The Incheon group stage provided its fair share of thrills last month as South Korea and Finland punched their tickets to Blizzcon. The action is set to continue this weekend with the Los Angeles group stage, featuring both World Cup play and the Contenders North America Season 2 Grand Final.

Vital information has been collated below to streamline your World Cup viewing experience. Note that Friday's Contenders final will be played across a best-of-seven matches and will utilise the Contenders map pool. For more details on the following days of play be sure to check out the event page.

Schedule

Friday 7th September

10:00 PT / 13:00 ET / 19:00 CEST: Austria vs. Canada
11:45 PT / 14:45 ET / 20:45 CEST: Norway vs. Switzerland
13:30 PT / 16:30 ET / 22:30 CEST: Canada vs. Brazil
15:15 PT / 18:15 ET / 00:15 CEST: Austria vs. United States
17:00 PT / 20:00 ET / 02:00 CEST: Norway vs. Brazil
18:45 PT / 21:45 ET / 3:45 CEST: Fusion University vs. XL2 Academy

Saturday 8th September

10:00 PT / 13:00 ET / 19:00 CEST: Switzerland vs. Austria
11:45 PT / 14:45 ET / 20:45 CEST: Brazil vs. United States
13:30 PT / 16:30 ET / 22:30 CEST: Norway vs. Canada
15:15 PT / 18:15 ET / 00:15 CEST: United States vs. Switzerland
17:00 PT / 20:00 ET / 02:00 CEST: Brazil vs. Austria

Sunday 9th September

10:00 PT / 13:00 ET / 19:00 CEST: Norway vs. Austria
11:45 PT / 14:45 ET / 20:45 CEST: Canada vs. Switzerland
13:30 PT / 16:30 ET / 22:30 CEST: Norway vs. United States
15:15 PT / 18:15 ET / 00:15 CEST: Switzerland vs. Brazil
17:00 PT / 20:00 ET / 02:00 CEST: United States vs. Canada

Format

All World Cup matches are played as four map sets featuring a Control, Hybrid, Assault and Escort map. A fifth tiebreaker map will be played if necessary.

The entirety of the tournaments consists of a single round robin, in which the six teams will play a single match against every other competitor.

The top two teams at the end of the round robin advance to Blizzcon. Tiebreakers will first be decided by map wins and secondly by head-to-head results. If a tie persists between two or more teams, those teams will play a tiebreaker round-robin until there is no longer a tie.

Maps

The first map of each match will be predetermined. From that point onward, the loser of the previous map will pick the next map.

Control: Ilios, Lijiang Tower, Nepal and Oasis
Hybrid: Blizzard World, Eichenwalde, King's Row, Numbani and Hollywood
Assault: Hanamura, Horizon Lunar Colony, Temple of Anubis and Volskaya Industries
Escort: Dorado, Junkertown, Watchpoint: Gibraltar, Rialto and Route 66
Tiebreaker: All but first map played