The 2017 World Cup has reached its last stop in the global tour, arriving at BlizzCon 2017 in Anaheim, California to see which national team will come out victorious in the playoff finals. With BlizzCon just around the corner, we’ve compiled a viewer’s guide to get ready for this weekend’s action.

Teams

Thirty-two teams participated in this year’s tournament, with four groups of eight competing in group stages worldwide, namely at Shanghai, Sydney, Katowice, and Santa Monica. The top two from each group stage advanced to the playoffs at BlizzCon.

Two teams have made changes to their roster after qualifying for the playoffs. Sweden removed Reinforce in favor of snillo, and China was forced to make a drastic shuffle after most of their players ran into visa issues. All other teams have stuck to their lineups. The teams are:

Shanghai Group Stage

China

France

  • Dylan "aKm" Bignet (DPS)
  • Terence "SoOn" Tarlier (DPS)
  • Jean-Louis "KnOxXx" Boyer (Tank)
  • Nicolas "NiCO" Moret (Flex)
  • Benjamin "uNKOE" Chevasson (Support)
  • Michaël "winz" Bignet (Support)

Sydney Group Stage

Australia

  • Jason "ieatuup" Ho (DPS)
  • Ajay "Aetar" Umasankar (DPS)
  • Ashley "Trill" Powell (Tank)
  • Marcus "Kiki" Jacob (Flex)
  • Andrew "Rqt" Haws (Support)
  • Jordan "Gunba" Graham (Support)

Sweden

Katowice Group Stage

South Korea

Canada

Santa Monica Group Stage

United States

United Kingdom

  • Michael "MikeyA" Adams (DPS)
  • Harrison "Kruise" Pond (DPS)
  • Christopher "ChrisTFer" Graham (Tank)
  • Eoghan "Smex" O'Neill (Flex)
  • Isaac "Boombox" Charles (Support)
  • Marcus "Realzx" Vining (Support)

Format

The playoffs will play out in a single elimination bracket (including a bronze medal match), with matches being best-of-fives and the grand finals being a best-of-seven.

The playoffs will also play on the current 1.16 patch, which notably has the changes made to Mercy and D.Va from the previous 1.15 patch.

Broadcast Team:

Desk

  • Alex “Goldenboy” Mendez
  • James “Jamerson” Lee

Commentators

  • Mitch “Uber” Leslie
  • Matt “Mr.X” Morello
  • Andrew “ZP” Rush
  • Robert “hexagrams” Kirkbride
  • Erik “DoA” Lonnquist
  • Christopher “MonteCristo” Mykles

Schedule

Friday 3rd November

Saturday 4th November