s1mple to miss WESG World Finals

Team Ukraine star Aleksandr "s1mple" Kostyliev has revealed that he will not be able to compete at the upcoming WESG World Finals.

In a Twitter post, the Natus Vincere prodigy explained that he is currently dealing with "personal issues" and lamented that he will not attend the event, which will start on Monday.

The news comes as a huge blow to the Ukrainian mix, who won the WESG European & CIS Regional Finals with Oleksandr "⁠s1mple⁠" Kostyliev leading the tournament charts with an impressive 1.39 average rating.

s1mple will not represent Ukraine at the WESG Finals

Contacted by HLTV.org, Ukraine leader Danylo "⁠Zeus⁠" Teslenko stated that he does not know yet what the team will do. The Ukrainians have been drawn in Group E, alongside Bravado, Envy and Viva Algeria.

Ukraine currently have the following line-up for the event:

Vladyslav "⁠bondik⁠" Nechyporchuk
 Ioann "⁠Edward⁠" Sukhariev
 Danylo "⁠Zeus⁠" Teslenko
 Yegor "⁠markeloff⁠" Markelov

Gonna miss WESG, sorry everyone for not coming, have personal issues

— Sasha (@s1mpleO) March 9, 2018

Bravado #71 Dimitri 'Detrony' HadjipaschaliRuan 'ELUSIVE' van WykAran 'Sonic' GroesbeekRhys 'Fadey' ArmstrongJohnny 'JT' Theodosiou Ukraine #7 Ioann 'Edward' SukharievDanylo 'Zeus' TeslenkoOleksandr 's1mple' KostylievYegor 'markeloff' MarkelovVladyslav 'bondik' Nechyporchuk Yegor 'markeloff' Markelov Age: 30 Team: FlipSid3 Rating 1.0: 1.00 Maps played: 1118 KPR: 0.67 DPR: 0.65 Ioann 'Edward' Sukhariev Age: 30 Team: Natus Vincere Rating 1.0: 1.02 Maps played: 1114 KPR: 0.71 DPR: 0.67 Vladyslav 'bondik' Nechyporchuk Age: 24 Team: HellRaisers Rating 1.0: 1.05 Maps played: 842 KPR: 0.72 DPR: 0.66 Danylo 'Zeus' Teslenko Age: 30 Team: Natus Vincere Rating 1.0: 0.94 Maps played: 1128 KPR: 0.65 DPR: 0.69 Viva Algeria #155 Kyle 'NOtA' SaadiNabil 'natsu' BadiSophien 'thyx' FelkaouiDylan 'nOxii' SaadiMalik 'Malikof' Kofkof Oleksandr 's1mple' Kostyliev Age: 20 Team: Natus Vincere Rating 1.0: 1.20 Maps played: 758 KPR: 0.85 DPR: 0.68 Envy #28 Fabien 'kioShiMa' FieyCédric 'RpK' GuipouyAdil 'ScreaM' BenrlitomVincent 'Happy' SchopenhauerAli 'hAdji' Haïnouss Natus Vincere #7 Ioann 'Edward' SukharievDanylo 'Zeus' TeslenkoEgor 'flamie' VasilyevOleksandr 's1mple' KostylievDenis 'electroNic' Sharipov