WCA 2016 FinalsWCA Finals day two recap
Earlier today the WCA 2016 Finals group stage and semi-finals came to a close with VG.CyberZen and Epsilon reaching the grand final.
Day two of the action in Yinchuan, China, saw the best-of-two, round-robin groups finalized with the last four matches.
In Group A, ex-g3x got a narrow victory over EDG (Dust2 16-11, Mirage 19-16), but neither team could secure their place in the semi-finals.
Epsilon and VG.CyberZen reached the grand final at WCA Finals
Immunity and VG.CyberZen then played for a spot in the playoffs. After splitting maps, the Chinese advanced to semis due to the better record, which also allowed TYLOO to take first place in Group A.
Group B saw iGame.com grabbing first place with a close 2-0 victory over JYP, while Epsilon saved face against Innova in a one-sided series.
| Group A | Group B | |||||||||
| W | T | L | P | W | T | L | P | |||
1.  TYLOO |
3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 1.  iGame.com |
3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | |
| 2. VG.CyberZen |
2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 2.  Epsilon |
2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | |
3.  ex-g3x |
1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3.  JYP |
2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | |
4.  Immunity |
0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4. Born Of Fire |
1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |
| 5. EDG |
0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5. Innova |
0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
In the first semi-final, TYLOO put up nine rounds as Terrorists on Cobblestone, as did Epsilon and the first map went to overtime.
The Swedish-Norwegian team came out on top with a 4-2 scoreline there before decimating Ke "captainMo" Liu and company on Cache 16-3, getting 12 rounds as Terrorists.
 Epsilon |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 50 - 33 | +17 | 91.1 | 81.8% | 1.42 | |
| 44 - 33 | +11 | 94.8 | 70.9% | 1.36 | |
| 44 - 37 | +7 | 87.0 | 74.5% | 1.18 | |
| 39 - 35 | +4 | 65.8 | 74.5% | 1.15 | |
| 36 - 35 | +1 | 67.7 | 74.5% | 1.03 |
 TYLOO |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 37 - 40 | -3 | 72.8 | 65.5% | 0.95 | |
| 37 - 44 | -7 | 68.0 | 61.8% | 0.92 | |
| 31 - 44 | -13 | 75.9 | 65.5% | 0.90 | |
| 35 - 44 | -9 | 75.7 | 67.3% | 0.88 | |
| 33 - 41 | -8 | 63.6 | 63.6% | 0.82 |
EpsilonK - D
+/-
ADR
KAST
Rating
50 - 33
+17
91.1
81.8%
1.42
44 - 33
+11
94.8
70.9%
1.36
44 - 37
+7
87.0
74.5%
1.18
39 - 35
+4
65.8
74.5%
1.15
36 - 35
+1
67.7
74.5%
1.03
TYLOOK - D
+/-
ADR
KAST
Rating
37 - 40
-3
72.8
65.5%
0.95
37 - 44
-7
68.0
61.8%
0.92
31 - 44
-13
75.9
65.5%
0.90
35 - 44
-9
75.7
67.3%
0.88
33 - 41
-8
63.6
63.6%
0.82
iGame.com started the better in their semi-final against VG.CyberZen, winning Dust2 comfortably at 16-4 with 13 rounds on the CT side.
The veteran duo, Bin "Savage" Liu and BingYuan "tb" Li then put up a great performance on Train to win 16-8, before Nuke went VG's way as well following 10 rounds on the CT side and six in a row as Terrorists.
iGame.comK - D
+/-
ADR
KAST
Rating
53 - 50
+3
85.9
66.7%
1.11
48 - 51
-3
83.2
71.0%
1.09
45 - 46
-1
74.6
71.0%
1.04
46 - 47
-1
63.9
68.1%
0.99
39 - 47
-8
61.5
60.9%
0.85
VG.CyberZenK - D
+/-
ADR
KAST
Rating
60 - 44
+16
87.0
65.2%
1.23
55 - 40
+15
80.6
73.9%
1.23
51 - 43
+8
77.6
66.7%
1.07
42 - 51
-9
78.1
73.9%
1.04
32 - 53
-21
54.9
71.0%
0.79
Tomorrow at 06:00 VG.CyberZen and Epsilon will face off in the best-of-five grand final, in which the champion will secure $87,000 while the runner-up will have to settle with $43,500 in prizemoney.
Sean 'Gratisfaction' Kaiwai
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