A new major Chinese event, the World e-Sports Masters, is due to take place from October 26th to November 2nd in Hangzhou, China. The competition features Counter-Strike 1.6 as well as a quintessential Asian RTS, Warcraft III.

The tournaments will feature congruent formats where the first three days consist of an eight team group stage to determine the top two teams or players for each of two groups.

The second half of the event pits the top four teams/players in each discipline against each other in a single-elimination best-of-three bracket play which includes a third place run-off match.

Good news for those of you with abnormal sleeping habits, the action kicks off at 6:00am EST/3:00am PST


Notice: While WEM will be unable to provide HLTV access to their matches, all demos will be available for download following the event. In the meantime, if HLTV is made available, it will be posted ASAP.

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Counter-Strike
	Group A	Group B
	wNv.CN	fnatic
	mTw.AMD	mouz
	SK-Gaming	Meet Your Makers
	eSTRO	Dragon

Warcraft III
	Group A	Group B
	WE.Pepsi.infi	mYm]Grubby
	SK.Lyn	WE.Pepsi.Sky
	WE.Pepsi.TeD	mTw.AMD.WhO
	Gravitas.ToD	mYm]Moon

Counter-Strike 1.6		Warcraft III
1st.	$30,000 USD	1st.	$15,000 USD
2nd.	$15,000 USD	2nd.	$7,500 USD
3rd.	$10,000 USD	3rd.	$4,000 USD
4th.	$4,000 USD	4th.	$2,500 USD
5th-8th.	$2,000 USD	5th.	$1,000 USD
Grand Total: $100,000 USD

	Counter-Strike	Warcraft III
Day One:	Group Play: 6:00am - 9:45am EST	Group Play: 1:30am - 5:15am EST
Day Two:	Group Play: 6:00am - 9:45am EST	Group Play: 1:00am - 4:45am EST
Day Three:	Group Play: 6:00am - 9:45am EST	Group Play: 1:00am - 4:45am EST
Day Four:	Semi-Final One: 4:15am - 7:00am EST	Semi-Final One: 1:00am - 3:45am EST
Day Five:	Semi-Final Two: 4:15am - 7:00am EST	Semi-Final Two: 1:00am - 3:45am EST
Day Six:	Third/Fourth: 1:00am - 3:45am EST	Third/Fourth: 1:00am - 3:45am EST
	Grand Final: 4:15am - 7:00am EST	Grand Finals: 4:15am - 7:00am EST

Related Links

Counter-Strike Melee/Scores
World e-Sports Masters group draw
WEG releases e-Sports Masters list
WEG to host e-Sports Masters