IEM announces their lineup for the first StarCraft II event.

The Intel Extreme Master’s first StarCraft II event has announced their full list of players for the first event.

It includes Cj Entus player Gregory ‘idra’ Fields, strong off his win in Day9’s King of the Beta Tournament, x6tence’s Pedro 'LucifroN7' Moreno Durán who is known for his quick adaptation and domination of Starcraft II from his native WarCraft III, and the first TSL winner mousesports’ Oleksii 'White-Ra' Krupnyk.

They are joined by Team Liquid’s ever strong Dario 'TheLittleOne' Wünsch, MYM’s player/commentator Dan 'Artosis' Stemkoski, and mTw’s Benjamin 'DeMusliM' Baker as well as many more in the sixteen team tournament.

IEM Cologne SCII Players:

Dmytry 'dimaga' Filipchuk
Pierre 'Sarens' Guivarch
Pedro 'LucifroN7' Moreno Durán
Carlo 'ClouD' Giannacco
Johan 'Naniwa' Lucchesi
Tomasz 'Tarson' Boroń
Oleksii 'White-Ra' Krupnyk
Benjamin 'DeMusliM' Baker
Gregory 'IdrA' Fields
Dario 'TheLittleOne' Wünsch
Chris 'HuK' Laranger
Eugen 'Strelok' Oparyshev
Dan 'Artosis' Stemkoski
Pavel 'roxkisBratOK' Kuznetsov
Dennis 'HasuObs' Schneider
Fredrik 'MaDFroG' Johansson

IEM Cologne SCII Prize Pot ($15,000):

1st - $5,000
2nd - $2,500
3rd - $1,400
4th - $900
5th-8th - $600
5th-8th - $600
5th-8th - $600
5th-8th - $600
9th-12th - $400
9th-12th - $400
9th-12th - $400
9th-12th - $400
13th-16th - $300
13th-16th - $300
13th-16th - $300
13th-16th - $300