SK Gaming's John 'ZeRo4' Hill got a three-person group with Sander 'Vo0' Kaasjager and the Belgian player Impulse. Shane 'rapha' Hendrixson is with Kryštof 'krysa' Černý and Zhibo 'Fan Zhibo' Fan. Both players have very good chances of making it through to the top 16.

The ESWC Grand Final will have two group stages followed by an eight-man single elimination bracket. The groups are as follows:

Group A:
Richard 'noctis' Gansterer
Pierre-Emeric 'link1n' Portier
Bono
Tassilo 'toxter' Teppert

Group B:
Paul 'czm' Nelson
Kevin "strenx" Baeza
Daniel 'ddk' Kapadia
Hunter

Group C:
Zhibo 'Fan Zhibo' Fan
Shane 'rapha' Hendrixson
Kryštof 'krysa' Černý

Group D:
Magnus 'fox' Olsson
Lemmy "if-22" De Groot
Brian 'destrukt' Flander

Group E:
Alexei 'Cypher' Yanushevsky
Marcel 'k1llsen' Paul
Thomas 'griffin' Wall

Group F:
John 'ZeRo4' Hill
Sander 'Vo0' Kaasjager
Impulse

Group G:
Maciej 'av3k' Krzykowski
Nikita 'Nike' Amochaev
ALI N.A.B.

Group H:
Anton 'Cooller' Singov
Mateusz 'matr0x1' Ozga
Chance 'Chance' Lacina
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