WESG APAC reaches grand final

The WESG 2016 Asia-Pacific Regional Finals has reached the grand final stage, as FIVE defeated VG.CyberZen to make it through and K23 powered through the bracket without dropping a map. The six spots for the WESG Global Finals have been determined as well.

The playoffs started with most of the favorites making it through, as the Chinese teams FIVE and VG.CyberZen took down ENZO and Orange, respectively.

In the other side of the bracket, K23 continued with solid performances, taking down Signature with a 16-13, 16-10 on Overpass and Dust2. The final match of the quarter final saw Fire Dragoon edge out Athletico in two tight maps, taking Cobblestone in overtime before closing Dust2 16-14.

FIVE managed to defeat VG.CyberZen to get to the grand final 

K23 asserted their dominance against Fire Dragoon in the semi-final, dropping only eight rounds in two maps—thanks to dominant performances from the Gambit duo Dauren "⁠AdreN⁠" Kystaubayev and Rustem "⁠mou⁠" Telepov.

WESG 2016 Asia-Pacific Regional FinalsBest of 3 K23Matchpage 2 0 12th November 2016 Fire Dragoon 16Nuke 2 16Cobblestone 6

K23	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Dauren 'AdreN' KystaubayevAdreN	46 - 18	+28	111.7	1.81
Rustem 'mou' Telepovmou	42 - 16	+26	100.5	1.75
Abay 'HObbit' KhassenovHObbit	29 - 28	+1	99.2	1.38
Yevgeniy 'dreaM' BogatyrevdreaM	33 - 20	+13	73.2	1.31
Magzhan 'fANTASTIKA' TemirbolatfANTASTIKA	24 - 22	+2	62.0	1.07

Fire Dragoon	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Andrew 'kaze' Khongkaze	27 - 33	-6	86.1	0.96
Aaron 'pzK!D' PereirapzK!D	21 - 37	-16	64.9	0.63
Aiman 'aimaNNN' AzhamaimaNNN	20 - 35	-15	58.1	0.60
Ashraf 'acAp' FirdausacAp	18 - 36	-18	51.8	0.57
Alex 'xevR' PereiraxevR	17 - 34	-17	51.8	0.54

The other grand final spot surprisingly went to FIVE, as Yang "⁠Mr.six⁠" Cheng carried his team to a three-map victory over their domestic opposition VG.CyberZen.

WESG 2016 Asia-Pacific Regional FinalsBest of 3 VG.CyberZenMatchpage 1 2 12th November 2016 FIVE 12Cache 16 16Train 12 13Nuke 16

VG.CyberZen	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
BingYuan 'tb' Litb	78 - 58	+20	97.8	1.38
WeiJie 'zhokiNg' ZhongzhokiNg	67 - 65	+2	82.7	1.17
KunHua 'LOVEYY' BaiLOVEYY	63 - 58	+5	79.4	1.06
Zhuo 'advent' Liangadvent	54 - 58	-4	68.1	0.94
Tzu-Chi 'Marek' HuangMarek	41 - 64	-23	63.2	0.79

FIVE	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Yang 'Mr.six' ChengMr.six	72 - 59	+13	88.6	1.29
Yong 'QuQu' QuQuQu	62 - 59	+3	79.0	1.14
BiaoHong 'Rita' HuangRita	60 - 60	0	77.9	1.06
ZhiWei '0i' Liu0i	53 - 66	-13	75.6	1.00
ZhiTao 'Drea3er' ZhangDrea3er	56 - 59	-3	64.9	0.95

With six spots for the WESG Global Finals to be decided, two additional matches were played between teams that were defeated in the quarter-finals.

In the first one, it was Tosapol "⁠TOR⁠" Saekow's Signature that overpowered the stand-in plagued Athletico 2-0, while ENZO took down Orange 2-1, losing one map in double overtime but winning the other two in convincing fashion.

The following Asia-Pacific teams have qualified for the WESG Global Grand finals:

K23	FIVE	VG.CyberZen
Fire Dragoon	ENZO	Signature

The grand final of the WESG APAC Regional Finals will be played at 03:00 .

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Time is adjusted to your selected timezone Rustem 'mou' Telepov Age: 25 Team: Gambit Rating 1.0: 1.04 Maps played: 508 KPR: 0.71 DPR: 0.67 Yang 'Mr.six' Cheng Age: 20 Team: FIVE Rating 1.0: 1.16 Maps played: 89 KPR: 0.81 DPR: 0.69 Athletico #40 Travis 'wizard' RichardsonStuart 'sonic' RaynerJesse 'InfrequeNt' BarkerJay 'Liazz' TregillgasErdenetsogt 'erkaSt' Gantulga Tosapol 'TOR' Saekow Age: 23 Team: Signature Rating 1.0: 1.11 Maps played: 100 KPR: 0.76 DPR: 0.67 Signature #73 Tosapol 'TOR' SaekowPhoomphat 'qqGOD' PhodjanatPeeratch 'Olivia' IngkudanondaSattawut 'Leaf' ReathongAnupong 'stk' Mueangngam ENZO #143 ChiNam 'Darkkis' LiHoWang 'krbl' WongWingHei 'Freeman' CheungYanTung 'TunGY' ChanKinFung 'ckf' Chow K23 Dauren 'AdreN' Kystaubayev Age: 26 Team: Gambit Rating 1.0: 1.04 Maps played: 811 KPR: 0.72 DPR: 0.68 Gambit #20 Dauren 'AdreN' KystaubayevDanylo 'Zeus' TeslenkoMihail 'Dosia' StolyarovRustem 'mou' TelepovAbay 'HObbit' Khassenov Fire Dragoon #49 Aiman 'aimaNNN' AzhamAshraf 'acAp' FirdausAlex 'xevR' PereiraAndrew 'kaze' KhongAaron 'pzK!D' Pereira FIVE #47 BiaoHong 'Rita' HuangYong 'QuQu' QuYang 'Mr.six' ChengZhiTao 'Drea3er' ZhangZhiWei '0i' Liu Orange #277 Haron 'ronne' MustaffaMohd 'wanr0' Syazwan HanafieIdzni 'Click-' RosdiKar-Heng 'henza' HoYoong-Hwei 'YooNgHwe1' Lee VG.CyberZen #23 Bin 'Savage' LiuBingYuan 'tb' LiZhuo 'advent' LiangWeiJie 'zhokiNg' ZhongKunHua 'LOVEYY' Bai