The Ukraine team that was expected to compete at the WESG 2018 Ukraine Finals has declined the tournament organizer's invitation.

The team formed by Oleksandr "⁠s1mple⁠" Kostyliev, Danylo "⁠Zeus⁠" Teslenko, Ioann "⁠Edward⁠" Sukhariev, Kirill "⁠ANGE1⁠" Karasiow and Vladyslav "⁠bondik⁠" Nechyporchuk, that won last year's WESG 2017 EU & CIS Finals—albeit with Yegor "⁠markeloff⁠" Markelov instead of ANGE1—has pulled out of the Ukraine LAN finals. The news comes as they declined an invite from the tournament organizer despite having announced earlier on that they would team up for this year's edition.

s1mple & co. rejected the invitation to the Ukrainian LAN finals

A team named djakuyu formed by members of Vega Squadron, Spirit, and pro100 has been the only invited team to the LAN as another qualifier has been put in place to decide who will take Ukraine's spot.

The Ukrainian WESG Finals, which will take place on December 21-23 in Kiev, will also have Windigo Academy, the winners of the first qualifier, and two more teams hailing from two qualifiers, making it a 4-team LAN that will see the winner earn a spot in the World Finals.

djakuyu's lineup is:

Igor "⁠crush⁠" Shevchenko
Dmitriy "⁠jR⁠" Chervak
Viktor "⁠sdy⁠" Orudzhev
Ivan "⁠AiyvaN⁠" Semenets
Pavel "⁠COLDYY1⁠" Veklenko

Spirit #39 Viktor 'sdy' OrudzhevPavel 'COLDYY1' VeklenkoVadim 'DavCost' VasilyevDmitriy 'Dimaoneshot' BandurkaDmitry 'S0tF1k' Forostyanko Ioann 'Edward' Sukhariev Age: 30 Team: Natus Vincere Rating 1.0: 1.01 Maps played: 1273 KPR: 0.70 DPR: 0.67 Igor 'crush' Shevchenko Age: 23 Team: Vega Squadron Rating 1.0: 0.94 Maps played: 434 KPR: 0.64 DPR: 0.69 Danylo 'Zeus' Teslenko Age: 31 Team: Natus Vincere Rating 1.0: 0.93 Maps played: 1287 KPR: 0.64 DPR: 0.69 Ivan 'AiyvaN' Semenets Age: 22 Team: pro100 Rating 1.0: 1.03 Maps played: 442 KPR: 0.70 DPR: 0.67 Vega Squadron #20 Igor 'crush' ShevchenkoDmitriy 'jR' ChervakAnton 'tonyblack' KolesnikovLeonid 'chopper' VishnyakovPavel 'hutji' Lashkov Windigo Academy #121 Serghij 'Sergiz' AtamanchukDmitry 'rAge' BolotovNikolay 'Evo' EgerevAleksandr 'zendik' TulAlexandr 'Psycho' Zlobin Dmitriy 'jR' Chervak Age: 25 Team: Vega Squadron Rating 1.0: 1.04 Maps played: 409 KPR: 0.70 DPR: 0.65 Yegor 'markeloff' Markelov Age: 30 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 0.99 Maps played: 1143 KPR: 0.67 DPR: 0.65 Vladyslav 'bondik' Nechyporchuk Age: 25 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 1.03 Maps played: 1016 KPR: 0.70 DPR: 0.66 Kirill 'ANGE1' Karasiow Age: 29 Team: HellRaisers Rating 1.0: 1.01 Maps played: 1496 KPR: 0.71 DPR: 0.71 pro100 #72 Ivan 'AiyvaN' SemenetsDima 'def' LemeshchukVadim 'Flarich' KaretinLeonard 'kenzor' VolodarchukMareks 'YEKINDAR' Gaļinskis Ukraine Pavel 'COLDYY1' Veklenko Age: 26 Team: Spirit Rating 1.0: 1.06 Maps played: 781 KPR: 0.72 DPR: 0.65 Viktor 'sdy' Orudzhev Age: 21 Team: Spirit Rating 1.0: 1.08 Maps played: 297 KPR: 0.72 DPR: 0.64 djakuyu Igor 'crush' ShevchenkoDmitriy 'jR' ChervakViktor 'sdy' OrudzhevIvan 'AiyvaN' SemenetsPavel 'COLDYY1' Veklenko Oleksandr 's1mple' Kostyliev Age: 21 Team: Natus Vincere Rating 1.0: 1.23 Maps played: 920 KPR: 0.85 DPR: 0.66