Electronic Sports World Cup Nigeria, Preliminaries to start 25th of June
Qualifiers for Electronic Sports World Cup Nigeria to start 25th of June, where more than 10,000 gamers are expected to converge at the Indoor Sports Hall, Sports Center University of Lagos, Akoka. 3 champions will emerge to represent Nigeria at the World Finale where over 800 Video game champions from over 50 countries will compete for the Grand Prize is over $250,000. Visitors will be able follow the non-stop action on giant screens, with live commentary from professional broadcasters. Disciplines being contested at the Nigeria Preliminaries include:
Pro evolution 2008
Trackmania Nations Forever
Warcraft III, The Frozen Throne.

3 Winners would walk away each with $1000 cash prize plus All expense paid trip to the United States of America. Laptops, Desktops, Decoders, Cellphones and other consolation prizes are up for grabs

Five of the ESWC qualifiers are now over and national champions have qualified in the United-States, Ecuador, Germany, United Arab Emirates, Brazil and Poland. The world’s best gamers will now have 12 weeks to prepare for the ESWC finals.
Qualifiers are still running in more than 40 countries, all the players and teams attending the Electronic Sports World Cup in San Jose will be qualified by the end of July. This week-end, June 7-8 2008, Russia, Portugal, Venezuela, Netherlands and the United-Kingdom are having their own national finals; results will be published on www.eswc.com.

A games competition without an FPS game? Are you guys on crack?!

Where will the final competition take place, ur post doesnt say. I saw somewhere in the papers that the finals will be in Germany, please confirm.