Running until Sunday in Barcelona, Spain, the event will see 20 teams battle it out for one of the 12 available spots at the WESG World Finals as well as a share of a $92,500 prize-pool.
This will be the first regional event that will be held leading into WESG 2017, a $1.5 million competition that will be hosted in the Chinese city of Changzhou in March.
Virtus.pro are one of the favourites to make it to the World Finals
The 20 competing teams have been split into four groups of five teams. The group winners will automatically progress to the quarter-finals, while the second and the third-placed sides will have to play one promotion match to seal a playoff spot.
Below you can find the composition of the four groups:
Group A | Group B |
GODSENT | BIG |
Ukraine | Quantum Bellator Fire |
North Academy | Space Soldiers |
NOREG | Nemiga |
Endpoint | Wololos |
Group C | Group D |
Envy | AGO |
Virtus.pro | Fragsters |
Russia | fnatic |
Belgium | Limitless |
GameAgents | RESISTANCE |
Below you can find the full schedule for the tournament:
Thursday, November 23 |
10:00 | Ukraine | vs. North Academy |
10:00 | NOREG | vs. Endpoint |
11:00 | Ukraine | vs. NOREG |
11:00 | GODSENT | vs. Endpoint |
12:00 | GODSENT | vs. NOREG |
12:00 | North Academy | vs. Endpoint |
13:00 | GODSENT | vs. Ukraine |
13:00 | North Academy | vs. NOREG |
14:00 | Ukraine | vs. Endpoint |
15:00 | GODSENT | vs. North Academy |
16:00 | BIG | vs. Nemiga |
17:00 | Space Soldiers | vs. Wololos |
18:00 | BIG | vs. Wololos |
18:00 | Quantum Bellator Fire | vs. Nemiga |
19:00 | BIG | vs. Quantum Bellator Fire |
19:00 | Space Soldiers | vs. Nemiga |
20:00 | Nemiga | vs. Wololos |
20:00 | Quantum Bellator Fire | vs. Space Soldiers |
21:00 | BIG | vs. Space Soldiers |
21:00 | Quantum Bellator Fire | vs. Wololos |
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Friday, November 24
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10:00 | Virtus.pro | vs. Russia |
10:00 | Belgium | vs. GameAgents |
11:00 | Virtus.pro | vs. Belgium |
11:00 | Envy | vs. GameAgents |
12:00 | Envy | vs. Belgium |
12:00 | Russia | vs. GameAgents |
13:00 | Envy | vs. Virtus.pro |
13:00 | Russia | vs. Belgium |
14:00 | Virtus.pro | vs. GameAgents |
15:00 | Envy | vs. Russia |
16:00 | AGO | vs. Limitless |
17:00 | fnatic | vs. RESISTANCE |
18:00 | Fragsters | vs. Limitless |
18:00 | AGO | vs. RESISTANCE |
19:00 | AGO | vs. Fragsters |
19:00 | fnatic | vs. Limitless |
20:00 | Fragsters | vs. fnatic |
20:00 | Limitless | vs. RESISTANCE |
21:00 | AGO | vs. fnatic |
21:00 | Fragsters | vs. RESISTANCE |
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Saturday, November 25
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10:00 | Relegation match #1 |
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10:00 | Relegation match #2 | |
13:00 | Relegation match #3 |
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13:00 | Relegation match #4 |
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16:00 | Quarter-final #1 |
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16:00 | Quarter-final #2 |
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19:00 | Quarter-final #3 |
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19:00 | Quarter-final #4 |
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Sunday, November 26
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10:00 | Semi-final #1 |
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13:00 | Semi-final #2 |
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16:00 | Third-place decider |
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19:00 | Grand final |
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The on-air talent team for the event, headlined by Harry "JustHarry" Russell, who was part of the broadcast crew for IEM Oakland, looks as follows:
Tom "Tombizz"Bissmire
Harry "JustHarry"Russell
Hugo Byron
Conner "Scrawny"Girvan
Ryan "Flakes"Oliver
Joshua "BurntSanctuary"Keller
Finally, the prize pool distribution and the slot allocation are the following:
1. $40,000 + spot at World Finals
2. $20,000 + spot at World Finals
3. $10,000 + spot at World Finals
4. $6,500 + spot at World Finals
5-8. $4,000 + spot at World Finals
9-12. Spot at World Finals


