The list of participants for ESWC 2011 is currently set at 17, from invited teams to those who qualified via the different qualifiers to the defending champions, Natus Vincere . Three more teams will apparently complete the field at 20. ESWC 2011 will take place from October 21st-25th in Paris, France.

According to HLTV.org elite team mTw , 3rd place finishers at ESWC 2010, will not be attending. Frag eXecutors is not on the list since the Polish WCG qualifier has yet to take place.



Last year saw Na`Vi go on one of the best playoff runs of all time, putting dominating performances on fnatic, mTw and SK consecutively. The event saw SK take their first 2nd place of the year at a major event, which also proved to be their last event with Gux. mTw finished 3rd and FX's 4th was the Polish teams first return to the top end of the scene.

Source: ESWC via HLTV.org