Twenty teams have been selected by the Electronic Sports World Cup organization to participate in the first ever ESWC Masters tournament. This tournament is being held in Paris, France with cash and qualifier spots for the ESWC Grand Final up for grabs. Top international gaming teams are present and will be competing in this tournament. These teams include SK Gaming, fnatic, Meet Your Makers, e-STRO, EG.usa, mTw, MiBR, Roccat, mouseports and many more.

As previously mentioned, this tournament will act as a qualifier for the ESWC Grand Finals tournament that will be held in San Jose, California in late August. This marks the first time the ESWC Grand Final will be held outside of France. The top three placing teams in the Masters event will earn a berth in the Grand Final. Along with a shot to qualify for the Final, there will also be $25,000 up for grabs for the top three teams as well.

GotFrag is live on site in Paris, France and will be providing unparalleled coverage of the 2008 ESWC Masters. Make sure to stay locked on GotFrag.com all weekend long for HLTV, score updates, match statistics, galleries, interviews, blogs and much much more.

Group A Dimension 4 Fnatic Made in Brazil Roccat Spirit of Amiga

Group B Against All Authority Alternate Meet Your Makers Mousesports nEophyte

Group C e-STRO Evil Geniuses Dutch Criminals Clan Get2Gev mTw

Group D emuLate Excello Hellway SK Gaming x6tence

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IRC Scorebots To Be Determined

Saturday, July 5th 4:00am EDT Group Matches Begin 9:00am EDT Final Group Stage Matches 1:00pm EDT Quarter-Finals

Sunday, July 6th 4:00am EDT Semi Finals 7:00am EDT 3rd Place Runoff 11:00am EDT Grand Final