The Electronic Sports World Cup (ESWC) organisers have announced the format and regulations for all tournaments that will be played at the 2012 event.

The ESWC finals will take place at the Paris Games Week from November 2-4, with a total of $20,000 up for grabs in the ten-team male CS:GO competition.

It has now been revealed that the tournament will kick off with a group stage with two groups of five teams and in which every match will use a best-of-one mode. The top two teams from each group will then progress to the semi-finals, played in a best-of-three mode.

Earlier in the week, it was announced that the ESWC had joined several other event organisers in creating a standard rule-book, to be used by all tournaments.

As expected, there is no mention of any forbidden weapons on the ESWC's regulations, which means that the Molotov grenades will be allowed and using them is entirely up to the teams.



Following the announcement of the three invited teams on Wednesday, nine of the 10 places in the CS:GO tournament have already been filled. The last spot will go to the winner of the French qualifier, which will be played between October 30 and November 1.

