WESG World Finals viewer's guide

With the WESG World Finals set to kick off on Monday, we bring you a comprehensive viewer's guide which includes everything you need to know about this $890,000 event.

The tournament will take place in Chongqing, China where 27 teams will battle it out on March 11-17. The original team list included 32 teams but five sides have decided to withdraw from the tournament for a myriad of reasons, including visa issues and scheduling.

The round-robin, best-of-two group stage will be played out in the first two days at the Athestel Hotel Chongqing, with the top two sides from each group advancing to the playoffs set to take place at the Chongqing Olympic Sports Center.

This year's WESG will feature 27 teams

The playoffs will use a best-of-three, single-elimination format, culminating in a grand final on Sunday. There will also be a third-place decider earlier that day.

The groups for the event look as follows:

Group A
G2
Revolution
Singularity

Group B
Valiance
NASR
Denial
OpTic

Group C
MIBR
AGO

Group D
Furious
FrostFire
Absolute

Group E
fnatic
Windigo
Movistar Riders

Group F
Imperial
Panda
Russia
WARDELL N Friends

Group G
5POWER
ENZO
Ukraine
TNC

Group H
Viva Algeria
Altima
Alpha Red
Chiefs

The full schedule is below:

Monday, March 11
05:00 - Revolution vs. Singularity | BO2
05:00 - Valiance vs. NASR | BO2
05:00 - Denial vs. OpTic | BO2
07:15 - MIBR vs. AGO | BO2
07:15 - Furious vs. FrostFire | BO2
09:30 - G2 vs. Singularity | BO2
09:30 - NASR vs. OpTic | BO2
11:45 - Valiance vs. Denial | BO2
11:45 - Furious vs. Absolute | BO2
14:00 - Revolution vs. G2 | BO2
14:00 - Denial vs. NASR | BO2
16:15 - Valiance vs. OpTic | BO2
16:15 - Absolute vs. FrostFire | BO2

Tuesday, March 12
05:00 - Viva Algeria vs. Altima | BO2
05:00 - Imperial vs. Panda | BO2
05:00 - Russia vs. WARDELL N Friends | BO2
07:15 - Windigo vs. Movistar Riders | BO2
07:15 - 5POWER vs. ENZO | BO2
07:15 - Ukraine vs. TNC | BO2
07:15 - Alpha Red vs. Chiefs | BO2
09:30 - fnatic vs. Windigo | BO2
09:30 - Imperial vs. Russia | BO2
09:30 - Panda vs. WARDELL N Friends | BO2
11:45 - 5POWER vs. Ukraine | BO2
11:45 - ENZO vs. TNC | BO2
11:45 - Viva Algeria vs. Alpha Red | BO2
11:45 - Altima vs. Chiefs | BO2
14:00 - 5POWER vs. TNC | BO2
14:00 - Imperial vs. WARDELL N Friends | BO2
14:00 - Russia vs. Panda | BO2
16:15 - fnatic vs. Movistar Riders | BO2
16:15 - Ukraine vs. ENZO | BO2
16:15 - Viva Algeria vs. Chiefs | BO2
16:15 - Alpha Red vs. Altima | BO2

Wednesday, March 13
05:00 - Ro16 match #1 | BO3
05:00 - Ro16 match #2 | BO3
08:15 - Ro16 match #3 | BO3
08:15 - Ro16 match #4 | BO3
11:30 - Ro16 match #5 | BO3
11:30 - Ro16 match #6 | BO3
14:45 - Ro16 match #7 | BO3
14:45 - Ro16 match #8 | BO3

Thursday, March 14
06:00 - Quarter-final #1 | BO3
09:00 - Quarter-final #2 | BO3
12:00 - Quarter-final #3 | BO3
15:00 - Quarter-final #4 | BO3

Saturday, March 16
08:45 - Semi-final #1 | BO3
12:45 - Semi-final #2 | BO3

Sunday, March 17
09:00 - Third place decider | BO3
12:45 - Grand final | BO3

The talent lineup is headlined by HLTV Confirmed regular Chad "SPUNJ" Burchill, and Tres "stunna" Saranthus, both of whom recently reported for duty at the IEM Katowice Major in Poland. They will be joined by three Brits and Halvor "vENdetta" Gulestøl in the an-air talent team for the event, which looks as follows:

Tres "stunna" Saranthus
Chad "SPUNJ" Burchill
Halvor "vENdetta" Gulestøl
Tom "Tombizz" Bissmire
Harry "JustHarry" Russell
Hugo Byron

Last but not least, here is the prize money breakdown:

1. $500,000
2. $200,000
3. $100,000
4. $50,000
5-8. $10,000