Team1 overcame djakuyu in the grand final of the WESG 2018 Ukraine Finals 2-1 (14-16 Inferno, 16-11 Train, 16-9 Mirage) to secure a spot at the WESG 2018 World Finals.

djakuyu, a mix of Vega Squadron, Spirit and pro100 players made it to the grand finals of WESG Ukraine, a LAN event held in Kiev, undefeated. In the match that decided who would go to the WESG 2018 World Finals, they took on Team1, another mix team. The two sides met in the opening match of the tournament, where djakuyu took a 2-1 victory, but were set for a rematch as Team1 fought back through the lower bracket.

The opening map of the series was Inferno, where rounds were traded back-and-forth at the start before Team1 stabilized on the CT side, securing a 6-3 lead. Finishing the half with a 10-5 advantage and adding a pistol round to their name saw Sergey "⁠starix⁠" Ischuk and co. go up 13-5, being on the verge of victory. That is where Dmitriy "⁠jR⁠" Chervak hit a higher gear and started pulling things back for his team, eventually tieing things together at 14-14. In the end, Team1 wasn't able to close out the deal, losing Inferno 16-14 to go down in the series.

smike will once again be representing Ukraine at WESG

Team1 secured the T pistol on Train to start 3-0, but jR's double entry with the AWP in the first buy round quickly turned the game around and his side took a 4-3 lead. Key in his team establish themselves on the offensive side was Sergey "⁠smike⁠" Sklyarenko, who managed an AWP ace in round 10, which Team1 built on to finish the half 9-6 up. After the switch, they once again won the pistol to extend their lead, but this time, despite jR having another strong map, djakuyu wasn't able to make a comeback on Train. (16-11)

On Mirage, Team1 took hold of the game early on, with Vladyslav "⁠arch⁠" Svistov leading in the fragging department for his team. The score was 10-2 before djakuyu managed to put together three on the defense, ending the CT side trailing 10-5. Taking another pistol round in the series got them on the verge of victory, and this time, they closed it out fairly simply, 16-9.

WESG 2018 Ukraine FinalsBest of 3 djakuyuMatchpage 1 2 23rd December 2018 Team1 16Inferno 14 11Train 16 9Mirage 16

djakuyu	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Dmitriy 'jR' ChervakjR	61 - 58	+3	79.5	1.11
Viktor 'sdy' Orudzhevsdy	61 - 60	+1	84.4	1.05
Ivan 'AiyvaN' SemenetsAiyvaN	50 - 63	-13	69.4	0.91
Igor 'crush' Shevchenkocrush	48 - 56	-8	67.8	0.85
Pavel 'COLDYY1' VeklenkoCOLDYY1	42 - 62	-20	59.6	0.81

Team1	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Sergey 'smike' Sklyarenkosmike	74 - 56	+18	90.4	1.41
Alexander 'scoobyxie' Marynychscoobyxie	60 - 45	+15	79.5	1.21
Artur 'DarkS1DE' KravchenkoDarkS1DE	61 - 47	+14	81.0	1.17
Sergey 'starix' Ischukstarix	54 - 54	0	75.7	1.05
Vladyslav 'arch' Svistovarch	50 - 60	-10	68.9	0.90

The team list for the WESG 2018 World Finals is currently:

Viva Algeria
Ghost
Imperial
Movistar Riders
CyberZen
MVP PK
Windigo
BTRG.HK
Mexico
ENCE
OpTic
Singularity
AGO Chiefs
Russia
Valiance
NASR
Bravado
Furious
Isurus
Alpha Red
FrostFire
Revolution
TNC
G2
Team1 Movistar Riders #60 Christian 'loWel' Garcia AntoranAitor 'SOKER' FernándezOscar 'mixwell' CañellasAlejandro 'alex' MasanetAlejandro 'mopoz' Fernández-Quejo Cano Alpha Red Maitri 'MAIROLLS' SukrobKrit 'Kntz' ChaiprasitPhoomphat 'qqGOD' PhodjanatKitsada 'bnwGiggs' PookamroongPakorn 'veta' Treeronarit Russia Georgi 'WorldEdit' YaskinDmitry 'hooch' BogdanovEgor 'flamie' VasilyevDenis 'seized' KostinMihail 'Dosia' Stolyarov Imperial #81 Caio 'zqkS' FonsecaGustavo 'SHOOWTiME' GonçalvesThiago 'tifa' FrançaDenis 'dzt' FischerBruno 'shz' Martinelli Team1 Sergey 'starix' IschukSergey 'smike' SklyarenkoVladyslav 'arch' SvistovAlexander 'scoobyxie' MarynychArtur 'DarkS1DE' Kravchenko Ghost #22 Anthony 'gMd' GuimondYassine 'Subroza' TaoufikJoshua 'steel' NissanMatthew 'WARDELL' YuKaleb 'moose' Jayne Sergey 'smike' Sklyarenko Age: 20 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 1.08 Maps played: 440 KPR: 0.75 DPR: 0.69 Mexico #104 Edgar 'MarKE' MaldonadoDavid 'spaydeR' EsquerraFrancisco 'k1Nky' AlvarezAdrian 'Gonnak' ArguelloFernando 'Chuti' Luis Planchart FrostFire #111 Aiman 'aimaNNN' AzhamAshraf 'acAp' FirdausAzim 'CHAPMAN' ShaharudinKhalish 'd4v41' RusyaideeShamir 'Subbey' Zaman Furious Ignacio 'meyern' MeyerLuca 'Luken' NadottiNahuel 'nhl' HerreraNahuel 'Straka' VazquezGenaro 'restikk' Hokama Dmitriy 'jR' Chervak Age: 25 Team: Vega Squadron Rating 1.0: 1.04 Maps played: 423 KPR: 0.70 DPR: 0.65 Vladyslav 'arch' Svistov Age: 22 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 0.94 Maps played: 571 KPR: 0.66 DPR: 0.71 MVP PK #44 Keun-Chul 'solo' KangMin-Soo 'glow' KimMin-Seok 'zeff' ParkHyun-Pyo 'XigN' LeeSeon-Ho 'xeta' Son Viva Algeria #195 Nabil 'natsu' BadiDylan 'nOxii' SaadiMalik 'Malikof' KofkofAnis 'Ninis' OunassarSabri 'sabAAA' Aboudi Bravado #28 Dimitri 'Detrony' HadjipaschaliRuan 'ELUSIVE' van WykAran 'Sonic' GroesbeekRhys 'Fadey' ArmstrongJohnny 'JT' Theodosiou Team1 Spirit #56 Vadim 'DavCost' VasilyevDmitriy 'Dimaoneshot' BandurkaDmitry 'S0tF1k' ForostyankoPavel 'COLDYY1' VeklenkoViktor 'sdy' Orudzhev Valiance #45 Nemanja 'huNter-' KovačNestor 'LETN1' TanićNemanja 'nexa' IsakovićLuka 'emi' VukovićAleksa 'Impulse' Stankić BTRG.HK WingHei 'Freeman' CheungYiuOn 'JeffVanB' WongShun-Hei 'HeiB' HoChiNam 'Darkkis' LiHoWang 'krbl' Wong djakuyu Windigo #33 Kamen 'bubble' KostadinovViktor 'v1c7oR' DyankovYanko 'blocker' PanovGeorgi 'SHiPZ' GrigorovValentin 'poizon' Vasilev Vega Squadron #25 Anton 'tonyblack' KolesnikovLeonid 'chopper' VishnyakovDmitriy 'jR' ChervakPavel 'hutji' LashkovIgor 'crush' Shevchenko AGO #35 Grzegorz 'SZPERO' DziamałekDamian 'Furlan' KislowskiDominik 'GruBy' SwiderskiTomasz 'phr' WójcikKacper 'kaper' Słoma NASR #108 Khalid 'KarriBob' Al-JunaibiObaid 'breAker' Al-MuhairiAbdulaziz 'Nami' Al-HammadiMohammed 'k1tkat' Al-NuaimiRashid 'GreeNz' Al-Nuaimi Revolution #212 Cong 'crazyguy' Anh NgoGiang 'Rambutan' PhamDung 'Fog' PhamTrieu 'Tee' PhamTuan-Anh 'Jaybk' Truong Sergey 'starix' Ischuk Age: 31 Team: UnderPressure Rating 1.0: 0.98 Maps played: 540 KPR: 0.66 DPR: 0.66 OpTic #15 Marco 'Snappi' PfeifferRené 'cajunb' BorgJakob 'JUGi' HansenKristian 'k0nfig' WieneckeNikolaj 'niko' Kristensen Singularity #41 Victor 'food' WongRyan 'ryann' WelshAnthony 'vanity' MalaspinaCameron 'cam' KernJosh 'oSee' Ohm Chiefs #70 Mohammed 'MoeycQ' TizaniIyengaran 'IyeN' RajuJesse 'InfrequeNt' BarkerMatthew 'Texta' O'RourkeTyler 'tucks' Reilly pro100 #58 Ivan 'AiyvaN' SemenetsDima 'def' LemeshchukVadim 'Flarich' KaretinLeonard 'kenzor' VolodarchukMareks 'YEKINDAR' Gaļinskis CyberZen #61 Bin 'Savage' LiuBingYuan 'tb' LiZhen 'HZ' HuangLei 'bottle' MaoLifan 'Viva' Ran Isurus #137 Nicolás 'Noktse' DávilaRoberto 'reversive' ThemthamMatias 'tutehen' CanaleNabil 'nbl' AleuaGabriel '1962' Sinopoli ENCE #14 Aleksi 'allu' JalliJani 'Aerial' JussilaSami 'xseveN' LaasanenAleksi 'Aleksib' VirolainenJere 'sergej' Salo G2 #21 Audric 'JACKZ' JugRichard 'shox' PapillonKenny 'kennyS' SchrubAlexandre 'bodyy' PianaroLucas 'Lucky' Chastang TNC #86 Chris 'Pro.' MartirJim 'BORKUM' TimbrezaRiley 'witz' GoDeko 'Papichulo' EvangelistaKenny 'kenzyy' Cruz