Virtus.pro #8


Wiktor 'TaZ' Wojtas

Filip 'NEO' Kubski

Jarosław 'pashaBiceps' Jarząbkowski

Janusz 'Snax' Pogorzelski

Paweł 'byali' Bieliński


Quantum Bellator Fire #51


Gregory 'balblna' Oleinick

Savelii 'jmqa' Bragin

Aurimas 'Kvik' Kvakšys

Nikita 'waterfaLLZ' Matveyev

Kirill 'Boombl4' Mikhailov


Wololos



Nemiga #71


Roman 'roman' Redihin

Kirill 'hitMouse' Tsarev

Vladimir 'ROBO' Neskey

Roman 'CyberFocus' Dergach

Aleksandr 'mds' Rubets


NOREG



Fragsters #35


Lucas 'Bubzkji' Andersen

Jacob 'dragonfly' Lund

Nicolai 'torben' Amorim

Martin 'stavn' Lund

Magnus 'Frøslev' Frøslev


AGO #21


Damian 'Furlan' Kislowski

Dominik 'GruBy' Swiderski

Michał 'snatchie' Rudzki

Mateusz 'TOAO' Zawistowski

Tomasz 'phr' Wójcik


GameAgents #115


Viktor 'flashie' Tamás Bea

Gábor 'gabesson' Málovics

András 'ZEN' Hidvégi

Ádám 'kolor' Domoszlay

Fodor 'fleav' Levente



Envy #14



Christophe 'SIXER' Xia

Cédric 'RpK' Guipouy

Fabien 'kioShiMa' Fiey

Vincent 'Happy' Schopenhauer

Alexandre 'xms' Forté


Belgium


Kévin 'Ex6TenZ' Droolans

Adil 'ScreaM' Benrlitom

Faris 'Faris' Ait Lalla

Antoine 'to1nou' Pirard

Younes 'YOUYOU' Ait Lalla


North Academy #32


Nicklas 'gade' Gade

Dennis 'sycrone' Nielsen

Daniel 'mertz' Mertz

Johannes 'b0RUP' Borup

Frederik 'acoR' Gyldstrand


GODSENT #45


Simon 'twist' Eliasson

Joakim 'disco doplan' Gidetun

Fredrik 'freddieb' Buö


RESISTANCE #169


Nemanja 'k1Ng0r' Bošković

Petar 'HOLMES' Dimitrijević

Dimitrije 'DiMKE' Veljković

Dejan 'd3k1' Kosanović



Endpoint #76



Brandon 'weber' Weber

Ian 'Immi' Harding

Max 'MiGHTYMAX' Heath

Tramaine 'stan1ey' Stanley

Alex 'ALEX' McMeekin


Space Soldiers #19


Engin 'MAJ3R' Küpeli

Ismailcan 'XANTARES' Dörtkardeş

Buğra 'Calyx' Arkın

Çağatay 'DESPE' Sedef

Engin 'ngiN' Kor


Russia


Mihail 'Dosia' Stolyarov

Denis 'seized' Kostin

Georgi 'WorldEdit' Yaskin

Egor 'flamie' Vasilyev

Denis 'electroNic' Sharipov



BIG #20



Fatih 'gob b' Dayik

Nikola 'LEGIJA' Ninić

Johannes 'tabseN' Wodarz

Kevin 'keev' Bartholomäus

Johannes 'nex' Maget


Limitless #135


Léonard 'Smyli' Michelino

Léo 'Kan4' Intronati

Théo 'LoWkii' Téchené

Paul 'Polox' Barbe

Bryan 'Maka' Canda


Ukraine



fnatic #13


Robin 'flusha' Rönnquist

Jesper 'JW' Wecksell

Jonas 'Lekr0' Olofsson

Maikil 'Golden' Selim

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