VenatoreS have booked the first spot at the WESG EU & CIS Regional Finals via the Polish qualifier after beating PRIDE 2-0 in the semi-finals.

The qualifier, featuring 32 teams, has been full of surprises since the start, with some of the favourites eliminated early in the tournament.

Kinguin, who announced on Thursday the addition of Kacper "⁠kaper⁠" Słoma to their roster, were stunned by Pompa in the opening round, while Virtus.pro could not make it past the quarter-finals following a 16-9 defeat at the hands of VenatoreS.

SOON & co beat Virtus.pro and PRIDE in the qualifier

Krzysztof "⁠stark⁠" Lewandrowski's team went on to face PRIDE, who have been riding the wave following their qualification for the Europe Minor. The first map of the series was Cache, where VenatoreS overturned a 10-5 halftime deficit with a stunning T side display, never letting their opponents string any rounds together despite Jacek "⁠MINISE⁠" Jeziak finishing the game sitting on a 1.55 Rating.

Next up was Mirage, where VenatoreS put in another strong offensive display, taking 11 rounds into the second half. PRIDE still cut the deficit by taking the pistol round and the subsequent anti-ecos, but VenatoreS held on to their lead, picking up five straight buy rounds to seal a convincing victory. 

WESG 2017 PolandBest of 3 VenatoreSMatchpage 2 0 19th October 2017 PRIDE 16Cache 13 16Mirage 7

VenatoreS	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Krzysztof 'stark' Lewandrowskistark	49 - 41	+8	101.5	1.39
Patryk 'Patitek' FabrowskiPatitek	42 - 34	+8	94.6	1.32
Krzysztof 'Goofy' GórskiGoofy	37 - 36	+1	74.9	1.14
Michał 'SOON' WójcickiSOON	34 - 28	+6	63.8	1.08
Karol 'tecek' Kapczyńskitecek	32 - 38	-6	74.4	0.99

PRIDE	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Jacek 'MINISE' JeziakMINISE	41 - 35	+6	80.8	1.20
Paweł 'reatz' Jańczakreatz	42 - 40	+2	86.0	1.12
Piotr 'morelz' Taterkamorelz	39 - 41	-2	91.4	1.08
Tomasz 'ToM223' RichterToM223	31 - 36	-5	62.8	0.82
Maciek 'Luz' BugajLuz	24 - 42	-18	61.4	0.70

AGO and tomorrow will face off on Friday evening in the other semi-final match, with the winner also earning a spot at the WESG EU & CIS Regional Finals, which will run from November 22-26 in Barcelona.

The team list for the Spanish event currently looks as follows:

Ukraine	BIG
RESISTANCE	Limitless
Envy	Space Soldiers
Nemiga	Endpoint
GameAgents	Belgium
Russia	Quantum Bellator Fire
GODSENT	NOREG
fnatic	VenatoreS
Denmark	Denmark
Poland	Iberia

