WESG 2016 World Finals schedule out

7-1-2017 09:33

The schedule for the event taking place in Changzhou, China has been revealed.

WESG 2016 World Finals featuring 24 teams will run from January 12-15 and hand out $1,500,000 in cash prizes, with the champions taking home a hefty $800,000 prize.

The contest will start with the group stage where there will be six teams in four groups. The first-placed teams will qualify for the quarter-finals while the second and third-placed ones will face each other in the round of 16.

Virtus.pro are the highest ranked team in the tournament (#5)

After two days of group stage action, the round of 16 and quarter-final matches will be played on the third day while the semi-finals, third place decider game and the grand final will be held on the last day.

Here are the groups:

Group A	Group B	Group C	Group D
.Russia	K23	Space Soldiers	Selfless
Virtus.pro	rEAK	Signature	JYP
TeamOne	iGame.com	Kinguin	DarkPassage
Epsilon	Colombia	FIVE	QuetzaL
subtLe	VG.CyberZen	GODSENT	TYLOO
Envy	ENZO	Bravado	Ukraine

And below is the full schedule:

Thursday, January 12th
04:30	Selfless	vs. TYLOO	BO2
04:30	JYP	vs. Ukraine	BO2
04:30	DarkPassage	vs. QuetzaL	BO2
04:30	Space Soldiers	vs. Signature	BO2
04:30	Kinguin	vs. FIVE	BO2
04:30	GODSENT	vs. Bravado	BO2
06:30	.Russia	vs. Virtus.pro	BO2
06:30	TeamOne	vs. Epsilon	BO2
06:30	subtLe	vs. Envy	BO2
06:30	K23	vs. rEAK	BO2
06:30	iGame.com	vs. VG.CyberZen	BO2
06:30	Colombia	vs. ENZO	BO2
08:30	Space Soldiers	vs. Kinguin	BO2
08:30	Signature	vs. Bravado	BO2
08:30	FIVE	vs. GODSENT	BO2
08:30	Selfless	vs. JYP	BO2
08:30	DarkPassage	vs. Ukraine	BO2
08:30	QuetzaL	vs. TYLOO	BO2
10:30	K23	vs. VG.CyberZen	BO2
10:30	rEAK	vs. ENZO	BO2
10:30	iGame.com	vs. Colombia	BO2
10:30	Epsilon	vs. Envy	BO2
10:30	Virtus.pro	vs. subtLe	BO2
10:30	.Russia	vs. TeamOne	BO2
12:30	Kinguin	vs. GODSENT	BO2
12:30	Signature	vs. FIVE	BO2
12:30	Space Soldiers	vs. Bravado	BO2
12:30	Selfless	vs. Ukraine	BO2
12:30	JYP	vs. QuetzaL	BO2
12:30	DarkPassage	vs. TYLOO	BO2

Friday, January 13th
04:30	Epsilon	vs. subtLe	BO2
04:30	.Russia	vs. Envy	BO2
04:30	Virtus.pro	vs. TeamOne	BO2
04:30	K23	vs. ENZO	BO2
04:30	rEAK	vs. iGame.com	BO2
04:30	Colombia	vs. VG.CyberZen	BO2
06:30	TYLOO	vs. Ukraine	BO2
06:30	JYP	vs. DarkPassage	BO2
06:30	Selfless	vs. QuetzaL	BO2
06:30	Space Soldiers	vs. FIVE	BO2
06:30	Signature	vs. GODSENT	BO2
06:30	Kinguin	vs. Bravado	BO2
08:30	Virtus.pro	vs. Envy	BO2
08:30	TeamOne	vs. subtLe	BO2
08:30	.Russia	vs. Epsilon	BO2
08:30	K23	vs. Colombia	BO2
08:30	rEAK	vs. VG.CyberZen	BO2
08:30	iGame.com	vs. ENZO	BO2
10:30	FIVE	vs. Bravado	BO2
10:30	Space Soldiers	vs. GODSENT	BO2
10:30	Signature	vs. Kinguin	BO2
10:30	Selfless	vs. DarkPassage	BO2
10:30	JYP	vs. TYLOO	BO2
10:30	QuetzaL	vs. Ukraine	BO2
12:30	VG.CyberZen	vs. ENZO	BO2
12:30	K23	vs. iGame.com	BO2
12:30	rEAK	vs. Colombia	BO2
12:30	.Russia	vs. subtLe	BO2
12:30	Virtus.pro	vs. Epsilon	BO2
12:30	TeamOne	vs. Envy	BO2

Saturday, January 14th
04:00	Four Round of 16 matches		BO3
07:00	Quarter-finals #1 and #2		BO3
10:00	Quarter-finals #3 and #4		BO3

Sunday, January 15th
04:00	Semi-finals #1 and #2		BO3
07:00	3rd place decider		BO3
11:30	Grand Final		BO3

For more information about the tournament, visit our event page.

