The Betway WCA 2016 EU Main Qualifier has been brought to an end, with Epsilon and iGame.com grabbing the two EU spots for the $200,000 WCA 2016 World Finals.
The European qualifier for WCA 2016 started back in August with a 16-team group stage, and teams such as MOUZ and Dignitas joining the tournament when the best-of-three playoff phase kicked off.
In the end, the semi-finals that decided the two spots for the $200,000 LAN finals in China came down to two matches: Gambit - iGame.com and Space Soldiers - Epsilon.
Epsilon wll be traveling to China for the WCA World Finals
The first match ended up being a huge upset, as the team in possession of a Legends spot for the upcoming ELEAGUE Major—Gambit—lost to the Finns of iGame.com.
The CIS team's latest pickup and legendary Natus Vincere player Danylo "Zeus" Teslenko was struggling the most, ending the series with a -22 Kill-Death difference over the two maps.
Betway WCA 2016 EU Main QualifierBest of 3 GambitMatchpage 0 2 20th November 2016 iGame.com 13Train 16 7Cache 16
iGame.com
K - D
+/-
ADR
Rating 2.0
Eetu 'sAw' SahasAw
48 - 31
+17
98.5
1.47
Sami 'xseveN' LaasanenxseveN
38 - 36
+2
90.0
1.22
Lasse 'ZOREE' UronenZOREE
37 - 28
+9
76.1
1.20
Saku 'SAGGERTON' JokinenSAGGERTON
38 - 33
+5
69.1
1.06
Slaava 'Twista' RäsänenTwista
31 - 34
-3
63.4
0.90
Gambit
K - D
+/-
ADR
Rating 2.0
Rustem 'mou' Telepovmou
38 - 35
+3
74.2
1.06
Abay 'HObbit' KhassenovHObbit
36 - 38
-2
80.1
1.01
Dauren 'AdreN' KystaubayevAdreN
38 - 40
-2
77.7
1.01
Mihail 'Dosia' StolyarovDosia
31 - 39
-8
75.7
0.86
Danylo 'Zeus' TeslenkoZeus
18 - 40
-22
51.7
0.64
In the second semi-final, Epsilon once again showed up with their stand-in Karl-William "kalle" Haraldsen and had an overall good showing against Space Soldiers—who have recently replaced their IGL Tugay "TuGuX" Keskin with Engin "MAJ3R" Küpeli.
The Swedes walked by Ismailcan "XANTARES" Dörtkardeş and co. on Cache and had a 13-2 CT half on Cobblestone, taking the deciding match of the qualification without breaking a sweat.
Betway WCA 2016 EU Main QualifierBest of 3 EpsilonMatchpage 2 0 18th November 2016 Space Soldiers 16Cache 5 16Cobblestone 11
Epsilon
K - D
+/-
ADR
Rating 2.0
Fredrik 'freddieb' Buöfreddieb
45 - 28
+17
107.0
1.49
Fredrik 'REZ' SternerREZ
48 - 28
+20
97.2
1.44
André 'BARBARR' MöllerBARBARR
42 - 28
+14
94.3
1.38
William 'draken' Sundindraken
31 - 25
+6
66.2
1.15
Karl-William 'kalle' Haraldsenkalle
27 - 29
-2
57.6
0.88
Space Soldiers
K - D
+/-
ADR
Rating 2.0
Ismailcan 'XANTARES' DörtkardeşXANTARES
36 - 37
-1
91.8
1.18
Ahmet 'paz' Karahocapaz
29 - 38
-9
63.2
0.86
Engin 'MAJ3R' KüpeliMAJ3R
26 - 43
-17
73.5
0.78
Çağatay 'DESPE' SedefDESPE
27 - 37
-10
54.1
0.75
Engin 'ngiN' KorngiN
19 - 38
-19
43.5
0.56
In the grand final of the qualifier, Epsilon and iGame.com were playing for the lion's share of the ~$33,000 prize pool.
Over Mirage and Dust2, it was the veteran André "BARBARR" Möller who was the most productive in the fragging department, but every Epsilon member chimed in their comfortable 2-0 over the Finnish side.
Betway WCA 2016 EU Main QualifierBest of 3 EpsilonMatchpage 2 0 20th November 2016 iGame.com 16Mirage 3 16Dust2 7
Epsilon
K - D
+/-
ADR
Rating 2.0
André 'BARBARR' MöllerBARBARR
48 - 19
+29
113.3
1.77
William 'draken' Sundindraken
45 - 21
+24
108.2
1.71
Fredrik 'freddieb' Buöfreddieb
45 - 23
+22
104.7
1.69
Fredrik 'REZ' SternerREZ
24 - 25
-1
75.9
1.08
Karl-William 'kalle' Haraldsenkalle
20 - 20
0
46.6
0.80
iGame.com
K - D
+/-
ADR
Rating 2.0
Saku 'SAGGERTON' JokinenSAGGERTON
27 - 35
-8
74.5
0.85
Slaava 'Twista' RäsänenTwista
26 - 36
-10
75.6
0.74
Lasse 'ZOREE' UronenZOREE
23 - 36
-13
59.0
0.73
Sami 'xseveN' LaasanenxseveN
19 - 38
-19
58.1
0.57
Eetu 'sAw' SahasAw
12 - 37
-25
44.5
0.44
The final standing and prize distribution for Betway WCA 2016 EU Main Qualifier: