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Blizzard Entertainment's World Championship Series reaches its epic conclusion this weekend with the Battle.net World Championship in Shanghai, China. From a field of hundreds, 32 players remain after eight months of fierce, global competition.

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How to Watch

Primary Stream & BWC Homepage

Twitch.tv Stream

Day 1 begins 6:00 p.m. PST on Friday, November 16

Day 2 begins 5:30 p.m. PST on Saturday, November 17

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Broadcast Schedule

Day 1 (All times in PST)

• 6:00 p.m. - Friday - Opening Ceremony
• 6:45 p.m. - Friday - Group Play Begins
• 9:45 p.m. - Friday - 15 Minute Break
• 10:00 p.m. - Friday - Group Play Resumes
• 5:00 a.m. - Saturday - Day 1 Concludes

Day 2 (All times in PST)

• 5:30 p.m. - Saturday - Broadcast starts with Round of 16
• 8:30 p.m. - Saturday - Quarter Final
• 10:00 p.m. - Saturday - Semi Final
• 12:00 a.m. - Sunday - Third Place Match
• 2:00 a.m. - Sunday - Grand Final
• 4:00 a.m. - Sunday - Award Ceremony
• 4:30 a.m. - Sunday - BWC Concludes

Check out our detailed broadcast schedule for the complete event schedule.

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Who Will Be At BWC

• Shoutcasters
• Player Profiles
• Asia
• Europe
• Latin America & Oceania
• North America
• WCS Qualifier Infographic

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Tournament Format

• Event Format
• Group Stage Infographic
• Playoff Bracket Infographic

Group Stage

• Round of 32 Group Seeding
• Best of 3 double elimination
• Top 2 players from each group advance to playoffs
• Bottom 2 players from each group are eliminated

Playoff Bracket

• Best of 5 matches in each round
• Single elimination
• Round of 16, quarterfinal, and semi-final stages

Grand Finals

• Best of 7 match

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Tournament Info

Results

• Brackets & Results
• Printable Bracket
  • Print it out, write down your BWC predictions, then compare with others!

Map Pool

• WCS Cloud Kingdom LE Neutral depots at main base ramps
• WCS Daybreak LE Neutral depots at main base ramps
• WCS Ohana LE Neutral depots at main base ramps
• WCS Antiga Shipyard Neutral depots at main base ramps. Cross Spawns only. No high yield minerals.
• WCS Entombed Valley Neutral depots at main base ramps. No horizontal spawns.
• WCS Shakuras Plateau Neutral depots at main base ramps. No vertical spawns.
• WCS Tal’darim Altar LE

Map Selection

Before each match, the two competing players will be given a pool of seven maps. A coin flip will determine who will veto the first map. Players then alternate vetoing maps one by one until three maps remain. Players then alternate picking the order in which the three remaining maps will be played.

Prize Pool

• The BWC Gosu Trophy
• $100,000 – Champion
• $40,000 - Runner-up
• $16,000 - 3^rd
• $8,000 - 4^th
• $5,500 - 5-8^th
• $3,500 - 9-16^th
• $2,500 - 17-25th

General Info

• Travel Info
• News & Updates

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Community & Social

• Barcrafts
• Day 1 Live Report Thread on TeamLiquid.net by opterown
• BWC Ro32 Preview pt. 1 on TeamLiquid.net
• @StarCraft on Twitter
• StarCraft on Facebook