Very little information is coming out of Korea so far in the 2009 ESWC Masters there. Sources at the event have informed GotFrag that the actual Counter-Strike and Warcraft III tournaments will begin play on Monday May 4th. The event is significant in the fact that it may possibly be one of the last events we see from ESWC following recent news of that organization's financial troubles.

Teams and players pre-selected for the event include:

Counter-Strike 1.6

Evil Genius (U.S.A.)
Fnatic (Sweden)
Former MYM (Poland)
Mousesports (Germany)
mTw (Denmark)
SK Gaming (Sweden)
Speeder (Japan)
Immunity (Australia)
Ultimax (Taiwan)
Titans eSports (Singapore)
wNv-teamwork (China)
X3O (U.S.A.)
...and 4 Korean teams

Warcraft III

Fly (China)
Grubby (Netherlands)
Happy (Russia)
indY (Thailand)
Lucifron (Spain)
Nicker (Russia)
Sky (China)
Ted (China)
TH000 (China)
ToD (France)
VeryB1gman (Kazakhstan)
XlorD (Germany)
...and 4 Korean players

Stay tuned to GotFrag for coverage of the 2009 ESWC Masters Tournament from Cheonan Korea.

Source: www.eswc.com