San Jose, CA (GotFrag) -- From August 25th to 27th, the best Counter-Strike teams from around the World will gather at NVISION 08 in San Jose, California to compete in the annual Electronic Sports World Cup. This tournament marks the first time the Grand Final event will be held outside of France. Teams have stamped their tickets after winning various national qualifiers over the past several months. Returning are the defending champions Meet Your Makers who defeated NoA in a thrilling match up last summer.

Below you will find a full viewers guide to help make sure you don't miss out on any of the action from the 2008 ESWC Grand Final. GotFrag will once again be live on site with a full crew of staff members to bring you exclusive content, interviews, HLTV, demos, Gamesense Statistics, galleries, blogs and much much more. So make sure to keep your web browser's locked on GotFrag.com throughout the three day event.

Prize Distribution

1. $40,000 USD
2. $25,000 USD
3. $14,000 USD

Tournament Format

Stage I: Group Play (Top 2 advance)
Stage II: Group Play (Top 2 advance)
Stage III: Single Elimination (best of three maps)

Group A PGS.MYM Pro100 Nice One Team 34	Group B Made in Brazil Dignitas Millenium Mindless	Group C Mousesports LowLandLions Winners QTP	Group D Mortal Teamwork Frag eXecutors Motus Assassin List
Group E Fnatic Alternate Vatos Locos Speeder	Group F Roccat emuLate Evil Geniuses Make it Happen	Group G SK Gaming wNv Mafia of Brothers Defining Stars	Group H e-STRO X3O n!faculty Xuxan

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IRC Scorebots To Be Determined

Monday, August 25th 10:00am PDT to 2:00pm PDT Group Stage I Matches 3:30pm PDT to 9:00pm PDT Group Stage II Matches

Tuesday, August 26th 10:00am PDT Quarter Finals (Best of Three) 2:00pm PDT Semi Finals (Best of Three) 6:00pm PDT 3rd Place Runoff (Best of Three) 9:00pm PDT Grand Finals (Best of Three)