Epsilon win WCA 2016 Finals

Epsilon have won WCA 2016 Finals after defeating VG.CyberZen 3-0 in the grand final.

The grand final brought together VG.CyberZen, who eliminated the Finnish team iGame.com in the semi-finals, and Epsilon who got a 2-0 victory over TYLOO.

The first map Overpass was a one-sided affair as the Swedes put on a dominant performance on the T-side. Epsilon had a 12-3 lead going into the second half and closed out the game with ease, picking up the first map 16-7.

Epsilon are the champions 

VG.CyberZen fought on the T-side on Cobblestone and were ahead 8-7 at halftime. Epsilon were not impressed and secured nine rounds on the T-side to win the map 16-11. The Chinese also had the lead on the CT-side on Mirage (9-6) but Epsilon, determined to win the tournament, came back to win it 16-13.

WCA 2016 FinalsBest of 5 VG.CyberZenMatchpage 0 3 11th December 2016 Epsilon 7Overpass 16 11Cobblestone 16 13Mirage 16

Epsilon	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
André 'BARBARR' MöllerBARBARR	67 - 47	+20	92.1	1.31
Fredrik 'REZ' SternerREZ	64 - 44	+20	82.3	1.24
Fredrik 'freddieb' Buöfreddieb	54 - 50	+4	82.4	1.19
Karl-William 'kalle' Haraldsenkalle	51 - 43	+8	72.0	1.10
William 'draken' Sundindraken	51 - 46	+5	70.6	1.10

VG.CyberZen	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Bin 'Savage' LiuSavage	65 - 48	+17	87.5	1.24
WeiJie 'zhokiNg' ZhongzhokiNg	48 - 64	-16	68.6	0.87
BingYuan 'tb' Litb	33 - 53	-20	57.7	0.77
KunHua 'LOVEYY' BaiLOVEYY	44 - 65	-21	66.8	0.75
Zhuo 'advent' Liangadvent	39 - 57	-18	57.6	0.73

With this result Epsilon became the champions in Yinchuan, China by beating two of the best Chinese teams. Also in the third place decider match, iGame.com impressed by beating TYLOO 2-1.

The full standings can be found below:

1. Epsilon – 600,000 RMB (~$87,000)
2. VG.CyberZen – 300,000 RMB (~$43,500)
3. iGame.com – 200,000 RMB (~$29,000)
4. TYLOO – 50,000 RMB (~$7,250)
5-6. ex-g3x – 50,000 RMB (~$7,250)
5-6. JYP – 50,000 RMB (~$7,250)
7-8. Immunity – 50,000 RMB (~$7,250)
7-8. Born Of Fire – 50,000 RMB (~$7,250)
9-10. EDG
9-10. Innova

BenjaCS is a staff writer at HLTV.org and can be found on Twitter.

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