World Cup 2016

World Cup 2016

location: Anaheim, California, USA
prize pool: $288,000 USD
start: October 27, 2016
end: November 4, 2016

Prize Distribution

Place Prize Team
1st
$18,000
South Korea 2016
South Korea
2nd
$18,000
Russia 2016
Russia
3rd
$18,000
Sweden 2016
Sweden
4th
$18,000
Finland 2016
Finland
5th–8th
$18,000
France 2016
France
5th–8th
$18,000
Spain 2016
Spain
5th–8th
$18,000
United States 2016
United States
5th–8th
$18,000
China 2016
China
9th–12th
$18,000
Canada 2016
Canada
9th–12th
$18,000
Germany 2016
Germany
9th–12th
$18,000
Australia 2016
Australia
9th–12th
$18,000
Thailand 2016
Thailand
13th–16th
$18,000
Brazil 2016
Brazil
13th–16th
$18,000
Chile 2016
Chile
13th–16th
$18,000
Taiwan 2016
Taiwan
13th–16th
$18,000
Singapore 2016
Singapore

Groups

Group A W L Maps Δ
3 0 6/2-0 +4
2 1 5/2-0 +3
1 2 3/4-0 -1
0 3 0/6-0 -6
Group B W L Maps Δ
2 1 6/1-0 +5
2 1 5/2-0 +3
1 2 2/4-0 -2
1 2 0/6-0 -6
Group C W L Maps Δ
3 0 6/0-0 +6
2 1 4/3-0 +1
1 2 2/4-0 -2
0 3 1/6-0 -5
Group D W L Maps Δ
2 1 5/3-0 +2
2 1 5/3-0 +2
2 1 5/3-0 +2
0 3 0/6-0 -6

Participating Teams

Toggle Rosters
Sweden 2016
         
Spain 2016
         
Canada 2016
         
Brazil 2016
         
Russia 2016
         
United States 2016
         
Germany 2016
         
Chile 2016
         
Finland 2016
         
South Korea 2016
         
Australia 2016
         
Taiwan 2016
         
France 2016
         
China 2016
         
Thailand 2016
         
Singapore 2016
         

Groups

Tiebreaker Group D W L Maps Δ
2 0 2/0-0 +2
1 1 1/1-0 +0
0 2 0/2-0 -2

Participating Teams

Toggle Rosters
China 2016
         
France 2016
         
Thailand 2016
         

Playoffs

Participating Teams

Toggle Rosters
Spain 2016
         
Russia 2016
         
South Korea 2016
         
China 2016
         
Sweden 2016
         
United States 2016
         
Finland 2016
         
France 2016
         

About

#Background and Qualifiers
##Player Selection

  • Players for each country were voted by the general public
  • The four most popular automatically qualified, the most popular being named captain
  • said captain would choose 2 more players to complete the roster
    ##Team Selection
  • Countries invited to Blizzcon: Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, South Korea, United States
  • The rest of the countries competed in online qualifiers to fill in the rest of the field
    • American Qualifier: 1 team (Chile)
    • European Qualifier: 6 teams (Germany, Finland, France, Sweden, Russia, Spain)
    • Asia-Pacific Qualifer: 3 Teams (Taiwan, Thailand, Singapore)

---

#Blizzcon Finals
##Group Stages

  • The 16 teams were broken up into 4 groups of 4
  • Each group played in a round-robin Bo3
  • Top 2 team in each group qualified for playoffs
    ##Playoffs

  • Bo3 Quarter/Semi finals
  • Bo7 Grand Final