The details of the North and South American qualifiers for the $1.5 million World Electronic Sports Games have been unveiled.

The competition will kick off with eight different online regional qualifiers which will determine the twelve teams that will book their tickets to the WESG Americas Regional Finals.

The top six teams from the $75,000 Regional Finals in São Paulo, Brazil will qualify for the WESG Global Finals taking place in China in December.



The Americas were divided into eight regions

The US, Canada, Brazil, and Argentina will each send two teams to the regional finals while the other qualifiers will give away singular slots.

The spots for the WESG Americas Regional Finals are distributed as follows:

Region Slots USA 2 Canada 2 Brazil 2 Mexico 1 Argentina 2 Peru 1 South America 1 Other American Countries 1

The prizepool and spots distribution for the regional finals is below:

1. ~ $30,000 + spot at WESG Global Finals

2. ~ $18,000 + spot at WESG Global Finals

3. ~ $9,000 + spot at WESG Global Finals

4. ~ $6,000 + spot at WESG Global Finals

5-6. ~ $3,000 + spot at WESG Global Finals

5-6. ~ $3,000 + spot at WESG Global Finals

7-8. ~ $3,000

7-8. ~ $3,000

If you are from the region and your team consists of one-nationality players, you can join the qualifiers by going to WESG's website.

BenjaCS is a staff writer at HLTV.org and can be found on Twitter.