:00 CEST today.
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Does Stephano have 2 cititenships? Seems he chose the easy path.
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group b+d freelo, group c 3 tier1 players... makes sense
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I like the new format, makes the event different from IEM's and Dreamhacks
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On October 04 2016 21:18 TsogiMaster wrote:
Does Stephano have 2 cititenships? Seems he chose the easy path.
Apparently so, for some reason I thought he was of Moroccan descent. Has he participated in Africa/ME qualifiers before?
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On October 05 2016 00:03 rotta wrote:Show nested quote +On October 04 2016 21:18 TsogiMaster wrote:
Does Stephano have 2 cititenships? Seems he chose the easy path. Apparently so, for some reason I thought he was of Moroccan descent. Has he participated in Africa/ME qualifiers before?
Very few tournaments have had any Africa qualifiers before.
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On October 04 2016 21:18 TsogiMaster wrote:
Does Stephano have 2 cititenships? Seems he chose the easy path.
Why wouldnt he ? His choice was either 12k dollars for no effort, or a brutal french qualifier for only 2 spots for the continental qualifier, then the qualifier itself
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EPT
