With only eleven teams participating in the first edition of the ESWC finals, the administration has reduced the tournament format from four groups to two groups only.

Teams like Rush3D, Kingsurf international (former Virtus.Pro) or Fnatic (former Executioners) won't be able to participate - the reasons are well known.

Those who did not got their visa rejected and were wise enough to stay together as a team long enough are the remaining:

First group:

SK-Gaming (Sweden)
Evil Geniuses (USA)
Kingsurf (Malaysia)
Serious Gaming (France)
NAFU (Canada)
s3x (Pakistan)

Second group:

MeetYourMakers (Denmark)
The elder Gods (Romania)
Team Pandemic (USA)
Zenith (Singapore)
Fearz (Brazil)

The sixth slot of the second groups is left empty due to the missing twelfth participant.

The best two of every group will advance to the play offs.