The WGTour World Cup is now finished, and the underdog of the semifinals has won the competition. Indeed Spain managed to win against Poland in the Grand Final, while Russia beat Canada to become #3.
#2: Poland #3: Russia #4: Canada |
According to the GosuBets, only 30% of the betters expected Spain to win that battle. Nevertheless, we must admit that Spain had appeared very strong during the playoffs, beating Russia, Sweden and Hungary before the Grand Final. In fact, the only team which managed to beat the World Champion is Ukraine during the group stage.
Here are the details of the games:
Spain vs Poland 4-1 | |||||||||||||||||||
ToT)Squall( | > | MgZ)GohaN | 2-1 LRM)eXeCuToR | > | Predator-AFM- | 2-1 | SoL.SuKeR | > | 96)Dreiven | 2-1 | ZelotITO_die | > | MgZ)Dukuso | 2-1 | ToT)SquaLL( | ZelotITO_die < | MgZ)GohaN | MgZ)FabiaN 0-2 | |
On its side, Russia managed to win the Canadian team 3-1, making it #3 of this World Cup.
Russia vs Canada 3-1 | |||||||||||||||
AnotherLastHero | > | SeasOn[Light] | 2-0 fAke.MaMoN.oO | > | Bandit[LighT] | 2-0 | Potrax[S2] | > | oG)Fayth | 2-0 | Notforu[S2] | < | Dl33ter | 0-2 | |
Congratulations to those four teams, and especially to Spain, which has been able to prove that with its solid line-up SquaLL-ZelotITO-eXeCuToR-Suker, this team was able to beat any nation.
Here is the statement of the Spanish leader, Ozmita:
Ozmita: At first, when WGTour invited us to the World Cup I declined their invitation, but I thought about why not to take it. Cyru and I wanted to meet ourselves on the Grand Final, and that's what we did. Poland has been always a really tough team, so we didn't expect a 4-1, but a closer result or even a loss.
The World Cup hosted by WGTour has been a great help for Spain. It has teached our community how to unify ourselves and there have been a lot of contributions to the National Team. AguiLa and I, as managers of the SEBW, have appreciated the support of our beloved people, giving us a chance to see beyond the settled line we had before. It's time to go ahead - Spain's growing as a community.
Our gamers have hown us an impressive perfomance through the World Cup and they have behaved really well. I want to be thankful to the Spanish National Team gamers for the effort they have done.
The World Cup hosted by WGTour has been a great help for Spain. It has teached our community how to unify ourselves and there have been a lot of contributions to the National Team. AguiLa and I, as managers of the SEBW, have appreciated the support of our beloved people, giving us a chance to see beyond the settled line we had before. It's time to go ahead - Spain's growing as a community.
Our gamers have hown us an impressive perfomance through the World Cup and they have behaved really well. I want to be thankful to the Spanish National Team gamers for the effort they have done.
Cyru: Team Poland were told that the first map for the final is Lost Temple. Noone has informed us about any changes. Unluckily, as you may see there is a serious one. The first map for the final was Plains to Hill. It killed our tactic. I used players to play on Lost Temple not on Plains to Hill. I would never use Predator vs protoss player if I only knew. There was ToT)Hullahatzu( waiting for his chance.
Anyway, I'm really proud of my players. With these young players we've achieved the big thing and I would love to thank them really much. Good job guys.
Anyway, I'm really proud of my players. With these young players we've achieved the big thing and I would love to thank them really much. Good job guys.
Once again, congratulations to Spain for winning the WGTour World Cup, and congratulations to the 39 other nations which have participated to this event.
Thanks a lot to WGTour for organizing this awesome event, let's hope a new World Cup will take place next summer!
Links
WGTour.com - World Cup news