The format and venue for the WESG World Finals, which will take place March 13-18, have been announced by the tournament organizer.

The WESG World Finals, which are set to kick off in Haikou, Hainan, China, on March 13, will have a prize pool of $1,500,000—the lion's share for the champion being $800,000. The team roster for this year has been increased from last year's edition, with 32 teams up from 24.

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The tournament, which will be hosted by Alisport and Haikou's Municipal People's Government, will be held at the Haikou International Convention & Exhibition Center on the island province of Hainan, across the Qiongzhou Strait from mainland China.

The 32 qualified teams will play one preliminary best-of-one round-robin group stage with eight groups of four teams, with the top two of each group moving on to a second round-robin group stage with four groups of four teams battling it out in best-of-twos. Then, the top two of each group will move to a best-of-three single bracket playoff.

The competing team list is the following:

The full prize pool distribution for the WESG World Finals is: