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ESWC 2006 Draw Pools Announced
Today the ESWC´s Organizing Comitee announced the draw pools that will lead the drawing of the groups of the first phase. Like in the past year, the players are divided into three groups: the Top-seed Pool, High-seed Pool and the Medium-seed Pool and the remaining players are placed in the Challengers Pool. Using this system, one player from each pool with a number of players from the Challenger pool which can vary from 3 to 5, the groups tend to be more balanced avoiding the favourites facing each other in the early rounds and players from the same nationality either. Participants are seeded into the draw pools according to a rating of each country’s strength and the results of each national final. The countries’ rating is established according to the results of participants from the country in previous editions of the Electronic Sports World Cup and other major competitions. About the nationality: if one player is drawed and his nationality already has a representant in that group, he is put aside and another player will be drawn. In the last group, if the player´s nationality is already in the group, he will be not put aside and will be put together in that group. Take a look now at the draw pools for each game: Counter Strike Male Counter Strike Female WarCraft III Quake 4 Pro Evolution Soccer 5
By Rodrigo 'roc4m' Albuquerque
Jun 24, 2006 23:32
Today the ESWC´s Organizing Comitee announced the draw pools that will lead the drawing of the groups of the first phase. Like in the past year, the players are divided into three groups: the Top-seed Pool, High-seed Pool and the Medium-seed Pool and the remaining players are placed in the Challengers Pool. Using this system, one player from each pool with a number of players from the Challenger pool which can vary from 3 to 5, the groups tend to be more balanced avoiding the favourites facing each other in the early rounds and players from the same nationality either. Participants are seeded into the draw pools according to a rating of each country’s strength and the results of each national final. The countries’ rating is established according to the results of participants from the country in previous editions of the Electronic Sports World Cup and other major competitions. About the nationality: if one player is drawed and his nationality already has a representant in that group, he is put aside and another player will be drawn. In the last group, if the player´s nationality is already in the group, he will be not put aside and will be put together in that group. Take a look now at the draw pools for each game: Counter Strike Male Counter Strike Female WarCraft III Quake 4 Pro Evolution Soccer 5
Counter-Strike Male
Top-seed Pool
compLexity (defending champion)
Alternate.aTTaX (1st Germany)
Lunatic Hai (1st South Korea)
Ninjas in Pyjamas (1st Sweden)
Spirit of Amiga (1st Denmark)
Team 3D (1st USA)
wNv.Gaming (1st China)
Virtus.Pro (1st Russia)
High-seed Pool
Astralis (1st Finland)
Evil Genius (1st Canada)
Fnatic (2nd Sweden)
Four Kings (1st United Kingdom)
JaS.Webone (1st France)
Made in Brazil (1st Brazil)
mTw (2nd Germany)
TBD (first Spain)
Medium-seed Pool
Aftermath (1st Norway)
Atlanteam (2nd France)
Digital Mind (1st Belgium)
DRW (1st Austria)
F-zero (1st Australia)
JaX Money Crew (2nd USA)
Team Pentagram (1st Poland)
True Legends Stars (1st Bulgaria)
Counter-Strike Female
Top-seed Pool
Girls Got Game (defending champion)
Beat of the Best (1st France)
Ladies (1st Brazil)
x6tence (1st Spain)
High-seed Pool
Aurora-Gaming (1st Denmark)
Burntpink (1st USA)
Hacker.Victory (1st China)
Les Seules (1st Sweden)
WarCraft III: Frozen Throne
Top-seed Pool
4KGrubby (defending champion)
fnatic.DIDI8 (1st Bulgaria)
4K.FoV (1st South Korea)
Lucifer (2nd South Korea)
WE.Sky (2nd China)
WE.SuhO (1st China)
mouz.TitaN (1st Russia)
4K.ToD (1st France)
High-seed Pool
MYM]Bjarke (1st Denmark)
4K.Creolophus (1st Norway)
4K.FuRy (1st Sweden)
SK.HoT (1st Ukraine)
SK.Insomnia (2nd Bulgaria)
u5.PaTo (1st Brazil)
3D.Shortround (1st USA)
GG.Wolf (2nd France)
Medium-seed Pool
MYM]Ciara (2nd Denmark)
SK.Fire_de (1st Germany)
LanFan.NightWolf (1st Belarus)
u5.NilknarfLP (2nd USA)
rC.XFi|LoL_vs_xD (1st Spain)
Stingray (1st Malaysia)
Srs`Zerter (1st Netherlands)
4K.Zeus (1st Croatia)
Quake 4
Top-seed Pool
mouz.Cooller (defending champion)
Chaoticz (1st USA)
TeK-9.Forever (1st Netherlands)
RAW-Ooze (2nd Sweden)
coL.Socrates (1st USA)
SK.Toxic (1st Sweden)
Winz (1st France)
2GD (1st United Kingdom)
High-seed Pool
Apo5tol (1st Russia)
Clamp-ok (1st Australia)
Cypher (1st Belarus)
D1ablo (1st Germany)
Impulse (1st Belgium)
Matr0x (1st Poland)
Noble (1st Finland)
Vicious (1st Italy)
Pro Evolution Soccer 5
Top-seed Pool
Arabian Joker (defending champion)
Abiga (1st Brazil)
Bouboum (1st Caribbean)
Jinxy (1st Belgium)
POPO (1st Spain)
Song (1st China)
Spank (1st France)
TBD (1st Italy)
High-seed Pool
EFFY (1st Malaysia)
Huang (2nd China)
L.O.G (1st Germany)
Medo (1st Saudi Arabia)
Myto (2nd France)
Tabajara (2nd Brazil)
Wallace (1st United Kingdom)
Zharmurai (1st Tunisia)
The groups are going to be randomly drawn in the opening ceremony of the main event, the 29th of June, so stay tuned for more news regarding ESWC 2006. Good luck for all participants.
