Ligarena has officially announced the group draw of what is looking to become one of the greatest Quake III tournaments of all time, the $10,000 ESWC Q3 competition. The prize purse does not shock anyone but the attendee list looks like the hottest since XSi2 with winners of tournaments all over the world.
Here are the groups:

uNkind (WCG 2002 gold)

Akiles (WCG 2002 silver)

Python (CPL Pacific third, WCG 2000 fifth, WCG 2001 fifth)

cha0ticz (QCon 2K2 fifth)

St_Germain (WCG 2001 fourth)

ZeRo4 (first CPL Babbages, QCON 2k/2K1 winner, WCG 2001 gold, ESo.NA Winner)

Z4muZ (QLAN second, Second ESo.EU )

b100.death (CPL Holland first)

ph4ntom (WCG 2002 fifth)

dreg (c58i third)

Cooller (QLAN first, third ESo.eu)

reebHimself (WCG 2002 bronze, second ESo.NA)

Rocketboy (WCG 2002 fourth)

fazz (WCG 2001 Nation vs Nation gold, second place c58i)

blokey (CPL Babbages sixth)

fox (QLAN third, ESo.eu winner)

LeXeR (WCG 2001 silver, QCon 2K2 winner)

Daler (QCON 2K2 second, third ESo.na)

if22 (c58i first)

reef (CPL Rio first)
There is no telling which player will top each group and only two out of five advance to the next round; the first matches of the tournament will be any Quake player's dream to watch really. Every single game in the tournament will be a tough battle for life. If you look at Group A, you have revenge for the WCG 2002 final, uNkind vs Akiles. Group B is so scary that I don't want to try and predict which match will be the hottest. In Group B will oldschool player ZeRo4 from America meet the very new and talented Z4muZ from Sweden. In Group C we will be looking at the match between the Russian monster Cooller and the man who took him down at the previous WCG, reebHimself. Another rematch for a famous final will be in Group D, where the QuakeCon finalists LeXeR and Daler will fight it out. But will any of them win the group if Fox is there? I have a headache just thinking of all the questions.
01.

uNkind
02.

ZeRo4
03.

Cooller
04.

fox
05.

reebHimself
06.

LeXeR
07.

Akiles
08.

Z4muZ
09.

rocketboy
10.

Daler
11.

Python
12.

b100.death
13.

fazz
14.

if22
15.

cha0ticz
16.

ph4ntom
17.

blokey
18.

reef
19.

St_Germain
20.

dreg
The seeding has been adapted to fit the groups in order to avoid two players from a same country to meet in a same group. It is also based on the attendance of all twenty players.
I checked back in the history, see who meet who and where and how they performed against eachother.
Group A:
uNkind vs Akiles 13:1 and 13:10 at WCG 2002 Korea
Akiles vs Python 15:7 winner semi-finals at WCG 2002 Korea
Akiles vs cha0ticz 10:2 GroupMatch at WCG 2002 Korea
Group B:
ZeRo4 vs phantom 31:6 GroupMatch at WCG 2001 Korea
Z4muZ vs dreg 2:0 in maps at ESRealityOnline Loserbracket semi-finals.
Group C:
Cooller vs reebHimself_ 9:10 - 1/4 loserbrackets finals
Cooller vs fazz 2:0 in maps - Semi-finals Winnerbrackets ESRealityOnline
blokey vs reebHimself_ 28:26 - XSReality Invite
reebHimself_ vs rocketboy 7:6 - Loserbrackets semi-final WCG Korea 2002
Group D:
fox vs if22 2:1 and 3:2 (sudden death) - 1/4-finals Winnerbracket QLAN
LeXeR vs Daler 18:10 WB final and 12:10 Grand final at QCON 2002
if22 vs reef 6:5 - GroupMatch WCG 2002 Korea
LeXeR vs if22 3:2, 4:3, 6:2 and 1:0 - At PGChallenge 2002
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The ESWC official press release.