The full player list has been announced, 16 players to fight for the amazing $15,000 at IEM Gamescom. Six players qualified from the Go4SC2 tournaments, 10 more were invited.

Intel Extreme Masters
Qualified through Go4SC2 #24
Dimaga
SarenS
LucifroN
Qualified through Go4SC2 #25
ClouD
Naniwa
Tarson
Invited players
White-Ra
DeMusliM
IdrA
TLO
HuK
Strelok
Artosis
BRAT_OK
HasuObs
MaDFroGThe Global Challenge at Gamescom holds a prize pool of $15,000, where one third of that goes to the winner. The sixteen players listed to the right will in roughly two weeks battle each other for this big sack of money.

Among the invited players we find TheLittleOne, recent winner of the "King of the Beta" tournament, IdrA, White-Ra and WarCraft 3 progamer MaDFroG who is now making a return in StarCraft 2.


When and where
The event will kick off on August the 18th, and lasts until the 22nd in Cologne, Germany. If you are interested in going it will cost €29 for the whole event, or daytickets which are sold for around €10.

Prize distribution

1st place: $5,000
2nd place: $2,500
3rd place: $1,400
4th place: $900
5th - 8th place: $600
9th - 12th place: $400
13th - 16th place: $300

Links
ESL.eu - Source