World Electronic Sports Games 2017

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[e][h]World Electronic Sports Games 2017

League Information

Series:

World Electronic Sports Games

Organizers:

Alisports
Haikou Municipal People's Government

Sponsor(s):

ANT Financial
王老吉
Hyundai
Cool Ten
Republic of Gamers
HyperX
DXRacer

Game:

Global Offensive

Type:

Offline

Location:

 Haikou

Venue:

Haikou International Convention & Exhibition Center

Format:

Round-robin Group Stage (Bo2)
Single-Elimination Bracket (Bo3)

Prize Pool:

$1,500,000 USD

Start Date:

2018-03-13

End Date:

2018-03-18

Teams:

27

Restrictions:

National Teams Only

Liquipedia Tier:

S-Tier

Links

Maps

Cache • Cobblestone • Inferno • Mirage • Nuke • Overpass • Train

The World Electronic Sports Games return for their second year, this time in Haikou, again featuring a $1,500,000 USD prize pool. Teams from all around the world are in attendance, qualifying through regional LAN events.

About

The WESG 2017 Grand Finals jointly hosted by Haikou Municipal People's Government and Alisports, organized by Hainan Sporting Events Co., Ltd. and Haikou Tourism Culture Investment Holding Group, supported by Haikou Culture, Broadcasting, Television, Sports and Publication Bureau, Haikou Convention and Exhibition Bureau, and Haikou Science, Technology and Industry Bureau.

Broadcast Talent

English Broadcast

• Stage Host:
  •  Tonya (Antonina Predko)

• Commentators:
  •  Anders (Anders Blume)
  •  rizc (Niels Topp)
  •  Hugo Byron (Hugo Byron)
  •  Tombizz (Tom Bissmire)

Chinese Broadcast

• Commentators:
  •  MachineWJQ (Liu Yibo)
  •  Sakula (Wu Runbo)
  •  xixi (Ma Yun)
  •  xf (Lai Xuefeng)
  •  TuYa
  •  SwaterS

Russian Broadcast

• Commentators:
  •  Anishared (Andrei Keretsman)
  •  ink-mate (Serhei Shevchenko)
  •  LENINIW (Konstantin Sivko)
  •  Okpoxa (Mikhail Shmygel)
  •  HomeR (Oleksandr Lysenko)
  •  SL4M (Igor Anatolyevich Sopov)
  •  Strike (Yurii Tereshchenko)

Format

• Group Stage 1:
  • Eight Round-Robin format groups (4 teams each)
  • Top two team in each group advance to Group Stage 2
  • Bottom two teams are eliminated
  • All the matches are Bo1

• Group Stage 2:
  • Four Double Round-Robin format groups (4 teams each)
  • Top two team in each group advance to the Playoffs
  • Bottom two teams are eliminated
  • All the matches are Bo2

• Playoffs:
  • Single-Elimination Bracket
  • A 3^rd place match is played
  • All matches are Bo3

Prize Pool

$1,500,000 USD are spread among the teams as seen below:

Place

$ USD

Participant

 1st

$800,000

Fnatic

 2nd

$300,000

Space Soldiers

 3rd

$150,000

Team Russia

 4th

$70,000

Team oNe eSports

place 5 to 32 

place 5 to 32 

 5th-8th

$25,000

MVP PK

Cloud9

GODSENT

AGO Esports

 9th-12th

$10,000

Team Envy

ORDER

BIG

Team Belgium

 13th-16th

$10,000

Recca Esports

Bravado Gaming

Wololos

Team MAX

 17th-22nd

-

ALPHA Red

B.O.O.T-dream[S]cape

Parallax

SK Gaming

Limitless Addict

The Onliners

 23rd-27th

-

subtLe

Swole Patrol

ViCi Gaming

Isurus Gaming

SCARZ Absolute

 DQ

-

Viva Algeria

Team Ukraine

NOREG

EMC

NEW4

Participants

ORDER

1	hatz
2	liazz
3	emagine
4	malta
5	BURNRUOk
C	dayV1D

APAC #1

MVP PK

1	solo
2	glow
3	zeff
4	HSK
5	XigN
C	termi

APAC #2

B.O.O.T-dream[S]cape

1	ImpressioN
2	benkai
3	splashske
4	moxie
5	Tommy
C	dsn

APAC #3

Alpha Red

Notes

1	Kntz
2	MAIROLLS
3	veta
4	viperdemon
5	bnwGiggs

APAC #4

¹ February 7th -  viperdemon will stand-in for  SeveN89 on NSPR Gaming.

