WESG 2017 - Asia-Pacific Qualifier

[e][h]WESG 2017 - Asia-Pacific Qualifier

League Information

Series:

WESG

Organizer(s):

Alisports.com

Sponsor(s):

Alibaba Group

Game Version:

Legacy of the Void
Patch 4.1.3

Type:

Offline

Location:

Jiaozhou

Format:

1v1

Prize Pool:

$40,000 USD

Start Date:

2018-01-11

End Date:

2018-01-14

Liquipedia Tier:

Major

Player Breakdown

Number of Players:

19

5

6

8

Maps

Abyssal Reef • Ascension to Aiur • Battle on the Boardwalk • Blackpink • Catalyst • Neon Violet Square • Odyssey

WESG 2017 - Asia-Pacific Qualifier allows 10 players to advance to main event.

Format[edit]

Qualifiers:
- 3 slots for South Korea.
- 2 slots for Australia.
- 2 slots for China.
- 2 slots for Taiwan, Hong Kong & Macau.
- 1 slot for West Asia.
- 1 slot for Central Asia.
- 1 slot for East Asia.
- 1 slot for South and South East Asia.
- 1 slot for Indonesia.
- 1 slot for Iran.
- 1 slot for Malaysia.
- 1 slot for New Zealand & Islands.
- 1 slot for Philippines.
- 1 slot for Singapore.
- 1 slot for Thailand.
Round-Robin Group Stage:
- All matches are Best of 3.
- Top 3 players of each group advance to Playoffs Stage:
  - Player in First place advances directly to Round of 8.
  - Players in Second and Third places play a match for a Round of 8 spot.
12 players Playoffs Stage:
- Single-elimination Playoffs:
  - All matches are Best of 5.
- Top 10 players are qualified for the Global Finals.

Map Pool[edit]

Abyssal Reef	Ascension to Aiur	Battle on the Boardwalk	Blackpink	Catalyst	Neon Violet Square	Odyssey

Prize Pool[edit]

$40,000 USD are spread among the players as seen below:

Place	$USD	Seed	Player	Team
1st	$18,000	Global Finals	Classic	ZZZZZ
2nd	$9,000	Global Finals	Dark	ZZZZZ
3rd	$4,500	Global Finals	TIME	SCBoy
4th	$2,500	Global Finals	Maru	Jin Air Green Wings
5th-8th	$1,500	Global Finals	Has	OSC Elite
			EnDerr	PSISTORM Gaming
			XiGua	Invictus Gaming
			Nice	AfreecaTV Taiwan
9th-10th	-	Global Finals	Sioras	ZZZZZ
9th-10th	-	Global Finals	HuT	SYF GAMING
11th-12th	-	-	Elusory	OSC Elite
11th-12th	-	-	StriKE	Beyond Esports
13th-16th	-	-	Ranger	ZZZZZ
			Probe	Legacy Esports
			MightyKiwi	SYF GAMING
			Deruziel	ZZZZZ
17th-19th	-	-	Enterprise	ZZZZZ
			Asura	Blades of Aiur
			Saito	ZZZZZ

Participants[edit]

From South Korea Qualifier (3)
Protoss (5)	Terran (6)	Zerg (8)
Classic	Maru	Dark
From Australia Qualifier (2)
Probe	HuT
From China Qualifier (2)
	TIME	XiGua
From Taiwan, Hong Kong & Macau Qualifier (2)
Has
Nice
From West Asia Qualifier (1)
		Saito
From Central Asia Qualifier (1)
' Raise'⁴
From East Asia Qualifier (1)
		Sioras
From South and South East Asia Qualifier (1)
		~~Demi~~¹
		Asura¹
From Indonesia Qualifier (1)
	Deruziel
From Iran Qualifier (1)
	~~BlackNight~~³	Enterprise³
From Malaysia Qualifier (1)
Ranger
From New Zealand & Islands Qualifier (1)
		MightyKiwi
From Philippines Qualifier (1)
		EnDerr
From Singapore Qualifier (1)
~~Blysk~~²	Elusory²
From Thailand Qualifier (1)
	StriKE

¹ Demi could not obtain a visa in time and was replaced by Asura.^[1]
² Blysk could not obtain a visa in time and was replaced by Elusory.
³ BlackNight was unable to participate due to issues with his military service and was replaced by Enterprise.^[2]
⁴ Raise could not obtain a visa in time.^[3]

Results[edit]

Group Stage[edit]

Group A[edit]

Group A
January 11, 2018 - 11:00 CST
1.	Maru	3-0	6-0
2.	Dark	2-1	4-2
3.	Elusory	1-2	2-4
4.	Ranger	0-3	0-6

Group A Matches
January 11, 2018 - 11:00 CST
Maru	2	0	Dark
Blackpink Abyssal Reef

January 11, 2018 - 12:15 CST
Ranger	0	2	Elusory
Odyssey Blackpink
January 11, 2018 - 13:30 CST
Dark	2	0	Elusory
Catalyst Odyssey

January 11, 2018 - 16:00 CST
Maru	2	0	Ranger
Ascension to Aiur Neon Violet Square

January 11, 2018 - 17:15 CST
Ranger	0	2	Dark
January 11, 2018 - 18:30 CST
Elusory	0	2	Maru
Catalyst Abyssal Reef

Group B[edit]

Group B
January 11, 2018 - 11:00 CST
1.	TIME	3-1	7-2
2.	Has	3-1	6-2
3.	HuT	2-2	4-5
4.	Probe	2-2	5-5
5.	Enterprise	0-4	0-8

Group B Matches
January 11, 2018 - 11:00 CST
HuT	2	0	Enterprise
Blackpink Ascension to Aiur

January 11, 2018 - 12:15 CST
Probe	2	1	TIME
Blackpink Abyssal Reef Odyssey

January 11, 2018 - 13:30 CST
HuT	2	1	Probe
January 11, 2018 - 13:30 CST
Enterprise	0	2	Has
Catalyst Odyssey

January 11, 2018 - 14:45 CST
Enterprise	0	2	Probe
Blackpink Odyssey

January 11, 2018 - 14:45 CST
Has	0	2	TIME
Catalyst Ascension to Aiur
January 11, 2018 - 16:00 CST
Probe	0	2	Has
Odyssey Neon Violet Square

January 11, 2018 - 17:15 CST
TIME	2	0	HuT
Abyssal Reef Catalyst

January 11, 2018 - 18:30 CST
Enterprise	0	2	TIME
January 11, 2018 - 17:05 CST
Has	2	0	HuT
Catalyst Ascension to Aiur

Group C[edit]

Group C
January 12, 2018 - 11:00 CST
1.	Classic	4-0	8-0
2.	XiGua	3-1	6-3
3.	Sioras	2-2	5-5
4.	MightyKiwi	1-3	3-6
5.	Asura	0-4	0-8

Group C Matches
January 12, 2018 - 11:00 CST
Classic	2	0	MightyKiwi
Abyssal Reef Ascension to Aiur

January 12, 2018 - 11:00 CST
Asura	0	2	Sioras
Catalyst Blackpink
January 12, 2018 - 13:30 CST
Classic	2	0	Asura
Blackpink Ascension to Aiur

January 12, 2018 - 13:30 CST
MightyKiwi	0	2	XiGua
Odyssey Ascension to Aiur

January 12, 2018 - 16:00 CST
MightyKiwi	2	0	Asura
Ascension to Aiur Odyssey
January 12, 2018 - 16:00 CST
XiGua	2	1	Sioras
Odyssey Blackpink Ascension to Aiur

January 12, 2018 - 16:00 CST
Sioras	2	1	MightyKiwi
Ascension to Aiur Blackpink Catalyst
January 12, 2018 - 17:30 CST
Asura	0	2	XiGua
Odyssey Ascension to Aiur

