The Electronic Sports World Cup has updated their website which now shows the number of teams that will qualify from each country for the 2006 Event in Paris, France. The United States will once again be sending two representatives this year. Last year, compLexity and Team 3D qualified with coL eventually winning the tournament by defeating SK.dk. Canada will once again be holding a qualifier after being absent since 2003. Other nations that will be holding qualifiers are Sweden (2), Germany (2), Denmark (1), Finland (1), Brazil (1) and many more. Norway is notably absent from this list. As always, GotFrag will be on site to provide full coverage of the event, which will be taking place between June 28th and July 2nd.

The ESWC 2006 Prize Breakdown for the Men's tournament is as follows:

1. $52,000
2. $36,000
3. $24,000
4. $16,000
5. $8,000
6. $8,000
7. $8,000
8. $8,000

Counter-Strike 1.6 Male
America	Europe	Middle East & Africa	Asia & Oceania
Brazil (1) Canada (1) Caribbean (1) U.S.A (2)	Austria (1) Bosnia (1) Belgium (1) Belarus (1) Switzerland (1) Serbia Montenegro (1) Cyprus (1) Germany (2) Denmark (1) Estonia (1) Spain (1) Finland (1) France (2) Greece (1) Italy (1) Macedonia (1) Netherlands (1) Portugal (1) Russia (1) Sweden (2) United Kingdom (1)	U.A.E (1) Algeria (1) Egypt (1) Kuwait (1) Lebanon (1) Saudi Arabia (1) Tunisia (1) South Africa (1)	China (1) Indonesia (1) India (1) South Korea (1) Mongolia (1) Malaysia (1) Pakistan (1) Singapore (1)

The ESWC 2006 Prize Breakdown for the Womens tournament is as follows:

1. $13,000
2. $9,000
3. $6,000
4. $4,000
5. $2,000
6. $2,000
7. $2,000
8. $2,000

Counter-Strike 1.6 Female
America	Europe	Middle East & Africa	Asia & Oceania
Brazil (1) Canada (1) U.S.A (1)	Belgium (1) Switzerland (1) Serbia Montenegro (1) Germany (1) Spain (1) France (1) Portugal (1) Sweden (1)	Egypt (1) Saudi Arabia (1)	China (1) Indonesia (1) Mongolia (1) Singapore (1)

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Source: Electronic Sports World Cup
Related: First Look at ESWC 2006