StarCraft II: ESWC 2011: groups revealed, MC in 2

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By Duncan 'Thorin' Shields

Oct 19, 2011 08:20

The groups for ESWC 2011 have been revealed and SK MC is in Group 2 along with Dignitas players Bischu and merz.

The groups for ESWC 2011 have been announced and SK Gaming's

Min Chul 'MC' Jang has been placed into Group 2 along with dignitas Swedes

Jesper 'Bischu' Johansson and

Tim 'merz' Olsson. MC's is one of only two groups to contain three Protoss players, so he should have a chance to display his world famous PvP.

The 48 players have been placed into eight groups, where each game will be played Bo3. The top two from each group will move on to the single elimination playoffs where it will be Bo3 until the finals, which will be Bo5.

The StarCraft II group stage of ESWC 2011 will begin on Friday the 21st of October in Paris, France, and SK Gaming will be on location providing coverage.

ESWC 2011 groups

Group 1

Jung-Hoon 'MarineKing' Lee (T)

James 'Moutas' Moutafidis (Z)

Sergey 'Pomi' Rodionov (P)

Hayder 'HayprO' Hussein (Z)

Bruno 'KeNzy' Wafo-Tapa (Z)

Aurélien 'AureS' Sannier (T)

Group 2

Min Chul 'MC' Jang (P)

Jesper 'Bischu' Johansson (P)

Tim 'merz' Olsson (T)

Aleksander 'ALF' Yatsenko (Z)

Marc 'uThermal' Schlappi (P)

Michael 'Blight' Ramot (T)

Group 3

Gregory 'IdrA' Fields (Z)

Carlo 'ClouD' Giannacco (T)

Olivier 'Orly' Bellemans (Z)

Aleksandr 'Bly' Svusuyk (Z)

Tomáš 'Harpner' Bruštík (P)

Daigo 'nemuke' Ozaki (T)

Group 4

Marcus 'ThorZaIN' Eklöf (T)

Jonathan 'DarKFoRcE' Belke (Z)

Aaron 'CocoA' Deir (T)

Andrey 'LiveZerg' Guldiashov (Z)

Felix 'Spoon' Petitzon (P)

Jan 'Evuser' Zelnik (P)

Group 5

Ilyes 'Stephano' Satouri (Z)

Manuel 'Grubby' Schenkhuizen (P)

Silviu 'NightEnD' Lazar (P)

Artem 'sLivko' Garavtsov (Z)

Souaib 'cArn' Hanaf (T)

Miguel Angel 'Leugim' Villegas (Z)

Group 6

Arthur 'Nerchio' Bloch (Z)

Eugin 'Strelok' Oparyshev (T)

John 'Seiplo' Seipel (P)

Nick 'Axslav' Ranish (P)

Jens 'Snute' Waller Aasgaard (Z)

Sergio 'ZhevZ' Villegas (Z)

Group 7

Jeffrey 'SjoW' Brusi (T)

Giacomo 'Socke' Thüs (P)

Anton 'LoWeLy' Plebanovich (Z)

Rafal 'ParanOid' Kontowicz (Z)

Marko 'Jarlaxle' Paunović (P)

Nickunj 'raZiel' Bansal (T)

Group 8

Grzegorz 'MaNa' Komincz (P)

Samuli 'Elfittaja' Sihvonen (P)

Diogo 'sYz' Barbosa (Z)

Han Sang 'biGs' Cho (Z)

Turushan 'Sleeep' Aktay (P)

Deni 'Deny' Antolos (T)

Prize purse distribution

1st $26,000
2nd $12,000
3rd $8,000
4th $4,000
5th-8th $2,000
5th-8th $2,000
5th-8th $2,000
5th-8th $2,000
9th-16th $1,000
9th-16th $1,000
9th-16th $1,000
9th-16th $1,000
9th-16th $1,000
9th-16th $1,000
9th-16th $1,000
9th-16th $1,000

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