WESG 2017: schedule, groups, prizepool

Mikolaj ‘Elazer’ Ogonowski and Julian ‘Lambo’ Brosig flew to China to attend to WESG 2017: from March 13^th-18^th, our StarCraft II players will face the best players in the world in a tournament with a first prize of $200,000.

The 2017 World Electronic Sports Games are organized by Alibaba Group and feature four different disciplines: StarCraft II, Hearthstone, Dota 2 and CS:GO. The Haikou International Convention & Exhibition Center is the venue chosen to host this huge event.

WESG 2017: the StarCraft II Tournament

The 32 StarCraft II qualified players were split in 8 groups of 4 players each. The Round of 32 of WESG 2017 will be played in a Best of 3 format: only the best two players will advance to Round of 16.

The Round of 16 will be another group stage where all the matches will be Best of 5: again, the best two players will get to the Playoffs. Quarterfinals and semifinals are scheduled in a Best of 5 format, while the Finals will be a Best of 7.

Elazer’s and Lambo’s groups

Our Elazer and Lambo were included in Group G and Group H respectively. Mikolaj will face ‘TIME’, ‘Maru’, and ‘Semper’, while Julian’s opponents will be ‘Neeb’, ‘Kelazhur’, and ‘Drager’.

Groups from A to D will be played on Tuesday March 13^th, while the other four groups (G and H included) are scheduled on Wednesday March 14^th. The second group stage will be split among Thrusday 15^th and Friday 16^th, while quarterfinals and semifinals will be played Saturday 17^th.

The WESG 2017 winner will be decided Sunday March 18^th.

WESG 2017: the prizepool

As already mentioned, the winner of the WESG 2017 StarCraft II tournament will go home with a $200,000 check in his wallet:

1^st: $200.000
2^nd: $80.000
3^rd: $40.000
4^th: $20.000
5^th-8^th: $10.000
9^th-16^th: $2.500