² February 23rd - NSPR Gaming release their WESG squad and sign a new one. The WESG team are now known as Ex-NSPR Gaming.

³ March 7th - Ex-NSPR Gaming is signed by Alpha Red.

Parallax

1	LONS
2	sico
3	RaZ
4	n1ck
5	Gratisfaction

APAC #5-8

Team MAX

1	ECOKING
2	dmm
3	Lamplight
4	Gn
5	s550
C	Kixerx

APAC #5-8

Recca Esports

1	roseau
2	FrostMisty
3	sys
4	Eeyore
5	xccurate

APAC #5-8

SCARZ Absolute

1	Laz
2	crow
3	barce
4	poem
5	t4k3J

APAC #9-10

SK Gaming

1	FalleN
2	fer
3	coldzera
4	TACO
5	boltz

North America #1

Cloud9

1	Skadoodle
2	Stewie2K
3	autimatic
4	RUSH
5	tarik
C	valens

North America #2

The Onliners

Notes

1	effys
2	Uber
3	cardiac
4	krZ
5	vek
C	knave

North America #3

¹ February 18th - The Onliners players  Subroza and  gMd decide to skip the WESG finals.

² February 26th -  moose announces that he is pulling out of the WESG FInals.

Swole Patrol

1	SileNt
2	fREAKAZOiD
3	Cooper-
4	Zellsis
5	ryann

North America #4

subtLe

Notes

1	OCEAN
2	dsr
3	LILMAN
4	els
5	TenZ

North America #5

¹ February 20th - subtLe players  Jonji and  WARDELL elect to skip the WESG finals.

Team oNe eSports

1	Maluk3
2	iDk
3	trk
4	mch
5	caike
C	cky

South America #1

Isurus Gaming

1	Noktse
2	Zote
3	nbl
4	NikoM
5	1962
C	Hellpa

South America #2

ViCi Gaming

Notes

1	zhokiNg
2	Savage
3	advent
4	HZ
5	tb
C	addingwll

China

¹ January 4th - ViCi Gaming sign  HZ, who replaces  aumaN on the active lineup.

GODSENT

1	twist
2	disco doplan
3	freddieb
4	hampus
5	Brollan
C	naSu

Europe #2

Space Soldiers

1	XANTARES
2	ngiN
3	paz
4	MAJ3R
5	Calyx
C	hardstyle

Europe #3

Fnatic

1	KRIMZ
2	JW
3	flusha
4	Golden
5	Lekr0
C	Jumpy

Europe #4

Team Envy

Notes

1	Happy
2	RpK
3	kioShiMa
4	hAdji
5	SIXER
C	maLeK

Europe #5-8

¹ February 3rd - Team Envy replace  xms and sign stand-in  kioShiMa from FaZe Clan. They also replace  SIXER for Academy player  hAdji.

² March 6th - Team Envy will be attending with  SIXER as their fifth.

Belgium

1	Ex6TenZ
2	to1nou
3	FARIS
4	YOUYOU
5	ScreaM

Europe #5-8

AGO Esports

Notes

1	Furlan
2	GruBy
3	phr
4	snatchie
5	TOAO
C	miNIr0x

Europe #5-8

¹ AGO Gaming rebrand as AGO Esports.

