NiP receive final WESG invite; groups revealed

25-2-2019 10:57

All eight groups for the WESG 2018 World Finals have been drawn after Ninjas in Pyjamas were handed the final invite slot.

Taking place in Chongqing, China, from March 11-17, the event will feature 32 teams from all over the world, who will battle it out for a share of the $890,000 prize pool - one of the year's largest cash prizes.

fnatic will aim to reproduce their result from the WESG 2017 World Finals

Ninjas in Pyjamas, who have reached the quarter-final stages of the IEM Katowice Major, have received the third - and final - invite, joining MIBR and defending champions fnatic. As for the remaining 29 participating squads, they were admitted via a series of regional qualifiers.

Below are the group draws for the World Finals:

Group A

Group B

NASR

Denial

OpTic

Group C

MIBR

AGO

K23

Isurus

Group D

Furious

FrostFire

Absolute

MVP PK

Group E

fnatic

Windigo

ENCE

Movistar Riders

Group F

Imperial

Panda

Russia

WARDELL N Friends

Group G

5POWER

BTRG.HK

Team1

TNC

Group H

Viva Algeria

Mexico

Alpha Red

Chiefs

Deserved!

2019-02-25 10:57

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2019-02-25 10:59

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s1mple threw team Ukraine, nice Expect Team1 to achieve nothing

2019-02-25 11:04

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All NaVi players decided not to qualify for WESG due to schedule.

2019-02-25 12:41

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'Schedule', meanwhile they had no bootcamp for major

2019-02-25 12:46

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elec waited for birth of a child. that's a reason they didnt have bootcamp

2019-02-25 13:17

E group PogChamp

2019-02-25 11:00

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tier3 team Movistar Riders, tier3 team Fnatic, tier2 team Windigo, tier1.5 team Ence Nothing special

2019-02-25 11:47

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H group PogChamp

2019-02-25 12:03

Tier 2 ence, riders, fnatic Tier 4 windigo

ENCE tier I major winners

2019-02-25 15:30

ENCE tier 0, better than Astralis reality: they could have went home 0-3 but 14-16 turned things, dont get delusional by your country flag

2019-02-25 16:07

The absolute truth. i.imgur.com/XmAQeLJ.jpg Preach, Brother!

2019-02-25 17:25

Ez diamond for u man

2019-02-26 03:53

#GONINJAS #GOVA

2019-02-25 11:11

lets gooooooo ! #GOVA #GONINJAS

2019-02-26 05:31

Nice

2019-02-25 11:50

Ez win

2019-02-25 13:43

aaaaaaaay another danish NiP fan #GONINJAS

2019-02-25 17:33

these groups are badly organized

2019-02-25 10:58

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Not for Ence :)

Unluko

Yes?

2019-02-25 11:51

Are you Maluko?

2019-02-25 14:08

agree!

2019-02-25 11:01

Agree the worst organized groups I have ever seen

2019-02-25 12:25

I don’t think so. It’s tournament on Asia for asian audience. After all you need viewers to make the tournament worth moneywise and to make asian cs scene grow

They organize this like it is the world cup, but in what world would a world cup have 10 asian teams and 9 EU teams?

2019-02-25 15:39

+1 3 asian teams on starix's team group while there's also fnatic's group with 4 strong european teams, argie team Isurus have to face MIBR, Kazakhstan and AGO while the other argie team faces 3 asians, competely ridiculous

2019-02-25 16:19

Damn

Group E TOP

2019-02-25 11:17

EZ4NIP

izi

AGO XD

Tier 85

no chance for MIBR

Group E wtf!!!! Good luck my boys you can do it! #WeAreMovistarRiders Have a nice day: keep_SOKER_ffs

I was thinking the same :D Look at groups G & H, what the actual fuck.

It makes no sense. There is not any seed or something? Its very unbalanced. Have a nice day: keep_SOKER_ffs

2019-02-25 11:02

rip man omg we should have paid more money to wesg as the teams from g and h did..

