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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CS: GO | 2016/17, Changzhou
|
$ 1,500,000 |
 Team EnVyUs
|
 Team Kinguin |
Virtus.pro
|
 Space soldiers
|
| 2017/18, Haikou
|
$ 1,500,000 |
 Fnatic
|
Space soldiers |
 Team Russia |
 Team One
|
|
| 2018/19, Chongqing
|
$ 890,000 |
 Windigo |
AGO Esports |
G2 esports
|
Fnatic
|
|
| CS: GO (women) | 2017/18, Haikou
|
$ 170,000 |
Russian Forces |
LLG Gaming |
 Those Damn Canadians |
Team Sweden
|
| 2018/19, Chongqing
|
$ 105,000 |
 Counter Logic Gaming
|
Lazarus Esports |
Those Damn Canadians |
 Carnage Esports Female
|
|
| Dota 2 | 2016/17, Changzhou
|
$ 1,500,000 |
 TNC Pro Team |
 Cloud 9
|
Alliance
|
 Infamous
|
| 2017/18, Haikou
|
$ 1,500,000 |
Team Russia |
paiN Gaming |
 Team Hellas |
Rock.Y
|
|
| 2018/19, Chongqing
|
$ 890,000 |
TNC Predator |
Keen Gaming |
White-off |
 Team Ukraine
|
|
| Hearthstone | 2016/17, Changzhou
|
$ 300,000 |
"Staz" Euneil Javiñas |
"Orange" Jon Westberg |
 "BunnyHoppor" Raphael Peltzer |
"Xixo" Sebastian Bentert |
| 2017/18, Haikou
|
$ 300,000 |
"Fujitora" Kaan Çekli |
"Luker" Michael Luker |
 "posesi" Wataru Ishibashi |
 "ScreaM" cantaphone Suwanmalee |
|
| 2018/19, Chongqing
|
$ 138,000 |
"PurpleDrank" Ryan Murphy-Root |
 "山下 智 久" unknown |
"Alex" unknown |
"justsaiyan" David Shan |
|
| Hearthstone (women) | 2017/18, Haikou
|
$ 51,000 |
"GLHuiHui" Chen Yu-Yan |
"DawnLiooon" Li Xiao-Meng |
 "Yan" Ip Yan |
 "Scarakye" Cordelia Sheehin Chui |
| 2018/19, Chongqing
|
$ 35,000 |
 "다롱이" Ye Hong-da |
 "BabyBear" Kalin Cassie Sarah |
"Justine" Justine Wu |
"优 格" Jing Zhuoyang |
|
| StarCraft 2 | 2016/17, Changzhou
|
$ 402,000 |
"TY" Jun Tae-yang |
"Maru" Cho Sung-choo |
"Neeb" Alex Sunderhaft |
"ShoWTimE" Tobias Sieber |
| 2017/18, Haikou
|
$ 400,000 |
"Maru" Cho Sung-choo |
"Dark" Park Ryung-woo |
 "Serral" Joona Sotala |
"Classic" Kim Doh-woo |
|
| 2018/19, Chongqing
|
$ 240,000 |
"INnoVation" Lee Shin-hyung |
"Serral" Joona Sotala |
"Maru" Cho Sung-choo |
"Scarlett" Sasha Hostyn |
Continental preliminary decisions
Africa & Middle East
| discipline | Year, venue | Prize money | 1st place | place 2 | place 3 | 4th place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CS: GO | 2016/17, Dubai
|
~ $ 75,000 |
Space soldiers |
 Bravado Gaming |
Dark passage |
 Chosen5
|
| Dota 2 | 2016/17, Dubai
|
~ $ 75,000 |
Aboshamalah |
Dark passage |
Bravado Gaming |
 Slice N 'Dice
|
| Hearthstone | 2016/17, Dubai
|
~ $ 28,000 |
"Th3jok3r" François Neethling |
"Sanver" Sanver Unsal |
"Lord" unknown |
"KingSlayer" unknown |
| StarCraft 2 | 2016/17, Dubai
|
~ $ 28,000 |
 "Stephano" Ilyes Satouri |
"Drager" Edwin Williams |
"Zerghamdi" Berkay Erbaş |
"Aegwynn" unknown |
America (North & South)
| discipline | Year, venue | Prize money | 1st place | place 2 | place 3 | 4th place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CS: GO | 2016/17, São Paulo
|
~ $ 75,000 |
Selfless gaming |
subtLe |
 Team Quetzal |
Team One
