Epsilon and iGame to WCA 2016 finals

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:

1. Epsilon - $13,500 + WCA 2016 World Finals spot
2. iGame.com - $6,750 + WCA 2016 World Finals spot
3. Gambit - $2,700
4. Space Soldiers - $1,400
5-8. Dignitas - $1,400
5-8. FaZe - $1,400
5-8. FlipSid3 - $1,400
5-8. MOUZ - $1,400
9-12. MK
9-12. Preparation
9-12. HellRaisers
9-12. HEROIC
13-16. Escape
13-16. PENTA
13-16. Kinguin
13-16. Spirit
17-20. ALTERNATE aTTaX
17-20. fruits
17-20. ENCE
17-20. PRIDE

With the European qualifier over, all the teams for the WCA 2016 World Finals are known—except the one that will recieve an invite for wild card slot:

TYLOO	VG.CyberZen	Born Of Fire	Epsilon	iGame.com
g3x	Innova	Immunity	Fire Dragoon	Wild Card

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Natus Vincere #4 Ioann 'Edward' SukharievLadislav 'GuardiaN' KovácsDenis 'seized' KostinEgor 'flamie' VasilyevOleksandr 's1mple' Kostyliev Ismailcan 'XANTARES' Dörtkardeş Age: 21 Team: Space Soldiers Rating 1.0: 1.26 Maps played: 361 KPR: 0.89 DPR: 0.70 Escape Karl-William 'kalle' Haraldsen Age: 25 Team: Epsilon Rating 1.0: 1.06 Maps played: 126 KPR: 0.72 DPR: 0.66 ENCE #36 Niko 'naSu' KovanenMiikka 'suNny' KemppiTony 'arvid' NiemeläAleksi 'Aleksib' Virolainen Preparation Fire Dragoon #47 Aiman 'aimaNNN' AzhamAshraf 'acAp' FirdausAlex 'xevR' PereiraAndrew 'kaze' KhongAaron 'pzK!D' Pereira Spirit #44 Anton 'tonyblack' KolesnikovVadim 'DavCost' VasilyevDmitriy 'Dimaoneshot' BandurkaDmitry 'S0tF1k' ForostyankoPavel 'COLDYY1' Veklenko Epsilon #25 André 'BARBARR' MöllerWilliam 'draken' SundinFredrik 'freddieb' BuöFredrik 'REZ' Sterner Innova #227 Raphael 'hey you' OliveiraVictor 'bdz' FurtadoRogerio 'del1n' AbreuGabriel 'cpx' SoaresAndré 'Bauer' Bauer FaZe #14 Finn 'karrigan' AndersenAleksi 'allu' JalliFabien 'kioShiMa' FieyPhilip 'aizy' AistrupHåvard 'rain' Nygaard Dignitas #3 Ruben 'RUBINO' VillarroelRené 'cajunb' BorgMathias 'MSL' LauridsenEmil 'Magisk' ReifKristian 'k0nfig' Wienecke HEROIC #19 Michael 'Friis' JørgensenAndreas 'MODDII' FridhMarco 'Snappi' PfeifferValdemar 'valde' Bjørn VangsåNikolaj 'niko' Kristensen Engin 'MAJ3R' Küpeli Age: 25 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 0.93 Maps played: 149 KPR: 0.66 DPR: 0.72 Kinguin #24 Grzegorz 'SZPERO' DziamałekKarol 'rallen' RodowiczMichał 'MICHU' MüllerMikołaj 'mouz' KarolewskiDamian 'Furlan' Kislowski Tugay 'TuGuX' Keskin Age: 25 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 0.94 Maps played: 310 KPR: 0.62 DPR: 0.65 MK iGame.com #32 Slaava 'Twista' RäsänenSami 'xseveN' LaasanenSaku 'SAGGERTON' JokinenEetu 'sAw' SahaLasse 'ZOREE' Uronen g3x #73 Bruno 'BIT' Fukuda LimaJean-Michel 'mch' D'OliveiraVito 'kNgV-' GiuseppeCaike 'caike' CostaDener 'KHTEX' Barchfield VG.CyberZen #22 Bin 'Savage' LiuBingYuan 'tb' LiZhuo 'advent' LiangWeiJie 'zhokiNg' ZhongKunHua 'LOVEYY' Bai HellRaisers #17 Kirill 'ANGE1' KarasiowVladyslav 'bondik' NechyporchukMartin 'STYKO' StykPatrik 'Zero' ŽúdelBence 'DeadFox' Böröcz ALTERNATE aTTaX #26 Christian 'crisby' SchmittOliver 'kzy' HeckTizian 'tiziaN' FeldbuschKevin 'keev' BartholomäusFlorian 'syrsoN' Rische Born Of Fire #83 LiKan 'ryk' LuoSiXan 'Artill' YuLei 'bottle' MaoShuHao '333ed2k' SunHuailiang 'KuckerZ' Zhang Danylo 'Zeus' Teslenko Age: 29 Team: Gambit Rating 1.0: 0.96 Maps played: 853 KPR: 0.67 DPR: 0.69 MOUZ #10 Chris 'chrisJ' de JongNikola 'NiKo' KovačChristian 'loWel' Garcia AntoranTimo 'Spiidi' RichterDenis 'denis' Howell TYLOO #18 Ke 'captainMo' LiuHui 'DD' WuYuLun 'Summer' CaiYuanZhang 'Attacker' ShengHaoWen 'somebody' Xu PRIDE #50 Paweł 'reatz' JańczakKarol 'repo' CybulskiPiotr 'morelz' TaterkaKonrad 'EXUS' JeńczeńKamil 'kamil' Kamiński Gambit #21 Dauren 'AdreN' KystaubayevDanylo 'Zeus' TeslenkoMihail 'Dosia' StolyarovRustem 'mou' TelepovAbay 'HObbit' Khassenov FlipSid3 #20 Yegor 'markeloff' MarkelovAndrey 'B1ad3' GorodenskiyGeorgi 'WorldEdit' YaskinJan 'wayLander' RahkonenDenis 'electroNic' Sharipov André 'BARBARR' Möller Age: 26 Team: Epsilon Rating 1.0: 1.05 Maps played: 299 KPR: 0.73 DPR: 0.68 fruits Arnold 'NEY' KissKevin 'Barcode' Bana Space Soldiers #27 Ismailcan 'XANTARES' DörtkardeşÇağatay 'DESPE' SedefAhmet 'paz' KarahocaEngin 'ngiN' Kor PENTA #51 Tahsin 'tahsiN' BroschkKevin 'kRYSTAL' AmendMike 'mikeS' TunsStefan 'stfN' Seier Immunity #119 Mark 'deStiny' KaganJames 'James' QuinnCallum 'BURNRUOk' HendersonSean 'Gratisfaction' Kaiwai