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It is going to be hard, but I trust in my boys! Have a nice day: keep_SOKER_ffs

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Why you have this nick, who wants to kick Soker

2019-02-25 12:24

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I have this name because on Tempo Storm I knew they were going to kick him because was a Fox team so... I dont think they will kick him from Movistar. Have a nice day: keep_SOKER_ffs

2019-02-25 12:27

you have this name because you copied my idea, don't lie

2019-02-25 13:41

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Wtf? I dont know you hahaha Have a nice day: keep_SOKER_ffs

Yes you do, I commented keep_SOKER_ffs in a tempo storm match and you changed your name to it xD

Yes? LUL I dont remember Sorry! Have a nice day: keep_SOKER_ffs

2019-02-25 13:44

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It's ok bud

2019-02-25 13:45

btw you look like abraham mateo

2019-02-25 13:46

Seriously? Have a nice day: keep_SOKER_ffs

2019-02-25 13:48

The younger version, but yeah.

2019-02-25 13:49

It is amazing Kappa Have a nice day: keep_SOKER_ffs

Soker was kicked because he dont speak good english

2019-02-25 20:12

Ez4Riders

2019-02-25 14:48

Movistar on Lan LUL

2019-02-25 20:07

EZ4ENCE

Are Bravado retaining the South African spot or are Denial going in their place?

Denial got their place

2019-02-25 11:05

It shows Denial on HLTV event page. Does bravado even have a lineup?

2019-02-25 11:09

It said Bravado when I posted it lmao, good to know tho. I don't think they have a full lineup, but I'm pretty sure Detrony is still on the team

2019-02-25 15:42

Lol Detrony is going to play solo

LOL group A and E are SO MUCH harder than others, how the fuck did they do those?

with the point of their dicks probably...

jesus movistar's group...

Not afraid

2019-02-25 14:49

Group E wtf is that

Wtf are this shit groups xd

Wasted

wtf is this headline

Group E group of death meanwhile D, G, H exists lmao. They could use some of that seeding even A, B, C look crazy different compared to D, G, H.

Ikr, how the fuck did they manage to get such a huge difference between certain groups, group H is the most dogshit group ive ever seen while group E could legit be a group from a tier 1/2 tournament

2019-02-25 11:03

I'm sure Singularity and Revolution are looking forward to wasting money for a trip to China. omegalul

Groups d, g, h O_o

how much money geoups d g h have paid to wesg?? dafak is group E omg so unbalanced

wardell n friends???

Ez for viva algeria.

Nice groups you dumb organizers, do you even look at those when you publish them?

Well unlike the upcoming major, NiP might actually win a game here! Lets go!

Group D LMAO and then group E XD

ex-Windigo is a dead team anyways

2019-02-25 11:12

Yup but that doesn't change the fact that those groups make no sense at all..

2019-02-25 11:15

group E stacked as fuck, what will happen to bravado though?

They'll go as Denial

WTF randomdraw?

Lol Group E :D compared to D or G or F or H Wtf is this xDDD

ez4ence

disbalanced groups

wtf rip Windigo

2019-02-25 11:06

Lol these are some unbalanced groups. Group A, C and E are so much harder than the rest.

Wtf Groups D, F, G, H are fucking jokes

2019-02-25 11:10

Nip receive invite final invite

Ence fnatic windigo movistar All in one group Lul

hold a world-class tournament in china, invite some t1 teams, and having 2 best cn teams absent, XD

2019-02-25 11:14

there is a rule in WESG about all players have to be from same country you know?

2019-02-25 11:52

ofc i know, doesn't matter how it looks like rn

2019-02-25 11:54

Rigged as always

LMAO Group D F G H are absolute jokes xdd

Absolute and mvp in same group, pog.

Mibr vs isurus Pogb n ez group for furious

2019-02-25 11:16

good luck revo!

Nice groups omegaLUL

2019-02-25 11:19

Furious head of series PogChamp Congrats to everybody and caguense a tiros, vieja. Kappa

2019-02-25 11:22

Go Vietnam!!!

