WESG APAC Regional Finals set to start*

The Chinese event will take place at Fangyuan Sports Center, giving out ten qualification spots to the World Finals and two spots to the female World Finals in March. With reigning Major champions Gambit and Chinese favorites Flash pulling out of the event, the organisers have decided to bring in MAX as a last-minute replacement for the Chinese side. 

With Gambit gone, moxie and co. have an easier group for WESG APAC Finals

Gambit and Flash were originally slotted into Group C and D respectively before they withdrew. Below you can find the updated groups, with Group C down to four teams:

Group A	Group B
MVP PK	Control
ORDER	LEOPARD
Fire Dragoon	New4
Chosen5	Parallax
Portal	Wolfhound
Group C	Group D
BOOT-d[S]	Recca
SCARZ Absolute	Mineski
NSPR	UTM
GameTV	EMC
	MAX

The full schedule for WESG 2017 Asia-Pacific Regional Finals is as follows:

Thursday, January 11th
04:00	Fire Dragoon	vs. MVP PK	BO1
04:00	New4	vs. Control	BO1
04:00	Portal	vs. ORDER	BO1
04:00	LEOPARD	vs. Wolfhound	BO1
05:15	Portal	vs. Fire Dragoon	BO1
05:15	Parallax	vs. Control	BO1
05:15	Chosen5	vs. ORDER	BO1
05:15	New4	vs. LEOPARD	BO1
06:30	Chosen5	vs. MVP PK	BO1
06:30	Parallax	vs. Wolfhound	BO1
06:30	ORDER	vs. Fire Dragoon	BO1
06:30	Control	vs. LEOPARD	BO1
07:45	MVP PK	vs. Portal	BO1
07:45	Parallax	vs. LEOPARD	BO1
07:45	Chosen5	vs. Fire Dragoon	BO1
07:45	Wolfhound	vs. New4	BO1
09:00	MVP PK	vs. ORDER	BO1
09:00	Parallax	vs. New4	BO1
09:00	Chosen5	vs. Portal	BO1
09:00	Wolfhound	vs. Control	BO1
Friday, January 12th
04:00	BOOT-d[S]	vs. GameTV	BO1
05:15	MAX	vs. UTM	BO1
05:15	Recca	vs. EMC	BO1
06:30	Mineski	vs. Recca	BO1
07:00	EMC	vs. MAX	BO1
07:45	SCARZ Absolute	vs. GameTV	BO1
07:45	NSPR	vs. BOOT-d[S]	BO1
08:15	Mineski	vs. UTM	BO1
09:00	GameTV	vs. NSPR	BO1
09:00	MAX	vs. Recca	BO1
09:30	Mineski	vs. EMC	BO1
10:15	UTM	vs. Recca	BO1
10:15	SCARZ Absolute	vs. NSPR	BO1
11:30	EMC	vs. UTM	BO1
11:30	SCARZ Absolute	vs. BOOT-d[S]	BO1
12:00	Mineski	vs. MAX	BO1
Saturday, January 13th
04:00	Round of 12 #1		BO3
04:00	Round of 12 #2		BO3
04:00	Round of 12 #3		BO3
04:00	Round of 12 #4		BO3
07:00	Quarter-final #1		BO3
07:00	Quarter-final #2		BO3
07:00	Quarter-final #3		BO3
07:00	Quarter-final #4		BO3
10:00	Semi-final #1		BO3
10:00	Semi-final #2		BO3
Sunday, January 14th
04:00	Third place decider		BO3
06:00	Grand final		BO3
07:00	Relegation #1		BO3
10:00	Relegation #2		BO3

The eight-team female division will not have a group format and will feature a best-of-three, single-elimination format instead, alongside a third-place decider match. The two-day schedule can be found below, starting with the opening quarter-final match-ups:

Thursday, January 11th
10:15	Kings fe	vs. Etab	BO3
10:15	LeetPro fe	vs. No IdeA	BO3
10:15	Asterisk fe	vs. Powar Rangirls	BO3
10:15	AnticlockwiSe	vs. K23 fe	BO3
Friday, January 12th
04:00	Semi-final #1		BO3
04:00	Semi-final #2		BO3
07:00	Third place decider		BO3
10:15	Grand final		BO3

*Update - HLTV.org has been notified of a change in how the WESG 2017 Asia-Pacific Regional Finals' $92,500 prize pot will be distributed:

1. $40,000 + WESG 2017 World Finals spot
2. $20,000 + WESG 2017 World Finals spot
3. $10,000 + WESG 2017 World Finals spot
4. $6,500 + WESG 2017 World Finals spot
5-6. $4,000 + WESG 2017 World Finals spot
5-6. $4,000 + WESG 2017 World Finals spot
7-8. $4,000 + WESG 2017 World Finals spot
7-8. $4,000 + WESG 2017 World Finals spot
9-10. WESG 2017 World Finals spot
9-10. WESG 2017 World Finals spot

The female division's $16,000 prize pool will be distributed in the following way:

1. $10,000 + WESG 2017 World Finals Female spot
2. $4,000 + WESG 2017 World Finals Female spot
3. $2,000

For more information on both divisions, make sure to check our event pages (for general and female) to keep yourself on track.