The teams and format for TWC 2016 have been announced with the tournament taking place from 6th-9th October.
In the first two days of the tournament, there will be an eight-team round robin group stage, this will take place in the eFrag studios.
Each team will play a bo1 match against each other team to decide seeding for the playoffs where every team will advance into a single elimination bracket.
The playoffs will be a best of three format with the grand final being a best of five.
Schedule
October 5th – Media Day
October 6th – Group Stage Day 1 (EFRAG Studios)
October 7th – Group Stage Day 2 (EFRAG Studios)
October 8th – Quarter-finals (Kombank Arena)
October 9th – Semi-finals and grand final (Kombank Arena)
Teams
| Argentina | Canada |
| Jonathan “JonY BoY” Muñoz | Damian “daps” Steele |
| Matias “tutehen” Canale | Kory “SEMPHIS” Friesen |
| Nahuel “Straka” Vazquez | Russel “Twistzz” Van Dulken |
| Nabil “nbl” Aleua | David “DAVEY” Stafford |
| Tomas “tomi” Guardia | Bradley “androidx23” Fodor |
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Denmark
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France |
| Casper “cadiaN” Møller | Simon “Fuks” Florysiak |
| Nicolai “glace” Jensen | Fabien “kioShiMa” Fiey |
| Marco “Snappi” Pfeiffer | Valentin “mistou” Balbastro |
| Valdemar “valde” Bjørn Vangså | Matthéo “nonick” Canei |
| Lukas “gla1ve” Rossander | Alexandre “xms” Forté |
| Singapore | Sweden |
| Benjamin “moxie” Kou | Jerry “xelos” Råberg |
| Muhammad “dejavux” Faiz Bin Ismam | Simon “atter” Atterstam |
| Benedict “Benkai” Tan | Fredrik “slap” Junbrant |
| Kumaresan “Tommy” Ramani | Marcus “Delpan” Larsson |
| Nevin “splashske” Aw | Adam “maektig” Widell |
| Tunisia | Turkey |
| Alaeddine “Potei” Chaari | Çağatay “DESPE” Sedef |
| Mohamed “torr” Hamdani | Can “XANTARES” Dörtkardeş |
| Ben-Amor “krumpze” Karim | Buğra “Calyx” Arkın |
| Hatem “Sheva” Guermassi | Engin “MAJ3R” Kupeli |
| Adel “Remind” Guermassi |
Prize Pool
1. – $50,000
2. – $20,000
3-4. – $10,000
5-8. – $2,500
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