World Cyber Arena returns with its 2017 edition. On the heels of the TI7 qualifiers, the SEA regional event will kick off with the open qualifiers with a chance for local teams to compete against regional stars and for a piece of the prize pool.
The SEA/APAC qualifiers for the LAN event is organized in collaboration with UCC and features a $50,000 prize pool and three stages as follows:
Open Qualifiers:
Dates: June 29-30
Registration: On FaceIT HERE
Dates: July 1-2
Registration: On FaceIT HERE
- There are 512 spots for teams to register at each of the WCA SEA/APAC open qualifiers
- Check in starts at 11:00 CEST on the first day of each event
- Competition will start at 12:00 CEST
- All rounds will be played in a best-of-one format
- Semi finals and finals will be played in best-of-three format
- One team from each event will advance into the closed qualifiers stage
Closed Qualifiers:
Dates: July 4-11
Invited Teams: TnC Pro, Mineski, Team Faceless, Clutch Gamers, Geek Fam, Happy Feet, Fnatic, WG.Unity
- The two winners of the open qualifiers will join the eight invited teams in the second stage
- Closed qualifiers will be played starting on the 4th of July
- The ten teams will be split into two groups of five
- Competition will be held in a round robin group stage format
- The top two teams of each group will advance into the final stage qualifiers
Final Stage Qualifiers:
Dates: July 15-17th
- Four teams from closed qualifiers will compete
- Double Elimination format
- Two teams advance to the main event
- Top three teams receive a piece of the $50,000 prize pool
Final Stage Prizepool distribution:
- 1st place: ~$29,000+ slot for WCA 2017
- 2nd place: ~$14,000+ slot for WCA 2017
- 3rd place: ~$7,000
WCA 2017
WCA 2017 LAN finals will be held this December in Yinchuan, China with a $500,000 prize pool.
