What a crazy qualifiers it was as we saw some big teams fall, and other unknown teams prosper. In the end we have a list of very strong teams entering the upcoming battle field of group stage which may have some of the WCIP veteran teams worried.

Without further ado, here are the 8 teams that made it through 5 weeks of qualification:

aRirang
Praetoriani
Clan Go)
Serious.Razer
Incredible Panic
n!faculty
no War but still Craft!
Geh aB Clan e.V.

They will join up with the following 8 veteran teams of WCIP for the Season V Groupstage:

Ex-MYM.WC3
Project Mercenary (former sTa-Gaming)
Team Empire
Searching Organization
Team-Decerto.net
In memory of RAGE.eSports
ieS Virtual Gaming
eXpertise

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All 16 teams will be seeded into two groups (A and B), each group will be balanced as much as possible so that one is not harder than the other. The group seedings will be published Saturday, February 20th.

Playday 1 and Playday 2 will begin Thursday, February 25th. Yes you read correct, the first few playdays of Groupstage will be played at once since we are really crunched for time!

Good luck all qualified teams and here's to a great season!

Stay tuned for team introductions!