WESG 2018: the information about a format, a seeding, and a schedule was revealed

The LAN final of WESG 2018 will be hosted on March 11-17. 31 teams from all over the world will take part in it. 32 teams had to come initially but Isurus Gaming will not be able to visit the event due to visa issues. The general prize pool amounts $890,000 and the main money prize is $500,000.

All participants have been divided into eight groups with four teams in each where they will play bo2 matches by a Round Robin system. The top two teams from each group will make it to the playoffs. Teams will play in a Single Elimination bracket in the final stage and all matches will be hosted in a bo3 format.

The distribution of participants by groups:

The schedule of the championship (UTC +0):

March 13

04:00 — Round of 1604:00 — Round of 1607:15 — Round of 1607:15 — Round of 1610:30 — Round of 1610:30 — Round of 1613:45 — Round of 1613:45 — Round of 16

March 14

05:00 — quarterfinal05:00 — quarterfinal08:00 — quarterfinal08:00 — quarterfinal11:00 — quarterfinal11:00 — quarterfinal14:00 — quarterfinal14:00 — quarterfinal

March 16

07:45 — semi-final11:45 — semi-final

March 17

08:00 — 3rd place match11:45 — grand-final