This time, the system is different to the first Pre-Season. The 18 players were drawn into three groups. After every player played his matches, the two best players of each group will qualify directly for the finals, which will be hold in summer. The third players of each group will play in a mini-cup for the two last slots.

Last years winner Dennis 'styla' Schellhase has been handed a rather easy group as he was the #1 seed. His hardest opponent should be the former SK player Daniel 'eNnu' Ennulat, who joined nGize two months ago. The group C, including styla's brother Daniel 'hero' Schellhase, has the same status as the biggest rival should be André 'AndResoN' Richter, who plays for nGize, too.

However, the third SK player Joshua 'Crown' Begehr is part of the Group of Death. This group includes three former players of SK Gaming - Nils 'niLssoN' Nolting, Jannik 'Era' Huber and Mohamed 'TornAdo' El-eter. Group B is completed by last years WCG participant Kevin 'KeWin' Waldschmidt and mTw's Amin 'Aars-JiMmY' Ben Said. Visit our Coverage-Item for the full group listing.