The World eSport Masters taking place in HanghZhou, China from October 27th to November 1st with eight of the best teams from all around the world. It will start off with a groupstage from Sunday, October 26th to Tuesday, October 28th and the two best teams of each group will advance to the playoffs.

The playoffs are played as Single Elimination and Best-of-Three on Wednesday and Thursday while the 3rd place decider and Grand Final are being played on Friday. A total of $100,000 prize money are given out where $61,000 are rewarded for Counter-Strike.

Prize Money Distribution

1st - $30,000
2nd - $15,000
3rd - $10,000
4th - $4,000
5th-8th - $2,000

There will most likely be NO HLTV but possibly a Video Stream. Below is the full schedule.

Schedule

Sunday, October 26th 2008
Groupstage: 11:00 CET - 15:45 CET

Monday, October 27th 2008
Groupstage: 11:00 CET - 15:45 CET

Tuesday, October 28th 2008
Groupstage: 11:00 CET - 15:45 CET

Wednesday, October 29th 2008
Semi-Final: 09:15 CET - 12:00 CET

Thursday, October 30th 2008
Semi-Final: 09:15 CET - 12:00 CET

Saturday, November 1st 2008
3rd/4th Place Decider: 06:00 CET - 08:45 CET

Grand Final: 09:15 CET - 12:00 CET

Closing Ceremony: 12:15 CET - 13:45 CET


Schedule
Upper bracket start: 09:15, Wed 29th
Upper bracket final: 09:15, Wed 29th
Upper bracket final: 09:15, Thu 30th
Grand final: 09:15, Sat 1st
Lower bracket start: 06:00, Sat 1st
Consolation final: 06:00, Sat 1st


Attending teams
Team Dragon
wNv Teamwork CN
Mousesports
mTw
eSTRO
Meet Your Makers poland
fnatic
SK Gaming