With WESG 2016 World Finals set to start, HLTV.org brings you a detailed viewer's guide with all the information about the format, groups, schedule and broadcasting talent.

WESG 2016 World Finals presented by AliPay will feature 23 instead of 24 teams due to GODSENT deciding to not attend the tournament at the last minute. The attending teams will be split into four groups and will play best-of-two matches in a round robin format.

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When all the group stage matches are played, the first-placed teams from each group will advance directly to the quarterfinals, while the second and third-placed teams will face other second and third placed teams from other groups in the round-of-16.

The tournament will run from January 12-15, with the last day being reserved for the semi-finals, the third place decider match and the grand final.

With GODSENT pulling out of the tournament, the groups will be as follows:

Group A	Group B	Group C	Group D
.Russia	K23	Space Soldiers	Selfless
Virtus.pro	rEAK	Signature	JYP
TeamOne	iGame.com	Kinguin	DarkPassage
Epsilon	Colombia	FIVE	QuetzaL
subtLe	VG.CyberZen	Bravado	TYLOO
Envy	ENZO	GODSENT	Ukraine

The attending teams will be fighting for their share of a top-heavy $1,500,000 prize pool, which will be distributed in the following way:

1. $800,000
2. $400,000
3. $200,000
4. $60,000
5-8. $10,000 

The full schedule of the event can be found below:

Thursday, January 12th
04:30	Selfless	vs. TYLOO	BO2
04:30	JYP	vs. Ukraine	BO2
04:30	DarkPassage	vs. QuetzaL	BO2
04:30	Space Soldiers	vs. Signature	BO2
04:30	Kinguin	vs. FIVE	BO2
04:30	GODSENT	vs. Bravado	BO2
06:30	.Russia	vs. Virtus.pro	BO2
06:30	TeamOne	vs. Epsilon	BO2
06:30	subtLe	vs. Envy	BO2
06:30	K23	vs. rEAK	BO2
06:30	iGame.com	vs. VG.CyberZen	BO2
06:30	Colombia	vs. ENZO	BO2
08:30	Space Soldiers	vs. Kinguin	BO2
08:30	Signature	vs. Bravado	BO2
08:30	FIVE	vs. GODSENT	BO2
08:30	Selfless	vs. JYP	BO2
08:30	DarkPassage	vs. Ukraine	BO2
08:30	QuetzaL	vs. TYLOO	BO2
10:30	K23	vs. VG.CyberZen	BO2
10:30	rEAK	vs. ENZO	BO2
10:30	iGame.com	vs. Colombia	BO2
10:30	Epsilon	vs. Envy	BO2
10:30	Virtus.pro	vs. subtLe	BO2
10:30	.Russia	vs. TeamOne	BO2
12:30	Kinguin	vs. GODSENT	BO2
12:30	Signature	vs. FIVE	BO2
12:30	Space Soldiers	vs. Bravado	BO2
12:30	Selfless	vs. Ukraine	BO2
12:30	JYP	vs. QuetzaL	BO2
12:30	DarkPassage	vs. TYLOO	BO2

Friday, January 13th
04:30	Epsilon	vs. subtLe	BO2
04:30	.Russia	vs. Envy	BO2
04:30	Virtus.pro	vs. TeamOne	BO2
04:30	K23	vs. ENZO	BO2
04:30	rEAK	vs. iGame.com	BO2
04:30	Colombia	vs. VG.CyberZen	BO2
06:30	TYLOO	vs. Ukraine	BO2
06:30	JYP	vs. DarkPassage	BO2
06:30	Selfless	vs. QuetzaL	BO2
06:30	Space Soldiers	vs. FIVE	BO2
06:30	Signature	vs. GODSENT	BO2
06:30	Kinguin	vs. Bravado	BO2
08:30	Virtus.pro	vs. Envy	BO2
08:30	TeamOne	vs. subtLe	BO2
08:30	.Russia	vs. Epsilon	BO2
08:30	K23	vs. Colombia	BO2
08:30	rEAK	vs. VG.CyberZen	BO2
08:30	iGame.com	vs. ENZO	BO2
10:30	FIVE	vs. Bravado	BO2
10:30	Space Soldiers	vs. GODSENT	BO2
10:30	Signature	vs. Kinguin	BO2
10:30	Selfless	vs. DarkPassage	BO2
10:30	JYP	vs. TYLOO	BO2
10:30	QuetzaL	vs. Ukraine	BO2
12:30	VG.CyberZen	vs. ENZO	BO2
12:30	K23	vs. iGame.com	BO2
12:30	rEAK	vs. Colombia	BO2
12:30	.Russia	vs. subtLe	BO2
12:30	Virtus.pro	vs. Epsilon	BO2
12:30	TeamOne	vs. Envy	BO2
Saturday, January 14th
04:00	Four Round of 16 matches		BO3
07:00	Quarter-finals #1 and #2		BO3
10:00	Quarter-finals #3 and #4		BO3
Sunday, January 15th
04:00	Semi-finals #1 and #2		BO3
07:00	3rd place decider		BO3
11:30	Grand Final		BO3

To break down the matches, WESG has secured the services of the Room On Fire analyst trio Joona "⁠natu⁠" Leppänen, Halvor "⁠vENdetta⁠" Gulestøl and Janko "⁠YNk⁠" Paunović, while the play-by-play and color commentary will be done by Tom "Tombizz14" Bissmire and Mohan "⁠launders⁠" Govindasamy. Tonya Predko, known for her work with StarLadder, will be the host for the main stage matches.

The following talent will be present at the event:

Tom "Tombizz14" Bissmire - Caster
Mohan "⁠launders⁠" Govindasamy - Caster

Janko "⁠YNk⁠" Paunović - Analyst
Joona "⁠natu⁠" Leppänen - Analyst
Halvor "⁠vENdetta⁠" Gulestøl - Analyst 

Tonya Predko - Host

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