BenjaCS is a staff writer at HLTV.org and can be found on Twitter.

So many Teams

2017-01-07 09:33

Shit!...

who?

2017-01-07 09:34

nice group A Fuck wesg

2017-01-07 09:35

1 reply

WTF are they thinking, honestly.

2017-01-07 17:38

Final Vp vs Ukraine

2017-01-07 09:36

2 replies

Nope. VP vs .Russia.

2017-01-07 13:29

nop, Envy vs Russia

2017-01-07 16:13

horseshit event. horseshit rules. horseshit talent. horseshit format. horseshit teams mostly. horseshit time. great prize pool. NOICE! noone gives a fuck.

2017-01-07 09:37

horseshit horseshit horseshit horseshit horseshit horseshit horseshit horseshit horseshit horseshit horseshit horseshit horseshit horseshit horseshit horseshit horseshit horseshit horseshit horseshit horseshit horseshit horseshit horseshit horseshit horseshit horseshit horseshit horseshit horseshit horseshit horseshit horseshit horseshit horseshit horseshit horseshit horseshit horseshit horseshit horseshit horseshit horseshit horseshit horseshit horseshit horseshit horseshit horseshit horseshit horseshit horseshit horseshit horseshit horseshit horseshit horseshit horseshit horseshit horseshit horseshit horseshit horseshit horseshit horseshit horseshit horseshit horseshit horseshit horseshit horseshit horseshit horseshit horseshit horseshit horseshit horseshit horseshit horseshit horseshit horseshit horseshit horseshit horseshit horseshit horseshit horseshit horseshit horseshit horseshit horseshit horseshit horseshit horseshit horseshit horseshit horseshit horseshit horseshit horseshit horseshit horseshit horseshit horseshit horseshit horseshit horseshit horseshit horseshit horseshit horseshit horseshit horseshit horseshit horseshit horseshit horseshit horseshit horseshit horseshit horseshit horseshit horseshit horseshit horseshit horseshit horseshit horseshit horseshit horseshit horseshit horseshit horseshit horseshit horseshit horseshit horseshit horseshit horseshit horseshit horseshit horseshit horseshit horseshit horseshit horseshit horseshit horseshit horseshit horseshit horseshit horseshit horseshit horseshit horseshit horseshit horseshit horseshit horseshit horseshit horseshit horseshit horseshit horseshit horseshit horseshit horseshit horseshit horseshit horseshit horseshit horseshit horseshit horseshit horseshit horseshit horseshit horseshit horseshit horseshit horseshit horseshit horseshit horseshit horseshit horseshit horseshit horseshit horseshit horseshit horseshit horseshit horseshit horseshit horseshit horseshit horseshit horseshit horseshit horseshit horseshit horseshit horseshit horseshit horseshit horseshit horseshit horseshit horseshit horseshit horseshit horseshit horseshit horseshit horseshit horseshit horseshit horseshit horseshit horseshit horseshit horseshit horseshit horseshit horseshit horseshit horseshit horseshit horseshit horseshit horseshit horseshit horseshit horseshit horseshit horseshit horseshit horseshit horseshit horseshit horseshit horseshit horseshit horseshit horseshit horseshit horseshit horseshit horseshit horseshit

2017-01-07 14:58

yep, you are totally right

2017-01-07 15:11

Selfless bout to get rekt by TyLoo, fuck these NA shitters

2017-01-07 09:38

3 replies

Tyloo has been quite terrible recently; they almost lost to echofox LOL

2017-01-07 17:15

still beat cloud 9 and the players said at the time of IBP masters they had huge attitude issues with confidence and were trying to change their playstyle too much no way they lose to selfless

2017-01-07 18:17

Thats true. They just really really suck on anti eco rounds. Hopefully they have worked on it

2017-01-07 18:27

wtf group a

Awesome, will surely tune in for this tourney.

same here.

2017-01-07 09:50

Easy money for VP.

2017-01-07 09:41

Does someone know who plays in the russian team?

