The Russian and Ukrainian qualifiers of ESWC are starting tomorrow with eight teams battling it out for the spot at the main event. The LAN finals are scheduled to be played from October 29th through November 2nd in Paris.
The Electronic Sports World Cup (ESWC) 2014 is right around the corner, and the Russian and Ukrainian qualifiers will commence tomorrow at 10:00 CEST. The qualifiers will be hosted by SLTV, featuring eight teams - five from Ukraine and three from Russia. The games will be held online, but Ukranian teams will be playing from Kiev Cybersport Arena, while Russian teams will be playing from Moscow Cyber Stadium.
HellRaisers and dAT Team were the only invited squads for this qualifier, while the other teams had to earn a spot through previous online and offline qualifiers. dAT Team will be playing this qualifier under the Asus Cyberzone banner with a former HellRaisers player in their roster, Dauren "AdreN" Kystaubayev. AdreN was recently seen playing as a stand-in for dAT team in CIS Rising league.
The eight teams will have to survive the double-elimination bracket with the all matches being best-of-three. The opening matches will see HellRaisers taking on ACES and TBEB fighting with es4x. The other two pairs are scheduled for 13.00 CEST, with the matches being Art of Cybergame vs Nothing Personal and Asus Cybergame vs A-Gaming.
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