Wololos

1	mixwell
2	loWel
3	Kairi
4	SOKER
5	EasTor
C	dracU

Europe #5-8

Limitless Addict

1	kan4
2	polox
3	Maka
4	LoWkii
5	Max0b

Europe #9-12

Russia

Notes

1	seized
2	Dosia
3	WorldEdit
4	electronic
5	hooch
C	MSE

Europe #9-12

¹ March 9th -  hooch announces he will be missing WESG 2017 due to personal issues.  MSE steps in as coach.

² March 10th -  flamie announces he will be missing WESG 2017 due to personal issues.  hooch returns to the roster in order to play in his place.

BIG

Notes

1	gob b
2	tabseN
3	nex
4	tiziaN
5	luckeRRR
C	LEGIJA

Europe #9-12

¹ February 11th - BIG signs  tiziaN, the trial for  luckeRRR is extended.

Bravado Gaming

1	Detrony
2	Sonic
3	ELUSIVE
4	Fadey
5	JT
C	T.c

South Africa

Former Participants

NEW4 1  TBD 2  TBD 3  TBD 4  TBD 5  TBD APAC #5-8 EMC Notes 1  TBD 2  TBD 3  TBD 4  TBD 5  TBD APAC #9-10 1 EMC are unable to attend and forfeit their games. Team Ukraine Notes 1  TBD 2  TBD 3  TBD 4  TBD 5  TBD Europe #1 1 March 10th -  s1mple announces he will be missing WESG 2017 due to personal issues, as a result, Team Ukraine pulls out of WESG 2017. NOREG Notes 1  TBD 2  TBD 3  TBD 4  TBD 5  TBD Europe #9-12 1 February 7th -  jkaem departs NOREG to join Renegades.  akez joins in his place. 2 March 11th - NOREG will not compete at WESG 2017 due to VISA issues. Viva Algeria Notes 1  TBD 2  TBD 3  TBD 4  TBD 5  TBD Northern Africa 1 March 12th - Viva Algeria will not compete at WESG 2017 due to VISA issues.

Results

Group Stage 1

For detailed results of Stage 1, click here.

Group A

Group A
March 13, 2018
1.	MVP PK	3-0	48-25	+23	9p
2.	Team oNe eSports	2-1	42-26	+16	6p
3.	ALPHA Red	1-2	31-46	-15	3p
4.	subtLe	0-3	24-48	-24	0p

Group B

Group B
March 13, 2018
1.	GODSENT	3-0	48-23	+25	9p
2.	AGO Esports	2-1	40-31	+9	6p
3.	BOOT.dS	1-2	27-46	-19	3p
4.	Swole Patrol	0-3	33-48	-15	0p

Group C

Group C
March 13, 2018
1.	Team Belgium	3-0	48-24	+24	9p
2.	Wololos	2-1	40-31	+9	6p
3.	Parallax	1-2	25-40	-15	3p
4.	ViCi Gaming	0-3	30-48	-18	0p

Group D

Group D
March 14, 2018
1.	BIG	3-0	32-24	+8	9p
2.	Team Russia	2-1	29-26	+3	6p
3.	SK Gaming	1-2	21-32	-11	3p
DQ.	NEW4	0-3	-		0p

Group E

Group E
March 13, 2018
1.	Team Envy	3-0	16-3	+13	9p
2.	Bravado	2-1	3-16	-13	6p
DQ.	Viva Algeria	0-3	-		0p
DQ.	Team Ukraine	0-3	-		0p

Group F

Group F
March 14, 2018
1.	Space Soldiers	3-0	48-28	+20	9p
2.	Recca Esports	1-2	39-38	+1	3p
3.	Limitless Addict	1-2	44-49	-5	3p
4.	Isurus Gaming	1-2	30-46	-16	3p

Group G

Group G
March 14, 2018
1.	Fnatic	3-0	48-28	+20	9p
2.	Cloud9	2-1	40-19	+21	6p
3.	The Onliners	1-2	24-41	-17	3p
4.	SCARZ Absolute	0-3	24-48	-24	0p

Group H

Group H
March 14, 2018
1.	ORDER	3-0	16-8	+8	9p
2.	Team MAX	2-1	8-16	-8	6p
DQ.	NOREG	0-3	-		0p
DQ.	EMC	0-3	-		0p

Group Stage 2

For detailed results of Stage 2, click here.

