With WESG 2016 World Finals set to start, HLTV.org brings you a detailed viewer's guide with all the information about the format, groups, schedule and broadcasting talent.
WESG 2016 World Finals presented by AliPay will feature 23 instead of 24 teams due to GODSENT deciding to not attend the tournament at the last minute. The attending teams will be split into four groups and will play best-of-two matches in a round robin format.
XANTARES' Space Soldiers could make a deep run at WESG
When all the group stage matches are played, the first-placed teams from each group will advance directly to the quarterfinals, while the second and third-placed teams will face other second and third placed teams from other groups in the round-of-16.
The tournament will run from January 12-15, with the last day being reserved for the semi-finals, the third place decider match and the grand final.
With GODSENT pulling out of the tournament, the groups will be as follows:
| 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 |  Bravado | TYLOO |
 Envy |  ENZO | GODSENT |  Ukraine |
The attending teams will be fighting for their share of a top-heavy $1,500,000 prize pool, which will be distributed in the following way:
1. $800,000
2. $400,000
3. $200,000
4. $60,000
5-8. $10,000
The full schedule of the event can be found below:
| 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 | |
To break down the matches, WESG has secured the services of the Room On Fire analyst trio Joona "natu" Leppänen, Halvor "vENdetta" Gulestøl and Janko "YNk" Paunović, while the play-by-play and color commentary will be done by Tom "Tombizz14" Bissmire and Mohan "launders" Govindasamy. Tonya Predko, known for her work with StarLadder, will be the host for the main stage matches.
The following talent will be present at the event:
Tom "Tombizz14" Bissmire - Caster
Janko "YNk" Paunović - Analyst
Halvor "vENdetta" Gulestøl - Analyst
Professeur writes for HLTV.org and can be found on Twitter.
Colombia #114 Juanes 'sickLy' ValenciaAndres 'spamzzy' CorreaSantiago 'Daveeys' GalvisCamilo 'points' LondoñoJesus 'sam_A' Taboada 
DarkPassage #57 Özgür 'woxic' EkerBuğra 'Calyx' ArkınUfuk 'SasuKe' GöktaşMuhammed 'mini' SalmanBora 'Maiko' Igci 
K23 
Signature #53 Tosapol 'TOR' SaekowPhoomphat 'qqGOD' PhodjanatPeeratch 'Olivia' IngkudanondaSattawut 'Leaf' ReathongAnupong 'stk' Mueangngam 
Ukraine 
Envy #11 Christophe 'SIXER' XiaKenny 'kennyS' SchrubNathan 'NBK-' SchmittDan 'apEX' MadesclaireVincent 'Happy' Schopenhauer Time is adjusted to your selected timezone Joona 'natu' Leppänen 
Age: 31 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 0.87 Maps played: 188 KPR: 0.61 DPR: 0.71 
Bravado #38 Roberto 'blackpoisoN' Dall'OccoDimitri 'Detrony' HadjipaschaliRuan 'ELUSIVE' van WykAshton 'Golz' MullerAran 'Sonic' Groesbeek 
FIVE #44 BiaoHong 'Rita' HuangYong 'QuQu' QuYang 'Mr.six' ChengZhiTao 'Drea3er' ZhangZhiWei '0i' Liu 
Epsilon #23 André 'BARBARR' MöllerWilliam 'draken' SundinFredrik 'freddieb' BuöFredrik 'REZ' Sterner 
TeamOne #157 Pedro 'Maluk3' CamposAlan 'adrrr' RiverosFillipe 'bt0' MorenoRafael 'pava' PavanelliVictor 'iDk' Torraca 
Kinguin #21 Grzegorz 'SZPERO' DziamałekKarol 'rallen' RodowiczMichał 'MICHU' MüllerMikołaj 'mouz' KarolewskiDamian 'Furlan' Kislowski 
JYP #36 Aiman 'aimaNNN' AzhamAshraf 'acAp' FirdausAlex 'xevR' PereiraAndrew 'kaze' KhongAaron 'pzK!D' Pereira 
GODSENT #14 Markus 'pronax' WallstenRobin 'flusha' RönnquistAndreas 'znajder' LindbergJesper 'JW' WecksellJonas 'Lekr0' Olofsson 
QuetzaL #142 Jose 'SecretAgent' FernandezFrancisco 'k1Nky' AlvarezFernando 'Chuti' Luis PlanchartDavid 'spaydeR' Esquerra Halvor 'vENdetta' Gulestøl 
Age: 27 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 0.86 Maps played: 8 KPR: 0.58 DPR: 0.68 
Space Soldiers #37 Engin 'MAJ3R' KüpeliIsmailcan 'XANTARES' DörtkardeşÇağatay 'DESPE' SedefAhmet 'paz' KarahocaEngin 'ngiN' Kor 
VG.CyberZen #27 Bin 'Savage' LiuBingYuan 'tb' LiZhuo 'advent' LiangWeiJie 'zhokiNg' ZhongKunHua 'LOVEYY' Bai Epsilon #23 André 'BARBARR' MöllerWilliam 'draken' SundinFredrik 'freddieb' BuöFredrik 'REZ' SternerKarl-William 'kalle' Haraldsen 
rEAK Cristian 'Proxure' RojasJavier 'FiReMaNNN' ColladoCarlos 'Tio' SwingJosé 'L!nKz^' OrtegaFelipe 'feLiZnOJkE' Clas Almendra 
subtLe Ellis 'els' ClayKyle 'OCEAN' O'BrienWarren 'hades' RettichJack 'jakeMOTM' Abraham Mohan 'launders' Govindasamy 
Age: 26 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 0.76 Maps played: 3 KPR: 0.57 DPR: 0.76 
TYLOO #24 Ke 'captainMo' LiuHui 'DD' WuYuLun 'Summer' CaiYuanZhang 'Attacker' ShengHaoWen 'somebody' Xu .Russia 
iGame.com #30 Jesse 'zehN' LinjalaSami 'xseveN' LaasanenSaku 'SAGGERTON' JokinenEetu 'sAw' SahaLasse 'ZOREE' Uronen Janko 'YNk' Paunović 
Age: 24 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 0.98 Maps played: 104 KPR: 0.68 DPR: 0.71 iGame.com #30 Jesse 'zehN' LinjalaSami 'xseveN' LaasanenEetu 'sAw' SahaLasse 'ZOREE' Uronen
'' 
Selfless Matthew 'no_one' CongdonNoah 'Nifty' FrancisJake 'kaboose' McDonald 
ENZO #99 ChiNam 'Darkkis' LiHoWang 'krbl' WongWingHei 'Freeman' CheungYanTung 'TunGY' ChanKinFung 'ckf' Chow 
Virtus.pro #6 Wiktor 'TaZ' WojtasFilip 'NEO' KubskiJarosław 'pashaBiceps' JarząbkowskiJanusz 'Snax' PogorzelskiPaweł 'byali' Bieliński
TKO Group Announces Expanded Partnership With Western Australian Government2025-04-20 01:45
В Deadlock добавили сразу четырех новых героев2025-04-20 01:45
В Fortnite опять вернут оригинальную карту — на этот раз навсегда2025-04-20 01:28В «Мире танков» отключат серверы перед выходом обновления 1.332025-04-19 23:48
Karrion Kross Discusses Film Debut And Using Acting Skills In WWE2025-04-19 23:21
cases opening cs2