Announcement of WESG 2019-2020 Online Qualifiers

Announcement of The World Electronic Sports Games (WESG) 2019-2020 Online Qualifiers

Alibaba Sports has announced the online qualifier registration of the WESG 2019-2020 will start on November 13 , 2019. U Can Company will organised and host online qualifiers for DOTA2, CS:GO, CS:GO(women) and StarCraft II. The total prize pool of this year is  $5,500,000 USD.

This year, WESG is bringing back the Asia Pacific Final in which national teams from the region will qualify to face off in Kuala Lumpur in January 2020. Another highlight of this season is that teams are able to have a maximum of 2 players from other nationalities, while also fulfilling a minimum of 3 players representing the same nationality.

The online qualifier details are as follows:

Schedule of all Qualifiers – link

Format

The qualifying system consist of 2 stages, the open qualifiers and the closed qualifiers. The open qualifiers will use a single elimination bracket while the closed qualifiers will use a double elimination bracket. The system may varies among regions by announcement in advance.

Stages

Players from Europe, CIS and Africa will complete for the direct slot to the Grand Final. Players from Asia will complete for slots to the Asia Pacific Final, then qualify for the Grand Final.

Slot Distributions 

Players are able to register online through this link: https://WESG.ucan.company  by choosing their game title and country. Countries and regions highlighted in white will be online qualifiers and available for registration, while countries and regions hightlighted in blue are online/offline events hosted by an official local WESG Partner. 

Slot Distribution –Link

Community Caster

If you are interested to be a community caster, please register on https://wesg.ucan.company/cast

The World Electronic Sports Games

World Electronic Sports Games (WESG) was established in 2016 as an international esports tournament by Alibaba Sports. WESG currently possess the highest prize pool of any third-party tournament. The competition differs greatly from that of other commercial tournaments, emphasizing on national pride, and encouraging fans to partake in the competition