With the event kicking off at the end of this month, WCG has released the official group drawings to the public. The groups are set up in 3 groups of 4 and 5 groups of 3. The top two teams from each group will advance to the playoffs.
| Group A | Group B | Group C | Group D |
 wCrea |
 Natus Vincere |
 forZe |
 SK Gaming |
 Entity |
 Greece |
 FireGamers |
 MYM |
 bet4gamers |
 EXECUTIONERS |
 i-DX |
 ATE Gaming |
 Earthquake |
| Group E | Group F | Group G | Group H |
 Immunity |
mTw |
 Frag eXecutors |
 WeMade FOX |
| Lions |
 F.azer.Z |
 TyLoo |
 Area51 |
 USA |
 Katana |
 Duskbin |
 Gameholics |
 France |
 neWave.Play |
The official pool of maps has also been selected. Included are the typical four LAN maps as well as de_tuscan.
de_dust2 de_train de_inferno de_nuke de_tuscan
There are still several qualifiers left to be held including the USA, Greece and and France qualifiers before the event begins on September 30th, 2010. The WCG Grand Finals will run until October 3rd, 2010 and will be held at the Los Angeles Convention Center in Los Angeles, California.