K23 win WESG APAC Finals

13-11-2016 05:12

Kazakh team K23 win the WESG 2016 Asia-Pacific Regional Finals after crushing Chinese team FIVE 2-0 (16-5 on Mirage and 16-7 on Train) in the grand finals.

Three days of action in Goyang, South Korea at the WESG 2016 Asia-Pacific Regional Finals culminated on the fourth day with the grand final of the $75,000 event (which also doled out six spots to the WESG Global Finals).

A couple big names such as MVP Project, Athletico, and VG.CyberZen fell by the wayside as the event progressed, with the Chinese heavyweights having to use Taiwanese stand-in Tzu-Chi "⁠Marek⁠" Huang due to Bin "⁠Savage⁠" Liu's head injury and all three teams from the Oceania region using a conflicting mix of stand-ins to fit the roster rules as well.

The grand final of the event was a clash between Kazakh super team K23 (including all three Kazakh players from Gambit) and the surprise Chinese sleeper team FIVE, who managed to upset VG.CyberZen in the event's semifinal.

The Kazakh players of Gambit put in monstrous performances for K23 at WESG APAC

The grand final however turned out to be a completely one-sided show as superb performances from Rustem "⁠mou⁠" Telepov and Abay "⁠HObbit⁠" Khassenov (with both players also being coincidentally the top two rated at the event overall) propelled K23 to a 16-5 victory on FIVE's map pick of Mirage and a 16-7 victory on their own map pick of Train.

As a result, K23 take the first place prize $29,500 and are also of course assured a spot at the WESG Global Finals.

WESG 2016 Asia-Pacific Regional FinalsBest of 3

K23

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13th November 2016

FIVE

Mirage

Train

K23	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Rustem 'mou' Telepov mou	52 - 18	+34	112.1	1.95
Abay 'HObbit' Khassenov HObbit	46 - 21	+25	109.4	1.72
Dauren 'AdreN' Kystaubayev AdreN	36 - 25	+11	82.3	1.35
Magzhan 'fANTASTIKA' Temirbolat fANTASTIKA	29 - 25	+4	72.2	1.14
Yevgeniy 'dreaM' Bogatyrev dreaM	22 - 28	-6	65.8	1.05

FIVE	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
ZhiWei '0i' Liu 0i	28 - 38	-10	70.9	0.84
ZhiTao 'Drea3er' Zhang Drea3er	23 - 35	-12	71.0	0.73
BiaoHong 'Rita' Huang Rita	24 - 37	-13	58.4	0.68
Yang 'Mr.six' Cheng Mr.six	23 - 36	-13	62.2	0.63
Yong 'QuQu' Qu QuQu	19 - 39	-20	51.6	0.50

WESG 2016 Asia-Pacific Regional Finals final standings:

1. K23 - $29,500 + Spot at the WESG Global Finals
2. FIVE - $17,700 + Spot at the WESG Global Finals
3. VG.CyberZen - $8,860 + Spot at the WESG Global Finals
4. Fire Dragoon - $5,900 + Spot at the WESG Global Finals
5-6. ENZO - $2,950 + Spot at the WESG Global Finals
5-6. Signature - $2,950 + Spot at the WESG Global Finals
7-8. Orange - $2,950
7-8. Athletico - $2,950
9-12. Mineski
9-12. MVP Project
9-12. m0nster
9-12. Parallax
13-16. Immunity
13-16. RJ Absolute
13-16. Expendables
13-16. Shukufuku Sunshine
17-18. GEX (unable to attend)
17-18. Vikings.Vortex (unable to attend)

h0bbit is bestest

2016-11-13 05:13

Good job Mou and ADren + Hobbitt

3rd LUL

rip 1st

1st jk

k23 havent dropped a map since formation in csgo LUL also will they be able to use fitch and keeN for the rest of the tournament or no?

2016-11-13 05:14

1 reply

I think they will be able to change 2/5 players, yeah

2016-11-13 11:33

ez win and gratz!

Shows the difference between Tier 2 and Tier 4.

even TyLoo/aussie renegades/VG.CyberZen can not defeat Gambit, kazaks dominate APAC scene literally.

2016-11-13 05:17

2 replies

Gambit and other kazakh teams are playing in eu and cis, and it is obvious that this regions are dominating over asia and pacific ones

2016-11-14 12:38

Nah don't think gambit is better than Tyloo. They are similar levels i would say.

2016-11-14 22:41

Rip Aussies

2 ez for Mou and AdreN

2016-11-13 05:19

wiki.teamliquid.net/counterstrike/World_.. INVITED TWO TEAMS FROM FILIPINES SOUTH KOREA 2 MALAYSIA 2 AUSTRALIA 2 CHINNA 2 KAZAKSTAN 1

2016-11-13 05:18

5 replies

They didn't get invited, they played in the qualifiers. 3 Kazakh teams in the Central Asia Qualifier.

2016-11-13 09:37

4 replies

yes we qualified one team. but other - 2 teams. kz - tier 1 in asia other 2-3 tiers.

2016-11-13 09:40

3 replies

Yes, because eSport is way bigger in SEA countries. No idea why South Korea got 2 teams from qualifier.

2016-11-13 09:41

hltv.org/match/2306546-expendables-k23-w.. korea > filipines

2016-11-13 09:46

central asia shouldve gotten two spots while philippines shouldve gotten one. mongolia shouldve had a separate qualifier considering mongolz are arguably top 3 asia

2016-11-17 03:15

Gambit too good.

2016-11-13 05:43

Too easy for Kazakhs!) GG WP EZ

2016-11-13 06:17

what? top 6 gets a spot at global finals? and eu got like 2 spot? or 4 ?

2016-11-13 07:12

8 spots for EU dude

2016-11-13 07:19

well then im an idiot with bad memory and too lazy to check, sorry, cant even speak english, better to suicide

2016-11-13 10:27

nvm :)

2016-11-13 10:31

8 spots for EU. 6 for Asia 6 For NA + SA

2016-11-13 10:26

kz level is eu, its unfair

2016-11-13 08:09

ne pizdi

2016-11-13 09:04

2016-11-13 10:35

n1 k23

2016-11-13 11:24

Dosia played there again?

2016-11-13 11:59

Kazakhstan is an eu nation with good fibre optic network. Why join this tourney??

2016-11-13 12:20

mongolia pls

2016-11-13 13:15

Kazakhstan is partly in eu and asia, and anyway have bad ping despite having fibre optic network. We have good speed of internet but bad ping(( Play only in eu with +70 ping

2016-11-13 14:47

same, ping problems since day 1 of playing CS. :(

2016-11-13 15:54

ez k23 ez Asia

2016-11-13 13:18

2016-11-13 15:55

EZ for k23!

2016-11-14 03:01

I love how every asian and cis support k23 <3 #makeusgreatagain

2016-11-14 15:53

mareczek =D

2016-11-17 03:13