WESG 2016 finals talent revealed

WESG 2016 Finals talent has been announced with one week to go for the big event. Five of the the most beloved personalities- Sheever, Capitalist, Merlini, ODPixel and Fogged will be taking the stage January 12th to 15th in Changzhou, China at the Changzhou Olympic Stadium to bring audiences all of the action.

The WESG 2016 finals talent has been revealed.

Jorien “Sheever” van der Heijden, Austin “Capitalist” Walsh, Ben “Merlini” Wu, Owen “ODPixel” Davis and Ioannis “Fogged” Loucas will be heading to China for the big event featuring players from 24 nations from around the world.

This group of revered and popular casters have been trusted with the task of bring to life the action for the first ever WESG 2016 Finals presented by Alipay for a total prize pool of $5.5 million across all disciplines.

WESG 2016 Finals Talent: Casters and Analysts

• Austin “Capitalist” Walsh
• Jorien “Sheever” van der Heijden
• Ben “Merlini” Wu
• Owen “ODPixel” Davis
• Ioannis “Fogged” Loucas

WESG 2016 Finals

WESG 2016 Finals will be underway starting early in the new year, after the major teams have registered and locked in and players have returned from holiday vacations.

Converging in Changzhou, China – teams from across the world and disciplines will compete for the total prizepool of $5.5 million.

Being a world class multi-title event, WESG has had over 60,000 players participating among almost 200 nations.

WESG 2016 is a tournament hosted by Alisports including CS:GO, Dota2, Hearthstone and Starcraft II – boasting a total prizepool of $5.5 million. The WESG 2016 Finals – presented by Alipay will take place from January 12th to 15th 2017, including 336 players from 37 different nations competing in Changzhou, China at the Changzhou Olympic Stadium.

WESG 2016 Finals contenders

Team Romania at the WESG Europe and CIS LAN finals

• Aboshamalah – Jordan (Middle East and Africa qualifiers)

• Dark Passage – Turkey (Middle East and Africa qualifiers)

• Bravado Gaming – South Africa (Middle East and Africa qualifiers)

• DUOBAO Young – China (Chinese qualifiers)

• The Imperial – Denmark (Europe and CIS qualifiers)

• Horde – Sweden (Europe and CIS qualifiers)

• Alliance – Sweden (Europe and CIS qualifiers)

• Team Ukraine – Ukraine (Europe and CIS qualifiers)

• Team Romania – Romania (Europe and CIS qualifiers)

• Comanche – Russia (Europe and CIS qualifiers)

• Fantastic Five – Russia (Europe and CIS qualifiers)

• Ne RusЬ – Ukraine (Europe and CIS qualifiers)

• Infamous – Peru (Americas qualifiers)

• kingao+4 – Brazil (Americas qualifiers)

• Team Dilecom – Peru (Americas qualifiers)

• T Show – Brazil (Americas qualifiers)

• Vultur – Argentina (Americas qualifiers)

• Team One – Ecuador (Americas qualifiers)

• To.be.or.not.to.be – China (Asia Pacific qualifiers)

• NoLifer5.Reborn – Kyrgyzstan (Asia Pacific qualifiers)

• S1 Lykos – Philippines (Asia Pacific qualifiers)

• Signature Trust – Thailand (Asia Pacific qualifiers)

• MAX.Y – China (Asia Pacific qualifiers)

• TnC Gaming – Philippines (Asia Pacific qualifiers)

WESG 2016 Finals prize pool

The total prize pool for Dota 2 is $1,500,000.

• 1st place — $800,000
• 2nd place — $400,000
• 3rd place — $200,000
• 4th place — $60,000
• 5th-8th place — $10,000