African and Middle East qualifiers for WESG LAN finals from December this year concluded Saturday August 28th with one Turkish, one South African and one Jordanian team claiming the three spots available for their region.
World Electronic Sports Gaming (WESG) is one of a kind tournament organized by StarLadder and ImbaTV and features only national teams competing for a staggering $1,500,000 prize pool. All the competitors for the LAN finals in China will be decided via open and regional qualifiers all over the world and the first region to begin the hostilities was Africa and Middle East.
Starting on August 13th with open qualifiers in four sub regions; Turkey, North and West Africa plus South and East Africa and Middle East, the first round of regional WESG regional qualifiers ended this weekend with a LAN held at the luxurious Conrad Hotel in Dubai. Eight teams made it to this last stage of African and Middle East qualifiers and from those only three made the cut for the December LAN finals.
The eight teams played each other first in a best of one group stage with the top two from each group advancing into the playoffs. The last three standing teams not only secured themselves a spot into the main event of WESG but also won a share of the $57,000 prize pool for the qualifiers stage.
Winners of WESG African and Middle East qualifiers
1st 
Aboshamalah ($30,000)
2nd 
Dark Passage ($18,000)
3rd 
Bravado Gaming ($9,000)
WESG qualifiers will continue next week, starting on the 3rd of September with European and CIS open qualifiers. Keep in mind that everyone can sign up as long as the team has a full five men roster with players from the same country. You can find all the sub regions and countries registration links here.
For Europe and CIS there are 20 available spots in the qualifiers playoffs that will be held between 6th -9th of October in Kiev, Ukraine. Eight teams will advance to WESG main event.
headline and banner images source: int.wesg.com
