World Electronic Sports Games 2016

[e][h]World Electronic Sports Games 2016

League Information

Series:

WESG

Organizer:

Alisports.com

Sponsor(s):

Alibaba Group

Game version:

Legacy of the Void
Patch Patch 3.9.1 – Patch 3.9.1

Type:

Offline

Location:

Changzhou

Format:

1v1
Round Robin Group Stage
Single-elimination bracket

Prize pool:

$402,000 USD

Start Date:

2017-01-12

End Date:

2017-01-15

Liquipedia Tier:

Premier

Links

Player breakdown

Number of players:

24

5

9

10

Maps

Daybreak • Echo • Habitation Station • Newkirk Precinct TE • Overgrowth • Vaani Research Station • Whirlwind

Chronology

WESG 2017

World Electronic Sports Games 2016 is a professional E-sport tournament organized by Alibaba Group.

Format[edit]

Qualifiers
- There are spots for players from all over the world divided to regions as follows:
- 1 spot in the China Qualifier
- 6 spots in the Asia-Pacific Qualifier
- 8 spots in the Europe & CIS Qualifier
- 6 spots in the North & South America Qualifier
- 3 spots in the Africa & Middle East Qualifier
Round-Robin Group Stage:
- All matches are Best of 3.
- Player in First place advances directly to the Round of 8.
- Players in Second and Third places play a match for a Round of 8 spot.
- Ties are solved as follows:
  - Head to head result;
  - Head to head Map Score;
  - Map Score;
  - Head to head results against other players in the group.
12 players Playoffs Stage:
- Single-elimination Playoffs.
- All matches are Best of 5 except Finals which are Best of 7.

Map Pool[edit]

Daybreak	Echo	Habitation Station	Newkirk Precinct TE	Overgrowth	Vaani Research Station	Whirlwind

Talents[edit]

Commentators:
- PiG (Jared Krensel)
- RotterdaM (Kevin van der Kooi)
- Tenshi (Lucas Collard)
- Valdes (Brendan Valdes)
- Zeweig (Alexander Lind)

Other Language Commentators:
- Emil (Emil Wieczorek)
- kabyraGe (Vladislav Perchik)
- NarutO (Silvano Bovo)

Prize Pool[edit]

$402,000 USD were spread among the players as seen below:

Participants[edit]

Africa & Middle East Qualifier (3)
Protoss (5)	Terran (9)	Zerg (10)
Drager		Stephano
		Zerghamdi
Chinese Qualifier (1)
		iAsonu
Europe & CIS Qualifier (8)
Harstem	Beastyqt	Namshar
ShoWTimE	DeMusliM	Nerchio
	MarineLorD	Elazer
Asia-Pacific Qualifier (6)
~~PiLiPiLi~~¹	TY	Rex
Jim	Maru
	XY
	PSiArc¹
North & South America Qualifier (6)
Neeb	Kelazhur	Cham
	MajOr	Scarlett
		Erik

¹ PiLiPiLi forfeited his spot and was replaced by PSiArc.

Results[edit]

Group Stage[edit]

Group A[edit]

Group A
January 12, 2017 - 11:30 CST
1.	XY	5-0	10-3
2.	Stephano	3-2	8-5
3.	Namshar	3-2	7-5
4.	DeMusliM	2-3	6-6
5.	Erik	1-4	3-9
6.	Drager	1-4	3-9

Group A Matches

January 12, 2017 - 11:30 CST

January 12, 2017 - 12:30 CST

January 12, 2017 - 13:30 CST

January 12, 2017 - 14:30 CST

January 12, 2017 - 15:30 CST

January 12, 2017 - 16:30 CST

January 12, 2017 - 17:30 CST

January 12, 2017 - 18:30 CST

January 12, 2017 - 19:30 CST

January 12, 2017 - 20:30 CST

Group B[edit]

Group B
January 12, 2017 - 11:30 CST
1.	Maru	5-0	10-0
2.	Nerchio	3-2	7-5
3.	MarineLorD	3-2	7-4
4.	Beastyqt	2-3	4-7
5.	Harstem	2-3	4-7
6.	Rex	0-5	1-10

Group B Matches

January 12, 2017 - 11:30 CST

January 12, 2017 - 12:30 CST

January 12, 2017 - 13:30 CST

January 12, 2017 - 14:30 CST

January 12, 2017 - 15:30 CST

January 12, 2017 - 16:30 CST

January 12, 2017 - 17:30 CST

January 12, 2017 - 19:30 CST

January 12, 2017 - 20:30 CST

January 12, 2017 - 21:00 CST

Group C[edit]

Group C
January 13, 2017 - 11:30 CST
1.	Neeb	4-1	8-3
2.	Scarlett	3-2	7-4
3.	Elazer	3-2	7-6
4.	MajOr	3-2	7-6
5.	iAsonu	2-3	5-6
6.	Zerghamdi	0-5	1-10

Group C Matches

January 13, 2017 - 11:15 CST

January 13, 2017 - 12:15 CST

January 13, 2017 - 13:15 CST

January 13, 2017 - 14:15 CST

January 13, 2017 - 15:15 CST

January 13, 2017 - 16:45 CST

January 13, 2017 - 17:30 CST

January 13, 2017 - 18:10 CST

January 13, 2017 - 19:00 CST

January 13, 2017 - 19:45 CST

Group D[edit]

Group D
January 13, 2017 - 11:30 CST
1.	TY	4-1	8-4
2.	ShoWTimE	4-1	9-2
3.	Jim	3-2	6-7
4.	Kelazhur	2-3	5-6
5.	Cham	1-4	4-8
6.	PSiArc	1-4	3-8

Group D Matches

January 13, 2017 - 11:15 CST

January 13, 2017 - 12:15 CST

January 13, 2017 - 13:15 CST

January 13, 2017 - 14:15 CST

January 13, 2017 - 15:15 CST

January 13, 2017 - 16:00 CST

January 13, 2017 - 16:45 CST

January 13, 2017 - 17:30 CST

January 13, 2017 - 18:15 CST

January 13, 2017 - 19:00 CST

Brackets[edit]

Round of 12 (Bo5)

Quarterfinals (Bo5)

Semifinals (Bo5)

Finals (Bo7)

Third Place Match

3rd Place

3rd

Racial Distribution[edit]

Protoss

Terran

Zerg

Group Stage

5	9	10

Round of 12

3	4	5

Quarterfinals

2	3	3

Semifinals

2	2

Finals

2

Champion

1

Map Statistics[edit]

		vs.				vs.				vs.				Mirrors
Map	#	Σ			%	Σ			%	Σ			%
Daybreak	22	8	4	4	50.0%	5	2	3	40.0%	4	2	2	50.0%	2	2	1
Echo	14	3	3	0	100.0%	4	1	3	25.0%	4	1	3	25.0%	2	-	1
Habitation Station	11	7	3	4	42.9%	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	1	-
Newkirk Precinct	10	3	3	0	100.0%	1	1	0	100.0%	4	2	2	50.0%	1	-	1
Overgrowth	17	1	1	0	100.0%	6	3	3	50.0%	3	0	3	0.0%	3	3	1
Unknown	88	31	18	13	58.1%	18	6	12	33.3%	16	6	10	37.5%	8	15	-
Vaani Research Station	8	4	3	1	75.0%	-	-	-	-	2	1	1	50.0%	1	-	1
Whirlwind	10	-	-	-	-	3	1	2	33.3%	4	2	2	50.0%	1	1	1
Total Sum (Σ)	92	26	17	9	65.4%	19	8	11	42.1%	21	8	13	38.1%	13	7	6

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