There are three seasons planned for this year, four for 2014

Apr 11, 2013 13:13 GMT  ·  By

The teams at Blizzard and Major League Gaming are delivering the details for the first season of the Starcraft 2 World Championship Series for the North American division, which will start with qualifiers in late April.

The full program includes:

April 22 to April 25: qualifying tournament with four matches a night April 29 to May 2: Premier League, Group Stage 1 with one group in one night May 6 to May 9: Premier League, Group Stage 1 May 13 to May 16: Challenger league bracket May 20 to May 23: Premier League, Group Stage 2 May 27 to May 30: Challenger league bracket June 1: Premier League Regional Finals June 10 to June 13: Challenger league group stage June 17 to June 20: Challenger league group stage

The Starcraft 2 World Championship Series also has South Korean and European divisions.

Registration for the qualifying phase will be open on Friday, April 12, at 5 PM Eastern Time, on the official website.

The competition will be streamed.