2017-01-07 09:47

Davcost Sotfik Hooch Jmqa Ubique

2017-01-07 10:36

sick hours :(

better than in murica

2017-01-07 12:12

it was even better in murica, than this shit

2017-01-07 15:13

+1, for eu people this is the worst :P

2017-01-07 16:31

Bo2s smdh

2017-01-07 09:57

800 000$ for 1st placelelelelelel

2017-01-07 09:58

Underdog picks Bravado, .Russia and Epsilon

2017-01-07 09:59

SpaceSoldiers vs DarkPassage It will be final match. /rezerved

2017-01-07 10:00

5 replies

"/rezerved" why would u go full comar on your everypost ?

2017-01-07 11:18

Why u mad bruh ?

2017-01-07 12:57

Sorry but it will be env vs vp

2017-01-07 13:02

You mean GODSENT vs VP?

2017-01-07 14:24

I arent think that

2017-01-07 14:28

starting at 4:30 am, nice :( I have exam on thursday morning, so I can maybe watch second map of last matches. In this case I just hope for maximum delays so I watch some matches

2017-01-07 10:09

Hard group A - GL Russia team!

2017-01-07 10:13

stupid stupid stupid china schedule

2017-01-07 10:14

6.30 am wtfaaaaaaaack

2017-01-07 10:23

Tournament starts at 13-30 every day. Nice shedule))

2017-01-08 14:37

love those type of tournaments with a lot of matches at once. miss them from 1.6

Ukraine ez group lul

2017-01-07 10:24

30 match in 1 day. OMG

2017-01-07 10:31

wow, long day......................

2017-01-07 10:32

VP and 23 noname TeAm

2017-01-07 10:33

6 replies

nV and GODSENT noname teams?

2017-01-07 13:32

Vp and 21 noname TeAm

2017-01-07 18:49

4 replies

epsilon, tyloo -.-

2017-01-08 07:22

Vp and 19 noname TeAm

2017-01-08 10:46

Space Soldiers, Kinguin -.-

2017-01-08 14:12

.Russia and much noname teams))

2017-01-08 14:35

Bo2 bullshit

2017-01-07 10:34

I like bo2 format but they're not giving enough time for it

2017-01-07 10:38

And The Times xddd rip EU

2017-01-07 10:40

Handing $800k and not even any tier1 teams Ok then

Virtus PRO. Blind?

2017-01-07 10:41

vp is not tier1

2017-01-07 19:55

#5 = Tier 1! Not Blind just misinformed.

2017-01-08 14:15

Tier 1 butthurt coz joining other tourney. When tier 1 teams migrate to WESG in 2018, organizer drops the prize pool to $500k. Then Tier1 teams butthurt again, butthurt here, butthurt everywhere. #whiners

2017-01-07 15:55

Just kick all those shitters out and give VP vs Godsent grand final

Ez 4 VP

2017-01-07 10:44

Final Russia vs Ukraine would be funny.

2017-01-07 10:50

Pashas photo is like monalisa every angle you look at it it follows you

2017-01-07 11:27

2017-01-07 13:33

ahah you made me laugh

2017-01-07 15:16

china timezone :'(

2017-01-07 11:29

Gl shaker

2017-01-07 11:35

Why dafuq is it WESG 2016 in the title

2017-01-07 11:40

WESG in 2017 LUL

2017-01-07 12:27

Anyone know what lineup nV will use for this event? I thought they got broken up for the super team or is that just once contracts expire?

2017-01-07 12:23

Super team forms late January/early February, so normal nV lineup for this one.

2017-01-07 12:35

ok thanks, will they be together in time for the major?

2017-01-07 13:59

No...you cant qualify for a major with one lineup and then just completely change it

2017-01-07 17:16

i thought it was done using legends spots if you didn't go through the qualifier, not sure if any of them have legend status because i'm too lazy to check, but what would that mean?

2017-01-08 05:15

both teams had to qualify if they had it through the legend status then they would need to have at least 3 players from the legend team who were on the new team

2017-01-08 05:22

im going to watch all of these matches

2017-01-07 12:24

HYPPPPPPPPPPPE

2017-01-07 12:25

WESG 2017********** LUL

2017-01-07 12:26

well hopefully very much delays so the last games will be played at like 12 in the evening instead of le morning LUL

2017-01-07 12:32

Lets Go SS

2017-01-07 12:41

LUL the match times are very bad

2017-01-07 12:56

Ez for iGame.com and zehndog playing against Enzo and Colombia. Lul.

