Here we are with some insteresting news about RWC 2010, about selected countries, about rules, about cash prize. There is a surprise in those news, that is not so good for some of our readers.
There will be a tournament between 11 Teams representing the following 17 Countries : Korea, Japan, Thailand, Brazil, Indonesia, Philippines, China, Hongkong, Taiwan, Singapore, Malaysia, USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, France, Belgium.
As you could see, there is no sign of any country covered by euRO (such as Germany, Turkey, Switzerland, Italy). I guess their licence is really over and that they are no longer able to participate in RWC Event anymore. Hope I'm wrong for all those players, but i'll try to get an official statement about that :/ No sign of ruRO as well.
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The rules that will be used for this 2010 Edition will remain the old ones, the ones that were used for RWC 2008 & 2009. No "point based" Rosters.
Cash prizes will be distributed as following for a total amount of 26.500$ (~21.700€)
1st Place : 15.000$ 2nd Place : 7.000$ 3rd Place : 3.000$
(that flag line is taken from the official website)