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ESWC 2012 Grand Finals will take place 2 to 4 November at Paris Games Week. There will be a total of 32 players and a price pool of 40.000$.
The first batch of players are known. This list will be kept up to date and can be found on our website. There are a few qualifiers that will finish in the upcoming few weeks and our invites will be published.
If your country does not have a qualification, you can request an invite here.
Update 1: Slot distribution is being done the following way: Local companies can organize ESWC qualifications. They pay a fee per slot and send their winning players to Paris. So its up to the local organizer.
Update 2: Added the two Chinese qualified players.
Update 3: Added remaining players and casters.
Slot 1 ![[image loading]](http://www.teamliquid.net/images/flags2/fr.png) Ilyes "Stephano" Satouri (Defending Champion)
Slot 2 ESWC France #1
Slot 3 ![[image loading]](http://www.teamliquid.net/images/flags2/us.png) Devan "Hawk" Subramaniam
Slot 4 ![[image loading]](http://www.teamliquid.net/images/flags2/ro.png) Silviu "NightEnd" Lazar
Slot 5 Andrei "DeathAngel" Nodea
Slot 6 ![[image loading]](http://www.teamliquid.net/images/flags2/cz.png) Pavel "TomikuS" Tomasek
Slot 7 Radek "freizy" Siska
Slot 8 ![[image loading]](http://www.teamliquid.net/images/flags2/ua.png) Aleksandr "Bly" Svusuyk
Slot 9 Dmytro "DIMAGA" Filipchuk
Slot 10 ![[image loading]](http://www.teamliquid.net/images/flags2/sk.png) Matej "Ladabaz" Zabadal
Slot 11 ![[image loading]](http://www.teamliquid.net/images/flags2/cn.png) Xiang"XY"Yao
Slot 12 Wang“XiGua”Lei
Slot 13 ![[image loading]](http://www.teamliquid.net/images/flags2/ar.png) Lucas "FuriousZeus" Paez
Slot 14 ![[image loading]](http://www.teamliquid.net/images/flags2/jp.png) Naohiro "PSiArc" Nishimura
Slot 15 ![[image loading]](http://www.teamliquid.net/images/flags2/nl.png) Kevin "Harstem" de Koning
Slot 16 ![[image loading]](http://www.teamliquid.net/images/flags2/de.png) Fabian "Hanfy" Kattner
Slot 17 ![[image loading]](http://www.teamliquid.net/images/flags2/uk.png) Paul "JonnyREcco" Whyte
Slot 18 ![[image loading]](http://www.teamliquid.net/images/flags2/eu.png) Daniel "StarNaN" Ohlsson
Slot 19 ![[image loading]](http://www.teamliquid.net/images/flags2/au.png) Mack "Petraeus" Smith
Slot 20 ![[image loading]](http://www.teamliquid.net/images/flags2/kr.png) Hyunwoo "Squirtle" PARK
Slot 21 Ji Soo "ForGG" Park
Slot 22 ![[image loading]](http://www.teamliquid.net/images/flags2/be.png) Jérémy "Feast" Vansnick
Slot 23 ![[image loading]](http://www.eswc.com/public/images/icone/flag/ly.png) Al-Husien Ali M. ZAWI
Slot 24 Husam M. M. ELHAJ YOUSEF
Slot 25 ![[image loading]](http://www.teamliquid.net/images/flags2/pk.png) Muhammad "Zohan" Waseeq
Slot 26 Ishfaq "hoodlum" Hussain
Slot 27 ![[image loading]](http://www.teamliquid.net/images/flags2/pl.png) Grzegorz "MaNa" Komincz
Slot 28 ![[image loading]](http://www.teamliquid.net/images/flags2/no.png) Kristoffer "Targa" Marthinsen
Slot 29 ![[image loading]](http://www.teamliquid.net/images/flags2/za.png) Robert "PandaTank" Botha
Slot 30 ![[image loading]](http://www.teamliquid.net/images/flags2/il.png) Neta "Zanubis" Corem
Slot 31 ![[image loading]](http://www.teamliquid.net/images/flags2/ru.png) Artem "sLivko" Garavtsov
Slot 32 ![[image loading]](http://www.teamliquid.net/images/flags2/se.png) Rickard "SortOf" Bergman
English Casters:
- Starcraft 2, James “Kaelaris” Carrol
- Starcraft 2, Maurice “mori” Lange for Starcraft 2
- CS:GO, Joe “Joe” Miller
- CS:GO, Matthias “Knochen” Remmert
- Shootmania, Tim “Donathan” Krause
- Shootmania, Soe “Soe” Gschwind
- Dota 2, Toby “Tobi Wan Kenobi” Dawson
French/German casters:
- Read here.