January 12, 2018 - 17:00 CST
Sioras	0	2	Classic
Ascension to Aiur Abyssal Reef
January 12, 2018 - 19:45 CST
XiGua	0	2	Classic
Ascension to Aiur Abyssal Reef

Group D[edit]

Group D
January 12, 2018 - 12:15 CST
1.	Nice	4-0	8-1
2.	EnDerr	3-1	7-3
3.	StriKE	2-2	5-4
4.	Deruziel	1-3	2-6
5.	Saito	0-4	0-8

Group D Matches
January 12, 2018 - 12:15 CST
Saito	0	2	StriKE
January 12, 2018 - 12:15 CST
EnDerr	1	2	Nice
Ascension to Aiur Blackpink Abyssal Reef

January 12, 2018 - 14:45 CST
Saito	0	2	EnDerr
January 12, 2018 - 14:45 CST
StriKE	2	0	Deruziel
Odyssey Abyssal Reef

January 12, 2018 - 16:00 CST
EnDerr	2	0	Deruziel
January 12, 2018 - 16:00 CST
StriKE	1	2	EnDerr
January 12, 2018 - 17:15 CST
Deruziel	0	2	Nice
Ascension to Aiur Abyssal Reef

January 12, 2018 - 18:30 CST
Nice	2	0	Saito
Catalyst Ascension to Aiur

January 12, 2018 - 19:45 CST
Deruziel	2	0	Saito
January 12, 2018 - 19:45 CST
Nice	2	0	StriKE
Odyssey Catalyst

Playoffs[edit]

Round of 12 (Bo5)

Has

3

Sioras

0

Elusory

1

EnDerr

3

XiGua

3

StriKE

1

Dark

3

HuT

0

Quarterfinals (Bo5)

Maru

3

Has

2

Classic

3

EnDerr

0

TIME

3

XiGua

0

Nice

0

Dark

3

Semifinals (Bo5)

Maru

0

Classic

3

TIME

1

Dark

3

Finals (Bo5)

Classic

3

Dark

1

3rd Place Match (Bo5)

Maru

2

TIME

3

9th and 10th Places Tie-Breakers Matches[edit]

The losers of the Round of 12 play for 2 spots in the Global Finals.

Tie-Breaking Matches (Bo5)

Sioras

3

Elusory

0

StriKE

2

HuT

3

Qualified Players

Sioras

HuT

Racial Distribution[edit]

Protoss

Terran

Zerg

Group Stage

5	6	8

Round of 12

3	5	4

Quarterfinals

3	2	3

Semifinals

1	2	1

Finals

1	1

Winner

1

Map Statistics[edit]

		vs.				vs.				vs.				Mirrors
Map	#	Σ			%	Σ			%	Σ			%
Abyssal Reef LE	17	5	3	2	60.0%	4	0	4	0.0%	3	2	1	66.7%	5	-	-
Ascension to Aiur LE	24	4	2	2	50.0%	8	0	8	0.0%	5	2	3	40.0%	2	5	-
Blackpink LE	19	6	3	3	50.0%	5	2	3	40.0%	3	2	1	66.7%	2	3	-
Catalyst LE	20	5	2	3	40.0%	5	0	5	0.0%	5	4	1	80.0%	3	2	-
Neon Violet Square LE	9	3	0	3	0.0%	1	0	1	0.0%	3	1	2	33.3%	1	-	1
Odyssey LE	20	4	0	4	0.0%	4	0	4	0.0%	4	2	2	50.0%	3	4	1
Total Sum (Σ)	109	27	10	17	37.0%	27	2	25	7.4%	23	13	10	56.5%	16	14	2

View Games[edit]

Streams[edit]

VODs[edit]

WESG at YouKu.com

Replays[edit]

External links[edit]

References[edit]

[1] Demi forfeits his spot

[2] Iran National Team Lineup

[3] Players from Kazakhstan could not come to China because of visa issues

[1]

[2]

[3]

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