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World Electronic Sports Games
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World Electronic Sports Games
Series Information
Organizer:
Location:
ChinaCumulative Prize Pool:
$5,725,753 USD
Links
About[edit]
The World Electronic Sports Games (WESG) is an eSport event organized by Alisports (a subsidiary of Alibaba Group).
Events[edit]
2016[edit]
World Electronic Sports Games 2016 were held between January 12-15 2017, at the Changzhou Olympic Sports Center in Changzhou, China. 24 Teams from across the world qualified through their various regional qualifiers for a chance at the $1,500,000 USD prize pool. In addition, prize money was also awarded to the participants of the regional qualifiers, who had to first prove themselves in their respective national qualifiers. In addition, regional qualifiers were played at an offline LAN event.
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Tournament
Date
Prize Pool
Location
P#
Winner
Runner-up
2017[edit]
WESG will return at the World Electronic Sports Games 2017 to be held in March 2018, featuring national teams from across the world in various esport disciplines. From August to December 2017, the various regional and national qualifiers will be held. Regional qualifiers will once again be held on LAN.
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Tournament
Date
Prize Pool
Location
P#
Winner
Runner-up
Dec 11 - 12, 2017
Philippines24 participants
Dec 9, 2017
New Zealand4 participants
Dec 7, 2017
Southeast Asia17 participants
Oct 21, 2017
$2,000
Saint Petersburg2 participants
Oct 18 - 19, 2017
Europe6 participants
2018[edit]
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Tournament
Date
Prize Pool
Location
P#
Winner
Runner-up
Dec 13 - 16, 2018
$15,000
Kuala Lumpur10 participants
Nov 10 - 11, 2018
$38,000
Huntington Beach, CA4 participants
Oct 17 - 18, 2018
$1,500
Jakarta Barat4 participants
Sep 21 - 22, 2018
$1,500
Kuala Lumpur4 participants
2019[edit]
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Tournament
Date
Prize Pool
Location
P#
Winner
Runner-up
Dec 7 - 8, 2019
$25,000
Montréal2 participants
Nov 30 - Dec 1, 2019
$11,387
Xiamen6 participants
Nov 23 - 24, 2019
$11,401
Chongqing6 participants
Nov 16 - 17, 2019
$11,407
Shenyang6 participants
Nov 9 - 10, 2019
$11,432
Hefei6 participants
Oct 31 - Nov 3, 2019
$15,000
Kuala Lumpur10 participants
Nov 2 - 3, 2019
$15,000
Canada6 participants
Nov 2, 2019
$25,500
United States6 participants
Sep 21 - 22, 2019
$1,500
Quezon City4 participants
Sep 14 - 15, 2019
$1,500
Bandar Seri Begawan4 participants
Aug 31 - Sep 1, 2019
$1,500
Phnom Penh4 participants
Jun 28 - 30, 2019
$1,235
Pretoria14 participants
Gallery[edit]
Logos[edit]
Logo prior to 2018
