Fresh off their second place finish in the regular season of Starladder, Team Empire carried their great performance over to ESWC European qualifiers and took down a couple of strong teams like Super Strong Dinosaurs and Team Life before defeating PowerRangers, their grand final opponent, in straight games.
As the winner of the qualifier, Team Empire will be receiving a sponsored trip to ESWC main event in Paris courtesy of DailyMotion. PowerRangers on the other hand, similar to Rattlesnake.int only won the spot in the tournament and will have to rely on external financial means to get themselves to Paris.
With today's result, here is the updated list of qualifying teams for ESWC DotA 2:
Slot 1 - TBD
Slot 2 - France qualifier
Slot 3 - South Korea qualifier
Slot 4 - 
Anarchist
Slot 5 - Sweden qualifier
Slot 6 - 
Minion
Slot 7 - Ukraine qualifier
Slot 8 - Pakistan qualifier
Slot 9 - 
Evil Geniuses
Slot 10 - 
Rattlesnake.int
Slot 11 - 
Empire
Slot 12 - 
PowerRangers
Slot 13 - Sign-up #1
Slot 14 - Sign-up #2
Slot 15 - Sign-up #3
Slot 16 - Sign-up #4
The ESWC DotA 2 main event will take place on October 30, with 16 teams competing for a total of $25,000 in prize money.
Source: DailyMotion
