ESWC has revealed the list of selected Warcraft 3 players for the upcoming ESWC Masters of Athens which will take place during the Athens Digital Week from October 17th to 18th, 2008, in Greece. The selections were made among dozens of applications sent to the ESWC Organizing Committee, according to the players' level and achievements.

The Warcraft 3 tournament will feature a total of 16 attendees (4 Greek champions and 12 International selected champions) and a total of $15,000 prize money.


List of international participants

• mTw.AMD.Check
• MYM]Moon
• GG.HoT
• SK.ReMinD
• aTTaX.SaSe
  
• MYM]Soccer
• SK.Lyn
• MYM]Grubby
• mTw.AMD.WhO
• srs.Sonkie
  
• GG.ToD
  
• SK.Reign

From the looks of the players list it's very noticeable that there are more Nightelves then there are any other Race. From 12 players half of them are Nightelf players. From there on there it's just three Orcs, one Undead and two human players in the list.

Update: The local preliminaries in Thessalonica, Greece are over. Four of Greece best players have qualified for ESWC - Masters of Athens and will be joining the 12 internation players.


List of Greek participants

• Vankor
• ElementWarrior
• Segal
• Ibla

Regulations

Game Version: Warcraft III - The Frozen Throne, 1.22 version

Tournament Format: The tournament will consist out of 2 group stages and a Top4 single elimination bracket. The first group stage consist out of 4 groups of 4 players where the top2 player from each team proceeds into the second phase of the group stage which is 2 groups of 4 players. The top2 from each group moves to a single elimination bracket.

Match Format: best of three in group stages and final bracket.

Map Pool: Secret Valley, Twisted Meadows, Echo Isles, Turtle Rock, Terenas Sand

Regulation: Warcraft 3 Regulation PDF

For more information: ESWC Masters of Athens