From the 21st to 25th of October, the annual Electronic Sports World Cup invites to an international clash of races for a staggering 66,000 USD. 48 players have made their ways past either a selection process of applications, or qualification tournaments. With only two days left until the opening match on Thursday, the groups for the main field have been presented to the public.

Electronic Sports World Cup 2011
Group 1Group 2Group 3
1. Marine King
2. Moutas
3. Pomi
4. HayprO
5. Kenzy
6. Aures1. MC
2. Bischu
3. merz
4. ALF
5. uThermal
6. NOM|Blight1. IdrA
2. ClouD
3. Orly
4. Bly
5. Harpner
6. nemuke
Group 4Group 5Group 6
1. ThorZaiN
2. DarkFoRcE
3. NrGCocoA
4. LiveZerg
5. Spoon
6. Evuser1. Stephano
2. Grubby
3. NightEnD
4. sLivko
5. cArn
6. Leugim1. Nerchio
2. Strelok
3. seiplo
4. Axslav
5. Snute
6. ZhevZ
Group 7Group 8
1. SjoW
2. aTnSocke
3. LoWeLy
4. Paranoid
5. Jarlaxle
6. raZiel1. MaNa
2. elfi
3. sYz
4. biGs
5. Sleeep
6. Deny


Based on the number each player recieved upon participating, the group stage duels start traditionally 1v6, 2v5, 3v4 and proceed in standard round robin manner, before culminating into single elimination playoffs.

The Starcraft 2 tournament of ESWC incorporated the largest part of the prize money that was put aside for the cancelled Warcraft 3 event and is now to pay out 66,000 USD, distributed in the following order:

1st Place: 26.000 USD
2nd Place: 12.000 USD
3rd Place: 8.000 USD
4th Place: 4.000 USD
5th-8th Place: 2.000 USD
9th-16th Place: 1.000 USD

Within the scope of the opening ceremony on Thursday, a match of Starcraft 2 will ring in the start of the grand event, before the group stage comes to an actual start on Friday. The playoffs will follow on Saturday afternoon and the entire Sunday when the grand final is scheduled to close the day at 17:00 CET.

Links
eswc.com - Tournament Homepage
eswc.com - ESWC main stage schedule