Starting today, 12 teams will decend upon Kiev, Ukraine for the IEM5 European Championship. The teams will be competing for one of the 7 spots in the Global Finals that will be held in Hannover, Germany next month.

Teams will begin the tournament in two groups of six, with half of each group moving on to the bracket stage. Fortunately for the 4th team in each group, they will have the opportunity to battle it out for the 7th position.

Group A	Group B
frag eXecutors SK Gaming mTw Mousesports MYM esahara	Fnatic Lions Na`Vi Alternate forZe Copenhagen Wolves

The matches are set to begin on Thursday, January 19th. Stay tuned for the latest information and results from the event.