News Archive
Road to Finals: Alliance
The winner of Group B was no surprise to many, as Alliance took down their opponents and earned the top spot in the group.
Road to Finals: Fnatic
We take a look at Fnatic who, next to Na`Vi, also made it out of Group A and qualified for the live event finals of the RaidCall ESL Major Series One.
Road to Finals: Natus Vincere
As we get closer to the Fall 2013 finals of the RaidCall ESL Major Series One, we take a look at all the teams participating in them, starting with Natus Vincere.
DK to represent China in Tychy
Team DK has qualified for the RaidCall EMS One 2013 Fall 2013 Finals. Beating Vici Gaming in the finals of the qualifier, they secured a paid trip to the $35,000 event.
Tychy to host the DOTA2 Finals
We are happy to reveal the location of the RaidCall EMS One DOTA2 Finals. The finals of the Fall 2013 season will be held in Poland once again, but we have moved to Tychy, a city 20 minutes from Katowice. On the 7th and 8th of December, the qualified teams will fight it out for a prize pool of $35,000.
EMS adds Chinese qualifier
The RaidCall EMS One is getting more and more exciting! We are proud to reveal that the DOTA2 Finals will feature the winner of our new Chinese qualifier, organized in cooperation with ACE.
Korean champion to EMS
The winner of the Nexon Sponsorship League (NSL), South Korea's prime competition for Dota 2, is going to be travelling to Poland to attend the RaidCall EMS One DOTA2 Finals later this year. The EMS is going global!
Flip.Sid3 last EU team to qualify
With the deciding match of Group B, Flip.Sid3 Tactics vs. Team Menace, the group stage of the RaidCall ESL Major Series One comes to an end. So far, five teams have already qualified for the LAN finals!
Empire and mouz make it through
The group stage of the RaidCall ESL Major Series One is coming to an end this week, and we have a pretty interesting group coming up. Who will be the last European teams to go through to the LAN finals?
Alliance to qualify through Gr. B
This week, the champions of The International 2013, Alliance, will join the action in the RaidCall EMS One. Their opponents will be Flip.Sid3 Tactics, Team Menace and against All authority – and only two teams can go through to the live event finals.
EMS Americas enters playoffs
The North and South American qualifier for the RaidCall ESL Major Series One is heading into its final stage: The group stage is over, and now we have four teams left in the battle for a spot at the DOTA2 Finals. Three of them are from the United States while For Sweet Revenge is the only South American representative still in the tournament.
Group A starts tonight
With the first two matches of Group A,we are kicking off the group stage tonight. Starting at 18:00 CEST tonight and followed up with the next matches on Tuesday and Wednesday, we will get to see how the teams of Natus Vincere, Fnatic, ONE and 4 Friends + Chrillee will do on their way towards the live event finals.
EMS Americas is about to start
We can proudly present the groups of the North and South American qualification for the RaidCall ESL Major Series One. The matches will begin on September 27th and go on until October 6th – culminating in a Best-of-5 grand final that will determine who gets to participate at the DOTA2 Finals over in Europe. Will EG make it once again?
The Fall 2013 groups were drawn
The RaidCall ESL Major Series One enters its next stage! Europe's best teams will face each other in three groups – with the top 2 advancing to the highly anticipated $35,000 LAN finals.
Cup #4: It's all or nothing!
The last cup will decide the fate of many teams. 12 teams advance to the group stage – which ones will it be? From the remaining teams, no one can feel too safe. Well, except for the Serbian team ONE.
EMS Americas returns
RaidCall EMS One Americas is back for Fall 2013! This season, a team from the American continent will again get the chance to travel across the big pond and join the fight for $35,000 at the DOTA2 Finals of the RaidCall ESL Major Series One.
Cup #3: fnatic catches up
Things are getting heated as the RaidCall ESL Major Series One goes into its third week. After fnatic fell to ONE (ex-iNfernity) in the last cup, they will have to step up their game this time around.
Cup #2 goes to Empire
This week, we are joined by fnatic and Virtus.pro for our second cup. Both teams will have to face quite a few strong opponents in the fight for the direct qualification spot.
NAVI joins the RaidCall EMS One
The Ukrainian powerhouse Natus Vincere completes the participant list of our Fall 2013 season. We gladly welcome our Spring 2013 champions back to the EMS after they could not take part in our last season due to commitments in China.
Flip.Sid3 to win Cup #1
Our first cup features some of Europe's best teams as well as six challangers from the A-Series, all looking to win and thus secure themselves $500 as well as a spot in the group stage.
mouz invited; VP & Empire step in
The reigning RaidCall EMS One champions mousesports are the next team to be invited to the group stage. Their victory in the Summer 2013 seaon will entitle them to skip the cups and join the competition at a later point in time. The two vacant Core Team slots are filled by Virtus.pro and Team Empire.
Alliance invited to EMS Fall 2013
We can proudly disclose one more participant of our upcoming season: Alliance, the recently crowned champions of The International, have accepted our invitation to the RaidCall ESL Major Series One. They are one of three teams to join the group stage directly, skipping the cups.
Fall 2013 season brings back the EMS
The Dota 2 community is as thriving as ever, so time has come to resume the RaidCall ESL Major Series One: We can proudly announce that our Fall 2013 season is going to start on September 2nd, featuring a massive prize fund of $39,000. Week for week, you will get to see highly entertaining Dota 2 matches, with the best teams from Europe and other parts of the world eventually qualifying for the prestigeous LAN finals.
mouz wins Summer 2013 title
The German team mousesports has won the second season of the RaidCall EMS One after showing a very strong performance in the grand final, taking out Evil Geniuses with 3-1. This is the first offline championship won by mouz and surely marks an important milestone for the team. A cheque amounting to $12,000 goes to Black^, FATA-, paS, qojqva and syndereN – congratulations!
Live on ESL TV: RaidCall EMS One DOTA2 Finals
The best Dota 2 teams arrived in Katowice for the second season finals of the RaidCall EMS One. Are you ready for a weekend full of top-notch Dota 2 action? Soe Gschwind-Penski, Toby 'TobiWan' Dawson and Niklas 'Wagamama' Högström welcome you live at ESL TV for the first day of the RaidCall EMS One Summer Finals.