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22nd August 2008, 23:20

ESWC: DotA groups announced

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After the announcement of the groups for the the ESWC 2008 Grand Finals, it turned out that several teams have been listed, which were not able to participate, due to this the ESWC committee has decided to change the tournament format.

The new format will consist of a group stage with two pools of each 6 teams, where the top 2 ranked teams will qualify for the playoffs. Along with this modification a new seed pool will be announced within the next few days and furthermore a new drawing of the pools will follow.


The final list of participating teams:

Top Seeds:
Romania The Elder Gods
Sweden SK Gaming

High Seeds:
United State- Evil Genuises
United State- Jukes on You (TPD)

Medium Seeds:

Denmark Meet your Makers
Malaysia Kingsurf

Challenger Seeds:
France Serious Gaming
Singapore Zenith
Canada NaFu
Pakistan s3x
Brazil Fearz 

The new groups look as follow:

DotA Groups ESWC Grand Final 2008

Group AMWLTP
Sweden SK-Gaming00000
United State- Evil Genuises 00000
Malaysia Kingsurf 00000
Canada NaFu 00000
France Serious Gaming 00000
Pakistan S3X 00000
Group BMWLTP
Romania The Elder Gods00000
United State- Jukes on You 00000
Denmark Meet your Makers 00000
Singapore Zenith 00000
Brazil Fear the Spoon 00000
 00000
 


Related links: ESWC | myMYM.com ESWC Coverage


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(3 months ago)  #1 choby
choby
Panic Decision!!

Blame the visas
Last edited by choby at 19.08.2008, 20:03
(3 months ago)  #2 GenoZStriker
GenoZStriker
The list got downgraded again? XD
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(3 months ago)  #3 Alisha
Alisha
well it says.. two pools of each 6 teams, so basically without Rush3ed, s3x, xcn(fnatic), there are just 10 teams, but should be 12
(3 months ago)  #4 4KFmatthe88
matthe88
hmmm two groups of 5 teams and it is fine.... and I hope for some *live* streams or fast uploaded replays/results :/
Last edited by matthe88 at 19.08.2008, 20:06

╦╦╦╦╦╦╦ The fence of the Ancients ╦╦╦╦╦╦╦
(3 months ago)  #5 MYM|Maelk
Maelk
According to s3x themselves they are still going only with two standins to cover for the players who couldn't get their visa.
no re
(3 months ago)  #6 Alisha
Alisha
okey, ty updated
(3 months ago)  #7 PGS|thecupoftea
thecupoftea
Probably the biggest DotA tournament considering popularity, audience and prize pool, yet shit happens
CAPSLOCKCREW - lepiej widoczni, widocznie lepsi.
(3 months ago)  #8 EGWhisper
Whisper
Phew... Shit just got serious. Instead of 2 group stages we're down to one. Gonna be hard stuff! I just hope they manage to make 2 balanced groups.
(3 months ago)  #9 Riddle-
Riddle-
Aha! One Canadian team =]
(3 months ago)  #10 verGe_desRow
verGe_desRow
K nice group, but top2 from each groups go in single elim bo1 playoff?? heh
EY guys what u doin?
(3 months ago)  #11 siegetanks
 
are they allowed to let teams other than these teams to fight for the spot?
(3 months ago)  #12 DgT
 
Kingsurf confirmed?? they got their visas?
(3 months ago)  #13 wMtstaticxtreme
 
YES KINGSURF IS GOING!
(3 months ago)  #14 jo2x
 
How about ks.int? Can ks.int join this tournament? I really miss their playstyle. I hope i can see their team playing together.
Last edited by jo2x at 20.08.2008, 15:29
(3 months ago)  #15 4ueuL
euL
i hope ks.int can @_@
With great looks comes great responsiblities XD
(3 months ago)  #17 PoisonOfVarious
PoisonOfVarious
Me2 :/
(3 months ago)  #16 Moratia
 
Loh bailed out on ks.int didn't he? so it ruled them out for eswc
(3 months ago)  #18 forumstar
 
you will see ks.int back in action during Asus Tournament
(3 months ago)  #19 Loki-tama
 
Ks.int should be attending the upcoming ASUS tournament or probably.
(3 months ago)  #20 4ueuL
euL
>_< yeah..fck LoH zzzz..


scumbag

With great looks comes great responsiblities XD
(3 months ago)  #21 _TripleH_
 
NIce teams sorry by virtus :(
(3 months ago)  #22 sExtasY
sExtasY
Group A looks stronger ^^
Try to beat me. ;)
(3 months ago)  #26 4KFmatthe88
matthe88
+1
╦╦╦╦╦╦╦ The fence of the Ancients ╦╦╦╦╦╦╦
(3 months ago)  #23 Heldarion
Heldarion
lol @ MYM as a medium seed hahahaha, another joke, right?
Last edited by Heldarion at 22.08.2008, 23:55
(3 months ago)  #24 PainK
PainK
GL s3x +)
*PaiN* StriKe lyK LiGhtnin
(3 months ago)  #25 Xana-
Xana-
No joke. Seedings are connected to the qualifier, and since MYM has been "only" 4th @ ESWC Masters Paris, they get no Top-Seed
Last edited by Xana- at 23.08.2008, 00:02

Best side of life? - Suic's Side
(3 months ago)  #27 aWrnSS
aWrnSS
With KS^int + Rush3D but it is also very nice :D.

aWrnSS
(3 months ago)  #28 [TINS]-lala-
-lala-
fearz!^^
(3 months ago)  #29 laskAMAZING
 
gotta love fear the spoon just because of their name ^-^
(3 months ago)  #30 wnL.pedrinhuuu
pedrinhuuu
go fearz!!!
(3 months ago)  #31 Aoyos
Aoyos
Brazillians didn't have a good opportunity to show their capability for they don't have an O.K internet to play with the europeans and asiatics.But ESWC brought this opportunity!FEAR the spoon!
An nescis mi filli?Quantilla sapientia mundus regatur...
(3 months ago)  #32 Forkxx
Forkxx