When Aero snatched the last qualifier spot after seeing DinOt withdraw from the league, the ESL Major Series administration could publish the groups: 16 players divided into four groups.
| ESL Major Series Season 5 Groups | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Group A | Group B | |||||||||||||||||||||||
 Kolll |  IdrA | |||||||||||||||||||||||
 kogeT |  White-Ra | |||||||||||||||||||||||
 MorroW | aCe | |||||||||||||||||||||||
 XiaOzI | AerO | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Group C | Group D | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| MaNa | Draco | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mondragon |  Avi-Love | |||||||||||||||||||||||
 Arew |  ret | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strelok | Dreiven | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Group A will have the youngster up-and-comer Kolll, Polish veteran kogeT, third best ranked Swede MorroW and the Canadian top star XiaOzI.
Last season champion IdrA will share group B together with recent IEF fourth White-Ra, German in-shape aCe and last-man-in Aero.
Group C will see clashes between GosuCup champion MaNa, European Zerg icon Mondragon, Lithuanian eXtreme Violent star Arew and ESC-Gaming top dog Strelok.
- I like my group, though I'm a bit sad I got MaNa who is my team mate, but anyways I liked the group and I'm looking forward for meeting these guys, said Strelok to GosuGamers.
- All of them are really strong and have been playing well lately, although everyone is beatable by any player of our group so it's very hard to predict who will advance. I can promise that I will practice hard and prepare very well for my matches to reach the best results, said Arew, another Group C player to GosuGamers.
The last group holds four European, where two fo them have Korean experience. Draco, who played for OGN Sparkyz a few years ago, and ret who is training with eSTRO since a few weeks back. The two will have the Danish player Avi-Love and Dreiven, the bronze medalist from last year.
Matches in Group A and C will start next Monday, November 9 at 19:45.
Links
ESL.eu - Source