2019-02-25 11:25

rip windigo

MIBR farming $890.000

2019-02-25 11:27

hltv.org/matches/2320579/sk-vs-russia-we.. hltv.org/matches/2320587/sk-vs-big-wesg-..

2019-02-25 11:32

2019-02-25 11:33

Its fact dude.

2019-02-25 11:34

group E??? nice

Who made this seeding? Wtf

2019-02-25 11:29

So ez for MIBR

nice groups LOL

Group A C E 3 arai2.

Every year unluko maluko for Riders: Last year: -AGO -BIG -FNATIC This year group of death again. If this isn't rigged, a monkey did the draws. Ez4ence unluko4riders

They got fnatic big and Ago in 2nd group not first

2019-02-25 13:00

Niceeeeee

Rofl what a joke of an event

2019-02-25 11:35

No BIG = ez4MIBR

2019-02-25 11:38

Group E is almost like EU Minor, fuck this chinese organization A random eu FPL mix would crush teams of group H

2019-02-25 11:40

why u talking trash? atleast they will have a chance to qualify not like movistar bots

2019-02-25 13:38

“Movistar Bots” they would crush your African team if they face each other

2019-02-25 16:55

i hope they play vs viva algeria and u will see , bunch of onliner bots

2019-02-25 17:15

i came back just to comment about movistars getting raped in the tournament nt nt

2019-03-17 19:19

They took one map of Fnatic lol , your team got an easy group. As I said before, MR would crush your African team if they face each other

2019-03-17 19:40

nice try keep crying, taking a map of fnatic in 2019 is such an important achievement hahaha they got 16-0 by ago next time don't talk trash when ur fav team can't even get top 16 in a tier5 tournament

2019-03-17 19:50

Why would be my fav team? LOL im argentinian, my national team made it to playoffs, with an easy group, but they made it. That isn't the point tho, the point is that MR would rekt your team if they face each other, and if you think otherwise you're delusional.

2019-03-18 20:48

Group E group of death then group A

2019-02-25 11:42

ROFL. No fucking seeding, joke groups like G and H, while E is so stacked? who tf did these draws

2019-02-25 11:43

groups are so weird?

EZ 4 ence

2019-02-25 11:44

I like the german Team oh wait

2019-02-25 11:46

Lol these groups are a joke.

Group E wtf? Every Team could win in this Group

2019-02-25 11:48

Rigged as always, China never change

+1 money is God for Chinese, what a shame

2019-02-25 13:21

Let’s go team Canada ehhh

Worst "draw" ever... I still think they just went with RNG..

Why astralis was not invited?

No real competition, Astralis would win easily. And traviling to China is not easy.

2019-02-25 13:07

Is it an excuse ? Any official answer from astralis ?

2019-02-25 13:53

Bravado 1 team member lol

2019-02-25 11:56

lets hope the top teams don't withdraw from this tournament like they did the last two years, it deserves more attention because esports in china has huge potential

2019-02-25 11:59

Dunno which team will i support if there is G2 vs Revolution

2019-02-25 11:58

Group E lol

2019-02-25 12:00

Isurus ready to farm 1M prize pool easy group btw.

No german team, I call racism

Why does astralis always skip the tournament with one of the largest prize pools of the year?

2019-02-25 12:04

How can you be so surprised with these unbalance groups? Asian event = they want as many asians in later stages as possible. Just look at slot distribution or group draws at previous events.

2019-02-25 12:05

WTF are these groups. Group E is so damn strong while groups D, F, G and H are complete shit

2019-02-25 12:07

guys from Vietnam have nice team name!

2019-02-25 12:09

viva algeria got a chance to make it top 2 in their group , hype

2019-02-25 12:14

NiP and G2 in same group, fnatic and ence in same group? These were random selections right? No sort of seeding would make these groups.

2019-02-25 12:17

group E WTF are u doing ?, and G, H TIER 50 . Winner of group E wins the wesg.

