The qualifiers are over, and the teams lucky enough to have gained entry to the prestigious event are preparing for the finals held between the 5th and the 8th of July, where they will battle it out hoping to return home with part of the prize purse which totals to more than $75 000. The event again will be held in Paris, with the event location being situated near the Eifel Tower and the Louvre.

Last year Made in Brazil surprised many by beating fnatic in the finals to take home the gold, and if the teams are anything to go by, this year looks set to be an epic event.

Throughout your read, you might notice that interviews aren't available. No need panic, a ESWC Interview series feature will be published very soon. You can find a little ESWC global reminder below:

ESWC 2003:

1. team9 (vesslan, quick, XeqtR, Lucchese and Luciano)
2. zEx (sunman, shaGuar, volcano, LeKtriK and boms)
3. SK.swe (HeatoN, Potti, fisker, ahl and brunk)

ESWC 2004:

1. The Titans (KK, whiMp, Drally, eGene, spx and EraZ)
2. spiXel (walle, Bullen, crypt, hyber and iLight)
3. Virtus.pro (Aleksey K., Johan K., Boris P., Viktor F. and Konstantin P.)

ESWC 2005:

1. coL (sunman, Storm, Warden, fRoD and tr1p)
2. SK.dk (whiMp, Drally, spx, zonic and eGene)
3. mouz (Blizzard, neo, PapsT, Roman R. and gore)

ESWC 2006:

1. Made in Brazil (KIKOOO, cogu, fnx, bruno and nak)
2. fnatic (dns, f0rest, cArn, Tentpole and Archi)
3. ALTERNATE aTTaX (CHEF-KOCH, mooN, Kapio, silver and Tixo)