Group A

Group A
March 15, 2018
1.	Team Russia	2-1-0	92-44	+48	7p
2.	MVP PK	1-2-0	82-72	+10	5p
3.	Team Envy	0-2-1	62-84	-22	2p
4.	Recca Esports	0-1-2	57-93	-36	1p

Group B

Group B
March 15, 2018
1.	SS	2-1-0	91-64	+27	7p
2.	Team oNe eSports	1-2-0	88-67	+21	5p
3.	ORDER	1-1-1	76-77	-1	4p
4.	Bravado	0-0-3	49-96	-47	0p

Group C

Group C
March 16, 2018
1.	Fnatic	1-2-0	86-66	+20	5p
2.	AGO Esports	1-1-1	83-90	-7	4p
3.	BIG	1-1-1	85-85	0	4p
4.	Wololos	1-0-2	73-86	-13	3p

Group D

Group D
March 16, 2018
1.	Cloud9	3-0-0	96-39	+57	9p
2.	GODSENT	2-0-1	83-64	+19	6p
3.	Team Belgium	0-1-2	59-87	-28	1p
4.	Team MAX	0-1-2	44-92	-48	1p

Playoffs

Quarterfinals

Quarterfinals

Quarters

QF

Semifinals

Semifinals

Semis

SF

Grand Final

Grand Final

Final

GF

FnaticFnatic

2

MVP PKMVP.PK

0

March 17, 2018 - 10:00 CST

Fnatic

2:0(Bo3)

MVP.PK

22	10	2	2
	5	1	2

Mirage

20	5	1	1
	10	2	1

16	14
	2

Inferno

2	1
	1

Cobblestone

··

Cloud9C9

1

Team oNeoNe

2

March 17, 2018 - 10:00 CST

C9

1:2(Bo3)

oNe

11	7
	4

Train

16	8
	8

16	12
	4

Mirage

3	3
	0

12	10
	2

Cache

16	5
	11

·

FnaticFnatic

2

Team oNeoNe

0

March 17, 2018 - 16:30 CST

Fnatic

2:0(Bo3)

oNe

16	11
	5

Mirage

7	4
	3

16	10
	6

Nuke

6	5
	1

Train

··

Space SoldiersSS

2

GODSENTGOD

0

March 17, 2018 - 12:30 CST

SS

2:0(Bo3)

GOD

16	6
	10

Mirage

14	9
	5

16	9
	7

Cache

10	6
	4

Inferno

·

RussiaRUS

2

AGO EsportsAGO

1

March 17, 2018 - 12:30 CST

RUS

2:1(Bo3)

AGO

14	7
	7

Cobblestone

16	8
	8

16	11
	5

Mirage

8	4
	4

16	12
	4

Train

12	3
	9

··

Space SoldiersSS

2

RussiaRUS

0

March 17, 2018 - 19:10 CST

SS

2:0(Bo3)

RUS

16	10
	6

Cobblestone

6	5
	1

16	6
	10

Nuke

11	9
	2

Mirage

··

FnaticFnatic

2

Space SoldiersSS

1

March 18, 2018 - 11:45 CST

Fnatic

2:1(Bo3)

SS

16	10
	6

Cobblestone

12	5
	7

16	8	0
	7	1

Inferno

19	7	1
	8	3

16	6
	10

Mirage

14	9
	5

··

Third Place Match

Third Place Match

3rd Place

3rd

Team oNeoNe

0

RussiaRUS

2

March 18, 2018 - 10:00 CST

oNe

0:2(Bo3)

RUS

11	9
	2

Overpass

16	6
	10

14	5
	9

Train

16	10
	6

Mirage

·

Additional Content

Streams

• WESG Main Stream (Twitch)
• Pitu Herranz (Twitch)
• x6tence (Twitch)
• Starladder5 (Twitch)
• Starladder10 (Twitch)
• Starladder11 (Twitch)
• BeyondTheSummit 2 (Twitch)
• 500Bros (Twitch)
• vuzzey (Twitch)
• tvBrekan (Twitch)