2019-02-25 12:22

This is the most irrelevant top level tournament there is in CSGO.... and I only consider it a top level tournament because of the prize money.

It is because Portugal is not here?

2019-02-25 14:58

Nope. Not at all. I know that the Giants team and the PT scene is even more irrelevant than this tournament.

2019-02-25 16:20

wesg without ss F

SS without XANTARES. LUL

2019-02-25 12:39

ss isnt even exist anymore m.youtube.com/watch?v=IkMm5C-rFLE

2019-02-25 18:34

F for SS.

2019-02-27 01:17

2019-02-27 17:01

actual worst seeding

there's no seeding at all ... :D they just want as many asian teams as they can to get through..

2019-02-25 16:39

Xd lmao nice groups

2019-02-25 12:28

WARDELL N Friends LOL

2019-02-25 12:29

The fuck is group E 4 solid teams

2019-02-25 12:32

omg they hate fnatic and put them to the death group rip fnatic (((

2019-02-25 12:33

group E hello????

Ez for NiP

2019-02-25 12:42

Those groups are legit the worst I've ever seen from a tournament.

2019-02-25 12:45

Group H: I read it - ''VIVA MEXICO!''

Ez4bravado 1 man army

2019-02-25 12:48

This tournament has a lot of teams...to end it in time those games needs to be BO0 (Zeros). Just pick the best teams and put them in the finals.

denial will probally take the bravado spot

2019-02-25 12:49

Sprout?

2019-02-25 12:51

group e oof

Good luck NIP!

2019-02-25 12:59

Groups A and E are just LOL.

RIP Isurus lmao

2019-02-25 13:03

Think about an event which last finalist didnt get invite... WTF?! Where is Team MAJ3R?

2019-02-25 13:04

They dont give a fuck about the finalists. They invited Fnatic cuz of their ranking. Also they said only 2 invites.

2019-02-25 13:06

They said only two invites, then invited 3 teams. It's as though they're so unorganized that they forgot to schedule enough qualifiers for all the team slots so they threw together a last minute "China 2 qualifier" and another invite, and then proceeded to create the worst seeding of all time

2019-02-25 13:39

Rigged AF

what is this tier 3 garbage tourney

2019-02-25 13:09

What the fuck is that group draw...? Group E hello wat doink...? Literally no seeding WHATSOEVER. Hey WESG, if you want you can put 10mil. prize pool, until you stop doing shit like this, you'll still be considered a joke of a organization and a joke of a tournament. :)

2019-02-25 13:12

Wtf? Groups are ultra unbalanced, group E full of tier2 Teams and other groups full of tier87 teams.

2019-02-25 13:15

Major top 8 team tier 2. Seems legit.

2019-02-25 13:20

Tier1-2, whatever, you get my point.

2019-02-25 13:24

Tiers are subjective. Astralis/liquid definitely are above ENCE and if they manage to beat liquid it will be a huge upset. Also top8 logic doesn't make much sense when teams like complexity, QBF made it in the past.

2019-02-25 13:31

Also ENCE didn't play any top teams in major yet unless you consider BIG, G2, Hellraisers, AVANGAR etc. tier1.

2019-02-25 13:47

I think this guy got the tiers pretty right hltv.org/forums/threads/1789982/team-tie..

2019-02-25 15:41

Well teams distribute into groups... In one group, strong teams, and in another group - trash, like Group H.

atleast group h teams will qualify and ktrash wont

ahahahha

2019-02-25 13:59

wtf are these groups lol

#EZ4ENCE

2019-02-25 13:25

Fnatic out in groups?

2019-02-25 13:26

Groups D, G and H are a joke while group E is stacked, WTF??

2019-02-25 13:30

lul @ groups!

2019-02-25 13:32

Go Mibr!

GroupE wtf?!?! it's unfair GroupD, G, H such a joke

2019-02-25 13:40

E the Hell Group

Group E is the most challenging group in this group stage.

