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Earlier today the WCA 2016 Finals group stage and semi-finals came to a close with VG.CyberZen and Epsilon reaching the grand final.

Day two of the action in Yinchuan, China, saw the best-of-two, round-robin groups finalized with the last four matches. 

In Group A, ex-g3x got a narrow victory over EDG (Dust2 16-11, Mirage 19-16), but neither team could secure their place in the semi-finals.

Epsilon and VG.CyberZen reached the grand final at WCA Finals 

Immunity and VG.CyberZen then played for a spot in the playoffs. After splitting maps, the Chinese advanced to semis due to the better record, which also allowed TYLOO to take first place in Group A.

Group B saw iGame.com grabbing first place with a close 2-0 victory over JYP, while Epsilon saved face against Innova in a one-sided series.

Group A						Group B
	W	T	L	P			W	T	L	P
1. TYLOO	3	1	0	10		1. iGame.com	3	0	1	9
2. VG.CyberZen	2	2	0	8		2. Epsilon	2	2	0	8
3. ex-g3x	1	1	2	4		3. JYP	2	1	1	7
4. Immunity	0	3	1	3		4. Born Of Fire	1	1	2	4
5. EDG	0	1	3	1		5. Innova	0	0	4	0

In the first semi-final, TYLOO put up nine rounds as Terrorists on Cobblestone, as did Epsilon and the first map went to overtime.

The Swedish-Norwegian team came out on top with a 4-2 scoreline there before decimating Ke "⁠captainMo⁠" Liu and company on Cache 16-3, getting 12 rounds as Terrorists.

WCA 2016 FinalsBest of 3 EpsilonMatchpage 2 0 10th December 2016 TYLOO 19Cobblestone 17 16Cache 3 News tags:

Epsilon	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Fredrik 'REZ' SternerREZ	50 - 33	+17	91.1	1.42
André 'BARBARR' MöllerBARBARR	44 - 33	+11	94.8	1.36
Karl-William 'kalle' Haraldsenkalle	44 - 37	+7	87.0	1.18
William 'draken' Sundindraken	39 - 35	+4	65.8	1.15
Fredrik 'freddieb' Buöfreddieb	36 - 35	+1	67.7	1.03

TYLOO	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
YuanZhang 'Attacker' ShengAttacker	37 - 40	-3	72.8	0.95
Hui 'DD' WuDD	37 - 44	-7	68.0	0.92
HaoWen 'somebody' Xusomebody	31 - 44	-13	75.9	0.90
YuLun 'Summer' CaiSummer	35 - 44	-9	75.7	0.88
Ke 'captainMo' LiucaptainMo	33 - 41	-8	63.6	0.82

WCA 2016 FinalsBest of 3 EpsilonMatchpage 2 0 10th December 2016 TYLOO 19Cobblestone 17 16Cache 3

Epsilon	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Fredrik 'REZ' SternerREZ	50 - 33	+17	91.1	1.42
André 'BARBARR' MöllerBARBARR	44 - 33	+11	94.8	1.36
Karl-William 'kalle' Haraldsenkalle	44 - 37	+7	87.0	1.18
William 'draken' Sundindraken	39 - 35	+4	65.8	1.15
Fredrik 'freddieb' Buöfreddieb	36 - 35	+1	67.7	1.03

TYLOO	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
YuanZhang 'Attacker' ShengAttacker	37 - 40	-3	72.8	0.95
Hui 'DD' WuDD	37 - 44	-7	68.0	0.92
HaoWen 'somebody' Xusomebody	31 - 44	-13	75.9	0.90
YuLun 'Summer' CaiSummer	35 - 44	-9	75.7	0.88
Ke 'captainMo' LiucaptainMo	33 - 41	-8	63.6	0.82

iGame.com started the better in their semi-final against VG.CyberZen, winning Dust2 comfortably at 16-4 with 13 rounds on the CT side. 

