Regional Representative Selection
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Tournament Guide
Regional Representative Selection
Teams from 9 regions around the globe will compete through the tournament to make the final 18 to represent their regions.
- Regions participating in the 2016 Tournament
- Korea3 Teams
- China3 Teams
- Taiwan2 Teams
- Japan2 Teams
- Newly Participating Regions
- North America2 Teams
- Europe2 Teams
- Russia2 Teams
- Thailand1 Team
- Vietnam1 Team
- The first two Finalists of the 2016 World Championship - Korea and China - will automatically enter the <TOP SEED> in the Quarter-Finals.
- One team of the Korean representatives will be selected from <Korean Wildcard Tournament>. The game will be open to the public at Sangam e-Stadium in Seoul.
2017 World Championship
A total of 18 regional representatives will compete fiercely against one another to become the World Champion.

Schedule
- Open Qualify
- Excluding the two teams in the <TOP SEED>, the remaining 16 teams will be seeded into four brackets of four teams and play in the "Dual Tournament". The top six teams will play in the Quarter-Finals.
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Open Qualify Schedule DATE TIME content [KST]
September 20, 2017Wed. 02:00 PM Base Match – Group A and B
Best out of 4 games / 6 gamesWed. 07:00 PM Base Match – Group C and D
Best out of 4 games / 6 games[KST]
September 21, 2017Thu. 11:00 AM Winner Match – All groups
Best out of 7 games / 4 gamesThu. 05:00 PM 2nd place Match – All groups
Best out of 7 games / 4 games[KST]
September 22, 2017Fri. 11:00 AM Bracket Match
Best out of 4 games / 3 games | Best out of 7 games / 2 games
- A total of six teams will enter the Quarter-Finals. These teams are the 1st place teams from brackets A - D, as well as the 1st and 2nd place teams from the Bracket Match.
- Base Match : Match1, Match2 and Loser Match
- Quarter Final
- The top six teams and the two teams in the <TOP SEED> will be seeded into two brackets, then compete in the "Dual Tournament" in order to enter the Semi-Finals.
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Quarter Final Schedule DATE TIME content [KST]
September 23, 2017Sat. 10:00 AM Base Match – Group A and B
Best out of 4 games / 6 gamesSat. 03:00 PM Winner Match – All groups
Best out of 7 games / 2 gamesSat. 07:00 PM 2nd place Match – All groups
Best out of 7 games / 2 games
- The 1st and 2nd place teams from brackets A and B enter the Semi-Finals.
- Base Match : Match1, Match2 and Loser Match
- Semi Final
- The remaining four teams will then play in the "Single Tournament", with the top three moving on to play in the Finals.
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Semi Final Schedule DATE TIME content [KST]
September 24, 2017Sun. 02:00 PM Match1/Match2
Best out of 7 games / 2 gamesSun. 06:00 PM Winner/3rd place Match
Best out of 7 games / 2 games
- The top three teams will enter the Finals.
- Final
- Find out who will become the champion of this year's fierce step ladder tournament.
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Final Schedule DATE content [KST]
September 29, 20173rd place Match / The Final
Best out of 7 games / 2 games
Prize Money
- Final & Semi Final
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Champion₩50,000,000
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2nd place₩25,000,000
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3rd place₩15,000,000
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4th place₩10,000,000
- Quarter Final (Group A and B)
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3rd place teams (Total 2 teams)₩8,000,000
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4th place teams (Total 2 teams)₩7,000,000
- Bracket Match
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3rd place₩5,000,000
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4th place₩5,000,000
- Open Qualify (Group A ~ D)
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3rd place teams (Total 4 teams)₩4,000,000
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4th place teams (Total 4 teams)₩3,000,000
- Korean Wildcard
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1st placeKorea Representative
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2nd place₩2,000,000
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3rd, 4th place₩1,500,000
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5th ~ 8th place₩1,000,000