Source: ESWC
Top-seed Pool
compLexity (defending champion)
Alternate.aTTaX (1st Germany)
Lunatic Hai (1st South Korea)
Ninjas in Pyjamas (1st Sweden)
Spirit of Amiga (1st Denmark)
Team 3D (1st USA)
wNv.Gaming (1st China)
Virtus.Pro (1st Russia)
High-seed Pool
Astralis (1st Finland)
Evil Genius (1st Canada)
Fnatic (2nd Sweden)
Four Kings (1st United Kingdom)
JaS.Webone (1st France)
Made in Brazil (1st Brazil)
mTw (2nd Germany)
TBD (first Spain)
Medium-seed Pool
Aftermath (1st Norway)
Atlanteam (2nd France)
Digital Mind (1st Belgium)
DRW (1st Austria)
F-zero (1st Australia)
JaX Money Crew (2nd USA)
Team Pentagram (1st Poland)
True Legends Stars (1st Bulgaria)
Counter-Strike Female
Top-seed Pool
Girls Got Game (defending champion)
Beat of the Best (1st France)
Ladies (1st Brazil)
x6tence (1st Spain)
High-seed Pool
Aurora-Gaming (1st Denmark)
Burntpink (1st USA)
Hacker.Victory (1st China)
Les Seules (1st Sweden)
WarCraft III: Frozen Throne
Top-seed Pool
4KGrubby (defending champion)
fnatic.DIDI8 (1st Bulgaria)
4K.FoV (1st South Korea)
Lucifer (2nd South Korea)
WE.Sky (2nd China)
WE.SuhO (1st China)
mouz.TitaN (1st Russia)
4K.ToD (1st France)
High-seed Pool
MYM]Bjarke (1st Denmark)
4K.Creolophus (1st Norway)
4K.FuRy (1st Sweden)
SK.HoT (1st Ukraine)
SK.Insomnia (2nd Bulgaria)
u5.PaTo (1st Brazil)
3D.Shortround (1st USA)
GG.Wolf (2nd France)
Medium-seed Pool
MYM]Ciara (2nd Denmark)
SK.Fire_de (1st Germany)
LanFan.NightWolf (1st Belarus)
u5.NilknarfLP (2nd USA)
rC.XFi|LoL_vs_xD (1st Spain)
Stingray (1st Malaysia)
Srs`Zerter (1st Netherlands)
4K.Zeus (1st Croatia)
Quake 4
Top-seed Pool
mouz.Cooller (defending champion)
Chaoticz (1st USA)
TeK-9.Forever (1st Netherlands)
RAW-Ooze (2nd Sweden)
coL.Socrates (1st USA)
SK.Toxic (1st Sweden)
Winz (1st France)
2GD (1st United Kingdom)
High-seed Pool
Apo5tol (1st Russia)
Clamp-ok (1st Australia)
Cypher (1st Belarus)
D1ablo (1st Germany)
Impulse (1st Belgium)
Matr0x (1st Poland)
Noble (1st Finland)
Vicious (1st Italy)
Pro Evolution Soccer 5
Top-seed Pool
Arabian Joker (defending champion)
Abiga (1st Brazil)
Bouboum (1st Caribbean)
Jinxy (1st Belgium)
POPO (1st Spain)
Song (1st China)
Spank (1st France)
TBD (1st Italy)
High-seed Pool
EFFY (1st Malaysia)
Huang (2nd China)
L.O.G (1st Germany)
Medo (1st Saudi Arabia)
Myto (2nd France)
Tabajara (2nd Brazil)
Wallace (1st United Kingdom)
Zharmurai (1st Tunisia)
The groups are going to be randomly drawn in the opening ceremony of the main event, the 29th of June, so stay tuned for more news regarding ESWC 2006. Good luck for all participants.
Source: ESWC
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- First of all if your country has performed well the year before you ll get good spots. Poland never did, Neither did Zeus in Warcraft3, USA never got serveral teams in top4, etc... Last year France got a team in top 8 so did china, south corea, UUSA, Germany, ...
- If your country has several spots, you wont get your teams in the same "level group", that is because one obviously won and the other lost :). That is why fnatic is in group 2.
- Finally USA have two top seeds because CoL are defending champions and have therefore a top seed. And 3D won the USA qualifier and therefore topseed too.
and fnatic should be in the top seed instead of soa and/or virtus.pro - both of the teams are a bit overrated :E
:D
gl w1 and atL :)
we will see ;)