Stages:
- The ESWC main stage and its program of matches on all disciplines, each finals commented by the best duos
- The Plantronics ESWC stage dedicated to FPS Shootmania Storm and Counter-Strike Global Offensive
- The Numéricable ESWC stage dedicated to Starcraft 2 and Dota2
Other tournaments at ESWC 2012:
- DOTA 2
- Shootmania Storm
- TrackMania Nations Forever
- FIFA 13
- Tekken Tag Tournament 2
- Counter-Strike Global Offensive
- Counter-Strike GO Women
- TrackMania² Canyon
Info:
Website: http://www.eswc.com
Event schedule: http://www.eswc.com/en/info/eswc-2012-operations-schedule-at-paris-games-week/1
Teamliquid wikipedia: Electronic_Sports_World_Cup_2012
Total prize pool $215000: overview
National qualifiers: overview
Gallery 2011:
Stage setup:
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Why do countries like Libya, Czech, and Pakistan get 2 slots but US only gets 1?
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One Nordic qualifier, two from both Pakistan and Libya. Seems adequate.
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The spots in this tournament are distributed horribly. The player pool doesn't live up to the name "Electronic Sports World Cup". The biggest loser is the Nordic region.
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On October 09 2012 04:19 StarVe wrote:
One Nordic qualifier, two from both Pakistan and Libya. Seems adequate.
On October 09 2012 04:13 soulist wrote:
Why do countries like Libya, Czech, and Pakistan get 2 slots but US only gets 1?
Local companies can organize ESWC qualifications. They pay a fee per slot and send their winning players to Paris. So its up to the local organizer. Not ESWC.
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On October 09 2012 04:24 Nerchio wrote:
No poland.
Too bad there was no local qualifier, send in an application for an invite!
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Slot 18:Qualifying Nordics
No Slot: Poland
Slot 23 Qualifying Lybia #1
Slot 24 Qualifying Lybia #2
Slot 25 Qualifying Pakistan #1
Slot 26 Qualifying Pakistan #2
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wonder which koreans get this, haha
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On October 09 2012 04:24 Azhrak wrote:
The spots in this tournament are distributed horribly. The player pool doesn't live up to the name "Electronic Sports World Cup". The biggest loser is the Nordic region.
If some of the top Scandinavians players submit applications for invites, i'm pretty sure they will get accepted simply because they are some of the best players in Europe. It's sad to see that there is only one player from this region coming through a qualifier but it's due to the local partner.
I think having players from Libya and Pakistan is a great thing and is in the true spirit of ESWC, yes they will probably get stomped and not go through the first groupstage, probably not even winning a single game, but view it like the olympics : they are the best of their country, they qualified and get the chance to compete in one of the greatest stage of their game, it's probably a one in a lifetime opportunity for those guys.
Also the sole fact of having qualifiers in those country that are usually left out of the esport bubble is a good thing for growing awareness of ESPORTS all around the world.
Cheer up, there is only 9 out of 32 players announced yet, i'm sure there will be a world class tournament next month in Paris !
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can someone explain to me why there's only one slot for USA?
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Israel2209 Posts
On October 10 2012 19:05 hellokittySC2 wrote:
can someone explain to me why there's only one slot for USA?
On October 09 2012 04:26 quakerix wrote:
Local companies can organize ESWC qualifications. They pay a fee per slot and send their winning players to Paris. So its up to the local organizer. Not ESWC.
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On October 09 2012 04:13 soulist wrote:
Why do countries like Libya, Czech, and Pakistan get 2 slots but US only gets 1?
Because Czech Republic rulezz!
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On October 10 2012 19:12 Noam wrote:Show nested quote +On October 10 2012 19:05 hellokittySC2 wrote:
can someone explain to me why there's only one slot for USA? Show nested quote +On October 09 2012 04:26 quakerix wrote:
Local companies can organize ESWC qualifications. They pay a fee per slot and send their winning players to Paris. So its up to the local organizer. Not ESWC.
i'm just really surprised on the fact that usa being one of the biggest scene for sc2 is only sending one player..
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On October 10 2012 19:31 hellokittySC2 wrote:Show nested quote +On October 10 2012 19:12 Noam wrote:On October 10 2012 19:05 hellokittySC2 wrote:
can someone explain to me why there's only one slot for USA? On October 09 2012 04:26 quakerix wrote:
Local companies can organize ESWC qualifications. They pay a fee per slot and send their winning players to Paris. So its up to the local organizer. Not ESWC. i'm just really surprised on the fact that usa being one of the biggest scene for sc2 is only sending one player..
They probably don't wanna pay the extra money for a plane ticket from US to EU
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Slot 19 will be Mack "Petraeus" Smith, not Glade, as he'll be going to MLG instead.
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On October 09 2012 04:13 soulist wrote:
Why do countries like Libya, Czech, and Pakistan get 2 slots but US only gets 1?
Russia, Nordic, German, Polish, Canadian communities are more worthy of complaining. The USA kind of fell off in terms of sc2 talent, most its players are PR players.
edit: Most of its known players at least. Don't know about the underground players much.
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