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CPH Wolves and HellRaisers qualify for ESWC

The list of participating teams for Electronic Sports World Cup 2014 is almost completed. CPH Wolves and HellRaisers are the newest additions to this list, while the last two spots will be filled in from French qualifier.

This weekend was reserved for the Danish and Russian/Ukranian qualifiers. The Danish qualifier which included almost one hundred teams was firstly played in the groups format, where the best teams of this phase moved to double elimination bracket. This bracket was topped by Copenhagen Wolves who managed to defeat ALL IN in the finals with 2-1 score.

The Russian and Ukranian qualifier was hosted by StarLadder and included eight teams, five from Ukraine and three from Russia. Teams were placed into the double elimination bracket with the all matches being played in a best-of-three series. HellRaisers were dominant throughout the upper bracket, not losing a single map. Asus CyberZone, also known as dAT Team, secured the spot in the grand finals by winning the lower bracket. The grand finals brought some really enternaining games where in the end HellRaisers came on the top with the score of 3-2.

Qualified Teams:

  
Sweden Ninjas in PyjamasSweden Fnatic
United States Cloud9United States iBUYPOWER
Denmark Team DignitasBrazil KaBuM
Germany Planetkey DynamicsJapan Cipangu.GO
Poland Virtus.proUkraine Natus Vincere
South Africa Energy eSportsChina pow
India Virtual ImpactAlgeria E4US
Portugal k1ck eSportsPortugal AlienTech
Finland 3DMAXGermany Mousesports
Bulgaria GplayDenmark CPH Wolves
Ukraine HellRaisersNorway London Conspiracy
France TBDFrance TBD

 

Prize distribution:
1st. $ 20,000
2nd. $ 15,000
3rd. $ 10,000
4th. $ 5,000

 

Qualified Female Teams:

  
Sweden Bad Monkey GamingUnited States Ubinited
United States Team KarmaNorway myXMG
France 3DMAXRussia ACES Ladies
Germany Team AlternateFrance (Reserved Qualifying Slot) Paris Games Week

 

Female Prize distribution:
1st. $5,000
2nd. $ 3,000
3rd. $ 2,000

Schedule:

Tuesday, October 28 from 5 pm: Opening for press / pro / vip
Wednesday 29 and Thursday, October 30: Play-offs and Finals ESWC France
Thursday 30 and Friday, Oct. 31: Play-offs ESWC
Saturday 1st and Sunday, November 2: ESWC Finals


 

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