The ESWC Asia Masters will take place between 2-5 May in Cheonan, South Korea as part of 2009 Cheonan International e-Sports Culture Festival. Aside from two official ESWC tournaments Counter-Strike 1.6 and Warcraft III, popular game titles in Korea like FIFA Online 2, Special Force and Starcraft will also feature in this event.

Three previous PGL title winners Weiliang 'Fly100%' Lu, Xiaofeng 'Sky' Li and Xiang 'TH000' Huang alongside MGC 2008 champion Zhuo 'TeD' Zeng are reckoned as four of the best players worldwide, while European champions Manuel 'GrubbY' Schenkhuizen, Dmitriy 'Happy' Kostin, Yoan 'ToD' Merlo and more are also named in the list.

Sasha 'Bly4eg' Svisuk, Vladislav 'Frozen' Baranov, Hao 'suhO' Su and Youchao 'Syc' Su are in line for a place in the event should any of the champions not able to participate. The four Korean champions will on the other hand be selected via a series of national qualifiers at the end of April.

International champions for Warcraft III tournament of ESWC Asia Masters of Cheonan

Weiliang 'Fly100%' Lu (China)
Manuel 'GrubbY' Schenkhuizen (The Netherlands)
Dmitriy 'Happy' Kostin (Russia)
Chanin 'Kumai' Tingruttanasuwan (Thailand)
Pedro 'LucifroN' Moreno Durán (Spain)
Nikita 'Nicker' Pomadov (Russia)
Xiaofeng 'Sky' Li (China)
Zhuo 'TeD' Zeng (China)
Xiang 'TH000' Huang (China)
Yoan 'ToD' Merlo (France)
Alexandr 'VeryB1gman' Syomin (Kazakstan)
Daniel 'ixi' Spenst (Germany)