The event is taking place at the well known Dreamhack in Jönköping (Sweden) which is one of the biggest LAN in the World. The Finals are schelduled from the 17th to the 19th with eight teams coming from the four differents qualifiers. The team that are qualified for the Finals are:

SK - SpawN, fisker, RobbaN, allen, striker
fnatic - Archi, fnaticcArn, f0rest, ins, dsn
EvilZone - hibb, kylie, kvicken, Nippo, Like
hippopotamus - ekr, hajjen, DOJJO, molander, blomstar
ESC.Novamania - judas, leggis, wallin, rad, escn kriip
Cold As ICE - nibble, joypop, reconze, xeron, krupto
TBA
TBA

Since Snajdan left, SK is teetering between good and bad results with a fifth player they haven't officialised yet. They have played with Red`and striker and hadn't chosen one yet, but they will attend these Finals with Striker. Hence the conclusion that SK may not be fully ready for these ESWC Sweden Finals since their level is unclear. Their victory in Eurocup Clanbase versus aTTaX shows they can be on top and their training at the Inferno Online will MiBR may help us to qualifiy.

An other pretender for the victory is fnatic. We haven't really seen them playing for a while but their performance at the qualifier was perfectly orchestrated, and with such a lineup they just can be on top. As every year, they don't really communicate on their training and it's hard to forsee what their level will be at this Dreamhack. They finished secound last year in Paris, and have switched just one player, so we will see this week-end if Tentpole was crucial in the team or if ins has managed to replace him.

The four other teams can create the surprise on one match but it will be really hard for them, since the favorites are experienced and know how to handle this kind of matches. But if there is something we have learned in the qualifier, it is the fact that you can't underestimate these teams.