2017-01-07 12:59

ez for kennys

2017-01-07 13:28

fuck sleeping

2017-01-07 13:31

Wtf are these times !!!!

28 matches for 1 day. How they can make it in normal times?

2017-01-07 13:34

Literally has nothing to do with that, it's in China.

2017-01-07 13:56

T5 dont watch

ez $$ 800K for vp

2017-01-07 13:36

ez for zehn

2017-01-07 13:40

go go space

2017-01-07 13:45

i believe that the schedule could be screwed up, cause its china, delay everytime, no fuckin on time start :| (based on few csgo tournaments held in china)

2017-01-07 14:04

ez4game.com

2017-01-07 14:19

Where is SK, Fnatic, Navi, NIP???

2017-01-07 14:36

They didn't go, because they are stupid as fuck and wanted holidays

2017-01-07 15:15

2017-01-08 19:15

Navi cant participate.. only teams with full "1 country" line up can. SK, NiP and fnatic are stupid thats why

2017-01-07 17:08

delays hypeee

Group B salty

2017-01-07 15:25

VP #1

2017-01-07 15:28

only semi-finals would be watchable

2017-01-07 15:40

RIP TeamOne, so unlucky :(

2017-01-07 15:42

You can sing along Michael Jackson's song - You're not alone, with another 15 teams on day 2.

2017-01-07 16:01

yeah bro, envy epsilon vp subtle and .russia they are completely fucked

they can definitely win vs subtle and have a chance against .russia and EnVy. VP and Epsilon will be tough ones but VP can always choke.

Thanks for support!

2017-01-07 18:00

subtle have american player is that allowed?

2017-01-07 15:56

double citizenship probably

2017-01-07 15:58

probably

3 hours rest before next match, don't abuse them wisely...

2017-01-07 15:59

rip team one

trash tournament with trash teams trash schedule only this 800k for winer is impresive

2017-01-07 16:14

It was open for all,but idiots teams made associations who did not allow them to play.Their loss...and trash astralis lost on lan in the qualifiers...

2017-01-08 19:43

XANTARES

2017-01-07 16:26

what will be the nv lineup? old or new?

2017-01-07 16:51

obviously the new line up, not necessarily under envyus' name

2017-01-07 17:13

No it isnt lmfao its the same lineup as it has been since they got sixer

2017-01-07 17:18

Rip bo2

2017-01-07 16:55

easiest money in vp's life

2017-01-07 17:02

BO2 PLS XXD

2017-01-07 17:03

Friday, January 13th 08:30 Virtus.pro vs. EnVyUs BO2 atleast one good game

2017-01-07 17:05

Epsilon ftw

ez for vp

Go rEAK!

2017-01-07 18:37

how do they play so many bo2 in 1 day lol?

2017-01-07 18:38

rip sleep schedule

2017-01-07 18:41

#GOT1

2017-01-07 19:07

If team oNe at least was playing well in Brazil....they're getting raped by shitty teams with stand-ins, they wont make 4 rounds per map

2017-01-07 20:36

vp always struggling at the start of the year. They will be knocked out of torunament by some tier2 team, mark my words

2017-01-07 20:48

lol group a

2017-01-07 22:38

get ready for cancer chinese stream

2017-01-07 23:12

VP win easy

2017-01-08 00:04

thursday 4:30 gonna be homesent

2017-01-08 00:54

6 games at same time? LUL

2017-01-08 04:41

1.5m prize pool..... Where are all the good teams? Great job wesg. Total crap tournament. Saw the prize pool and thought it may be fun to watch.

2017-01-08 04:50

they want chinese teams to have some chance; that's all :D

2017-01-08 10:58

GL godsent

2017-01-08 06:02

GOGOGOGOO VP

2017-01-08 06:13

Am shift . Bye bye vp/kinguin matches haha

2017-01-08 12:48

800k$ for 1st place - tournament with few tier1 teams 500k$ for 1st place - major with 16 top teams >logic

2017-01-08 15:09

it's a chinese tournament... what logic xD

2017-01-09 15:09

If I organized a championship I would have more T1 teams than this one.

2017-01-08 16:35

SK and immortals didnt play because they are fucking stupid.

2017-01-08 19:45

2017-01-08 19:12

so many stupid people asking where other good teams are . Answer : They were lazy as fuck and wanted holidays. They were forbidden to play by the stupid fucking player associations they made.