After an extensive qualifying process over numerous cups, 16 of North America's top Quake Live players were made aware of their group stage opponents for the IEM North American Championship Finals last night.

Four groups of four were drawn live on QuakeLive TV, with all the familiar North American faces included plus John 'ZeRo4' Hill who won the final qualifier ahead of Sander 'Vo0' Kaasjager, who also secured a spot in the final 16.

Group A:

Brian 'dkt' Flander
John 'ZeRo4' Hill
Dan 'Vamp1re' Bradham
Thomas 'griffin' Wall

Group B:

Shane 'rapha' Hendrixson
Jared 'cha0ticz' Cugno
Justin 'sparks' Sparks
Jeff 'Flysher' Heakes

Group C:

Chance 'Chance' Lacina
Eddie 'rey' Jones
'ziel'
Andrew 'everkill' Darrow

Group D:

Tim 'DaHanG' Fogarty
Andrew 'gellehsak' Ryder
Sander 'Vo0' Kaasjager
Jeff 'FienD' Abbott

Taking place at Comic-Con in New York, this year's IEM North American Championship Finals runs through the weekend of October 8 to 10. The Quake Live tournament carries an $8,000 prize purse.

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Source: ESReality