WESG EU & CIS Finals viewer's guide

With the WESG EU & CIS Regional Finals set to start on Thursday, here are all the details you need to know concerning the event.

Running until Sunday in Barcelona, Spain, the event will see 20 teams battle it out for one of the 12 available spots at the WESG World Finals as well as a share of a $92,500 prize-pool.

This will be the first regional event that will be held leading into WESG 2017, a $1.5 million competition that will be hosted in the Chinese city of Changzhou in March. 

Virtus.pro are one of the favourites to make it to the World Finals

The 20 competing teams have been split into four groups of five teams. The group winners will automatically progress to the quarter-finals, while the second and the third-placed sides will have to play one promotion match to seal a playoff spot.

Below you can find the composition of the four groups:

Group A	Group B
GODSENT	BIG
Ukraine	Quantum Bellator Fire
North Academy	Space Soldiers
NOREG	Nemiga
Endpoint	Wololos
Group C	Group D
Envy	AGO
Virtus.pro	Fragsters
Russia	fnatic
Belgium	Limitless
GameAgents	RESISTANCE

Below you can find the full schedule for the tournament:

Thursday, November 23
10:00	Ukraine	vs. North Academy
10:00	NOREG	vs. Endpoint
11:00	Ukraine	vs. NOREG
11:00	GODSENT	vs. Endpoint
12:00	GODSENT	vs. NOREG
12:00	North Academy	vs. Endpoint
13:00	GODSENT	vs. Ukraine
13:00	North Academy	vs. NOREG
14:00	Ukraine	vs. Endpoint
15:00	GODSENT	vs. North Academy
16:00	BIG	vs. Nemiga
17:00	Space Soldiers	vs. Wololos
18:00	BIG	vs. Wololos
18:00	Quantum Bellator Fire	vs. Nemiga
19:00	BIG	vs. Quantum Bellator Fire
19:00	Space Soldiers	vs. Nemiga
20:00	Nemiga	vs. Wololos
20:00	Quantum Bellator Fire	vs. Space Soldiers
21:00	BIG	vs. Space Soldiers
21:00	Quantum Bellator Fire	vs. Wololos
Friday, November 24
10:00	Virtus.pro	vs. Russia
10:00	Belgium	vs. GameAgents
11:00	Virtus.pro	vs. Belgium
11:00	Envy	vs. GameAgents
12:00	Envy	vs. Belgium
12:00	Russia	vs. GameAgents
13:00	Envy	vs. Virtus.pro
13:00	Russia	vs. Belgium
14:00	Virtus.pro	vs. GameAgents
15:00	Envy	vs. Russia
16:00	AGO	vs. Limitless
17:00	fnatic	vs. RESISTANCE
18:00	Fragsters	vs. Limitless
18:00	AGO	vs. RESISTANCE
19:00	AGO	vs. Fragsters
19:00	fnatic	vs. Limitless
20:00	Fragsters	vs. fnatic
20:00	Limitless	vs. RESISTANCE
21:00	AGO	vs. fnatic
21:00	Fragsters	vs. RESISTANCE
Saturday, November 25
10:00	Relegation match #1
10:00	Relegation match #2
13:00	Relegation match #3
13:00	Relegation match #4
16:00	Quarter-final #1
16:00	Quarter-final #2
19:00	Quarter-final #3
19:00	Quarter-final #4
Sunday, November 26
10:00	Semi-final #1
13:00	Semi-final #2
16:00	Third-place decider
19:00	Grand final

The on-air talent team for the event, headlined by Harry "JustHarry" Russell, who was part of the broadcast crew for IEM Oakland, looks as follows:

Tom "Tombizz"Bissmire
Harry "JustHarry"Russell
Hugo Byron
Conner "Scrawny"Girvan
Ryan "Flakes"Oliver
Joshua "BurntSanctuary"Keller

Finally, the prize pool distribution and the slot allocation are the following:

1. $40,000 + spot at World Finals
2. $20,000 + spot at World Finals
3. $10,000 + spot at World Finals
4. $6,500 + spot at World Finals
5-8. $4,000 + spot at World Finals
9-12. Spot at World Finals

Virtus.pro #8 Wiktor 'TaZ' WojtasFilip 'NEO' KubskiJarosław 'pashaBiceps' JarząbkowskiJanusz 'Snax' PogorzelskiPaweł 'byali' Bieliński Quantum Bellator Fire #51 Gregory 'balblna' OleinickSavelii 'jmqa' BraginAurimas 'Kvik' KvakšysNikita 'waterfaLLZ' MatveyevKirill 'Boombl4' Mikhailov Wololos Nemiga #71 Roman 'roman' RedihinKirill 'hitMouse' TsarevVladimir 'ROBO' NeskeyRoman 'CyberFocus' DergachAleksandr 'mds' Rubets NOREG Fragsters #35 Lucas 'Bubzkji' AndersenJacob 'dragonfly' LundNicolai 'torben' AmorimMartin 'stavn' LundMagnus 'Frøslev' Frøslev AGO #21 Damian 'Furlan' KislowskiDominik 'GruBy' SwiderskiMichał 'snatchie' RudzkiMateusz 'TOAO' ZawistowskiTomasz 'phr' Wójcik GameAgents #115 Viktor 'flashie' Tamás BeaGábor 'gabesson' MálovicsAndrás 'ZEN' HidvégiÁdám 'kolor' DomoszlayFodor 'fleav' Levente Envy #14 Christophe 'SIXER' XiaCédric 'RpK' GuipouyFabien 'kioShiMa' FieyVincent 'Happy' SchopenhauerAlexandre 'xms' Forté Belgium Kévin 'Ex6TenZ' DroolansAdil 'ScreaM' BenrlitomFaris 'Faris' Ait LallaAntoine 'to1nou' PirardYounes 'YOUYOU' Ait Lalla North Academy #32 Nicklas 'gade' GadeDennis 'sycrone' NielsenDaniel 'mertz' MertzJohannes 'b0RUP' BorupFrederik 'acoR' Gyldstrand GODSENT #45 Simon 'twist' EliassonJoakim 'disco doplan' GidetunFredrik 'freddieb' Buö RESISTANCE #169 Nemanja 'k1Ng0r' BoškovićPetar 'HOLMES' DimitrijevićDimitrije 'DiMKE' VeljkovićDejan 'd3k1' Kosanović Endpoint #76 Brandon 'weber' WeberIan 'Immi' HardingMax 'MiGHTYMAX' HeathTramaine 'stan1ey' StanleyAlex 'ALEX' McMeekin Space Soldiers #19 Engin 'MAJ3R' KüpeliIsmailcan 'XANTARES' DörtkardeşBuğra 'Calyx' ArkınÇağatay 'DESPE' SedefEngin 'ngiN' Kor Russia Mihail 'Dosia' StolyarovDenis 'seized' KostinGeorgi 'WorldEdit' YaskinEgor 'flamie' VasilyevDenis 'electroNic' Sharipov BIG #20 Fatih 'gob b' DayikNikola 'LEGIJA' NinićJohannes 'tabseN' WodarzKevin 'keev' BartholomäusJohannes 'nex' Maget Limitless #135 Léonard 'Smyli' MichelinoLéo 'Kan4' IntronatiThéo 'LoWkii' Téchené​Paul 'Polox' BarbeBryan 'Maka' Canda Ukraine fnatic #13 Robin 'flusha' RönnquistJesper 'JW' WecksellJonas 'Lekr0' OlofssonMaikil 'Golden' SelimLudvig 'Brollan' Brolin Time is adjusted to your selected timezone