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Groups of the WCS Europe Premier League
All participants of the European WCS Premier League are known. Over the last five days eight players managed to secure a spot in our qualifiers. Joined by the 24 recently invited ones, these 32 players are going to compete in the first group stage of WCS Europe - divided into 8 groups with 4 players each. The groups for the first ever Premier League now have been drawn.
ESL TV's James 'Kaelaris' Carrol and Yoan 'ToD' Merlo are going to commentate these groups (Round of 32) for you free in ad-supported 720p HD. All matches of group stage #1 will be played online and can be seen at ESL TV from April 23rd to May 9th starting at 18 CET.
WCS Europe Season 1 Premier League Groups
The format used will be the Dual Tournament Format, where you need two wins to advance or you will drop after two losses. 16 players will qualify for the second groupstage while 16 players will drop to the Challenger League.
Each group will feature five matches played in Best of three:
Player #1 vs. Player #4
Player #2 vs. Player #3
Winners of these matches will then face each other
The losers of the initial matches face each other
The loser of the 3rd match and the winner of the 4th match will face each other
Group A (April 23rd)
 ForGG
 SaSe
 sLivko
Bunny
Group B (April 24th)
LucifroN
HasuObs
Bly
Happy
Group C (April 30th)
Ret
ThorZaIN
TitaN
Strelok
Group D (May 1st)
Mvp
Socke
DIMAGA
Siw
Group E (May 2nd)
NaNiwa
Kas
TheLittleOne
Shuttle
Group F (May 7th)
Nerchio
VortiX
monchi
Dayshi
Group G (May 8th)
Stephano
Grubby
BabyKnight
KrasS
Group H (May 9th)
MMA
MaNa
SortOf
Feast
Source
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Poll: Group of death ?Group H (275) 35% Group G (197) 25% Group E (191) 24% Group B (35) 4% Group D (28) 4% Group F (27) 3% Group C (23) 3% Group A (15) 2% 791 total votes Your vote: Group of death ? (Vote): Group A
(Vote): Group B
(Vote): Group C
(Vote): Group D
(Vote): Group E
(Vote): Group F
(Vote): Group G
(Vote): Group H
Updated to reflect matchup predictions!
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writing the names like that is annoying :o
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Poll: Group of death ?Group H (275) 35% Group G (197) 25% Group E (191) 24% Group B (35) 4% Group D (28) 4% Group F (27) 3% Group C (23) 3% Group A (15) 2% 791 total votes Your vote: Group of death ? (Vote): Group A
(Vote): Group B
(Vote): Group C
(Vote): Group D
(Vote): Group E
(Vote): Group F
(Vote): Group G
(Vote): Group H
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Group G looking pretty sick
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I would say that group H looks strongest
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We need a Group of Death poll, I know what i will voting Stephano vs Grubby OMG!!
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On April 20 2013 04:20 TheRooster wrote:
I would say that group H looks strongest
you sure?
i think group F stronger 
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Has Apollo attached himself to Dreamhack or something? He seems like the best caster outside of Tastosis atm :s
Still groups look sick, G and H are strongest
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G and H are hardest tho. Cant wait for this!
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On April 20 2013 04:20 TheRooster wrote:
I would say that group H looks strongest
I agree, with group E and G close below.
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I was really hoping for a native English caster with Kaelaris... (absolutely NO offence intended towards ToD - I find him to be a very knowledgeable caster.)
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Haha Grubby Stephano in the same group. This is so funny
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On April 20 2013 04:22 WarrickHunt wrote:
Has Apollo attached himself to Dreamhack or something? He seems like the best caster outside of Tastosis atm :s
Still groups look sick, G and H are strongest
Michal Blicharz @mbCARMAC 3m
"We also invited Shaun the Pikachu to cast #wcseu but he had to decline due to DH Open."
who knows maybe he will cast in the future
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Any info if other ESL streams (PL, FR, ES, CZ) and community streams will be on ?
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Poll: Group of death ?Group H (275) 35% Group G (197) 25% Group E (191) 24% Group B (35) 4% Group D (28) 4% Group F (27) 3% Group C (23) 3% Group A (15) 2% 791 total votes Your vote: Group of death ? (Vote): Group A
(Vote): Group B
(Vote): Group C
(Vote): Group D
(Vote): Group E
(Vote): Group F
(Vote): Group G
(Vote): Group H
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On April 20 2013 04:22 WarrickHunt wrote:
Has Apollo attached himself to Dreamhack or something? He seems like the best caster outside of Tastosis atm :s
Still groups look sick, G and H are strongest
Yeah, I have nothing particular against Kaelaris or Tod but it would be nice to have some more casters, apollo being one.
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On April 20 2013 04:22 pepe08 wrote:Show nested quote +On April 20 2013 04:20 TheRooster wrote:
I would say that group H looks strongest you sure? i think group F stronger
Two Zergs vs two Protoss players. 
I think H is overall stronger, simply because it has a Korean and two players who have proven themselves to be strong in HotS. I think Nerchio and VortiX will be good still, I'm not sure how good monchi is atm, he just got demolished by Bunny in a showmatch, same goes for SortOf in Group H who was in Korea but we haven't see any games besides the one against Ganzi. Dayshi is strong, but I think MMA is still a bit better. 
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Oh gawd.
I just jizzed my pants.
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