The players are separated into six groups of four gamers each and after the initial group stage, only the half of those will advance forward to the offline finals, who will occur next year. What a better way to start Year 2011?
| IEM Season V Groups | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Group A | Group B | Group C | ||||||||||||||||||||||
 Hasuobs |  Morrow |  Naama | ||||||||||||||||||||||
 Tarson | Socke | Sjow | ||||||||||||||||||||||
 Empire.Kas |  Servant |  Sajer | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Jimpo |  Predy |  Skruf | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Group D | Group E | Group F | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| DeMusliM | Naniwa | White.Ra | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dimaga | Goody |  Roxkis.BratOK | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| dignitas.merz |  Sarens | Cloud | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Krolu |  Nbs |  Nrt.DeathAngel | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Some groups, like A, D, and F, look pretty unpredictable so it will be even more thrilling to find out who will come on top in this unforgiving group stage.
The tournament itself starts today, October 28th, 19:00 CET with Morrow vs Servant and Socke vs Predy, followed by more breathtaking matches! You can find the official group stage schedule and results by following the links below.
Links
ESL.eu - Groups and times
ESL.eu - Results and upcomings
