The qualifying stage of ESL's tournament realm came to an end this week and now the eight qualified teams have been announced. As is usual with online WoW tournaments, most of the teams and players here are unknown outside of their live realms. But the second stage of qualification is a great chance for them to make a name for themelves against the likes of SK Europe, SK Sansibar and Godmode. That's right, both of SK's European teams were invited directly to this phase of the tournament.

The list of teams that made the cut from the TR is:

Rocknroll pigtails (Sweden}
Emo Whoopass Patrol (Denmark)
Pincho.wow (Russia)
Death Row (Germany)
RNG PARTY (Hungary)
Itsallgoodnahmean (Sweden)
No Surprises (Ukraine)
pwning noobs all day long (Finland)

These teams will join the eight invited teams in for groups which you can see below. The top team in each group will qualify directly for the European finals. 2nd and 3rd placed teams will go into a playoff system from which another four teams will qualify, making a total of eight teams in the final.

Group Stage

Group A
Godmode (formerly Ensidia )
SK Gaming SANSIBAR
RNG PARTY
Itsallgoodnahmean

Group B
Rocknroll pigtails
against All authority Rat
x6tence
BRB ICECREAM TRUCK

Group C
iNNERFiRE
Pincho.wow
No Surprises
pwning noobs all day long

Group D
SK Gaming EUROPE
plan-B
Emo Whoopass Patrol
Death Row

Dates for the second stage have not yet been set.

Source: ESL-World