One week away from the International €100,000 Electronic Sports Tournament in China we found out nine out of twelve participants of the event for Warcraft 3 and StarCraft respectively.
The competitions will have six players from Asia (three invited Koreans and three qualified Chinese) and six players invited from all over the world. The invitees from Europe were announced some time ago and the list of Koreans was made public today.
The Korean trio for WC3 will be Jang “Spirit Moon” JaeHo, Lee “SoJu” Seong Deok and Chui “FoV” Dae Cho, all of them very accomplished players with over a dozen prestigious titles between them.
The other invitees are: Manuel “Grubby” Schenkhuizen (the Netherlands), Yoan “ToD” Merlo (France), Mikhail “XyLigan” Ribakov (Russia), Mykhaylo “HoT” Novopashin (Ukraine), Kim “SaSe” Hammar (Sweden) and Ivica “Zeus” Markovic (Croatia).
The list will be complete after the Chinese qualifier (October 13-17) ends. Top players like Xiaofeng “Sky” Li and Wei Liang “Fly100%″ Lu are expected to participate.
The invite list for StarCraft is as follows:
* Fenix (Peru)
* advokate (Russia)
* Testie (Canada)
* White Ra (Ukraine)
* Draco (Poland)
* Blackman (Poland)
* Casy (South Korea)
* AnyTime (South Korea)
* Hwasin (South Korea)
IEST’s third tournament will be for Pro Evolution Soccer.
One Comment
China’s Qualifier has 36 players. The most probable finalists will be LX (p), f91(Z) and Super.
Prizes
1. ~15.000€ ~3.300€
2. ~7.500€ ~1.900€
3. ~2.800€ ~950€
4. ~950€ ~660€
5.-8. / ~380€
Player’s Timetable
The timetable for the players
* 10/14 - 10/15 Check in
* 10/16 - 10/17 Training
* 10/17 Professional Masters China Preliminary
* 10/21 Professional Masters Grand Final
* 10/22 Rest
* 10/23 Closing Ceremony
* 10/24 Check out
Full list of the Chinese SC/WC3 players can be found
http://www.mymym.com/en/coverage/384/3.html
and
http://www.mymym.com/en/coverage/384/2.html