World Electronic Sports Games
The World Electronic Sports Games (short: WESG ) are an E-Sport -Event, the end of March 2016, the Alibaba Sports Group in cooperation with the social network Yuuzoo of e-sports league and Star Ladder was launched.
The tournament organizers aim to establish the tournament as the successor to the World Cyber Games . Similar to the World Cyber Games, all participants in a team must belong to a nation in team-based disciplines. The tournament organizers want to set moral guidelines by banning doping and cheating , as well as by setting age limits.
The finals of the first season took place in Changzhou from January 12-15 , 2017 . There it was for the qualified teams and players in the disciplines Counter-Strike: Global Offensive , Dota 2 , Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft and StarCraft II for around 3.7 million US dollars.
Results
Final tournament
discipline | Year, venue | Prize money | 1st place | place 2 | place 3 | 4th place |
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CS: GO | 2016/17, Changzhou![]() |
$ 1,500,000 |
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2017/18, Haikou![]() |
$ 1,500,000 |
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2018/19, Chongqing![]() |
$ 890,000 |
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CS: GO (women) | 2017/18, Haikou![]() |
$ 170,000 |
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2018/19, Chongqing![]() |
$ 105,000 |
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Dota 2 | 2016/17, Changzhou![]() |
$ 1,500,000 |
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2017/18, Haikou![]() |
$ 1,500,000 |
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2018/19, Chongqing![]() |
$ 890,000 |
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Hearthstone | 2016/17, Changzhou![]() |
$ 300,000 |
![]() Euneil Javiñas |
![]() Jon Westberg |
![]() Raphael Peltzer |
![]() Sebastian Bentert |
2017/18, Haikou![]() |
$ 300,000 |
![]() Kaan Çekli |
![]() Michael Luker |
![]() Wataru Ishibashi |
![]() cantaphone Suwanmalee |
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2018/19, Chongqing![]() |
$ 138,000 |
![]() Ryan Murphy-Root |
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![]() David Shan |
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Hearthstone (women) | 2017/18, Haikou![]() |
$ 51,000 |
![]() Chen Yu-Yan |
![]() Li Xiao-Meng |
![]() Ip Yan |
![]() Cordelia Sheehin Chui |
2018/19, Chongqing![]() |
$ 35,000 |
![]() Ye Hong-da |
![]() Kalin Cassie Sarah |
![]() Justine Wu |
![]() Jing Zhuoyang |
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StarCraft 2 | 2016/17, Changzhou![]() |
$ 402,000 |
![]() Jun Tae-yang |
![]() Cho Sung-choo |
![]() Alex Sunderhaft |
![]() Tobias Sieber |
2017/18, Haikou![]() |
$ 400,000 |
![]() Cho Sung-choo |
![]() Park Ryung-woo |
![]() Joona Sotala |
![]() Kim Doh-woo |
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2018/19, Chongqing![]() |
$ 240,000 |
![]() Lee Shin-hyung |
![]() Joona Sotala |
![]() Cho Sung-choo |
![]() Sasha Hostyn |
Continental preliminary decisions
Africa & Middle East
discipline | Year, venue | Prize money | 1st place | place 2 | place 3 | 4th place |
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CS: GO | 2016/17, Dubai![]() |
~ $ 75,000 |
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Dota 2 | 2016/17, Dubai![]() |
~ $ 75,000 |
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Hearthstone | 2016/17, Dubai![]() |
~ $ 28,000 |
![]() François Neethling |
![]() Sanver Unsal |
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StarCraft 2 | 2016/17, Dubai![]() |
~ $ 28,000 |
![]() ![]() Ilyes Satouri |
![]() Edwin Williams |
![]() Berkay Erbaş |
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America (North & South)
discipline | Year, venue | Prize money | 1st place | place 2 | place 3 | 4th place |
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CS: GO | 2016/17, São Paulo![]() |
~ $ 75,000 |
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Dota 2 | 2016/17, São Paulo![]() |
~ $ 75,000 |
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Hearthstone | 2016/17, São Paulo![]() |
~ $ 28,000 |
![]() Francisco Leimontas |
![]() Josh Graham |
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StarCraft 2 | 2016/17, São Paulo![]() |
~ $ 28,000 |
![]() Sasha Hostyn |
![]() Juan Carlos Lopez |
![]() Alex Sunderhaft |
![]() Diego Schwimer |
There was no offline tournament in America in 2017/18 after a scheduled tournament in Santa Ana was canceled. The reason given were problems with entry due to changed VISA regulations.
