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WESG Finals Format, Dates, and Groups Announced

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Solar424
Profile Blog Joined June 2013
United States4001 Posts
Last Edited: 2018-03-03 19:34:01
March 03 2018 04:20 GMT
#1
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WESG recently announced that the global finals of their 2017 tournament will take place from March 13th to 18th in Haikou, China.

Format

Group Stage 1 (Round of 32)
Round Robin Best of 3
Top 2 advance to Group Stage 2

Group Stage 2 (Round of 16)
Round Robin Best of 5
Top 2 advance to Playoffs

Playoffs
Single-elimination bracket with 3rd place match
All matches Best of 5 except for the finals, which are Best of 7

Round of 32 Groups

Group A
(T)SpeCial
(Z)Sioras
(Z)XiGua
(P)NightEnD

Group B
(Z)Serral
(P)Has
(P)ShoWTimE
(Z)Minato

Group C
(Z)Nerchio
(Z)Namshar
(Z)JonSnow
(Z)Bly

Group D
(Z)iAsonu
(Z)Scarlett
(T)HuT
(Z)EnDerr

Group E
(Z)Dark
(P)Nice
(T)DeMusliM
(T)uThermal

Group F
(P)Classic
(Wiki)Divian
(P)puCK
(Z)Reynor

Group G
(T)TIME
(T)Maru
(T)Semper
(Z)Elazer

Group H
(P)Neeb
(T)Kelazhur
(Wiki)Drager
(Z)Lambo

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LongShot27
Profile Joined May 2013
United States2084 Posts
March 03 2018 04:43 GMT
#2
sweet
If all men were created equal there would be no reason to declare it.
ZigguratOfUr
Profile Blog Joined April 2012
Iraq16955 Posts
March 03 2018 04:48 GMT
#3
Wow. That Group C.
DieuCure
Profile Joined January 2017
France3713 Posts
March 03 2018 05:41 GMT
#4
Rofl group G wt
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lechatnoir
Profile Joined November 2016
392 Posts
March 03 2018 09:59 GMT
#5
Someone is going to collect some easy money. But it is really cool to see a wacky selection of players competing.
Ej_
Profile Blog Joined January 2013
47656 Posts
March 03 2018 10:02 GMT
#6
Groups A and D are pretty memy
"Technically the dictionary has zero authority on the meaning or words" - Rodya
Mike L
Profile Joined June 2014
Germany162 Posts
March 03 2018 10:07 GMT
#7
Scarlett got probably one of the most easiest group from the whole bracket and in group C we have zerg`s bloodbath on the way
SetGuitarsToKill
Profile Blog Joined December 2013
Canada28396 Posts
March 03 2018 12:48 GMT
#8
Special and Scarlett can do a happy dance they got so lucky with those groups
Community News"As long as you have a warp prism you can't be bad at harassment" - Maru | @SetGuitars2Kill
ne4aJIb
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
Russian Federation3209 Posts
March 03 2018 13:30 GMT
#9
I wish flags would be near nicknames
Bisu,Best,Stork,Jangbi and Flash, Fantasy, Leta, Light and Jaedong, Hydra, Zero, Soulkey assemble in ACE now!
HsDLTitich
Profile Blog Joined October 2012
Italy831 Posts
March 03 2018 13:38 GMT
#10
4 players groups round robin, ouch
I used to organize tournaments for ESL Italy and referee Go4SC2s, WCSs, and IEMs for ESL SC2.
AzAlexZ
Profile Joined September 2016
Australia3303 Posts
Last Edited: 2018-03-03 14:20:38
March 03 2018 14:20 GMT
#11
On March 03 2018 19:07 Mike L wrote:
Scarlett got probably one of the most easiest group from the whole bracket and in group C we have zerg`s bloodbath on the way

On March 03 2018 21:48 SetGuitarsToKill wrote:
Special and Scarlett can do a happy dance they got so lucky with those groups

Neeb has the easiest group
Faker is the GOAT!
Alex007
Profile Joined December 2010
Ukraine211 Posts
Last Edited: 2018-03-03 14:49:39
March 03 2018 14:49 GMT
#12
Group Stage 2 (Round of 16)
Round Robin Best of 3
Top 2 advance to Playoffs

Group Stage 2 is bo5.

Sorry for the 4-players round-robins, I'm confident we'll be able to evolve with the GF format next year.
Senior Product Manager for ESL SC2 Pro Tour
Judgement
Profile Joined December 2010
Netherlands152 Posts
March 03 2018 15:04 GMT
#13
Looking forward to it, too bad there are not that many Koreans but it should still be enjoyable to watch it
"What good fortune for goverments that the people do not think."
IArako
Profile Joined June 2015
Germany195 Posts
Last Edited: 2018-03-03 15:09:54
March 03 2018 15:09 GMT
#14
G>C>E>B>H>F>D>A

Overall good groups tho, nothing too unbalanced.
Special Tactics
Musicus
Profile Joined August 2011
Germany23579 Posts
March 03 2018 15:10 GMT
#15
Let's see if all the players will be there, I think there are a lot of visa issues.
Maru and Serral are probably top 5.
digmouse
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
China6331 Posts
Last Edited: 2018-03-03 15:26:43
March 03 2018 15:26 GMT
#16
On March 04 2018 00:10 Musicus wrote:
Let's see if all the players will be there, I think there are a lot of visa issues.

Doesn't seem like it. The majority of well known players have been to China before.
TranslatorIf you want to ask anything about Chinese esports, send me a PM or follow me @nerddigmouse.
intotheheart
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
Canada33091 Posts
March 03 2018 15:47 GMT
#17
Is SpeCial seriously playing Random?
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Elentos
Profile Blog Joined February 2015
55594 Posts
March 03 2018 16:53 GMT
#18
On March 04 2018 00:47 intotheheart wrote:
Is SpeCial seriously playing Random?

No, his name just isn't linked to any TLPD.
Every 60 seconds in Africa, a minute passes.
Musicus
Profile Joined August 2011
Germany23579 Posts
Last Edited: 2018-03-03 17:29:11
March 03 2018 17:10 GMT
#19
On March 04 2018 00:26 digmouse wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 04 2018 00:10 Musicus wrote:
Let's see if all the players will be there, I think there are a lot of visa issues.

Doesn't seem like it. The majority of well known players have been to China before.

Okay. I know a week ago it didn't look good for uThermal and Showtime.



Demuslim had problems too

Maru and Serral are probably top 5.
digmouse
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
China6331 Posts
Last Edited: 2018-03-03 18:29:03
March 03 2018 18:27 GMT
#20
On March 04 2018 01:53 Elentos wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 04 2018 00:47 intotheheart wrote:
Is SpeCial seriously playing Random?

No, his name just isn't linked to any TLPD.

You can TLPD-ize with MajOr and then manually change the name to SpeCial in the code.

Like this (T)SpeCial

On March 04 2018 02:10 Musicus wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 04 2018 00:26 digmouse wrote:
On March 04 2018 00:10 Musicus wrote:
Let's see if all the players will be there, I think there are a lot of visa issues.

Doesn't seem like it. The majority of well known players have been to China before.

Okay. I know a week ago it didn't look good for uThermal and Showtime.

https://twitter.com/SC2ShoWTimE/status/968111946401832960

Demuslim had problems too

https://twitter.com/DeMusliM/status/964121126061379585

Chinese new year holiday, plus your average incompetence of Chinese orgs.
TranslatorIf you want to ask anything about Chinese esports, send me a PM or follow me @nerddigmouse.
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