
RESISTANCE reach WESG 2017 EU&CIS Regional Finals
Today, RESISTANCE was able to find a place in the qualifiers for Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) for the World Championship WESG 2017.
RESISTANCE defeated ZeroGP 2-1 (Cache 16-5, Cobblestone 14-16, Train 16-5) in the grand final of the South-East Europe WESG qualifier, earning a spot at the WESG EU&CIS Regional Finals LAN.
In the final of the WESG qualifier for South-East Europe, that featured teams from countries such as Serbia, Slovenia and Croatia, as well as Greece and Israel, ZeroGP and RESISTANCEmade it to the grand final.
The Montenegrin side that features Nikola “Lobanjica”Mijomanović went through their side of the bracket defeatingSquared and MiDošli, while a mixed version of RESISTANCE took down Netrunners in their semi-final matchup.
HOLMES’ ninja defuse on the first round of Train set the scene for the decider map, as RESISTANCE ran away with the lead, going 9-1 up. Radomir “RaDe” Vučinić had a great round to add another one to ZeroGP’s tally, but they could only get up to four rounds before the switch. With the second pistol going RESISTANCE’s way as well, the Serbian side could easily close out the game and secure a spot at the WESG EU&CIS Regional Finals.
Three teams have earned a spot at the $92,500 WESG 2017 EU&CIS Regional Finals LAN so far:
Ukraine | BIG |
RESISTANCE | Eastern Europe |
Russia | Russia |
Poland | Poland |
Denmark | Denmark |
Sweden | Sweden |
France + Monaco | France + Monaco |
Baltics + Scandinavia | South CIS & Turkey |
Central Europe | United Kingdom |
Benelux | Iberia |