After four cups full of intensive matches, the teams for the group stage have been determined.
The fourth cup in the EMS One Spring is half-way through, but the semi-finals and the finals will have no impact on who advances, given that all 12 teams intend to participate. They will only determine the final standings.
Winner of the two previous installements, No Tidehunter is still in the running and will take first place without contestion, whereas Natus Vincere did not participate this time around, thus giving away second place. Fans are wondering whether Na'Vi will still try to qualify for the LAN finals in Poland, seeing as there have been plans to bootcamp in China in March/April.
Virtus.pro is currently occupying second place, although fnatic can eliminate them themselves and claim second place if they manage to win both games tomorrow.
The fourth team left in the semi-finals is RoX.KIS. The Russians have impressed and beaten the likes of dd.Dota or Empire. If they win this cup, they can still score 100 points or more.
Out of Tangoes, recently picked up by Keita Gaming, did not show up for cup #4, although one win could've secured them entering the group stage. Other than that, no real surprises occured.
The 12 top teams will advance to the group stages that will start next Monday. Joining them will be the four top American teams from the NA A-Series.
North American teams:
Eosin+4
fnatic.na
Team Liquid
Infinity Gaming Black
The semi-finals and finals are scheduled for 19:00 CET and coverage will be provided by TobiWan and epi in English, or v1lat in Russian.
ESL EMS Coverage HubCheck link for brackets, VODs and full standings
