With more than 40 national qualifiers, the tournament offers the prize pool of $402,000
24 qualified players from Asia, Europe & CIS, Northern and Southern America, Africa and Middle East will fight the biggest prize pool in the history of StarCraft II. The finals will take place in Shangai, China in December 2016.
The European Regional Qualifiers will select 20 best players to be invited to the Regional Finals in Kyiv. 8 winners will be granted a ticket to the WESG Global Grand Finals and the $27,300 prize pool.
Registration is open for European countries, some of which will have their own qualifiers, while others have been grouped together in sub-regions:
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Sub regions |
Sign up dates and links |
Countries |
Spots | |
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UK, Ireland and Iceland |
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England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, Iceland |
1 | |
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Northern Europe and Post CIS |
Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Belarus, Moldova |
1 | ||
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South-Eastern Europe |
Bulgaria, Greece, Romania, Cyprus, Israel |
1 | ||
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Benelux |
Belgium, Luxembourg, Netherlands |
1 | ||
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Central Europe |
Austria, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Italy, San Marino, Malta, Vatican |
1 | ||
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Adriatica |
Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Croatia, Macedonia, Serbia, Slovenia, Kosovo |
1 | ||
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Iberia |
Spain, Portugal, Andorra |
1 | ||
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France and Monaco |
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2 | ||
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Sweden |
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1 | ||
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Germany |
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2 | ||
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Poland |
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2 | ||
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Russia |
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2 | ||
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Ukraine |
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2 | ||
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Denmark |
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1 | ||
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Norway |
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1 |
The breakdown of the prize pool of WESG Regional Qualifiers in European and CIS region is as follows:
1st place - ?80,000 (~ $12,000)
2nd place - ?40,000 (~ $6,000)
3rd place - ?20,000 (~ $3,000)
4th place - ?10,000 (~ $1,500)
5th place - ?8,000 (~ $1,200)
6th place - ?8,000 (~ $1,200)
7th place - ?8,000 (~ $1,200)
8th place - ?8,000 (~ $1,200)
