ESL Major Series: 2nd EU Qualifier
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5 Nov 2007, 16:07
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The first ESL Major Series EU Qualifier is coming to an end and the second one is already on its way. The last chance for all European teams will start next Thursday, seeing an unlimited number of teams fighting for the last 4 EMS slots.Nearly all nations have found their representative already, only in some nations the final matches have to be played. With the end of our first EU Qualifier it is now time to announce our second and final qualifier and a major change to the slot distribution for the ESL Major Series. Due to the proceedings in some of our national qualifiers, we will reduce the slots from 24 to 16. This leaves the prospect of the EMS groupstage as follows:
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Alpen
Finland
France
Germany 2 slots
Italy
Poland 2 slots
Spain
Sweden 2 slots
Europe 5 slotsFor all teams which are not from one of the mentioned countries or if a clan is too mixed up by different nationalities, there will be the second and last international qualifier where all those teams can participate in. If your clan joined a national qualifier which is not listed in our country ranking, then your national qualifier was cancelled due to lack of teams.
The best 4 teams of the 2nd EU Qualifier will get a slot for the ESL Major Series, starting next Thursday. That's why the signups are already open and will close on Wednesday afternoon. Based on the number of signups, we will decide if we will find the last four teams for the EMS in a single or double elimination bracket.
More details including the schedule can be found in the official ESL Newspost.
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very nice stuff though :D
..but i reckon the good teams (like yourself) would go through even with some 2nd-chance-teams. and i'd go with that option since that would give a better ems (quality-wise) at the end of the day, especially from a spectator view which i suppose i am now since j52 folded. however, i can fully see your side of it aswell and from the start i didn't believe that any team would get a 2nd chance either.
EMS should include 16 strongest teams and not 16 teams random teams chosen because you cant try twice.
so that does not suggest that all of the top teams will be there. it's not cb eurocup :)
lans are selected for EuroCup participation based on their stability (i.e. the ability to complete leagues) and their strength as proven by official match results (or the results of their players in other clans). Practice results are irrelevant. Unproven clans will only be considered if their players have completed competitions with top clans before. To broaden the international appeal of the EuroCup, the best clan of country A may get preference over the next best clan of country B.
If the tournament format is going to be fudged to allow in the perceived best teams rather than the teams who qualify then make it invite only from start instead of fuckin people about.