(GotFrag) San Jose, California - The ESWC committee has released the official seeding distribution for the 2008 finals, which are due to take place from August 25th-27th in San Jose, California.

The Counter-Strike: 1.6 tournament will have eight groups of five teams, with the winner and the runner-up of each group qualifying for the second group stage. Each group will be composed of one team from each seeding pool and two-three from the challengers pool (depending on the tournament). A group cannot have more than one participant from the same nationality, except if it is the last group being drawn.

The seeding distribution has been made according to the teams' results in previous editions of the Electronic Sports World Cup, ESWC Masters of Paris, National Final and other major competitions. The group draw will take place on Monday, the 18th of August, from 15.00 to 18.00 (CET time).

Top seeds:

e-STRO
SK Gaming
fnatic
Made in Brazil
mTw
mousesports
PGS.MYM
roccat

High seeds:

Team Alternate
emuLate
EYESports
Frag eXecutors
pro100 (Virtus.pro)
Dignitas
wNv
x3o

Medium seeds:

Dragon
Evil Geniuses
Mafia of Brothers
LowandLions
Millenium
Motus
n!faculty
Vatos Locos

Challengers:

Assassin List
Make it Happen
qTp
Punto.cl
Nice One
Xuxan
Speeder
Name
Lybia CS
Mindless
Team 34
Incredibles
Defining Stars
Winners

Stay tuned to GotFrag.com for more information and full comprehensive coverage of the ESWC 2008 Grand Finals live from San Jose, California August 25th-27th.


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