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 | 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 |
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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