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[subject_wcg]Samsung, the main sponsor for a big number of World Cyber Games national preliminaries all around the world, are now head sponsors for the Euro Cyber Games (ECG). The ECG will be held in Paris, September 26 to September 27. The event is an offline warmup event for the main World Cyber Games finals held in Seoul, Korea.

WHO IS INVITED?
The winners of every european national preliminary are invited to the tournament. This means winners of Starcraft: Brood War, Counter-Strike, Unreal Tournament 2003, FIFA 2003, Age of Mythology and Warcraft III. The following nations (a total of 14) will participate with one national representative each in Starcraft: Brood War:
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  • Denmark Denmark
    France France
    Germany Germany
    Italy Italy
    Netherlands Netherlands
    Portugal Portugal
    Spain Spain
    Sweden Sweden
    Poland Poland
    Hungary Hungary
    Bulgaria Bulgaria
    Romania Romania
    Czech Republic Czech Republic
    Slovakia Slovakia


HOW IS THE TOURNAMENT PLAYED?
The tournament will be played in a group stage (4 groups) and then advance into a playoff stage. The rules and the maps are the same as used in the main WCG 2003 finals. Therefore the maps made for the finals (new ones) will be used and not the preliminary (old) ones.

WHO IS PLAYING WHO?
Groups have been drawn in Austria by a script earlier this week:

Group 1
Czech Republic Czech Republic
Germany Germany
Italy Italy
Slovakia Slovakia
Group 2
Hungary Hungary
Netherlands Netherlands
Poland Poland
Spain Spain
Group 3
Denmark Denmark
France France
Romania Romania
Group 4
Bulgaria Bulgaria
Portugal Portugal
Sweden Sweden


A FREE EVENT! WITH PRIZES!
Since the results of this event have got no affect on the main finals, the attraction for the players is two things. The first is that the players are invited to the event, which includes sleeping at the player villages (Renaissance Paris La Défense for male gamers and Novotel Paris La Défense for female gamers), flight tickets to the event and much more.

The second thing is prizes. As a participating player, you've got a chance to win:
1st place; 1000 €
2nd place; 500 €
3rd and 4th place; 250 €
Some prizes will be provided by local sponsors to the lower ranks.

MORE INFORMATION
More information about how to attend as a visitor or as a press member can be found at ECG's official webpage. The site also has information about the tournaments, the schedule, security, latest news, other games and more.

Links
WCG-Europe.com - Official homepage of ECG

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