Virtus.pro #13 Wiktor 'TaZ' WojtasFilip 'NEO' KubskiJarosław 'pashaBiceps' JarząbkowskiJanusz 'Snax' PogorzelskiPaweł 'byali' Bieliński Pompa #257 Marcin 'LTN' KrzemińskiDawid 'lunAtic' CieślakPatryk 'ponczek' WitesKacper 'darko' ŚcieraKonrad 'koyot' Hadała fnatic #10 Robin 'flusha' RönnquistJesper 'JW' WecksellFreddy 'KRIMZ' JohanssonJonas 'Lekr0' OlofssonMaikil 'Golden' Selim Endpoint #82 Thomas 'Thomas' UttingAlex 'ALEX' McMeekinMax 'MiGHTYMAX' HeathTramaine 'stan1ey' StanleyIan 'Immi' Harding RESISTANCE #117 Nemanja 'k1Ng0r' BoškovićDejan 'd3k1' KosanovićDimitrije 'DiMKE' VeljkovićPetar 'HOLMES' DimitrijevićAleksa 'Impulse' Stankić Nemiga #45 Roman 'roman' RedihinKirill 'hitMouse' TsarevVladimir 'ROBO' NeskeyRoman 'CyberFocus' DergachAleksandr 'mds' Rubets Jacek 'MINISE' Jeziak Age: 23 Team: PRIDE Rating 1.0: 1.01 Maps played: 823 KPR: 0.71 DPR: 0.70 Envy #15 Christophe 'SIXER' XiaCédric 'RpK' GuipouyFabien 'kioShiMa' FieyVincent 'Happy' SchopenhauerAlexandre 'xms' Forté Quantum Bellator Fire #64 Gregory 'balblna' OleinickSavelii 'jmqa' BraginNikita 'waterfaLLZ' MatveyevAlexey 'BAS' KustovKirill 'Boombl4' Mikhailov Kacper 'kaper' Słoma Age: 22 Team: Kinguin Rating 1.0: 1.02 Maps played: 16 KPR: 0.71 DPR: 0.67 NOREG Ruben 'RUBINO' VillarroelJoakim 'jkaem' MyrbostadMorten 'zEVES' Vollan ChristensenJorgen 'cromen' RobertsenOle 'Marcelious' Kristian Langan Krzysztof 'stark' Lewandrowski Age: 18 Team: VenatoreS Rating 1.0: 0.92 Maps played: 98 KPR: 0.65 DPR: 0.71 Belgium Kévin 'Ex6TenZ' DroolansAntoine 'to1nou' PirardFaris 'Faris' Ait LallaAdil 'ScreaM' BenrlitomYounes 'YOUYOU' Ait Lalla AGO #26 Damian 'Furlan' KislowskiDominik 'GruBy' SwiderskiMichał 'snatchie' RudzkiMateusz 'TOAO' ZawistowskiTomasz 'phr' Wójcik Space Soldiers #18 Engin 'MAJ3R' KüpeliIsmailcan 'XANTARES' DörtkardeşBuğra 'Calyx' ArkınAhmet 'paz' KarahocaEngin 'ngiN' Kor Russia Mihail 'Dosia' StolyarovDenis 'electroNic' SharipovEgor 'flamie' VasilyevDenis 'seized' KostinGeorgi 'WorldEdit' Yaskin Ukraine #12 Oleksandr 's1mple' KostylievDanylo 'Zeus' TeslenkoIoann 'Edward' SukharievVladyslav 'bondik' NechyporchukKirill 'ANGE1' Karasiow tomorrow #177 Mateusz 'jrz' JaroszMichał 'MOLSI' ŁąckiKuba 'Markoś' MarkowskiMaciej 'destroj' DeorockiPatryk 'Sidney' Korab PRIDE #36 Jacek 'MINISE' JeziakMaciek 'Luz' BugajPaweł 'reatz' JańczakPiotr 'morelz' TaterkaTomasz 'ToM223' Richter BIG #16 Fatih 'gob b' DayikNikola 'LEGIJA' NinićJohannes 'tabseN' WodarzKevin 'keev' BartholomäusJohannes 'nex' Maget Limitless #122 Léonard 'Smyli' MichelinoLéo 'Kan4' IntronatiThéo 'LoWkii' Téchené​Paul 'Polox' BarbeBryan 'Maka' Canda GameAgents #89 Viktor 'flashie' Tamás BeaGábor 'gabesson' MálovicsKevin 'Barcode' BanaÁdám 'kolor' DomoszlayFodor 'fleav' Levente VenatoreS #207 Sebastian 'dArk' BabińskiKarol 'tecek' KapczyńskiMichał 'SOON' WójcickiKrzysztof 'stark' LewandrowskiPatryk 'Patitek' Fabrowski GODSENT #33 Dennis 'dennis' EdmanAndreas 'znajder' LindbergSimon 'twist' EliassonJoakim 'disco doplan' GidetunFredrik 'freddieb' Buö Kinguin #30 Grzegorz 'SZPERO' DziamałekKarol 'rallen' RodowiczMichał 'MICHU' MüllerMikołaj 'mouz' KarolewskiKacper 'kaper' Słoma