(Germany) - Play begins today in the Official WCG 2006 Samsung Euro Championship Games. The competition, being held at CeBIT in Hanover Germany, will take place over the next four days. 250 players from 25 countries will be competing for $100,000 in seven different games. The Counter Strike Source tournament takes the spotlight as 18 teams from nations across Europe have assembled to compete in the prestigious competition.

 Germany - Blizzard, Kapio, Roman R., ChRRRRp, fleks
 Switzerland - Roody, manufact, ernesto, lance, wEazEl
 France - Mayers, Baldours, Yorlin, Oligan, Rosco
 Portugal - Ralph, Cookie, Vick, Liquid, Spirit
 Spain - MusambaN1, DrastyK, FlipiN, milicua, Deyf
 Bulgaria - Janitor, wil, MILENK0, Hr1stiqn, masalito
 Romania - TeG-Perry, TeG-Darky, TeG-Flopp, TeG-Creature, TeG-K1dor
 Czech Rep. - NR.dark, NR.eletrika, NR.matez, NR.MrDuck, NR.pR
 Slovakia - fu.sk*dev1, fu.sk*uNreaL, fu.sk*euro, fu.sk*chess, fu.sk*gregi
 Serbia / Montenegro - KGB.hybaa, KGB.Vlada, KGB.AnakiN, KGB.c0nfy, KGB.COMMA
 Poland - Neo, LUq, TaZ, motyw, lrd
 Russia - Konstantin.P, Boris P, Johan K, Dmitri B, Alexey K
 Sweden - get!, Nikolaus, Rwa, nordQvist, Tyron
 Norway - bESEL, Naikon, REAL, oops, GoldPush
 Finland - tihOp, natu, bloodR, ruuit, contE
 Greece - Mao, war, Sharp, avel, major
 Hungary - Piki, Deep, SLOBY, .akira., KODIAK
 Netherlands - Neonice, Dutchy, Ylss, Ed, Scoob

Play in the Counter Strike Source tournament begins Thursday 14:00 CET/ 6am CST with a "Start" Round that will place four remaining teams into the Double Elimination Tournament. Double Elimination portion of the competition begins Thursday at 19:00 CET. GotFrag will be covering the event with updated scores and more.

Championship Bracket Here 

Day Two Melee

Update: No Source TV or scorebots yet. More information on IRC in the QuakeNet channels:
#gamer-fm, #wcg-europe.com or #readmore.

Match times and information subject to change without notice.

Source: http://ec.wcg-europe.com/news