Kazakh team K23 win the WESG 2016 Asia-Pacific Regional Finals after crushing Chinese team FIVE 2-0 (16-5 on Mirage and 16-7 on Train) in the grand finals.
Three days of action in Goyang, South Korea at the WESG 2016 Asia-Pacific Regional Finals culminated on the fourth day with the grand final of the $75,000 event (which also doled out six spots to the WESG Global Finals).
A couple big names such as MVP Project, Athletico, and VG.CyberZen fell by the wayside as the event progressed, with the Chinese heavyweights having to use Taiwanese stand-in Tzu-Chi "Marek" Huang due to Bin "Savage" Liu's head injury and all three teams from the Oceania region using a conflicting mix of stand-ins to fit the roster rules as well.
The grand final of the event was a clash between Kazakh super team K23 (including all three Kazakh players from Gambit) and the surprise Chinese sleeper team FIVE, who managed to upset VG.CyberZen in the event's semifinal.
The Kazakh players of Gambit put in monstrous performances for K23 at WESG APAC
The grand final however turned out to be a completely one-sided show as superb performances from Rustem "mou" Telepov and Abay "HObbit" Khassenov (with both players also being coincidentally the top two rated at the event overall) propelled K23 to a 16-5 victory on FIVE's map pick of Mirage and a 16-7 victory on their own map pick of Train.
As a result, K23 take the first place prize $29,500 and are also of course assured a spot at the WESG Global Finals.
WESG 2016 Asia-Pacific Regional FinalsBest of 3 
K23
Matchpage 2 0 13th November 2016 
FIVE 16Mirage 5 16Train 7
| K23 | K - D | +/- | ADR | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rustem 'mou' Telepovmou | 52 - 18 | +34 | 112.1 | 1.95 |
| Abay 'HObbit' KhassenovHObbit | 46 - 21 | +25 | 109.4 | 1.72 |
| Dauren 'AdreN' KystaubayevAdreN | 36 - 25 | +11 | 82.3 | 1.35 |
| Magzhan 'fANTASTIKA' TemirbolatfANTASTIKA | 29 - 25 | +4 | 72.2 | 1.14 |
| Yevgeniy 'dreaM' BogatyrevdreaM | 22 - 28 | -6 | 65.8 | 1.05 |
| FIVE | K - D | +/- | ADR | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ZhiWei '0i' Liu0i | 28 - 38 | -10 | 70.9 | 0.84 |
| ZhiTao 'Drea3er' ZhangDrea3er | 23 - 35 | -12 | 71.0 | 0.73 |
| BiaoHong 'Rita' HuangRita | 24 - 37 | -13 | 58.4 | 0.68 |
| Yang 'Mr.six' ChengMr.six | 23 - 36 | -13 | 62.2 | 0.63 |
| Yong 'QuQu' QuQuQu | 19 - 39 | -20 | 51.6 | 0.50 |
WESG 2016 Asia-Pacific Regional Finals final standings:
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4.Fire Dragoon - $5,900 + Spot at the WESG Global Finals
5-6.ENZO - $2,950 + Spot at the WESG Global Finals
5-6.Signature - $2,950 + Spot at the WESG Global Finals
7-8.
7-8.Athletico - $2,950
9-12.Mineski
9-12.MVP Project
9-12.
9-12.Parallax
13-16.
13-16.RJ Absolute
13-16.
