SK eliminated from WESG by BIG and Russia

The Brazilian side, one of the favorites for the event, was eliminated in the first group stage with two losses out of two matches.

SK started their tournament in Haikou, Hainan, China by playing Russia on Overpass. Gabriel "⁠FalleN⁠" Toledo and co. started CT, but lost the pistol round to a 1v3 Denis "⁠electroNic⁠" Sharipov clutch. Russia gained momentum after that and managed to finish their Terrorist half with a 9-6 lead.

SK's run in China was cut short

After the switch, SK won the pistol, but Russia turned it around quickly by winning the force-buy and went 12-7 up. The Brazilian side put up a fight as Terrorists, but fell 16-10 in the end as Mihail "⁠Dosia⁠" Stolyarov and electroNic put up great performances for their side.

WESG 2017 World FinalsBest of 1 SKMatchpage 10 16 14th March 2018 Russia 10Overpass 16

SK	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Marcelo 'coldzera' Davidcoldzera	17 - 13	+4	70.9	1.15
Gabriel 'FalleN' ToledoFalleN	20 - 15	+5	72.6	1.15
Fernando 'fer' Alvarengafer	16 - 20	-4	86.1	0.97
Ricardo 'boltz' Prassboltz	14 - 15	-1	69.7	0.93
Epitacio 'TACO' de MeloTACO	10 - 22	-12	44.4	0.49

Russia	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Denis 'electroNic' SharipovelectroNic	20 - 15	+5	76.9	1.28
Mihail 'Dosia' StolyarovDosia	18 - 15	+3	99.3	1.26
Georgi 'WorldEdit' YaskinWorldEdit	15 - 13	+2	63.5	1.13
Dmitry 'hooch' Bogdanovhooch	18 - 19	-1	68.5	1.03
Denis 'seized' Kostinseized	14 - 15	-1	57.0	0.86

The Brazilians once again had a slow start against BIG, who secured the first three rounds as Terrorists on Train. SK didn't let the game slip away easily, though, and picked up eight out of the next 10 rounds, making the score 8-5. The Germans were clutch towards the end of the half, and switched to the CT side with a minimal, 8-7 deficit.

Despite losing to a force buy after winning the CT pistol, BIG quickly established themselves on the defense and went on a streak of CT rounds, with Johannes "⁠nex⁠" Maget leading the way for the Germans. He ended up with 30 kills in the end and a 1.70 rating, allowing his team to win the map 16-11 and eliminate SK.

WESG 2017 World FinalsBest of 1 SKMatchpage 11 16 14th March 2018 BIG 11Train 16

SK	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Gabriel 'FalleN' ToledoFalleN	23 - 16	+7	79.3	1.19
Marcelo 'coldzera' Davidcoldzera	21 - 18	+3	88.1	1.11
Ricardo 'boltz' Prassboltz	18 - 21	-3	78.0	1.00
Fernando 'fer' Alvarengafer	15 - 19	-4	76.7	0.92
Epitacio 'TACO' de MeloTACO	5 - 20	-15	27.0	0.38

BIG	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Johannes 'nex' Magetnex	30 - 15	+15	113.6	1.70
Fatih 'gob b' Dayikgob b	18 - 15	+3	75.7	1.12
Niels 'luckeRRR' JasiekluckeRRR	16 - 16	0	59.3	1.02
Tizian 'tiziaN' FeldbuschtiziaN	16 - 16	0	68.1	1.01
Johannes 'tabseN' WodarztabseN	14 - 20	-6	61.2	0.90

Russia SK #3 Gabriel 'FalleN' ToledoFernando 'fer' AlvarengaRicardo 'boltz' PrassMarcelo 'coldzera' DavidEpitacio 'TACO' de Melo Denis 'electroNic' Sharipov Age: 19 Team: Natus Vincere Rating 1.0: 1.09 Maps played: 499 KPR: 0.76 DPR: 0.69 Gabriel 'FalleN' Toledo Age: 26 Team: SK Rating 1.0: 1.10 Maps played: 785 KPR: 0.72 DPR: 0.60 Johannes 'nex' Maget Age: 25 Team: BIG Rating 1.0: 1.10 Maps played: 775 KPR: 0.76 DPR: 0.66 BIG #24 Fatih 'gob b' DayikJohannes 'tabseN' WodarzTizian 'tiziaN' FeldbuschJohannes 'nex' MagetNiels 'luckeRRR' Jasiek Mihail 'Dosia' Stolyarov Age: 29 Team: Gambit Rating 1.0: 1.01 Maps played: 1171 KPR: 0.69 DPR: 0.66