WESG 2017 World Finals viewer's guide

With WESG 2017 World Finals set to start on Tuesday, we bring you a viewer's guide with all the details you need regarding the event.

Held at the Haikou International Convention & Exhibition Center, the WESG 2017 World Finals will run from Tuesday to Sunday with a total of 28 teams battling it out for a share of the $1.5 million prize pool.

The event was due to have 32 attending squads, but Oleksandr "⁠s1mple⁠" Kostyliev's Ukraine, NOREG, Viva Algeria and EMC have withdrawn from the competition. Still, the team list includes some impressive names such as SK, Cloud9 and fnatic.

WESG will kick off with a best-of-one group stage

Below you can find the group draw for the tournament, which includes Group E and H with only two teams, who are through to the next stage but will still have to play each other for seeding purposes:

Group A	Group B
MVP PK	GODSENT
subtLe	AGO
TeamOne	Swole Patrol
NSPR	BOOT-d[S]
Group C	Group D
ViCi	SK
Belgium	BIG
Parallax	Russia
Wololos	New4
Group E	Group F
Envy	Space Soldiers
Bravado	Recca
	Isurus
	Limitless
Group G	Group H
Cloud9	ORDER
The Onliners	MAX
SCARZ Absolute
fnatic

As for the event's schedule, the first two days will be all about the first group stage, whose contestants will play in a best-of-one round-robin format. From there, the top two teams from each will advance to the second group stage, where 16 teams will be split into four round-robin groups, this time around in a best-of-two format.

On Saturday and Sunday, the best eight teams from the second group stage will move on to the tournament's playoffs, a best-of-three, single-elimination bracket. The full schedule looks as follows:

Tuesday, March 13
04:00	MVP PK	vs.	Alpha Red	BO1
04:00	subtLe	vs.	TeamOne	BO1
04:00	GODSENT	vs.	BOOT-d[S]	BO1
04:00	AGO	vs.	Swole Patrol	BO1
05:30	ViCi	vs.	Wololos	BO1
05:30	Belgium	vs.	Parallax	BO1
07:00	MVP PK	vs.	TeamOne	BO1
07:00	subtLe	vs.	Alpha Red	BO1
07:00	GODSENT	vs.	Swole Patrol	BO1
07:00	AGO	vs.	BOOT-d[S]	BO1
08:30	ViCi	vs.	Belgium	BO1
08:30	Parallax	vs.	Wololos	BO1
08:30	Envy	vs.	Bravado	BO1
10:00	MVP PK	vs.	subtLe	BO1
10:00	TeamOne	vs.	Alpha Red	BO1
10:00	GODSENT	vs.	AGO	BO1
10:00	Swole Patrol	vs.	BOOT-d[S]	BO1
11:30	ViCi	vs.	Parallax	BO1
11:30	Belgium	vs.	Wololos	BO1
Wednesday, March 14
04:00	SK	vs.	Russia	BO1
04:00	BIG	vs.	New4	BO1
05:30	Cloud9	vs.	SCARZ Absolute	BO1
05:30	fnatic	vs.	The Onliners	BO1
05:30	Space Soldiers	vs.	Isurus	BO1
05:30	Recca	vs.	Limitless	BO1
07:00	SK	vs.	BIG	BO1
07:00	Russia	vs.	New4	BO1
08:30	Cloud9	vs.	The Onliners	BO1
08:30	fnatic	vs.	SCARZ Absolute	BO1
08:30	Space Soldiers	vs.	Limitless	BO1
08:30	Recca	vs.	Isurus	BO1
10:00	SK	vs.	New4	BO1
10:00	Russia	vs.	BIG	BO1
10:00	ORDER	vs.	MAX	BO1
11:30	Cloud9	vs.	fnatic	BO1
11:30	SCARZ Absolute	vs.	The Onliners	BO1
11:30	Space Soldiers	vs.	Recca	BO1
11:30	Limitless	vs.	Isurus	BO1
Thursday, March 15
04:00 - 12:00	Group Stage #2			BO2
Friday, March 16
04:00 - 14:00	Group Stage #2			BO2
Saturday, March 17
04:00 - 16:00	Playoffs			BO3
Sunday, March 18
04:00 - 16:00	Playoffs			BO3

Anders Blume headlines the on-air talent team, and he will be accompanied by the likes of Tom "Tombizz" Bissmire, Hugo Byron and Niels "rizc" Topp as you can find below:

Anders Blume
Tom "Tombizz" Bissmire
Hugo Byron
Ryan "Flakes" Oliver
Niels "rizc" Topp
Joshua "BurntSanctuary" Keller

As for the 1.5$ million prize pool, here is how it will be distributed among the participants:

1. $800,000
2. $300,000
3. $150,000
4. $70,000
5-8. $25,000
9-12. $10,000
13-16. $10,000

