WESG APAC will have CS:GO, DotA 2, StarCraft 2 and Hearthstone as their games. The $5.5 million tournament was announced by Alibaba earlier this year which is scheduled to be on November 13-15 this year.
The event will feature teams from all over the world in all the different games. WESG APAC – Asia Pacific qualifiers will feature all the games, the dates and other important details about the registration has been revealed.
WESG APAC
The WESC APAC qualifiers will be in the month of September for the Indian and SEA region where the online qualifiers will decide which teams will progress to the regional finals, scheduled in Korea from November 11th -13th, 2016. The schedule is as below:
- Registration : September 08 ~ 19 (India + South East Asia)
- Bracket Open : September 23
- Online Tournament : September 26 (DOTA2)
- Online Tournament : September 25 (CS:GO)
- Online Tournament : September 26 (StarCraft2)
- Online Tournament : September 25 (HearthStone)
Players are required to have a valid passport at the time of registration and their consent to the tournament participation agreement terms.
The APAC region will have 6 reserved slot at the grand finals, each for CS:GO, DotA 2, StarCraft 2 and HearthStone. A total of 8 teams will be awarded the cash prizes.
CS:GO & DotA 2
- 1. ~ $30,000
- 2. ~ $18,000
- 3. ~ $9,000
- 4. ~ $6,000
- 5-6. ~ $3,000
- 5-6. ~ $3,000
- 7-8. ~ $3,000
- 7-8. ~ $3,000
StarCraft 2 & Hearthstone
- 1. ~ $11,200
- 2. ~ $6,000
- 3. ~ $3,000
- 4. ~ $1,500
- 5-6. ~ $1,200
- 5-6. ~ $1,200
- 7-8. ~ $1,200
- 7-8. ~ $1,200
All the travel, accomodations and VISA concerns will be covered by the organizers itself. The regional qualifier will be hosted in Korea, therefrom the Grand Finals in China, later this year.
