IEST 2006 groups announced

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The IEST starts this weekend, and the groups was just announced. Who will take the first prize of $35,000?

International Electronic Sports Tournament, IEST for short, is an invitational tournament held in China in the three games StarCraft, WarCraft 3 and Pro Evolution Soccer. Eight players for each game will fight for the title, and of course a hefty prize sum. The prizes for IEST is $35,000, with $20,000 awarded to the winner. Second placed will receive $10,000, third place $3,750 and $1,250 for the fourth placer.

Group A

WE.IGE.suhO

u.s.T_Gggg

MYM]Moon

SK.Insomnia

Group B

WE.IGE.Sky

MYM]Lucifer

4K^ToD

mouz.SaSe

In Group A we see the two Chinese players suhO and Gggg, and the Night Elf superstar Moon. We also see the Bulgarian player Insomnia who was voted in who took Grubby's spot. Group B seems to be the deadliest of the two, with Sky, Lucifer, ToD and SaSe. Sky is not only the reigning champion on the IEST, but also recent winner of World Cyber Games. ToD ended second in WCG, and Lucifer took the ESWC title. The fourth contender in Group B is the Swedish Sentinel SaSe who showed great performance in the Battle.Net Europe finals. He is still lacking a big international title - will IEST be his first?