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The Global Finals are here!
After a full year of intense competition, only 16 competitors remain. The top 8 players from the Circuit and the top 8 from the GSL will meet this week the WCS Global Finals Opening Week at the AfreecaTV FreecUp studio in Seoul, Korea. Here, they will be divided into GSL-style, double elmination groups – where they will fight for the right to attend the Grand Finals at BlizzCon on November 1! Two players from each group will advance to the Round of 8… and the rest will go home.
For more information on the Opening Week groups, check out blizz.ly/GroupHype.
Opening Week Schedule
| Broadcast Day | PDT | CEST* | KST |
| Wednesday, October 23 (24 in Europe and Korea) | 8 p.m. | 5 a.m. | 12 noon |
| Thursday, October 24 (25 in Europe and Korea) | 8 p.m. | 5 a.m. | 12 noon |
| Friday, October 25 (26 in Europe and Korea) | 8 p.m. | 5 a.m. | 12 noon |
| Saturday, October 26 (27 in Europe and Korea) | 8 p.m. | 4 a.m. | 12 noon |
*Daylight Savings is October 27 for Europe
Streams
As always, English-language coverage of WCS Spring will be available on our official Twitch channel, brought to you by our English broadcast team.
Hosts:
- Desk: James “Kaelaris” Carrol
- Stage: Sue “Smix” Lee
Commentators:
- Jared “PiG” Krensel
- Leigh “Maynarde” Mandalov
- Kevin “RotterdaM” van der Kooi
- Daniel “Artosis” Stemkoski
- Nicolas “Tasteless” Plott
- Nathaniel Lawrence “Nathanias” Fabrikant
Streams
Opening Week
| Language | Stream |
| English | Blizzard |
| German | TakeTV |
| Polish | ESL Poland |
| Polish | Indy |
| Russian | Alex007 |
| French | Ogaming |
| Spanish (MX) | alexanderenki |
| Portuguese (BR) | Blizzard |
| Chinese (zhTW) | Blizzard |
| Korean | Blizzard |
To stay up-to-date with everything WCS Circuit-related, follow @esportstarcraft on Twitter. We’ll see you in Twitch chat!