After an intense weekend, the WEG European qualifiers are finally decided. DIDI8, ElakeDuck, SaSe and Wolfy will be representing Europe in WEG Season 3! Their way there was not exactly a dance on roses...
The show is over. The Southpoint Net Café in Stockholm was hotter than ever as the very best of Europe in WarCraft III and Counter-Strike were there with the hope of qualifying for the prestigious tournament WEG Season 3. Southpoint Net Café is a very modern café, and has a lot of special featuers. Medieval sections, futuristic sections which you are placed in depending the game of choice are only some of the nifty features. Although, for WEG Season 3, the WarCraft players were seated in the "Poker Lounge", ironic, no?
Four players cancelled, three went in
11 players finally made it to the offline finals. Three of the initial players (
Envious, Satiini, 
Paladyn and 
Giacomo) cancelled their participation, which opened up for 
King.Crimson, 
Tharkas (pic) and 
Vank0r to take part. With this uneven number, Group A consisted of 6 players, where in Group B only 5 players were put in. Despite the drop-outs, the roster of players included the top players in Europe. All players faced eachother in each group, meaning a total of five matches in Group A and four for Group B. From there, the Top 3 in each group moved on to the playoffs. And here is how the groupstage table concluded:Group AWPtsML  fnatic.Rotterdam 5 4 1 9-3  fnatic.SaSe 4 3 1 7-3  T.MH]Wralth 5 4 1 9-4  GG-Wolfy 4 3 1 7-3  mTw-DIDI8 5 3 2 8-5 SK.ElakeDuck 4 3 1 7-5 T.MH]Ciara 5 3 2 7-6  fnatic.Vank0r 4 1 3 3-7 mTw-Zubie 5 1 4 2-8  King.Crimson 4 0 4 2-8 Play.Tharkas 5 0 5 1-10 |
Final 6 - SaSe and Rotterdam advantage
Thus the final six players were sorted out. In a Double Elimination playoff, Top 4 will be qualified for World E-Sports Games Season 3 in Korea. The #2 and #3 in each group started off playing, while the group winners (SaSe and Rotterdam) waited for the winners. After that, a regular Double Elimination tournament started.
WB Round 1 T.MH]Wralth < SK.ElakeDuck 1-2 mTw-DIDI8 > GG-Wolfy 2-0WB Round 2 fnatic.Rotterdam < SK.ElakeDuck 0-2 mTw-DIDI8 > fnatic.SaSe 2-1LB Round 1 fnatic.Rotterdam < GG-Wolfy 1-2 T.MH]Wralth < fnatic.SaSe 0-2WB Round 3 SK.ElakeDuck > mTw-DIDI8 2-0LB Round 2 fnatic.SaSe < mTw-DIDI8 0-2Grand Final SK.ElakeDuck < mTw-DIDI8 0-2 |
Top 4 (qual. for WEG) |
With that win by DIDI8 (pic) over ElakeDuck, the Bulgarian Night Elf player was crowned the winner of WEG Europe. The remaining three do also have every reason to celebrate, since it is the Top 4 that gets the chance to bring home the title of WEG 2005 Grand Final champion later this fall. Apart from the title, they will also play for $140,000. 
Links
MeetYourMakers.com - Live coverage, replays, diaries and more
WorldEsportsGames.com - Official site for WEG 2005