13-16.Shukufuku Sunshine
17-18.GEX (unable to attend)
17-18.Vikings.Vortex (unable to attend)
VG.CyberZen #23 BingYuan 'tb' LiZhuo 'advent' LiangWeiJie 'zhokiNg' ZhongKunHua 'LOVEYY' Bai
Tzu-Chi 'Marek' Huang 
Expendables #285 Emmanuel 'HADOUKEN' Kenneth ViloriaJose 'Rbtx' Carlo JamirErwin 'EJHAY' John CloresRonard 'GII' TecsonChris 'Pro.' Martir 
Rustem 'mou' Telepov 
Age: 25 Team: Gambit Rating 1.0: 1.05 Maps played: 510 KPR: 0.72 DPR: 0.67 
Parallax Razmik 'RaZ' BastadjanEgor 'LONSDALE' BaranovSimon 'Sico' WilliamsNicholas 'n1ck' ShawTom 'BlackouT' Richmond 
Immunity James 'James' QuinnCallum 'BURNRUOk' HendersonBenjamin 'benoR' O'ReillyChris 'yellow' McGillivrayJordan 'Hatz' Bajic 
Mineski #84 Kevin 'dispenser' TeDominic 'Hannibal' FajardoJayvee 'DubsteP' PaguiriganRyan 'BabyBoy' CrisostomoJames 'Retrac' Carter Ang 
Signature #73 Tosapol 'TOR' SaekowPhoomphat 'qqGOD' PhodjanatPeeratch 'Olivia' IngkudanondaSattawut 'Leaf' ReathongAnupong 'stk' Mueangngam 
Athletico #40 Travis 'wizard' RichardsonSam 'mizu' RichardsonJesse 'InfrequeNt' BarkerJay 'Liazz' TregillgasSam 'jokes' Molan 
m0nster #125 Seong-Yong 'zisa' JungDong-Gyu 'Europha' KwakSeon-Ho 'xeta' SonYoung-Jun 'kyj' KimHyo-Il 'hyoil' Jeong 
ENZO #143 ChiNam 'Darkkis' LiHoWang 'krbl' WongWingHei 'Freeman' CheungYanTung 'TunGY' ChanKinFung 'ckf' Chow 
MVP Project #35 Hyun-Pyo 'XigN' LeeHae-Sung 'HSK' KimHyung-Ju 'Sound' NamJung-Hyeon 'rindA' JeonSoon-Woo 'Argency' Kwon 
Vikings.Vortex #255 Duc 'Nort' NguyenTô 'kotk' Thành ChungHiep 'hoag' DoTri 'Renovatino' NguyenAnh 'Kim' Khuc Abay 'HObbit' Khassenov 
Age: 22 Team: Gambit Rating 1.0: 1.09 Maps played: 117 KPR: 0.75 DPR: 0.67 
RJ Absolute #328 Daiki 'Sakura' TaguchiKoji 'Laz' UshidaTatsuhiko 'Ao' AokiTomoaki 'crow' MaruokaRyo 'barce' Takebayashi 
Shukufuku Sunshine #254 Brandon 'Dark' GohJoshua 'Rede' TeoJoshua 'JdF' FokJerry 'pnd' OngJiong-Yuan 'Jarl' Ong Bin 'Savage' Liu 
Age: 27 Team: VG.CyberZen Rating 1.0: 1.15 Maps played: 267 KPR: 0.78 DPR: 0.63 
GEX #86 Ali 'ReFlex' BagherzadehFarhad 'RApTOR' Hajian MotlaghParsa 'RobbeR' HoseinipourFarshid 'FaRsh1d' FarrokhiArash 'RaSHNeSS' Soroush 
Tzu-Chi 'Marek' Huang 
Age: 23 Team: EHOME Rating 1.0: 0.89 Maps played: 27 KPR: 0.62 DPR: 0.71 Gambit #20 Dauren 'AdreN' KystaubayevRustem 'mou' TelepovAbay 'HObbit' Khassenov
Danylo 'Zeus' Teslenko
Mihail 'Dosia' Stolyarov 
Fire Dragoon #49 Aiman 'aimaNNN' AzhamAshraf 'acAp' FirdausAlex 'xevR' PereiraAndrew 'kaze' KhongAaron 'pzK!D' Pereira FIVE #47 BiaoHong 'Rita' HuangYong 'QuQu' QuYang 'Mr.six' ChengZhiTao 'Drea3er' ZhangZhiWei '0i' Liu 
K23 #20 Dauren 'AdreN' KystaubayevRustem 'mou' TelepovAbay 'HObbit' KhassenovYevgeniy 'dreaM' BogatyrevMagzhan 'fANTASTIKA' Temirbolat 
Orange #277 Haron 'ronne' MustaffaMohd 'wanr0' Syazwan HanafieIdzni 'Click-' RosdiKar-Heng 'henza' HoYoong-Hwei 'YooNgHwe1' Lee (责任编辑：skinhub)
