The event, called Rekrut.ru Championship 2008, has the purpose of celebrating the launch of Rekrut.ru, a new Russian news portal that strives to provide professional coverage "of electronic entertainment and E-sport, in particular in CIS and Baltic".

Rekrut.ru Championship 2008, due to take place on December 14th at the 4Game Gaming Center in Moscow, will have a total prize purse of $30,000, $24,000 for the professional tournament and $6,000 for the amateur one.

The professional tournament will feature sixteen teams, eight of which will be invited by the organisation, while the remaining eight spots will be decided through a LAN qualifier, taking place on December 13th at the Click-Net Gaming Center, also in Moscow.

So far only four teams have been invited, you can find them below:

mTw
Team Alternate
HaHa
k23

The prize distribution for the tournament will be as follows:

1 - $12 000
2 - $8 000
3 - $4 000

It has also been confirmed that the tournament will begin with a group stage, followed by a double-elimination phase.

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