GODSENT and iGame.com advanced to the quarter-finals at the WESG Europe & CIS Regional Finals and qualified for the WESG Global Finals.
The knockout stage has started in Kiev as the third seed in Group A GODSENT took on Group B's second seed Astralis while .Norway who finished second in Group C went up against the third-placed team in Group D iGame.com.
Astralis had an imperious start against GODSENT, winning 16-5 on Dust2. The situation was the same on Mirage as the Danes led 13-2 at halftime but Finn "karrigan" Andersen & company evaporated, allowing a comeback which resulted in a 16-14 GODSENT victory.
Kjaerbye thinking back to his tweet
Despite a 9-3 start on the T-side of Train, which is considered the harder side to play on, GODSENT allowed Astralis to take the lead in the second half as the Danes made it 11-9 in their favor.
Having the 14-13 lead near the end of the last map didn't prevent Astralis from losing it as GODSENT got through to the quarter-finals and qualified for the WESG Global Finals.
WESG 2016 Europe & CIS Regional FinalsBest of 3 
Astralis
Matchpage 1 2 8th October 2016 
GODSENT 16Dust2 5 14Mirage 16 14Train 16
| GODSENT | K - D | +/- | ADR | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jesper 'JW' WecksellJW | 61 - 56 | +5 | 91.2 | 1.17 |
| Robin 'flusha' Rönnquistflusha | 57 - 51 | +6 | 83.5 | 1.08 |
| Freddy 'KRIMZ' JohanssonKRIMZ | 51 - 55 | -4 | 72.8 | 0.93 |
| Andreas 'znajder' Lindbergznajder | 40 - 59 | -19 | 54.5 | 0.73 |
| Markus 'pronax' Wallstenpronax | 39 - 56 | -17 | 51.3 | 0.71 |
| Astralis | K - D | +/- | ADR | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nicolai 'device' Reedtzdevice | 72 - 45 | +27 | 89.7 | 1.39 |
| Markus 'Kjaerbye' KjærbyeKjaerbye | 63 - 50 | +13 | 94.0 | 1.26 |
| Finn 'karrigan' Andersenkarrigan | 63 - 48 | +15 | 76.1 | 1.13 |
| Andreas 'Xyp9x' HøjslethXyp9x | 37 - 51 | -14 | 54.8 | 0.82 |
| Peter 'dupreeh' Rasmussendupreeh | 41 - 54 | -13 | 57.0 | 0.82 |
.Norway secured the first map against iGame.com with a 16-10 scoreline but the Finns came back to take Dust2. Sami "xseveN" Laasanen's team were comfortable on Train and won the series 2-1, advancing to the quarter finals. They also qualified for the $1.5m WESG Global Finals.
WESG 2016 Europe & CIS Regional FinalsBest of 3 
.Norway
Matchpage 1 2 8th October 2016 
iGame.com 16Cache 10 9Dust2 16 8Train 16
| iGame.com | K - D | +/- | ADR | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saku 'SAGGERTON' JokinenSAGGERTON | 62 - 53 | +9 | 82.8 | 1.23 |
| Sami 'xseveN' LaasanenxseveN | 62 - 51 | +11 | 94.0 | 1.18 |
| Lasse 'ZOREE' UronenZOREE | 42 - 51 | -9 | 63.8 | 0.96 |
| Slaava 'Twista' RäsänenTwista | 44 - 46 | -2 | 61.2 | 0.95 |
| Eetu 'sAw' SahasAw | 41 - 50 | -9 | 70.0 | 0.94 |
| .Norway | K - D | +/- | ADR | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Håvard 'rain' Nygaardrain | 53 - 54 | -1 | 81.5 | 1.07 |
| Bjoern 'Skurk' MaarenSkurk | 52 - 51 | +1 | 80.2 | 1.06 |
| Pål 'Polly' KammenPolly | 50 - 47 | +3 | 69.4 | 1.04 |
| Joakim 'jkaem' Myrbostadjkaem | 53 - 52 | +1 | 76.0 | 0.99 |
| Ruben 'RUBINO' VillarroelRUBINO | 43 - 48 | -5 | 67.3 | 0.95 |
These are the teams who are locked in for the $1.5 million finals:
 Space Soldiers |  Bravado | DarkPassage |  TYLOO |
 Envy |  Kinguin | Dignitas |  .Russia |
| iGame.com | GODSENT |
Two quarter-finals will be next in Kiev and you can follow these series by going to our match page.
BenjaCS is a staff writer at HLTV.org and can be found on Twitter.
Kinguin #36 Grzegorz 'SZPERO' DziamałekKarol 'rallen' RodowiczMichał 'MICHU' MüllerMikołaj 'mouz' KarolewskiDamian 'Furlan' Kislowski .Russia Denis 'electroNic' SharipovDmitry 'hooch' BogdanovGeorgi 'WorldEdit' YaskinSavelii 'jmqa' BraginAlexey 'ub1que' Polivanov 
Dignitas #7 Philip 'aizy' AistrupRené 'cajunb' BorgMathias 'MSL' LauridsenEmil 'Magisk' ReifKristian 'k0nfig' Wienecke 
Envy #9 Christophe 'SIXER' XiaKenny 'kennyS' SchrubNathan 'NBK-' SchmittDan 'apEX' MadesclaireVincent 'Happy' Schopenhauer Finn 'karrigan' Andersen 
Age: 26 Team: Astralis Rating 1.0: 0.97 Maps played: 827 KPR: 0.67 DPR: 0.69 Astralis #10 Finn 'karrigan' AndersenAndreas 'Xyp9x' HøjslethPeter 'dupreeh' RasmussenNicolai 'device' ReedtzMarkus 'Kjaerbye' Kjærbye Sami 'xseveN' Laasanen 
Age: 22 Team: iGame.com Rating 1.0: 1.02 Maps played: 252 KPR: 0.71 DPR: 0.69 iGame.com Slaava 'Twista' RäsänenSami 'xseveN' LaasanenSaku 'SAGGERTON' JokinenEetu 'sAw' SahaLasse 'ZOREE' Uronen 
DarkPassage #87 Özgür 'woxic' EkerBuğra 'Calyx' ArkınUfuk 'SasuKe' GöktaşMuhammed 'mini' SalmanBora 'Maiko' Igci .Norway 
TYLOO #20 Ke 'captainMo' LiuHui 'DD' WuYuLun 'Summer' CaiYuanZhang 'Attacker' ShengHaoWen 'somebody' Xu 
Bravado #55 Roberto 'blackpoisoN' Dall'OccoDimitri 'Detrony' HadjipaschaliRuan 'ELUSIVE' van WykAshton 'Golz' MullerAran 'Sonic' Groesbeek 
Space Soldiers #31 
Tugay 'TuGuX' KeskinIsmailcan 'XANTARES' DörtkardeşÇağatay 'DESPE' SedefAhmet 'paz' KarahocaEngin 'ngiN' Kor GODSENT #11 Markus 'pronax' WallstenRobin 'flusha' RönnquistAndreas 'znajder' LindbergJesper 'JW' WecksellFreddy 'KRIMZ' Johansson