[ESL AU]

The Intel Extreme Masters Katowice event is fast approaching, and we’d like to share the details on how to qualify for South East Asia / Australia.

1 Player from SEA/AU is eligible to attend the IEM Katowice event directly, two more will qualify for the SEA/China final. Sea residents that are currently living outside of the SEA region cannot participate, they must participate in the qualifiers for the region that they are currently in.

You must be 16 years of age or older by the end of IEM Katowice (20/01/2013) to participate.

Here is how we will determine who the SEA/AU players will be:
• Stage 1: Open bracket
Dates: 4th, 6th, 8th and 9th of December.
The top 2 players from each open bracket will go through to the second stage

• Stage 2: Qualification only
Dates: 15th of December.
8 automatically seeded players will be invited, and compete against the 8 qualifiers.
The top 4 from this stage will go through.

• Stage 3: Final
Date: 16th of December
4 automatically seeded players will be invited, and compete against the 4 qualifiers.
The winner goes straight to IEM Katowice , and the 2nd and 3rd place runner up’s go to the
SEA/China final.

The Player Seeds:

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Stage 2 Seeds;
1. FlashBlysk
2. MskiJaBiTo
3. DM.MCZ.ProAnn
4. EveYekke
5. NvRossi
6. NvDeth
7. iaguz
8.FlashDrakE

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Stage 3 Seeds:
1. frayNinja
2. NvmOOnGLaDe
3. iMMafia
4. xGKingKong

Stage 1 – SC2 IEM Katowice Qualifiers

Location: Battle.net SEA
Prize: 2 players from each Qualifier will progress to Stage 2.
Qualifier 1:

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Date: 4th December 2012
Time: 8pm AEDT / 5pm SGT
Signup Link: http://www.nationalesl.com/au/sc2/ma...dopen1/signup/
Qualified: frayHuT, NvJazBas

Qualifier 2:

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Date: 6th December 2012
Time: 8pm AEDT / 5pm SGT
Signup Link:http://www.nationalesl.com/au/sc2/ma...dopen2/signup/
Qualified: frayFenner, iMLight

Qualifier 3:

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Date: 8th December, 2012
Time: 12pm AEDT / 9am SGT
Signup Link:http://www.nationalesl.com/au/sc2/ma...dopen3/signup/
Qualified: TBA

Qualifier 4:

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Date: 9th December, 2012
Time: 12pm AEDT / 9am SGT
Signup Link:http://www.nationalesl.com/au/sc2/ma...dopen4/signup/
Qualified: mGGZeratul, Cubeby

**YOU MUST CHECK IN ON CUP DAY**
Check-in Starts: One hour before the cup start time.
Check-in Ends: 10 minutes before the cup start time. Late entries have no guarantee of acceptance.
Check in here:

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Qualifier 1- http://www.nationalesl.com/au/sc2/ma...open1/checkin/
Qualifier 2- http://www.nationalesl.com/au/sc2/ma...open2/checkin/
Qualifier 3- http://www.nationalesl.com/au/sc2/ma...open3/checkin/
Qualifier 4- http://www.nationalesl.com/au/sc2/ma...open4/checkin/

Where to be: Be in the ESLAU channel in Battle.net.

Map Pool:

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ESL Antiga Shipyard
ESL Cloud Kingdom
ESL Daybreak
ESL Entombed Valley
ESL Ohana
ESL Metropolis
GSL_Whirlwind

Casting:

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Everything will be casted over the ESL channels:
www.esl.tv/channel/esl-australia
www.twitch.tv/ESL_Australia

Casters TBA! Interested in Casting? reply below or Skype any of the ESL SCII Team!

Liquipedia: Click Here

STAGE 2

Stage 2 will take place on the 15th of December 2012, the competition will begin at 9am SGT/12pm AEDT/2pm NZDT

STAGE 3

Stage 2 will take place on the 16th of December 2012, the competition will begin at 9am SGT/12pm AEDT/2pm NZDT