fnatic #5 Robin 'flusha' RönnquistJesper 'JW' WecksellFreddy 'KRIMZ' JohanssonJonas 'Lekr0' OlofssonMaikil 'Golden' Selim Wololos Belgium Adil 'ScreaM' BenrlitomAntoine 'to1nou' PirardKévin 'Ex6TenZ' DroolansFaris 'Faris' Ait LallaYounes 'YOUYOU' Ait Lalla Swole Patrol #61 Ryan 'freakazoid' AbadirSamuel 'SileNt' PortilloRyan 'ryann' WelshJordan 'Zellsis' MontemurroAustin 'Cooper' Abadir Viva Algeria #155 Kyle 'NOtA' SaadiNabil 'natsu' BadiSophien 'thyx' FelkaouiDylan 'nOxii' SaadiMalik 'Malikof' Kofkof Alpha Red #127 Kitsada 'bnwGiggs' PookamroongPakorn 'veta' TreeronaritMaitri 'MAIROLLS' SukrobKrit 'Kntz' ChaiprasitKitisak 'SeveN89' Kititharakun Parallax The Onliners Russia Mihail 'Dosia' StolyarovGeorgi 'WorldEdit' YaskinDenis 'electroNic' SharipovDenis 'seized' KostinEgor 'flamie' Vasilyev Russia SK #2 Gabriel 'FalleN' ToledoFernando 'fer' AlvarengaRicardo 'boltz' PrassMarcelo 'coldzera' DavidEpitacio 'TACO' de Melo subtLe #120 Kyle 'OCEAN' O'BrienTerry 'dsr' RiouxJonathan 'Jonji' CareyMatthew 'WARDELL' YuDerrick 'LILMAN' Boyne SCARZ Absolute #161 Koji 'Laz' UshidaTomoaki 'crow' MaruokaRyo 'barce' TakebayashiShibasaki 'poem' YumekiTakemori 'takej' Shogo BIG #24 Fatih 'gob b' DayikJohannes 'tabseN' WodarzTizian 'tiziaN' FeldbuschJohannes 'nex' MagetNiels 'luckeRRR' Jasiek Ukraine GODSENT #29 Simon 'twist' EliassonJoakim 'disco doplan' GidetunFredrik 'freddieb' BuöHampus 'hampus' PoserLudvig 'Brollan' Brolin ORDER #43 Chris 'emagine' RowlandsSimon 'Sico' WilliamsJay 'Liazz' TregillgasAlistair 'aliStair' JohnstonJordan 'Hatz' Bajic Bravado #71 Dimitri 'Detrony' HadjipaschaliRuan 'ELUSIVE' van WykAran 'Sonic' GroesbeekRhys 'Fadey' ArmstrongJohnny 'JT' Theodosiou New4 #112 Nan 'Jewelry' WangFei 'jackhan' HanYang 'Mr.six' ChengZhiTao 'Drea3er' ZhangZhiWei '0i' Liu Wololos Oscar 'mixwell' CañellasChristian 'loWel' Garcia AntoranAitor 'SOKER' FernándezDavid 'Kairi' de MiguelRajohn 'EasTor' Linato MVP PK #32 Keun-Chul 'solo' KangMin-Soo 'glow' KimMin-Seok 'zeff' ParkHyun-Pyo 'XigN' LeeHae-Sung 'HSK' Kim MAX #122 MingWei 'Lamplight' HuShengKai 'Gn' TangHao 's550' WanMing 'dmm' DaiLiangZhu 'ECOKING' Zhong MAX MingWei 'Lamplight' HuShengKai 'Gn' Tang AGO #20 Damian 'Furlan' KislowskiDominik 'GruBy' SwiderskiMichał 'snatchie' RudzkiMateusz 'TOAO' ZawistowskiTomasz 'phr' Wójcik Time is adjusted to your selected timezone Space Soldiers #17 Engin 'MAJ3R' KüpeliIsmailcan 'XANTARES' DörtkardeşBuğra 'Calyx' ArkınAhmet 'paz' KarahocaEngin 'ngiN' Kor NOREG #56 Morten 'zEVES' Vollan ChristensenEven 'nafu' LeirvikKristian 'akez' KornbakkJorgen 'cromen' RobertsenOle 'Marcelious' Kristian Langan ViCi #135 Bin 'Savage' LiuBingYuan 'tb' LiZhen 'HZ' HuangWeiJie 'zhokiNg' ZhongWingHei 'Freeman' Cheung Recca #133 Baskoro 'roseau' Dwi PutraAlbert 'FrostMisty' GiovanniAgung 'Sys' FriantoKennedy 'Mirskie' BuntoroKevin 'Eeyore' Gunawan TeamOne #53 Pedro 'Maluk3' CamposJean-Michel 'mch' D'OliveiraCaike 'caike' CostaVictor 'iDk' TorracaAlencar 'trk' Rossato subtLe #120 Kyle 'OCEAN' O'BrienTerry 'dsr' RiouxDerrick 'LILMAN' BoyneMatthew 'no_one' CongdonLeonardo 'Laski' Arroyo EMC #119 ChunMing 'hypathor' JarkMingHim 'TENGU9' KwokChunWai 'CHIMEI' WongYingChiu 'chancehangtsz' WanSiuLung 'fagger' Choi Limitless #77 Léonard 'Smyli' MichelinoLéo 'Kan4' IntronatiThéo 'LoWkii' Téchené​Paul 'Polox' BarbeBryan 'Maka' Canda Isurus #96 Julián 'Zote' AcostaNicolás 'Noktse' DávilaNicolas 'NikoM' MiozziNabil 'nbl' AleuaGabriel '1962' Sinopoli NSPR #270 Nathporn 'LAVA' PhoriraksakulKhomkit 'AlicPond' BoonjongPhaiboon 'j9' SaengsermsubPhakhin 'PPOverdose' JaroenthanajindaYanothai 'bongbawl' Phoungmalai BOOT-d[S] #108 Nevin 'splashske' AwBenedict 'Benkai' TanBenjamin 'moxie' KouAnthony 'ImpressioN' LimKumaresan 'Tommy' Ramani Belgium Oleksandr 's1mple' Kostyliev Age: 20 Team: Natus Vincere Rating 1.0: 1.20 Maps played: 758 KPR: 0.85 DPR: 0.68 Envy #28 Adil 'ScreaM' BenrlitomFabien 'kioShiMa' FieyCédric 'RpK' GuipouyVincent 'Happy' SchopenhauerAli 'hAdji' Haïnouss Cloud9 #3 Tyler 'Skadoodle' LathamWilliam 'RUSH' WierzbaTarik 'tarik' CelikTimothy 'autimatic' TaJake 'Stewie2K' Yip