GotFrag.com - The World E-Sports Masters has been one of most anticipated tournaments for both Counter-Strike and Warcraft 3 over the past years. With their pre-selected invited teams the competition looks to be as fierce as it comes. The event will feature eight teams from both games, fighting for a prize pool over $100,000.

All eight Warcraft 3 players have been invited and confirmed, featuring the worlds top players including last years champion Xuwen 'InFi' Wang. The Counter-Strike division features a world class lineup with home teams wNv.cn and TyLoo, as well as recent WCG Gold Medalists, AGAiN. However only seven teams are confirmed still leaving a spot open for one lucky team.

Taking place December 12th-20th, the tournament features a standard group stage format of two groups with four teams each. The top two teams from each group will progress to a four team bracket stage and best-of-three single elimination format.

Shrew will be on-site in Hangzhou, China throughout the tournament posting live updates, photos, and content so stay tuned to GotFrag for coverage of the World eSports Masters 2009!

Invited CS Teams:
fnatic
wNv.cn
TyLoo
AGAiN
WemadeFOX
PowerGaming
TitaNs

Invited WC3 Players:
Xiaofeng 'Sky' Li
Xuwen 'InFi' Wang
Wei Liang 'Fly100%' Lu
Manuel 'Grubby' Schenkhuizen
June 'Lyn' Park
Jae Ho 'Moon' Jang
Deok Man 'SocceR' Youn
Dmitriy 'Happy' Kostin