Space Soldiers bested Russia in the second semi-final of WESG World Finals, advancing to the grand final following a 2-0 victory (Cobblestone 16-6, Nuke 16-11).

The second semi-final of WESG began on Space Soldiers pick, Cobblestone. Russia's mix-team grabbed two rounds on the back of a pistol round win at the start, but they soon found themselves in trouble, failing to defend the B bombsite three times over, and began falling behind.

The Turkish side grabbed a 7-3 lead before Georgi "⁠WorldEdit⁠" Yaskin clutched a 1v1. The Russians managed to clinch one more in the 14th round, but Ismailcan "⁠XANTARES⁠" Dörtkardeş ended the half at 10-5, clutching a 1v2 on A to complete his second ace in the match.

Ahmet "⁠paz⁠" Karahoca's triple in A ramp in the following pistol round kicked off a quick finish to the match, as only the first gunround went the other way while Space Soldiers rallied to a 16-6 win.

Space Soldiers join fnatic in the WESG grand final

Things started looking dire for Russia when Space Soldiers went up 6-1 on Nuke as Terrorists, in large part thanks to Engin "⁠ngiN⁠" Kor's three clutches; two 1v2s and a 1v3. However, an eco win courtesy of Denis "⁠electroNic⁠" Sharipov's quad-kill turned the tide, as the economy shifted in the Russians' favor. Surviving the following force and anti-eco, Russia began clawing back and ended up grabbing a 9-6 lead in the first half with eight rounds in a row.

Space Soldiers responded by stringing together the first three rounds once the sides switched to make it 9-9. The two teams went back and forth until it was 11-11, when the Turks claimed a half-buy win to reset their opponents and claim five rounds in a row for a 16-11, 2-0 victory and a spot in the grand final.

Space Soldiers	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Ismailcan 'XANTARES' DörtkardeşXANTARES	50 - 36	+14	103.7	1.58
Ahmet 'paz' Karahocapaz	47 - 29	+18	87.9	1.31
Engin 'MAJ3R' KüpeliMAJ3R	31 - 34	-3	83.6	1.18
Buğra 'Calyx' ArkınCalyx	35 - 27	+8	72.0	1.13
Engin 'ngiN' KorngiN	29 - 27	+2	62.8	1.12

Russia	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Denis 'electroNic' SharipovelectroNic	40 - 39	+1	103.5	1.24
Georgi 'WorldEdit' YaskinWorldEdit	34 - 37	-3	73.3	0.94
Mihail 'Dosia' StolyarovDosia	28 - 35	-7	62.8	0.81
Dmitry 'hooch' Bogdanovhooch	27 - 41	-14	61.8	0.66
Denis 'seized' Kostinseized	24 - 40	-16	58.4	0.64

WESG 2017 World FinalsBest of 3 Space SoldiersMatchpage 2 0 17th March 2018 Russia 16Cobblestone 6 16Nuke 11

Space Soldiers	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Ismailcan 'XANTARES' DörtkardeşXANTARES	50 - 36	+14	103.7	1.58
Ahmet 'paz' Karahocapaz	47 - 29	+18	87.9	1.31
Engin 'MAJ3R' KüpeliMAJ3R	31 - 34	-3	83.6	1.18
Buğra 'Calyx' ArkınCalyx	35 - 27	+8	72.0	1.13
Engin 'ngiN' KorngiN	29 - 27	+2	62.8	1.12

Russia	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Denis 'electroNic' SharipovelectroNic	40 - 39	+1	103.5	1.24
Georgi 'WorldEdit' YaskinWorldEdit	34 - 37	-3	73.3	0.94
Mihail 'Dosia' StolyarovDosia	28 - 35	-7	62.8	0.81
Dmitry 'hooch' Bogdanovhooch	27 - 41	-14	61.8	0.66
Denis 'seized' Kostinseized	24 - 40	-16	58.4	0.64