ESWC announces its first batch of players. In total there will be 48 players competing for $66.000 price money. In the upcoming weeks this player list will be updated
The first batch of players for the grand finals in Paris can now be found on our website. This list is dynamic and is directly updated as soon as a player confirms his attendance. There are currently some pending invites, but also some national qualifications that are not finished yet.
*NEW* Streaming partner Own3d announced.
*NEW* Streaming hub http://www.own3d.tv/event/ESWC
Group stage
Group 1
MarineKing
Moutas
Pomi
HayprO
Kenzy
Aures
Group 2
MC
Bischu
merz
NaViALF
uThermal
Blight
Group 3
IdrA
ClouD
Orly
Bly
Harpner
nemuke
Group 4
ThorZaIN
DarKFoRcE
CocoA
LiveZerg
Spoon
Evuser
Group 5
Stephano
Grubby
NightEnD
sLivko
cArn
Leugim
Group 6
Nerchio
Strelok
seiplo
Axslav
Snute
ZhevZ
Group 7
SjoW
Socke
LoWeLy
Paranoid
Jarlaxle
raZiel
Group 8
MaNa
elfi
sYz
biGs
Sleeep
Deny
The group stage page can be found here.
Players list+ Show Spoiler +
Felix 'Spoon' Petitzon
Olivier 'Orly' Bellemans
Anton 'imba.FXOpen.LoWeLy' Plebanovich
Han Sang 'biGs' CHO
michael 'NOM|Blight' ramot
Lee 'MarineKing' Jung Hoon
Jang Min 'MC' Chul
Souaib 'cArn' Hanaf
Silviu 'FnaticNightEnD' Lazar
Artem 'sLivko' Garavtsov
Eugine 'imba.FXOpen.Strelok' Oparyshev
Jeffrey 'SjoW' Brusi
Hayder 'Liquid`HayprO' Hussein
Tim 'dignitas\merz' Olsson
Jonathan 'DarKFoRcE' Belke
Carlo 'aTnClouD' Giannacco
John 'seiplo' Seipel
Svysiuk 'Virus.Bly' Oleksandr
James 'Moutas' Moutafidis
Online qualified
Marcus 'ThorZaIN' Eklöf
Oleksander 'NaViALF' Iatsenko
Jesper 'Bischu' Johansson
Sergey 'RoXKISPomi' Rodionov
Diogo 'sYz' Barbosa
Giacomo 'aTnSocke' Thüs
Andrey 'RoX.KIS.LiveZerg' Guldyashov
Greg 'EGIdrA' Fields
Nick 'EGAxslav' Ranish
Samuli 'elfi' Sihvonen
National qualified
Tomas 'Harpner' Brustik
Ilyes 'Stephano' Satouri
Bruno 'Kenzy' Wafo Tapa
Aurélien 'Aures' Sannier
Nickunj 'Rog.raZiel' Bansal
Daigo 'nemuke' Ozaki
Manuel 'Grubby' Schenkhuizen
Marc 'uThermal' Schlappi
Jens 'GLSnute' Waller Aasgaard
Jan 'Evuser' Zelnik
Artur 'Nerchio' Bloch
Grzegorz 'mouzMaNa' Komincz
Rafal 'Paranoid' Kontowicz
Marko 'Jarlaxle' Paunović
Deni 'Deny' Antolos]
Aaron 'NrGCocoA' Deir
Turushan 'Sleeep' Aktay
Miguel Angel 'Leugim' Villegas
Sergio 'xGs.ZhevZ' Villegas
* The US qualified players minigun and qxc are unable to attend.
* The invited Korean player Nada is also unable to attend.
Players got selected by making an application in the last few months.
Tournament
Dates: Friday, October 21 - Sunday, October 23 (complete schedule)
Game: StarCraft II
Patch: Latest version
Participants: 48
Game format: BO3 in groups and bracket - BO5 in finals
Format: Top2 from each group will go into a single elimination bracket.
Prizes
1. $26.000
2. $12.000
3. $8.000
4. $4.000
5-8. $2.000
5-8. $2.000
5-8. $2.000
5-8. $2.000
9-16. $1.000
9-16. $1.000
9-16. $1.000
9-16. $1.000
9-16. $1.000
9-16. $1.000
9-16. $1.000
9-16. $1.000
In total: $66.000
Maps
- GSTL GSL Terminus SE
- GSTL GSL Crossfire SE
- GSTL GSL Tal’Darim Altar LE
- GSTL GSL Crevasse
- TSL Metalopolis
- ESL Shakuras Plateau
- MLG Antiga Shipyard *new*
* We removed GSTL GSL Xel’Naga Caverns and added MLG Antiga Shipyard
Info
Website: http://www.eswc.com
Event schedule: http://www.eswc.com/en/2011/final
Stage schedule: stage-programme-eswc.pdf
Detailed price money: eswc2011-pm-breakdown-2508_1.pdf
Rulebook: http://data.eswc.com/rules/2011/en/
Teamliquid wikipedia: /Electronic_Sports_World_Cup_2011
Groups: live.eswc.com
Live portal: live.eswc.com
Streaming announcement: Own3d announced