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

Groups

Group A	W	L	Maps	Δ
1. Spain 2016 Spain	3	0	6/2-0	+4
2. Sweden 2016 Sweden	2	1	5/2-0	+3
3. Canada 2016 Canada	1	2	3/4-0	-1
4. Brazil 2016 Brazil	0	3	0/6-0	-6

Group B	W	L	Maps	Δ
1. Russia 2016 Russia	2	1	6/1-0	+5
2. United States 2016 United States	2	1	5/2-0	+3
3. Germany 2016 Germany	1	2	2/4-0	-2
4. Chile 2016 Chile	1	2	0/6-0	-6

Group C	W	L	Maps	Δ
1. South Korea 2016 South Korea	3	0	6/0-0	+6
2. Finland 2016 Finland	2	1	4/3-0	+1
3. Australia 2016 Australia	1	2	2/4-0	-2
4. Taiwan 2016 Taiwan	0	3	1/6-0	-5

Group D	W	L	Maps	Δ
1. France 2016 France	2	1	5/3-0	+2
2. China 2016 China	2	1	5/3-0	+2
3. Thailand 2016 Thailand	2	1	5/3-0	+2
4. Singapore 2016 Singapore	0	3	0/6-0	-6

Participating Teams

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United States 2016

South Korea 2016

Groups

Tiebreaker Group D	W	L	Maps	Δ
1. China 2016 China	2	0	2/0-0	+2
2. France 2016 France	1	1	1/1-0	+0
3. Thailand 2016 Thailand	0	2	0/2-0	-2

Participating Teams

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Playoffs

Quarterfinals

South Korea 2016

United States 2016

Semifinals

South Korea 2016

Grand Final

South Korea 2016

Bronze Final

Participating Teams

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South Korea 2016

United States 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)

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#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