The official groups have been drawn for the IEM5 World Championship to be held at CeBIT in Hannover, Germany from March 1st to the 5th.
With the drawings, all 3 Swedish teams find themselves in Group B, while both teams from Denmark will compete against each other in Group A. CompLexity Gaming finds themselves in Group A, while EG will be competing against the mass of European teams in Group B.
| Group A | Group B |
 TyLoo |
 TBD |
 compLexity |
 Evil Geniuses |
 TCM-Gaming |
 SK Gaming |
 Meet Your Makers |
Lions |
 Frag eXecutors |
 Na´Vi |
| mTw |
fnatic |
| Group A | Group B |
 k1llsen |
czm |
 strenx |
Cooller |
 Vo0 |
 Cypher |
| DaHang |
Spart1e |
| fazz |
rapha |
| av3k |
 Dandaking |
The winners of each group will automatically move on to the playoffs, while the second and third place teams for each group will battle it out to determine the final two playoff spots.