This notice includes the following information:

-       Tournament rules and regulations

-       Group drawing

-       Map pool and rotation

-     Prize Money

Tournament Rules and Regulations

The tournament rules and regulations for this year's Grand Final has been posted on each game's official page. You can find the link below the game's trailer. Please review them to familiarize yourself with the rules and regulations of the Grand Final tournament.

Group Drawing

The WCG 2011 Grand Final Group Drawing was held as follows.

n  Date: November 19^th, 5:00 PM (GMT + 9:00)

n  Location: World Cyber Games Inc. Conference Room, Seoul, Korea

n  Game titles : 8 titles

-       Asphalt 6

-       Counter-Strike

-       CrossFire

-       FIFA Soccer 11

-       League of Legends

-       StarCraft® II: Wings of Liberty™

-       Tekken 6

-       Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne

(No group drawings were held for Carom 3D, Dungeon & Fighter, Lost Saga, Special Force, World of Warcraft.)

* Special Force groups were determined by the publisher and is announced as such.

* All players (or teams) from Carom 3D, Lost Saga, and World of Warcraft will play round robin tournament to determine the seeding for the round of 4 single elimination tournament.

* All players (or teams) from Dungeon & Fighter will play single elimination tournament without playing group full league stage.

n  Management: WCG Committee

n  General Regulation

•        WCG Committee selected 2 ~ 8 competitive players (or teams) per game as seeded player (or team), based on their reputations and previous record.

•        Group Drawing order (events):

-       Asphalt 6 -> Counter-Strike -> CrossFire -> FIFA Soccer 11 ->

League of Legends -> StarCraft® II: Wings of Liberty™ -> Tekken 6 ->

Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne

•        Group drawing for each game title was conducted by following order.

a.     Announcement of seeded players (or teams)

b.    Group drawing for seeded players (or teams)

c.     Group drawing for non-seeded players (or teams)

•        Group drawing proceeded in alphabetical order by country name. This rule was applied to both non-seed player group and seed player group

•        If there were multiple players (or teams) from a single country, the order was national final raking in ascending order.

•        If two players (or teams) from the same country were drawn into same group, the drawing was re-done. (Except in the case where re-drawing would still come to the same resolution.)

•        WCG Committee does not accept any objections or appeals regarding the announced results of the group drawing.

n  Regulation in case of absent players

•        The absentee will be recorded as forfeit in every match of the tournament

•        Group full league will continue as it is without changing groups or re-drawing

•        If all players in a group qualify due to absentees, matches will still be played to determine their seed in the single elimination round

•        For events where points or records are important, any match with the absentee will be recorded as a win, but the point or record will be 0 for that match.

n  Advancing from group full league to single elimination tournament

•        When there are 8 groups

-       The top 2 players (teams) will advance from each group to play in the top 16 single elimination tournament.

 

•        When there are 4 groups

-       The top 2 players (teams) will advance from each group to play in the top 8 single elimination tournament.