Asia Pacific region
discipline | Year, venue | Prize money | 1st place | place 2 | place 3 | 4th place |
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CS: GO | 2016/17, Gyeonggi![]() |
~ $ 75,000 |
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2017/18, Jiaozhou![]() |
$ 92,500 |
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CS: GO (women) | 2017/18, Jiaozhou![]() |
$ 16,000 |
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Dota 2 | 2016/17, Gyeonggi![]() |
~ $ 75,000 |
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2017/18, Jiaozhou![]() |
$ 92,500 |
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Hearthstone | 2016/17, Gyeonggi![]() |
~ $ 28,000 |
![]() Tsun Wing |
![]() Leung Pak Kan |
![]() Ryo Shigekiyo |
![]() Pagorn Kitmanomai |
2017/18, Jiaozhou![]() |
$ 34,000 |
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![]() Novan Kristianto |
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Hearthstone (women) | 2017/18, Jiaozhou![]() |
$ 4,800 |
![]() Ip Yan |
![]() Li Xiao-Meng |
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StarCraft 2 | 2016/17, Gyeonggi![]() |
~ $ 28,000 |
![]() Jun Tae-yang |
![]() Cho Sung-choo |
![]() Xiang Yao |
![]() Lei Hao Cheng |
2017/18, Jiaozhou![]() |
$ 38,000 |
![]() Kim Doh-woo |
![]() Park Ryung-woo |
![]() Li Peinan |
![]() Cho Sung-choo |
Europe & CIS
discipline | Year, venue | Prize money | 1st place | place 2 | place 3 | 4th place |
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CS: GO | 2016/17, Kiev![]() |
~ $ 75,000 |
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2017/18, Barcelona![]() |
$ 92,500 |
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CS: GO (women) | 2017/18, Barcelona![]() |
$ 16,000 |
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Dota 2 | 2016/17, Kiev![]() |
~ $ 75,000 |
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2017/18, Barcelona![]() |
$ 92,500 |
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Hearthstone | 2016/17, Kiev![]() |
~ $ 28,000 |
![]() Sebastian Bentert |
![]() Jon Westberg |
![]() Raphael Peltzer |
![]() Mikhail Portyansky |
2017/18, Barcelona![]() |
$ 34,000 |
![]() Mathias Prip |
![]() Marco Castiglioni |
![]() David Muñoz |
![]() Savva Alkov |
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Hearthstone (women) | 2017/18, Barcelona![]() |
$ 4,800 |
![]() Laura Molina Quinto |
![]() Maria Kobzar |
![]() Cordelia Chui |
![]() Kristin Benders |
StarCraft 2 | 2016/17, Kiev![]() |
~ $ 28,000 |
![]() Artur Bloch |
![]() Mikołaj Ogonowski |
![]() Aleksandar Krstić |
![]() Christoffer Kolmodin |
2017/18, Barcelona![]() |
$ 40,000 |
![]() Joona Sotala |
![]() Artur Bloch |
![]() Mikołaj Ogonowski |
![]() Tobias Sieber |
Web links
- Official Website (Chinese)
- Official qualifying website (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Jürgen Schmieder: Alibaba promises computer gamers millions in prize money. Süddeutsche Zeitung, March 31, 2016, accessed on September 15, 2016 .
- ^ A b Chen Yiji: Translation of AliSport's News Announcement. nexus.vert.gg, March 30, 2016, accessed on September 15, 2016 (English).
- ↑ CS: GO Regional Qualifiers Rules. Star Ladder, August 4, 2016, accessed September 15, 2016 .
- ↑ WESG Finals dates announced. hltv.org, December 20, 2016, accessed on January 12, 2017 .
- ↑ WESG website for the Asia-Pacific Qualifier , accessed on September 15, 2016
- ^ "Current migration policy of USA" forces WESG to cancel LAN joindota.com