The 2018 WCS Global Finals starts this Friday, Oct. 26 at BlizzCon Opening Week, with three days of group-stage competition before moving on to BlizzCon proper. Here’s everything you need to know so that you don’t miss a minute of the action.

WCS Explained

Dates, Times, and Groups

WCS Global Finals Group Stage Day 1: Oct. 26, 9 a.m.–3 p.m. PDT

• Group A: Maru vs. Lambo, TY vs. Neeb
• Group B: Zest vs. HeRoMaRinE, sOs vs. Serral

WCS Global Finals Group Stage Day 2: Oct. 27, 9 a.m–3 p.m. PDT

• Group C: Stats vs. Has, Dark vs. ShoWTimE
• Group D: Classic vs. Nerchio, Rogue vs. SpeCial

WCS Global Finals Group Stage Day 3: Oct. 28, 9 a.m.–5 p.m. PDT

WCS Global Finals at BlizzCon Day 1: Nov. 2, noon–8:15 p.m. PDT

• Quarterfinals: Maru vs. sOs, SpeCial vs. Stats, Rogue vs. TY, Dark vs. Serral

WCS Global Finals at BlizzCon Day 2: Nov. 3, 1:30 p.m.–7:30 p.m. PDT*

*The Pylon Show podcast begins at 11:30 a.m. PDT on iNcontroLTV.

Talent

Hosts

• Desk: James “Kaelaris” Carrol
• Stage (group stages): Hyunseon “Hajinsun” Park
• Stage (playoffs and finals): Sue “Smix” Lee

Commentators

• Geoffrey “iNcontroL” Robinson
• Jared “PiG” Krensel
• Leigh “Maynarde” Mandalov
• Yoan “ToD” Merlo
• Kevin “RotterdaM” van der Kooi
• Nicolas “Tasteless” Plott
• Daniel “Artosis” Stemkoski
• Nathaniel Lawrence “Nathanias” Fabrikant (playoffs and finals only)

Streams

Opening Week

BlizzCon