The registration for the StarCraft II Open Bracket in Singapore is now open. It will close at midnight on the 18th of November. 32 places are available. The Open Bracket will be played out on the 22nd of November live at SITEX in Singapore. The Top 8 players will advance into the $32.000 Intel Extreme Masters Singapore tournament which runs from the 22nd to the 25th of November.



The last Open Bracket at Intel Extreme Masters gamescom saw players like MVP, NesTea, PuMa, MC, LucifroN, NaNiwa and many more attend. MVP went on to qualify for the main tournament and ended up winning it. guaranteed $600 in prize money.



How to register? In order to register for the open bracket, please send a mail to



Full name

Link to your Battle.net profile

List of tournament achievements, if available

Date of Birth



Registration Deadline: 18/11/12 23:59 CEST

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Additional information

Price is 50 Euros, to be paid via PayPal

Price includes a trade show visitor ticket, valid for entire duration

If you qualify for the main tournament via the open bracket, $600 are guaranteed



The Open Bracket F.A.Q. Every StarCraft II tournament in the new season of the Intel Extreme Masters will feature 24 players. 16 of those will qualify online and 8 will qualify through an open bracket tournament played on the first day of gamescom.



How can I participate in the Open Bracket?

There will be 32 spots in the open bracket. The open bracket is reserved for players that were unable to participate in the event qualifier or got knocked out early.



Open bracket spots will be made available after the conclusion of the Intel Extreme Masters online qualifiers so that players that have not qualified online could still compete at the event.



How will it be played out?

The open bracket tournament will be divided into 4 double elimination brackets of 8 players each. The winners of the upper bracket and the lower bracket will be seeded into the main event with a high and low seed, respectively. The double elimination bracket finals will not be played out.



How do the open bracket players fit into the main event?

The main event will have 24 players with 4 groups of 6 players. It will start only after the open bracket has concluded and the 8 main event participants from the open bracket are known.



Each group will consist of 4 players qualified online, 1 high seed open bracket player and 1 low seed open bracket player (from a different open bracket).



A total of 12 players, top 3 from each group, will advance to the playoffs, with group winners getting a free win in the 1st round. It is



Players who succeed in qualifying for the main tournament have aIn order to register for the open bracket, please send a mail to openbracket.singapore.2012@esl.eu with the following information:Full nameLink to your Battle.net profileList of tournament achievements, if availableDate of BirthPrice is 50 Euros, to be paid via PayPalPrice includes a trade show visitor ticket, valid for entire durationIf you qualify for the main tournament via the open bracket, $600 are guaranteedEvery StarCraft II tournament in the new season of the Intel Extreme Masters will feature 24 players. 16 of those will qualify online and 8 will qualify through an open bracket tournament played on the first day of gamescom.There will be 32 spots in the open bracket. The open bracket is reserved for players that were unable to participate in the event qualifier or got knocked out early.Open bracket spots will be made available after the conclusion of the Intel Extreme Masters online qualifiers so that players that have not qualified online could still compete at the event.The open bracket tournament will be divided into 4 double elimination brackets of 8 players each. The winners of the upper bracket and the lower bracket will be seeded into the main event with a high and low seed, respectively. The double elimination bracket finals will not be played out.The main event will have 24 players with 4 groups of 6 players. It will start only after the open bracket has concluded and the 8 main event participants from the open bracket are known.Each group will consist of 4 players qualified online, 1 high seed open bracket player and 1 low seed open bracket player (from a different open bracket).A total of 12 players, top 3 from each group, will advance to the playoffs, with group winners getting a free win in the 1st round. It is the same system as the one used at the Intel Extreme Masters World Championship. 1380923 , Monday, 12/11/12 13:27