The Organizing Committee of the Electronic Sports World Cup will be inviting three more professional players and teams to participate in the ESWC Grand Finals that will be held in Paris, France. The invites will be selected by the organizing comittee from the countries without national qualifiers and are based on their past achievements, motivation and capacity to attend.
This means that the tournament will have 16 slots for Quake Live players, including three autoberths, which will be announced on the 31st of May. The deadline of applications for this years's ESWC Finals has been extended to the 28th of May. Additionally, it has been revealed that the invited participants will be provided with an accommodation from June 30th (arrival) to July 5th (departure) and only need to cover their travel expenses.
For now, the following Quake Live participants have been confirmed:
Cypher (ESWC 2008 champion)
Rapha (ESWC Master of Athens champion)
Spart1e (ESWC Master of Athens 2nd)
av3k (ESWC Master of Athens 3rd)
France #1 France #2 Poland #1
Russia #1
Slovenia #1 Sweden #1 Sweden #2 Sweden #3
United Kingdom #1
Related
ESWC Website
anyway looking forward to the finals, hopefully well organized and without problems and another great event for QL.
edited 2010-05-19 21:51:31
edited 2010-05-19 22:57:58
Quake Live (without seed)
Strenx
L1nkje
GoHLink
FooX
X-dR!L
sz
Fircrow
Kodiz
Edit: Even though I mixed this up with Dreamhack first, my point stands.
edited 2010-05-19 22:30:20
he'll probably be one of the invitation slot
France #2: l1nkin
Poland #1: tox1c
Russia #1: agent
Sweden #1: fox
Sweden #2: madix
Sweden #3: fazz
United Kingdom #1: GaRpY
Something like that most likely.
www.team-aaa.com/news-16404-0-6-live_cdf_2010_poule_b_en_cours.html
By the way, ESWC has already paid the french cashprizes, and they told that will be the same for the bigger tournament.