Event: IEM4
Intel Game On together with the Intel Extreme Masters by ESL will host a series of Quake Live cups for players from around Europe and the Middle East. The first cup to kick off will be the Nordic Cup #1 on the 18th of October.

Update: Intel have been reading your feedback and have added Iceland to the Nordic region!

Update 2: Ireland is now included with the UK, and Russia has been expanded to include the CIS countries.

Update 3: The first Nordic cup took place last night with Sweden fooki beating Iceland linkoo in the grand final. Sign up for the second cup is open now!

In the last two weeks of October four cups will be played. Players will earn points their finishing place in each cup. The players with the most points at the end will go through to the national final.

ql Nordic Cup Schedule
- Cup #1 - 18. October 2009
- Cup #2 - 21. October 2009
- Cup #3 - 1. November 2009
- Cup #4 - 5. November 2009
- Nordic Final - Dreamhack Winter (26.-29. November 2009)
- Intel® Extreme Masters GameOn Cup Finals - February
The Nordic final will be played at Dreamhack Winter. The top 4 players will receive a spot at the world's biggest LAN party, and Intel will bring you there for free!

- DACH: Germany Germany, Austria Austria, Switzerland Switzerland
- Middle East: Algeria Algeria, Egypt Egypt, Lebanon Lebanon, Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates
- Nordic: Denmark Denmark, Finland Finland, Norway Norway, Sweden Sweden. Iceland Iceland *updated*
- Russia & CIS: Russia Russia, Belarus Belarus, Ukraine Ukraine, Armenia Armenia , Azerbaijan Azerbaijan, Georgia Georgia, Kazakhstan Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova Moldova, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan Uzbekistan

- France France
- Spain Spain
- Italy Italy
- Poland Poland
- Turkey Turkey
- United Kingdom United Kingdom, Ireland Ireland

The top 16 players from each country/region will qualify for their national/regional finals for the chance to win these prizes:
Prizes for each country/region
- 1st: Intel® Core™ i7 Processor Extreme Edition i7-965
- 2nd: Intel® Core™ i7 processor i7-940
- 3rd: Intel® Core™ i5 processor i5-750
- 4th: ROCCAT™ Kone – Max Customization Gaming Mouse
The best player from each region also qualifies for the international final: The Intel® Extreme Masters GameOn Cup – Finals. We will release further information about the other countries/regions next week.

Source: ESL Nordic Cups announcement