Seeding is overrated - WESG, 2019

Look at D, G, H groups and then look at the group E. What is this?

2019-02-25 14:02

WTH, E - group of death

2019-02-25 14:04

Irrelevant

2019-02-25 14:16

These groups are shit. Get a proper seeding for your teams and draw the groups again.

2019-02-25 14:18

Yall sleeping in group H mexico team is insane they got best NA player MarKe

2019-02-25 14:21

2019-02-25 16:54

shit groups

2019-02-25 14:29

Wtf are that groups, this tournament is broken

2019-02-25 14:37

Group E strongest group?

2019-02-25 14:39

Ez 4 furious

Rigged organization. This is a DISGRACE.

2019-02-25 14:43

This is actually fucking rigged

2019-02-25 14:46

#GONINJAS

2019-02-25 14:52

Riders hype!

2019-02-25 15:01

Why the fak do Astralis not participate to this event ? They dislike 500.000 free $ ?

2019-02-25 15:07

Let's go Wardell N friends!!!

2019-02-25 15:11

NA groups

2019-02-25 15:17

Where is BELGIUM -_-

2019-02-25 15:20

Groups done randomly? Wtf

2019-02-25 15:37

This is actually fucking rigged sad

2019-02-25 15:52

Let’s go Wardell n friends!

2019-02-25 15:55

pretty unbalanced groups

2019-02-25 16:02

NOTEZ4AGO

2019-02-25 16:03

Rigged groups

2019-02-25 16:11

Group E monkaS

2019-02-25 16:13

good invite

2019-02-25 16:16

Was there like no fucking seeding at all? How can you end up with these groups? There's a group with 4 strong european teams while some others have up to 3 asians, not to mention teams coming from the same qualifier getting completely different groups in terms of strength

2019-02-25 16:24

RIP ISURUS

2019-02-25 16:25

Lo daba por muerto en series bo1 jaja.

2019-02-25 16:56

Con nbl no tienen chances, cada vez peor esta jugando el gordo. Igual AGO está jugando como el culo también así que no se

2019-02-25 20:09

wow i think this is the first time for such big cs event to be held in my hometown city, but im stuck in the carribean until april...

2019-02-25 16:35

Let's put the good teams in the same groups and the bad teams in the same groups 😏

2019-02-25 16:44

This is the event that last year the players were hosted in a hotel with dirty water and no lights? And other thing, WTF are these groups, no seeding at all, they just throw all the teams randomly in 8 groups and thats it... we have a big A++ tournament.

2019-02-25 16:53

hahahahahahahahahahahaha What a shitty job on the group pairings!

E death group it will be very interesting but.. look on group D,H. pathetic..

2019-02-25 16:59

The groups aren't well balanced at all

2019-02-25 17:03

We got A B C E And then look at D G H What the hell is that draw

2019-02-25 17:11

If you put any of the teams from group E into separate groups, they will probably top them xD

0-3 isg xD

2019-02-25 17:20

"Balanced" groups EZ4RIDERS

2019-02-25 17:21

WARDELL N Friends LMAO

2019-02-25 17:32

nt Mexico. easy qualification but now scared because US Americans will be present. all players gone.

2019-02-25 17:57

ez for nip

2019-02-25 18:06

haha this groups

2019-02-25 18:07

what the fuck is this draw

2019-02-25 18:20

allu is not happy with: twitter.com/alluCSGO/status/109998435776..

2019-02-25 18:26

Same mixwell twitter

2019-02-25 19:29

omg the groups...

2019-02-25 18:52

Good groups. Glad it's random draw. Seeding does not make sense. Look at major. NRG and BIG were seeded high but out 0-3. Making it random is a great idea.

2019-02-25 19:50

Dude, look at these groups. Are you retard?

2019-02-25 20:10

Good groups. better random draws than if based on some ridiculous seeding.

2019-02-25 20:20

So you'd prefer to have astralis liquid in quarters and ence renegades in the final? And the whole wesg national teams bullshit is fking annoying in 2019

2019-02-25 23:06