Windigo win WESG East Europe qualifier

Windigo have booked a spot at the WESG 2018 Finals after topping the East Europe qualifier over ex-Royal Bandits.

The qualifying process in East Europe came to a close with a best-of-three clash between the winners of the two open brackets, with ex-Space Soldiers nowhere to be seen after losing the final of the first qualifier to Windigo.

Turkish fans instead got to watch the former Royal Bandits squad, who have been without an organisation since mid-November, after they topped the second open qualifier over Arena Bulls.

Windigo qualify for the WESG Finals

The grand final began with a dream performance by Windigo's newest recruit, Valentin "⁠poizon⁠" Vasilev, who dropped a 30-bomb to inspire his team to take their map pick, Overpass, in a closely-contested game.

Cache was a more straightforward map as the Bulgarians did not even let their opponents hit double digits, with Georgi "⁠SHiPZ⁠" Grigorov coming out the hero as he put in a 1.71 rating and averaged almost 123 damage per round.

WESG 2018 East EuropeBest of 3 WindigoMatchpage 2 0 4th December 2018 ex-Royal Bandits 16Overpass 11 16Cache 7

Windigo	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Georgi 'SHiPZ' GrigorovSHiPZ	53 - 33	+20	102.1	1.50
Valentin 'poizon' Vasilevpoizon	43 - 28	+15	86.9	1.44
Yanko 'blocker' Panovblocker	39 - 31	+8	81.5	1.28
Viktor 'v1c7oR' Dyankovv1c7oR	29 - 36	-7	77.4	1.12
Kamen 'bubble' Kostadinovbubble	30 - 29	+1	60.4	1.04

ex-Royal Bandits	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Ömer 'imoRR' KarataşimoRR	38 - 36	+2	91.3	1.16
Ufuk 'SasuKe' GöktaşSasuKe	35 - 36	-1	64.5	0.93
Batuhan 'russ' Malgaçruss	32 - 37	-5	69.8	0.92
Muhammed 'mini' Salmanmini	35 - 43	-8	74.6	0.90
Emre 'opcin' Opçinopcin	17 - 42	-25	45.0	0.51

The qualification for the WESG Finals comes as a much-needed post for Windigo, who currently sit at No.35 in the ranking. The Bulgarian side have been away from the top 30 since July, with their most recent international LAN, the ZOTAC Cup Masters Europe Regional Finals, dating back almost six months.

The WESG 2018 Finals will take place in March, with the exact dates still to be confirmed. The team list for the $890,000 tournament currently looks as follows:

Russia
OpTic
Ghost
Mexico
Furious
CyberZen
Chiefs
ENCE
Windigo Valiance
Movistar Riders
Singularity
Isurus
MVP PK
BTRG.HK
Viva Algeria
Imperial Movistar Riders #45 Christian 'loWel' Garcia AntoranAitor 'SOKER' FernándezOscar 'mixwell' CañellasAlejandro 'alex' MasanetAlejandro 'mopoz' Fernández-Quejo Cano Chiefs #58 Mohammed 'MoeycQ' TizaniIyengaran 'IyeN' RajuJesse 'InfrequeNt' BarkerMatthew 'Texta' O'RourkeSam 'flickz' Jones BTRG.HK WingHei 'Freeman' CheungYiuOn 'JeffVanB' WongShun-Hei 'HeiB' HoChiNam 'Darkkis' LiHoWang 'krbl' Wong ex-Space Soldiers #29 Engin 'MAJ3R' KüpeliIsmailcan 'XANTARES' DörtkardeşBuğra 'Calyx' ArkınAhmet 'paz' KarahocaEngin 'ngiN' Kor ex-Royal Bandits #176 Ufuk 'SasuKe' GöktaşMuhammed 'mini' SalmanBatuhan 'russ' MalgaçÖmer 'imoRR' KarataşEmre 'opcin' Opçin Windigo #35 Kamen 'bubble' KostadinovViktor 'v1c7oR' DyankovYanko 'blocker' PanovGeorgi 'SHiPZ' GrigorovValentin 'poizon' Vasilev Valiance #47 Nemanja 'huNter-' KovačNemanja 'nexa' IsakovićNestor 'LETN1' TanićAleksa 'Impulse' StankićLuka 'emi' Vuković Russia Georgi 'WorldEdit' YaskinDmitry 'hooch' BogdanovEgor 'flamie' VasilyevDenis 'seized' KostinMihail 'Dosia' Stolyarov Imperial #95 Caio 'zqkS' FonsecaGustavo 'SHOOWTiME' GonçalvesThiago 'tifa' FrançaDenis 'dzt' FischerBruno 'shz' Martinelli Ghost #25 Anthony 'gMd' GuimondYassine 'Subroza' TaoufikJoshua 'steel' NissanMatthew 'WARDELL' YuKaleb 'moose' Jayne Mexico #122 Edgar 'MarKE' MaldonadoDavid 'spaydeR' EsquerraFrancisco 'k1Nky' AlvarezAdrian 'Gonnak' ArguelloFernando 'Chuti' Luis Planchart Georgi 'SHiPZ' Grigorov Age: 18 Team: Windigo Rating 1.0: 1.06 Maps played: 618 KPR: 0.74 DPR: 0.70 OpTic #14 Marco 'Snappi' PfeifferRené 'cajunb' BorgJakob 'JUGi' HansenKristian 'k0nfig' WieneckeNikolaj 'niko' Kristensen Singularity #49 Victor 'food' WongRyan 'ryann' WelshAnthony 'vanity' MalaspinaCameron 'cam' KernJosh 'oSee' Ohm Furious Ignacio 'meyern' MeyerLuca 'Luken' NadottiNahuel 'nhl' HerreraNahuel 'Straka' VazquezGenaro 'restikk' Hokama Arena Bulls #133 Emre 'sterben' DemirciMert 'KEY' ÇelebiTimur 'bishop' ŞengülHüseyin 'ELOSSA' TüysüzEkrem 'l0gicman' Aydin CyberZen #54 Bin 'Savage' LiuBingYuan 'tb' LiZhen 'HZ' HuangLei 'bottle' MaoLifan 'Viva' Ran Isurus #99 Nicolás 'Noktse' DávilaRoberto 'reversive' ThemthamMatias 'tutehen' CanaleNabil 'nbl' AleuaGabriel '1962' Sinopoli ENCE #12 Aleksi 'allu' JalliJani 'Aerial' JussilaSami 'xseveN' LaasanenAleksi 'Aleksib' VirolainenJere 'sergej' Salo Viva Algeria #199 Nabil 'natsu' BadiDylan 'nOxii' SaadiMalik 'Malikof' KofkofAnis 'Ninis' OunassarSabri 'sabAAA' Aboudi MVP PK #37 Keun-Chul 'solo' KangMin-Soo 'glow' KimMin-Seok 'zeff' ParkHyun-Pyo 'XigN' LeeSeon-Ho 'xeta' Son Valentin 'poizon' Vasilev Age: 20 Team: Windigo Rating 1.0: 1.16 Maps played: 395 KPR: 0.78 DPR: 0.63