Storm Games Clan (SGC) - Selected team
Virus Gaming (V) - Selected team
Orange Esports (Orange) - Selected team
MoscowFive (M5) - Selected team
monkeybusiness (monkey) - ESL.eu qualifier #1-2
Natus Vincere (Na`Vi) - ESL.eu qualifier #1-2
BX3 (old Rangers) (BX3) - ESL.eu qualifier #3
Lias Gaming (LG) - Nationally qualified
NEXT.kz (NEXT) - Nationally qualified
GamersLeague (4GL) ESL.eu qualifier #4
TBD TBDAs seen above, Orange.eSports have decided to attend Paris, shortly after their triumph at the Electronis Sports Thailand Championship. The Malaysians have only one week to train on Dota 2, as issued on the official Orange facebook page.
A similar fate has struck Moscow5 after a excessive DotA-weekend in Kiev, where the Intel Challenge: SuperCup 9 was won. The team proclaimed today via their official website, that their preperations for the upcoming ESWC finals have officially begun at an isolated team house.
Strengthening the eastern European forces at the tournament will be Natus Vincere, whose status remains unclear and ASUS Summer vice champion and full professional DotA squad NEXT.kz, who have been seen in the Dota 2 beta more frequently in the last days.
The western European fraction will be represented by monkey, Virus, BX3 and SGC. While the two last-mentioned have no DotA obligations left, monkey and Virus will face each other this week in the ROCCAT GosuCup #4 round of 16.
The compilation is rounded off by Bolivian Lias Gaming who have not appeared in the competitive DotA landscape yet.
ESWC 2011 will take place from the 21st to the 25th of October within the scope of the "Paris Games Week" trade fair in Paris, France and features a prize pool of $22,000 for it's Dota 2 tournament.
Links
eswc.com - Source