The veteran duo, Bin "⁠Savage⁠" Liu and BingYuan "⁠tb⁠" Li then put up a great performance on Train to win 16-8, before Nuke went VG's way as well following 10 rounds on the CT side and six in a row as Terrorists.

WCA 2016 FinalsBest of 3 iGame.comMatchpage 1 2 10th December 2016 VG.CyberZen 16Dust2 4 12Train 16 5Nuke 16

iGame.com	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Saku 'SAGGERTON' JokinenSAGGERTON	53 - 50	+3	85.9	1.11
Jesse 'zehN' LinjalazehN	48 - 51	-3	83.2	1.09
Sami 'xseveN' LaasanenxseveN	45 - 46	-1	74.6	1.04
Eetu 'sAw' SahasAw	46 - 47	-1	63.9	0.99
Lasse 'ZOREE' UronenZOREE	39 - 47	-8	61.5	0.85

VG.CyberZen	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
BingYuan 'tb' Litb	60 - 44	+16	87.0	1.23
Zhuo 'advent' Liangadvent	55 - 40	+15	80.6	1.23
Bin 'Savage' LiuSavage	51 - 43	+8	77.6	1.07
KunHua 'LOVEYY' BaiLOVEYY	42 - 51	-9	78.1	1.04
WeiJie 'zhokiNg' ZhongzhokiNg	32 - 53	-21	54.9	0.79

Tomorrow at 06:00 VG.CyberZen and Epsilon will face off in the best-of-five grand final, in which the champion will secure $87,000 while the runner-up will have to settle with $43,500 in prizemoney.

VG.CyberZen #25 Bin 'Savage' LiuBingYuan 'tb' LiZhuo 'advent' LiangWeiJie 'zhokiNg' ZhongKunHua 'LOVEYY' Bai Immunity #99 James 'James' QuinnMohammed 'MoeycQ' TizaniCallum 'BURNRUOk' HendersonSean 'Gratisfaction' KaiwaiErdenetsogt 'erkaSt' Gantulga Ke 'captainMo' Liu Age: 27 Team: TYLOO Rating 1.0: 1.15 Maps played: 303 KPR: 0.80 DPR: 0.66 Epsilon #24 André 'BARBARR' MöllerKarl-William 'kalle' HaraldsenWilliam 'draken' SundinFredrik 'freddieb' BuöFredrik 'REZ' Sterner Born Of Fire #103 LiKan 'ryk' LuoSiXan 'Artill' YuLei 'bottle' MaoShuHao '333ed2k' SunHuailiang 'KuckerZ' Zhang BingYuan 'tb' Li Age: 26 Team: VG.CyberZen Rating 1.0: 1.12 Maps played: 313 KPR: 0.76 DPR: 0.64 TYLOO #20 Ke 'captainMo' LiuHui 'DD' WuYuLun 'Summer' CaiYuanZhang 'Attacker' ShengHaoWen 'somebody' Xu iGame.com #38 Jesse 'zehN' LinjalaSami 'xseveN' LaasanenSaku 'SAGGERTON' JokinenEetu 'sAw' SahaLasse 'ZOREE' Uronen Innova Raphael 'hey you' OliveiraVictor 'bdz' FurtadoRogerio 'del1n' AbreuGabriel 'cpx' SoaresAndré 'Bauer' Bauer Bin 'Savage' Liu Age: 27 Team: VG.CyberZen Rating 1.0: 1.15 Maps played: 300 KPR: 0.78 DPR: 0.63 EDG #147 JianWei 'wjw' WangMinHui 'sPiNacH' SunYi 'gas' DingHaiBo 'Surge' Jiang JYP #46 Aiman 'aimaNNN' AzhamAshraf 'acAp' FirdausAlex 'xevR' PereiraAndrew 'kaze' KhongAaron 'pzK!D' Pereira Time is adjusted to your selected timezone ex-g3x #69 Bruno 'BIT' Fukuda LimaJean-Michel 'mch' D'OliveiraVito 'kNgV-' GiuseppeCaike 'caike' CostaDener 'KHTEX' Barchfield