5POWER wins the WESG 2018 China Qualifier #2, to clinch a spot in the World Finals.
The WESG 2018 China Qualifier #2 featured four teams, 5POWER, BTRG.IMBA, ViCi, and EHOME, in a single elimination bracket for a spot in the grand finals.
5POWER and ViCi—who were using Hui “DD” Wu and Ke “captainMo” Liu as stand-ins for Andrew “Kaze” Khong and WingHei “Freeman” Cheung, won their semi-final matches, defeating EHOME and BTRG.IMBA, respectively, to face each other in the final.
The teams played two maps; Mirage and Inferno where 5POWER won 2-0 against VICI. In the first map, Mirage, HongGuang “Stevie” Li led the charge for his team, ending the map with 31 kills and an impressive rating of 1.51, closing the map out 16-13. The second map, Inferno went to triple overtime 5POWER could take the map,backed by a score line of 25-22
The tournament has one spot left to be filled by an invited team, will take place on March 11-17 in Chongqing, China. The complete list for WESG 2018 WORLD Finals is as follows:
MIBR | fnatic |
Viva Algeria | Chiefs |
Ghost | Russia |
Imperial | Valiance |
Movistar Riders | NASR |
CyberZen | Denial |
MVP PK | Furious |
Windigo | Isurus |
BTRG.HK | Alpha Red |
Mexico | FrostFire |
ENCE | Revolution |
OpTic | TNC |
Singularity | G2 |
AGO | Team1 |
K23 | Absolute |
5POWER | Invite |