The exciting $1.5M prize pool Dota 2 tournament held in the olympic format, World Electronic Sports kicks off its second edition with European and CIS regional qualifiers where 20 national teams will qualify for regional LAN qualifiers finals.

The 20 teams qualified for Regional LAN finals will travel to Barcelona, Spain to compete for the $92,500 prize pool up for grabs for this stage, as well as one of the 12 tickets available to the WESG Global Grand Finals that will be held in March 2018 in China. Keep in mind that only a full five-man roster from the same country is eligible to sign up for national qualifiers.

While some of the European countries have their own qualifiers, others have been grouped together in several sub regions:
 

Sub regionsSign up dates and linksCountriesOnline qualifiersSpots

UK + Iceland 

13 Aug-17 Oct

England, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Iceland

Oct 18-191

Baltics + Scandinavia

13 Aug-24 Oct

Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Belarus, Moldova

Oct 25-261

South-East CIS + Turkey

13 Aug-19 Oct

Turkey, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia

Oct 20-211

Eastern Europe

13 Aug-23 Oct Belarus, Bulgaria, Moldavia, Romania Oct 24-251

South-East Europe

13 Aug-22 Oct

Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Greece, Cyprus, Israel, Croatia, Macedonia, Serbia, Slovenia, Kosovo

Oct 23-241Central Europe13 Aug-27 OctAustria, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Italy, San Marino, Malta, VaticanOct 28-291

Russia

Oct. 4-7 Oct 222

Ukraine

21 Aug-20 Oct Oct 21-222

Poland

13 Aug-26 Oct Oct 27-281

Sweden

13 Aug-16 Oct Oct 17-182France + Monaco13 Aug-25 OctFrance, monacoOct 26-271Denmark13 Aug-21 Oct Oct 22-232Germany13 Aug-18 Oct Oct 19-202Beneluxfinished Belgium, Luxembourg, Netherlands finished1Iberia???Spain, Portugal, Andorra    ???1

Barcelona Regional LAN Finals prize pool distribution:

1st place: $40,000
2nd place: $20,000
3rd place: $10,000
4th place: $6,500
5th/8th place: $4,000
9th/12th place: qualify to the Global Grand Finals

StarLadder will host the Regional LAN finals in Barcelona, Spain November 22-26. From the 20 attending teams only the top 12 will make the cut to the WESG Global Grand Finals. The last stage of this second edition of WESG will welcome 32 teams to China in March next year, eight teams more than the inaugural edition. Although for the Dota 2 competition, there is only a male or mixed competition, WESG have added female only competitions for Hearthstone and CS:GO. More information about all the disciplines qualifiers can be found on the WESG official website.