The Electronic Sports World Cup starts this weekend in Paris, France. Several top players from around the world gather to compete in this prestigious tournament for the cash prize, along with the pride of being called the champion of this tournament.

The level of opposition in this event stands as one of the most competitive to date. Notable players such as last year's champion, Jae Wook "Lucifer" Noh attends, along with former champion Manuel "Grubby" Schenkhuizen. Neophyte ESWC attendees who are high on the possible win-list are June "Lyn" Park, who's known to be one of the best Orc players the game has to offer today. Unfortunately, top runner Mikhael "HoT" Novopashyn will be unable to attend the ESWC due to visa problems.

Gotfrag is live here in Paris to bring to you live coverage of the ESWC. Stay tuned to GotFrag for up-to-date scores and replays. As always, don't forget to set your Personal Timezone to find out exactly when the matches will be played in your area so you can catch them live on WaaaghTV! Check out the Gotfrag Warcraft III previews here.

GotFrag TV will be streaming the event live in cooperation with GIGA, watch the stream at tv.GotFrag.com. Octoshape technology to stream video in order to keep video quality at the highest possible level, and so that everyone can tune in. You can download the plugin HERE.

The only other requirements in order for Octoshape to work is that you will need to have ActiveX enabled and Java installed. Please make sure you have the Java runtime on your computer. For those without it, you can download it HERE.

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Group A: Deadman, HoT, hanf, Demigod, Dave, SkuLi
Group B: Soju, Creolophus, PaTo, Djaafar, Steler, Raxxis

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Group C: SaSe, Lyc, eLquA, Raziel, Rene9ade, Heaven
Group D: Grubby, Hasuobs, LoLvsxD, Paladyn, Beez, Rafey
Group E: Lucifer, Wolf, Ciara, Jack, Medkar, Myctc

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Group F: Fly100%, Nilknarf, Xyligan, apm, Geno
Group G: Insomnia, Lyn, DemusliM, Pinky, Ragnorak
Group H: Zeus[19], FuRy, RotterdaM, Sweet, Vankor

Group A	W-D-L	Pts.		Group B	W-D-L	Pts.
Deadman	5-0-0	15		Creo	5-0-0	15
hanf	3-1-1	10		Soju	4-0-1	12
Dave	2-2-1	8		PaTo	3-0-2	9
Demigod	2-0-3	6		Steler	2-0-3	6
SkuLi	1-1-3	4		Raxxis	1-0-4	3
HoT	0-0-5	0		Djaafar	0-0-5	0

Group C	W-D-L	Pts.		Group D	W-D-L	Pts.
SaSe	4-1-0	13		Grubby	5-0-0	15
eLquA	3-1-1	10		Paladyn	4-0-1	12
Lyc	2-2-1	8		Hasuobs	3-0-2	9
Raziel	2-1-2	7		LoLvsxD	2-0-3	6
Heaven	1-1-3	4		Beez	1-0-4	3
Rene9ade	0-0-5	0		Rafey	0-0-5	0

Group E	W-D-L	Pts.		Group F	W-D-L	Pts.
Lucifer	3-2-0	11		Nilknarf	3-1-0	10
Ciara	2-3-0	9		Fly100%	3-0-1	9
Jack	2-3-0	9		Xyligan	1-2-1	5
Wolf	2-2-1	8		apm	1-1-2	4
Medkar	1-0-4	3		Geno	0-0-4	0
Mytyc	0-0-5	0

Group G	W-D-L	Pts.		Group H	W-D-L	Pts.
DeMusliM	3-0-1	9		Zeus[19]	3-1-0	10
Lyn	2-2-0	8		RotterdaM	2-2-0	8
Insomnia	2-1-1	7		Sweet	1-2-1	5
Pinky	1-1-2	4		Vankor	1-1-2	4
Ragnorak	0-0-4	0		FuRy	0-0-4	0

Group A

Group B