NATIONALESL.COM - The groups for the ESL's IEM American Championship have been announced, setting up for the 16 qualified players to compete for 8 spots in the finals of the American Championship in New York City this October.

The 16 players qualified have all been seeded and grouped accordingly. The players were divided into 3 groups - 4 high seeds, 4 medium seeds and 8 low seeds. Winners of the 4 qualifier cups - Silver, TTOne, PainUser and drewbie - were guaranteed high or medium seeds, while other players were seeded based on performance in other events, with IEM events taking priority. Each group would contain one high seed, one medium seed and two low seeds.

High Seeds (4)

Silver, HuK, IdrA, drewbie

Medium Seeds (4)

TTOne, PainUser, qxc, KiWiKaKi 

Low Seeds (8)

Artosis, SUGGY, Machine, MurDeR, ajtls, CauthonLuck, Fenix, ThisIsJimmy

Group A 

 IdrA

 TTOne

 Fenix

 SUGGY 

Group B 

 HuK

 KiWiKaKi

 ajtls

 Machine

Group C

 Silver

 qxc

 ThisIsJimmy

 MurDeR 

Group D 

 drewbie

 PainUser

 Artosis

 CauthonLuck 

Source: ESL, TeamLiquid