The teams and players are divided into three categories, Top Seed, High Seed and Challengers (for all the others). The CS 1.6 male tournament will consist of four groups of five teams, meanwhile CS 1.6 female will be four group of four teams, with the top two progressing to the playoffs for both competitions.

The seedings have been decided "according to their results in previous editions of the Electronic Sports World Cup and other major competitions."

Counter-Strike 1.6 Male

Format: 4 groups of 5 teams

Top seeds

Fnatic (Sweden)
MeetYourMakers (Poland)
mortal Teamwork (Denmark)
SK-Gaming (Sweden)

High seeds

emulate (France)
eStro (South Korea)
made in brazil (Brazil)
mousesports (Germany)

Challengers

Against All Authority (France)
Alternate (Germany)
DCC gaming (Netherlands)
Dimension4 (France)
Evil Geniuses (U.S.A.)
Get2Gev (France)
Hellway (Switzerland)
nEophyte.AVG (Czech Republic)
Spirit of Amiga (Denmark)
TEAM ROCCAT (Finland)
Team Excello (Finland)
X6tence (Spain)

Counter-Strike 1.6 Female

Format: 4 groups of 4 teams

Top seeds

emuLate (France)
Les Seules (Sweden)
n!faculty (Germany)
SK Gaming (U.S.A.)

High seeds

Alternate (Germany)
Aurora-Gaming (Denmark)
badGirlsclan (Spain)
forZe.female (Russia)

question]Challengers

Computex (France)
D-Link PGS (Poland)
eSuba (Czech Republic)
LowLandLions (Belgium)
PMS Clan Europe (Finland)
Team Excello (Bulgaria)

The draw of tournament’s group stage will take place on June 30th from 3pm CET to 5pm C