|
| Dota 2 | 2016/17, São Paulo
|
~ $ 75,000 |
Infamous |
Kingao + 4 |
Team DileCom |
T show
|
| Hearthstone | 2016/17, São Paulo
|
~ $ 28,000 |
 "PNC" Francisco Leimontas |
"Impact" Josh Graham |
"Talion" unknown |
"Nessteban" unknown |
| StarCraft 2 | 2016/17, São Paulo
|
~ $ 28,000 |
"Scarlett" Sasha Hostyn |
"SpeCial" Juan Carlos Lopez |
"Neeb" Alex Sunderhaft |
"Kelazhur" 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CS: GO | 2016/17, Gyeonggi
|
~ $ 75,000 |
 k23
|
FIVE eSports Club |
VG.CyberZen |
 Fire Dragoon
|
| 2017/18, Jiaozhou
|
$ 92,500 |
ORDER |
MVP PK |
 BOOT-dS |
NSPR Gaming
|
|
| CS: GO (women) | 2017/18, Jiaozhou
|
$ 16,000 |
Etab |
Asterisk |
k23 female |
No IdeA
|
| Dota 2 | 2016/17, Gyeonggi
|
~ $ 75,000 |
TBONTB |
 NoLifer5.Reborn |
s1 Lycus |
Signature.Trust
|
| 2017/18, Jiaozhou
|
$ 92,500 |
Rock.Y |
Keen Gaming |
Team Kazakhstan |
Seventh Heaven
|
|
| Hearthstone | 2016/17, Gyeonggi
|
~ $ 28,000 |
"losefield" Tsun Wing |
"Shy" Leung Pak Kan |
"ReneKuroi" Ryo Shigekiyo |
"Mikka" Pagorn Kitmanomai |
| 2017/18, Jiaozhou
|
$ 34,000 |
 "Mazen" unknown |
 "nexok40" Novan Kristianto |
"posesi" unknown |
"ProfessorOak" unknown |
|
| Hearthstone (women) | 2017/18, Jiaozhou
|
$ 4,800 |
"Yan" Ip Yan |
"DawnLiooon" Li Xiao-Meng |
"littleaurora" unknown |
"SaltyMonkey" unknown |
| StarCraft 2 | 2016/17, Gyeonggi
|
~ $ 28,000 |
"TY" Jun Tae-yang |
"Maru" Cho Sung-choo |
"XY" Xiang Yao |
"Rex" Lei Hao Cheng |
| 2017/18, Jiaozhou
|
$ 38,000 |
"Classic" Kim Doh-woo |
"Dark" Park Ryung-woo |
"TIME" Li Peinan |
"Maru" Cho Sung-choo |
Europe & CIS
| discipline | Year, venue | Prize money | 1st place | place 2 | place 3 | 4th place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CS: GO | 2016/17, Kiev
|
~ $ 75,000 |
Team Dignitas
|
Team Russia |
Virtus.pro
|
Team Kinguin
|
2017/18, Barcelona
|
$ 92,500 |
Team Ukraine |
Godsent
|
Space soldiers |
Fnatic
|
|
| CS: GO (women) | 2017/18, Barcelona
|
$ 16,000 |
Russian Forces |
Dynasty Gaming |
LEGO |
 Team Romania
|
| Dota 2 | 2016/17, Kiev
|
~ $ 75,000 |
The Imperial |
horde |
Alliance
|
Team Ukraine
|
| 2017/18, Barcelona
|
$ 92,500 |
AntiHype |
mousesports
|
Team Ukraine |
UAshki
|
|
| Hearthstone | 2016/17, Kiev
|
~ $ 28,000 |
"Xixo" Sebastian Bentert |
"Orange" Jon Westberg |
"BunnyHoppor" Raphael Peltzer |
"korvus" Mikhail Portyansky |
| 2017/18, Barcelona
|
$ 34,000 |
"MatTheGreat" Mathias Prip |
 "Turna" Marco Castiglioni |
"Kaisercillo" David Muñoz |
"Savva" Savva Alkov |
|
| Hearthstone (women) | 2017/18, Barcelona
|
$ 4,800 |
"Arya" Laura Molina Quinto |
"harleen" Maria Kobzar |
"Scarakye" Cordelia Chui |
"Deela" Kristin Benders |
| StarCraft 2 | 2016/17, Kiev
|
~ $ 28,000 |
"Nerchio" Artur Bloch |
"Elazer" Mikołaj Ogonowski |
 "Beastyqt" Aleksandar Krstić |
"Namshar" Christoffer Kolmodin |
| 2017/18, Barcelona
|
$ 40,000 |
"Serral" Joona Sotala |
"Nerchio" Artur Bloch |
"Elazer" Mikołaj Ogonowski |
"ShoWTimE" 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