ESWC announced the draw pools for ESWC Grand Final 2008 last week, today the group drawing took place.

ESWC Grand Final 2008 will start off in a group stage consisting of eight groups with each five teams. Top two from each group will advance to the second group stage. Groups have been drawn using the seeding pools released last week.  A group cannot consist of more than one team from one nationality, should a team be drawn into a group with a team from the same nationality, the team is put aside and another participant will be drawn.

The first group stage at ESWC Grand Final 2008 are as follow:

Group A

PGS.MYM
Virtus.pro
Dragon
N1
Team 34

Group B

Made in Brazil
Dignitas
Millenium
Mindless
Xuxan

Group C

mousesports
EYESports
LowLandLions
Winners
QTP

Group D

mTw
Frag eXecutors
Motus
Lybia CS
Assasin List

Group E

fnatic
Alternate
Vatos Locos
Speeder
Incredibles

Group F

roccat
emuLate
Evil Geniuses
Make It Happen

Group G

SK Gaming
wNv
MoB
defs

Group H

e-STRO
x3o
n!faculty
Punto.cl

We will be back shortly with pre-ESWC coverage, so stay tuned.
You can find the group stage in our coverage section, which will be updated non-stop during ESWC Grand Final. HLTV.org will be in San Jose to cover ESWC Grand Final 25-27th of August. So lock your doors and stay at home, we will be your home during the entire event with HLTV, betting, scores, standings, demos and photos.