Three Balkan teams at IESF WEC 2024
This year’s IESF World Esports Championship will be held in Riyadh, the capital of Saudi Arabia, and at it, we will have the opportunity to support three Balkan teams that will fight for a prize fund of $240,000.
Romania and Serbia won their spots for the final tournament through the Eastern European qualifiers, while the kosovo team secured their place by winning the Western European qualifiers.
With wins against Belarus and Serbia with an identical score of 2:0 and two defeats against Ukraine, Romania finished third in the Eastern European qualifiers and secured one of the slots that brought them to the final tournament. The best player of the Romanian national team in these qualifications was Daniel-Cătălin ‘Ciocardau‘ Purice with the K/D Ratio: 1.24
Serbia had the same score as Romania, 2-2. Two wins against North Macedonia and Israel and two defeats against Turkey and Romania put them in fifth place in the qualifiers. The best player of the Serbia national team in these qualifications was: Vladan ‘Kind0‘ Mandic with the K/D Ratio: 1.26
Unlike the previous two national teams, Team kosovo won its participation in the final tournament through Western European qualifications. A score of 4:1 was enough for first place in the qualifications. The national teams of Latvia, Germany, Portugal, and the Czech Republic were defeated, while they were defeated once by the Czech Republic. The best player of the kosovo team in these qualifications was: Bledar ‘BledarD‘ Dula with the K/D Ratio: 1.72
Romania Adrian ‘XELLOW‘ Guță Daniel-Cătălin ‘Ciocardau‘ Purice Cosmin ‘ragga‘ Teodorescu Radut ‘7kick‘ Dragos Cristian Cătălin-Ionuț ‘BTN‘ Stănescu
Serbia Nikola ‘Dragon‘ Boskovic Vladan ‘Kind0‘ Mandic Luka ‘emi‘ Vuković Luka ‘c0llins‘ Živanović Ivan ‘choiv7‘ Zivkovic
kosovo team Bledar ‘BledarD‘ Dula Arlind ‘deb0‘ Sadiku Ensar ‘Caleyy‘ Ersuzi Butrint ‘HYPERI1‘ Gashi Arbnor ‘Dementor‘ Pacolli