250 000 USD for ESWC 2008 in San Jose

Another year, another edition of ESWC. First time ever, ESWC will be in the United-States

For the first time in the ESWC history, the Grand Final will take place at the NVISION 08 held from August 25 to the 27th in Silicon Valley, San Jose, hosted by NVIDIA. Six championships will be held which includes Warcraft III : The Frozen Throne and DotA with over 250 000$ in prizes. Even visitors will be able to follow the constant flow of the gamers by following each match with the commentaries on giant screens.

ESWC 07
1	SoJu
2	Creolophus
3	Grubby
4	Lyn

Last year, we have been able to watch great matches with their loads of surprises. SoJu, representing Korea have been able to take the championship by beating the Norwegian player Creolophus with a perfect score on Turtle Rock and Twisted Meadows. At the same time, Grubby and Lyn were fighting each other with mirror matches to see who would be placed third and fourth. After two matches, the result were even, both on Turtle Rock, but the Dutch player best the Korean player on Twisted Meadows in the final game.