Eight Direct Invites (my prediction):
Wings
DC
EG
Fnatic
Newbee
EHome
OG
Team Secret
The next few:
Execration (I'm really unsure on whether they make the cut; if EHome would have bombed the Summit qualifier they might have lucked into it but at this point I don't see it, especially since their LAN win was with a banned stand-in).
Team Liquid
Alliance
VP
MVP
America Regional Qualifier Invites:
NP
Complexity
Team Freedom
FDL
Infamous
paiN
Not Today
EvernovaS
TShow
No idea if there's even another american team to put here. Leviathan? Vultur?
Europe Regional Qualifier Invites:
Ad Finem
VP
Alliance
Vega
Team Liquid
Escape Gaming
Na'Vi
FRIENDS
Power Rangers
F5
(This qualifier has become the CIS show, but that's because teams like Secret and OG make the direct invite list. There's a bunch of teams I wish I could fit in here, like Prodota Gaming and Elements, but there just isn't enough space in this qualifier to justify them. The Imperial would have qualified over FRIENDS or Power Rangers for a direct invite imo without their roster problems. Sad days.)
China Regional Qualifier Invites:
LFY
iG.Vitality
iG
LGD
CDEC
VG.J
VG
Newbee.Young
FTD.A
EHome.Luminous
SEA Regional Qualifier Invites:
Execration
TnC
Team Faceless
Mineski
Signature.Trust
WG.Unity
MVP
Rave
RRQ
The Mongolz
The China and Europe regions are fairly deep, but the top end of those qualifiers is much better than the bottom end.
If I had to guess today:
Americas: NP, Complexity
Europe: VP, Alliance (this qualifier deserves special mention as like 6 of those teams above could win it. If The Imperial make it through open quals, that number changes to 7).
China: iG.Vitality, LFY
SEA: Team Faceless, Execration
Let me know if you guys think I'm leaving someone deserving out or if you disagree with my 8 invites!