Defeating ONE.DotA in straight games, Team Empire takes home Cup #2 and qualifies for the EMS One Fall 2013 groupstage.
Cup #2 of the EMS Fall 2013 featured The International 3 participants in the revamped Virtus.Pro and Fnatic.EU, but it was Team Empire who came out on top with an impressive performance. The Russian team went undefeated and capped off their run with a convincing 2-0 triumph over ONE.DotA in the final.
Along with $600 in prize money, Team Empire have also secured a spot in the groupstage of the EMS One Fall 2013 next month, joining 
Alliance (invited),
Natus Vincere (invited),
Mousesports (invited) and 
Flipside.Tactics.
With two cups to go before the groupstage, here's how the teams stack up in the standings.
| EMS One Cups standings | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Teams | Cup #1 | Cup #2 | Cup #3 | Cup #4 | Total |
| Flipside (qualified) | 100 | N/A | 100 | ||
| Empire (qualified) | 75 | 100 | 175 | ||
| ONE.DotA | 50 | 75 | 125 | ||
| aAa | 25 | 50 | 75 | ||
| Team Menace | 50 | 25 | 75 | ||
| 3DMAX | 0 | 50 | 50 | ||
| Team Property BB2 | 25 | 25 | 50 | ||
| DPWZ | 25 | 10 | 35 | ||
| 4FC | 0 | 25 | 25 | ||
| Fnatic | 0 | 25 | 25 | ||
| EvoPlay | 25 | 0 | 25 | ||
| GA | 10 | 10 | 20 | ||
Cup #3 of this Fall season will be played this weekend, with games starting on September 16. Live streams will be available courtesy of JoinDotA.