Previews

• 2018-03-12 | WESG 2017 World Finals viewer's guide by eZlo of HLTV
• 2018-03-12 | WESG 2017 World Finals: Five players to watch by LucasAM of HLTV

Conclusions

• 2018-03-18 | KRIMZ earns WESG MVP award by MIRAA of HLTV

Interviews

• 2018-03-13 | Furlan: "This time I want to win the tournament" by Professeur of HLTV
• 2018-03-13 | hAdji: "It's a privilege to play alongside [players such as Happy and RpK]" by Professeur of HLTV
• 2018-03-13 | twist: "Brollan is Sweden's next big thing, he just needs some time" by Professeur of HLTV
• 2018-03-14 | seized: "It's not supposed to be like this, but I understand [flamie] and why he did it" by Professeur of HLTV
• 2018-03-14 | Sonic: "There is so much more for us to do [in NA], the team enjoys it" by Professeur of HLTV
• 2018-03-14 | paz: "We are learning from our mistakes" by Professeur of HLTV
• 2018-03-15 | mch: "Our main goal this year is qualifying for the big leagues" by Professeur of HLTV
• 2018-03-15 | roseau: "We gained experience here, my motivation is boosted" by Professeur of HLTV
• 2018-03-15 | liazz: "I want to be recognized as a player internationally" by Professeur of HLTV
• 2018-03-16 | RUSH: "I hope that more talent from NA will be at these events in the future" by Professeur of HLTV
• 2018-03-16 | hampus: "It's pretty hard (to break out) you need to find good people to play with" by Professeur of HLTV
• 2018-03-17 | Lekr0: "[Winning IEM Katowice] was huge for me and my confidence" by Professeur of HLTV
• 2018-03-17 | caike: "We may not be experienced on the top level, but we've been playing for a long time by Professeur of HLTV
• 2018-03-17 | Hellpa: "The second tomi left, we knew that NikoM was the player to get" by Professeur of HLTV
• 2018-03-17 | MAJ3R: "It was important to save some energy [in the group stage]" by Professeur of HLTV
• 2018-03-18 | KRIMZ about the Mirage comeback: "We gathered our energy and played some damn good CS" by Professeur of HLTV

Videos and Photos

Galleries

• 2018-03-13 | WESG 2017 World Finals - Day 1 by HLTV
• 2018-03-14 | WESG 2017 World Finals - Day 2 by HLTV
• 2018-03-15 | WESG 2017 World Finals - Day 3 by HLTV
• 2018-03-16 | WESG 2017 World Finals - Day 4 by HLTV
• 2018-03-17 | WESG 2017 World Finals - Day 5 by HLTV
• 2018-03-18 | WESG 2017 World Finals - Day 6 by HLTV
• 2018-03-20 | WESG 2017 World Finals in pictures by HLTV

Highlights

• 2018-03-13 | 1'st Day Highlights of WESG 2017 Grand Final CS:GO by WESG
• 2018-03-14 | 2'nd Day Highlights of WESG 2017 Grand Final CS:GO by WESG
• 2018-03-15 | 3'rd Day Highlights of WESG 2017 Grand Final CS:GO by WESG
• 2018-03-16 | 4'th Day Highlights of WESG 2017 Grand Final CS:GO by WESG
• 2018-03-17 | 5'th Day Highlights of WESG 2017 Grand Final CS:GO by WESG
• 2018-03-23 | KRIMZ - HLTV MVP by betway of WESG 2017 Finals by filq of HLTV

VODs

Other

• 2018-03-03 | WESG 2017 Grand Finals Draw of CS:GO General Group by WESG
• 2018-03-15 | Review of venue, WESG 2017 Grand Final by WESG
• 2018-03-18 | WESG 2017 Grand Final Awards Ceremony by WESG