WESG announces first group stage schedule

WESG has revealed the schedule for the first group stage of its 2017 World Finals.

Running from Tuesday to Sunday, the $1.5 million WESG event will begin with a best-of-one round-robin stage featuring eight groups, with the top two teams from each group progressing to the next stage.

The 16 remaining teams will then be split into four round-robin groups, but in this stage the matches will feature a best-of-two format. At the end of this stage, the top two teams from each group will earn spots in the single-elimination, best-of-three playoffs. 

GODSENT will open up the action on the main stream

With Group H having been reduced to just two teams following the withdrawals of NOREG and EMC, MAX and ORDER have already booked spots in the next group stage, with their match being played only for seeding purposes. Group E, headlined by Envy, is down to three teams after Ukraine decided to skip the tournament.

Below you can find the schedule for the first group stage:

Tuesday, March 13
04:00	MVP PK	vs.	Alpha Red
04:00	subtLe	vs.	TeamOne
04:00	GODSENT	vs.	BOOT-d[S]	Main Stream
04:00	AGO	vs.	Swole Patrol
05:30	ViCi	vs.	Wololos
05:30	Belgium	vs.	Parallax
05:30	Envy	vs.	Viva Algeria	Main Stream
07:00	MVP PK	vs.	TeamOne
07:00	subtLe	vs.	Alpha Red	Main Stream
07:00	GODSENT	vs.	Swole Patrol
07:00	AGO	vs.	BOOT-d[S]
08:30	ViCi	vs.	Belgium
08:30	Parallax	vs.	Wololos	Main Stream
08:30	Envy	vs.	Bravado
10:00	MVP PK	vs.	subtLe
10:00	TeamOne	vs.	Alpha Red
10:00	GODSENT	vs.	AGO	Main Stream
10:00	Swole Patrol	vs.	BOOT-d[S]
11:30	ViCi	vs.	Parallax	Main Stream
11:30	Belgium	vs.	Wololos
11:30	Viva Algeria	vs.	Bravado
Wednesday, March 14
04:00	SK	vs.	Russia	Main Stream
04:00	BIG	vs.	New4
05:30	Cloud9	vs.	SCARZ Absolute
05:30	fnatic	vs.	The Onliners	Main Stream
05:30	Space Soldiers	vs.	Isurus
05:30	Recca	vs.	Limitless
07:00	SK	vs.	BIG	Main Stream
07:00	Russia	vs.	New4
08:30	Cloud9	vs.	The Onliners	Main Stream
08:30	fnatic	vs.	SCARZ Absolute
08:30	Space Soldiers	vs.	Limitless
08:30	Recca	vs.	Isurus
10:00	SK	vs.	New4	Main Stream
10:00	Russia	vs.	BIG
10:00	ORDER	vs.	MAX
11:30	Cloud9	vs.	fnatic	Main Stream
11:30	SCARZ Absolute	vs.	The Onliners
11:30	Space Soldiers	vs.	Recca
11:30	Limitless	vs.	Isurus

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