I encourage all of you to check out one of the biggest and most anticipated Quake Live tournaments to date. All of the information you will need can be found below including the participants.

The IEM World Championship Finals will take place at the CeBIT 2010 in Hannover, Germany between the 2nd and 6th of March.


DEMOS

VIDEO ON DEMAND

STREAMS: ESL TV | ESL Alternative host | ESL Radio | ESL TV Premium | QL TV


SCHEDULE:

Wednesday, March 3rd
11:30 CET (5:30 AM EST) Group A
12:10 CET Group A
13:30 CET Group A
14:10 CET Group A
14:50 CET Group A

Thursday, March 4th
10:00 CET (4:00 AM EST) Group B
10:40 CET Group B
12:25 CET Group B
13:05 CET Group B
14:00 CET Group B

Friday, March 5th
15:00 CET (9:00 AM EST) Quarter Final
16:00 CET Quarter Final

Saturday, March 6th
10:00 CET (4:00 AM EST) Semi-Final #1
11:10 CET Semi-Final #2
12:10 CET Game For 3rd Place
13:40 CET Grand Final


PARTICIPANTS:

Belarus:
Alexey "Cypher" Yanushevsky

Canada:
Thomas "griffin" Wall

China:
Fan "Fanzhibo" Zhibo - Interview

France:
Kévin "strenx" Baéza

Italy:
Alessandro "stermy" Avallone

Poland:
Maciej "av3k" Krzykowski - Interview (VOD)

Russia:
Anton "Cooller" Singov

Sweden:
Magnus "fox" Ollson

United States:
Brian "dkt" Flander - Interview
Chance "chance" Lacina
Tim "DaHang" Fogarty - Interview | Interview 2
Shane "rapha" Hendrixson - Interview


GROUPS:

Group A:
Anton "Cooller" Singov
Alessandro "stermy" Avallone
Maciej "av3k" Krzykowski
Shane "rapha" Hendrixson
Chance "chance" Lacina
Fan "Fanzhibo" Zhibo

Group B:
Tim "DaHang" Fogarty
Magnus "fox" Ollson
Kévin "strenx" Baéza
Alexey "Cypher" Yanushevsky
Brian "dkt" Flander
Thomas "griffin" Wall


TOURNAMENT FORMAT:

- Twelve players participate, six in each group
- Group stage will be played in Best-of-3
- Playoffs will be played in Best-of-5 and Single Elimination
- First player of each group directly advance to playoffs
- Second and third play a relegation, winners advance to playoffs
- Mappool: qzdm6, qzdm13, qztourney7, qztourney9 & ztntourney1


PRIZE MONEY:

1st: $10,000
2nd: $4,000
3rd: $1,600
4th: $800
5-6th: $600
7-12th: $400