Space Soldiers and Bravado have qualified for the WESG Global Finals by winning their respective semi-finals of the Africa and Middle East Regional Finals.

Yesterday eight teams stood in the group stage of WESG Africa and Middle East regional finals, taking place in Dubai, and fought for their share of the $75,000 prizepool as well as three spots at the Global Finals taking place in December in China.

Favourites Space Soldiers, who fielded Engin "⁠MAJ3R⁠" Küpeli instead of Tugay "⁠TuGuX⁠" Keskin, ran through Group A with ease, only dropping 16 rounds in total over three maps, while the Jordanian side Chosen5 took second place.

Space Soldiers and Bravado secure spots at the WESG Global Finals 

South African number one Bravado won Group B in a narrow fashion with the second Turkish team, DarkPassage, grabbing second place.

The Turks then met each other in the first semi-final, where Ismailcan "⁠XANTARES⁠" Dörtkardeş' team faced their first tough match but ended up on top after three maps, securing one of the spots at the Global Finals.

WESG 2016 Africa & Middle East Regional FinalsBest of 3 DarkPassageMatchpage 1 2 27th August 2016 Space Soldiers 13Dust2 16 16Cache 5 12Mirage 16 News tags:

DarkPassage	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Buğra 'Calyx' ArkınCalyx	57 - 47	+10	73.9	1.17
Ufuk 'SasuKe' GöktaşSasuKe	60 - 55	+5	89.4	1.14
Bora 'Maiko' IgciMaiko	59 - 62	-3	89.3	1.14
Kerimhan 'kero' Dumankero	61 - 58	+3	80.1	1.08
Özgür 'woxic' Ekerwoxic	46 - 49	-3	64.6	0.96

Space Soldiers	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Ismailcan 'XANTARES' DörtkardeşXANTARES	76 - 58	+18	102.8	1.40
Ahmet 'paz' Karahocapaz	54 - 57	-3	77.3	1.06
Engin 'ngiN' KorngiN	50 - 54	-4	69.8	0.95
Çağatay 'DESPE' SedefDESPE	45 - 57	-12	61.2	0.87
Engin 'MAJ3R' KüpeliMAJ3R	44 - 58	-14	68.0	0.85

WESG 2016 Africa & Middle East Regional FinalsBest of 3 DarkPassageMatchpage 1 2 27th August 2016 Space Soldiers 13Dust2 16 16Cache 5 12Mirage 16

DarkPassage	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Buğra 'Calyx' ArkınCalyx	57 - 47	+10	73.9	1.17
Ufuk 'SasuKe' GöktaşSasuKe	60 - 55	+5	89.4	1.14
Bora 'Maiko' IgciMaiko	59 - 62	-3	89.3	1.14
Kerimhan 'kero' Dumankero	61 - 58	+3	80.1	1.08
Özgür 'woxic' Ekerwoxic	46 - 49	-3	64.6	0.96

Space Soldiers	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Ismailcan 'XANTARES' DörtkardeşXANTARES	76 - 58	+18	102.8	1.40
Ahmet 'paz' Karahocapaz	54 - 57	-3	77.3	1.06
Engin 'ngiN' KorngiN	50 - 54	-4	69.8	0.95
Çağatay 'DESPE' SedefDESPE	45 - 57	-12	61.2	0.87
Engin 'MAJ3R' KüpeliMAJ3R	44 - 58	-14	68.0	0.85

Bravado then took down Chosen5 in a confident manner, only conceding five rounds on Train and eight on Cache.

WESG 2016 Africa & Middle East Regional FinalsBest of 3 BravadoMatchpage 2 0 27th August 2016 Chosen5 16Train 5 16Cache 8

Bravado	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Ruan 'ELUSIVE' van WykELUSIVE	48 - 21	+27	109.4	1.81
Aran 'Sonic' GroesbeekSonic	52 - 21	+31	105.8	1.68
Dimitri 'Detrony' HadjipaschaliDetrony	41 - 30	+11	107.6	1.64
Ashton 'Golz' MullerGolz	26 - 24	+2	67.4	1.22
Roberto 'blackpoisoN' Dall'OccoblackpoisoN	32 - 26	+6	74.3	1.19

Chosen5	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Omar 'hunt3rr' Samihunt3rr	23 - 39	-16	52.3	0.69
Mohammad 'Foolz' Subhi Tawfiq Abdel-RahmanFoolz	28 - 42	-14	70.4	0.69
Omar 'VIPPEER' AdwanVIPPEER	24 - 39	-15	60.5	0.67
Issa 'ISSAA' MuradISSAA	22 - 39	-17	68.4	0.65
Mohammad 'Zerocool' Ahmad Issa Al-AdwanZerocool	24 - 40	-16	66.5	0.61

The last spot coming from the Africa and Middle East region at the $1.5 million finals will be decided via the third-place decider between Chosen5 and DarkPassage tomorrow at 11:30 .

Ismailcan 'XANTARES' Dörtkardeş Age: 21 Team: Space Soldiers Rating 1.0: 1.26 Maps played: 290 KPR: 0.89 DPR: 0.70 DarkPassage #90 Azmican 'asmo' BerberogluÖzgür 'woxic' EkerBuğra 'Calyx' ArkınUfuk 'SasuKe' GöktaşBora 'Maiko' Igci Time is adjusted to your selected timezone Engin 'MAJ3R' Küpeli Age: 25 Team: Millenium Rating 1.0: 0.92 Maps played: 107 KPR: 0.66 DPR: 0.74 Chosen5 #105 Mohammad 'Zerocool' Ahmad Issa Al-AdwanMohammad 'Foolz' Subhi Tawfiq Abdel-RahmanIssa 'ISSAA' MuradOmar 'VIPPEER' AdwanOmar 'hunt3rr' Sami Tugay 'TuGuX' Keskin Age: 25 Team: Space Soldiers Rating 1.0: 0.94 Maps played: 266 KPR: 0.63 DPR: 0.65 Bravado #79 Roberto 'blackpoisoN' Dall'OccoDimitri 'Detrony' HadjipaschaliRuan 'ELUSIVE' van WykAshton 'Golz' MullerAran 'Sonic' Groesbeek Space Soldiers #22 Tugay 'TuGuX' KeskinIsmailcan 'XANTARES' DörtkardeşÇağatay 'DESPE' SedefAhmet 'paz' KarahocaEngin 'ngiN' Kor