The first stint of group stage play in China for WESG has finished, with 24 games being played on simultaneous streams over the course of a whole day. All of the games have been best-of-two matches, with another day of groups still to come. A summary of the games played and group standings can be found below.
Group A
.Russia and Virtus.pro tie 1-1 with .Russia winning Mirage 16-5 and Virtus.pro winning Cache 16-3
EnVyUs beats SubtLe 2-0 winning Mirage 16-7 and Cahce 16-9
Epsilon beats Team One 2-0 winning Overpass 16-3 and Dust II 16-10
.Russia beats Team One 2-0 winning Dust II 16-8 and Cobblestone 16-9
Virtus.pro beats SubtLe 2-0 winning Cobblestone 19-16 and Mirage 16-8
Epsilon and EnVyUs tie 1-1 with Epsilon winning Cobblestone 19-16 and EnVyUs winning Cache 16-4
Group B
VAULT beats ENZO 2-0 winning Overpass 16-10 and Train 16-7
k23 and rEAK tie 1-1 with rEAK winning Mirage 16-10 and k23 winning Cache 16-12
iGame beats Vici Gaming 2-0 winning Train 16-1 and Cobblestone 19-17
Vici Gaming beats k23 winning Dust II 16-7 and Cache 22-19
iGame beats VAULT winning Cache 16-13 and Dust II 16-11
rEAK and ENZO tie 1-1 with rEAK winning Mirage 16-9 and ENZO winning 16-13
Group C
Team Kinguin beats FIVE eSports 2-0 winning Mirage 16-1 and Overpass 16-2
Space Soldiers beats Signature Gaming 2-0 winning Train 16-8 and Cache 16-7
Signature Gaming and Bravado Gaming ties 1-1 with Bravado winning Train 16-14 and Signature Gaming winning Mirage 16-3
Space Soldiers and Team Kinguin ties 1-1 with Space Soldiers winning Cobblestone 16-8 and Train 16-3
Signature Gaming beats FIVE eSports 2-0 winning Train 16-10 and Mirage 16-5
Space Soldiers beats Bravado 2-0 winning Train 16-10 and Cache 16-11
Group D
Selfless and Tyloo Gaming tie 1-1 with Tyloo winning Mirage 16-1 and Selfless winning Cache 16-4
Dark Passage beat Team Quetzal 2-0 winning Cache 16-5 and Cobblestone 16-5
JYP Gaming and .Ukraine ties 1-1 with .Ukraine winning Mirage 16-10 and JYP winning Train 16-10
Selfless beat JYP Gaming 2-0 winning Cobblestone 16-6 and Mirage 16-9
Tyloo beats Team Quetzal 2-0 winning Cobblestone 16-12 and Overpass 16-8
Dark Passage beat .Ukraine 2-0 winning Overpass 16-10 and Cache 16-10
Selfless beat .Ukraine 2-0 winning Mirage 16-12 and Dust II 16-7
Dark Passage and Tyloo tie 1-1 with Dark Passage winning Cobblestone 16-13 and Tyloo winning Overpass 19-16
JYP Gaming and Team Quetzal tie 1-1 with Quetzal winning Mirage 19-17 and JYP winning Dust II 16-4
The Group of Death (Group A) still remains close, with all of the top contenders tied up 1-1 in series. Tomorrow will be the tipping point to see who will get a chance at the $1.5 million prize pool.
Written by Max Melit – who can be found on Twitter @max_melit or via email maxmelit@outlook.com
Photo credits: ESL
