SA National Team for IeSF Championships 2012 announced

Mind Sports South Africa (MSSA), an affiliate of the South African Confederation of Sport and Olympic Committee, has announced the South African squad which will represent the country at the 2012 International e-Sport Federation (IeSF) World Championship.

The 2012 IeSF event will be held in Cheon-an City, South Korea from the 4th to 8th of October 2012, and the MSSA will be sending a team for both StarCraft II and TEKKEN consisting of one male and one female for both games.

Speaking about the 26 qualifying rounds leading up to squad selection, MSSA president Colin Webster said “Never before has the MSSA seen such a high standard of play. Every single participant played with skill and exhibited all of the traits of a true champion.”

Gigabyte has come on board as the official sponsor of the 2012 South African Protea Team.

The Protea Team for IeSF 2012 follows:

Name of Athlete	Event	Club
Robert ‘PandaTank’ Botha	StarCraft II	PolarFluke
Gabriela ‘Gabybear’ Isaacs	StarCraft II	SAHETI School
Lyrene ‘Legato’ Küne	Tekken Tag 2 Tournament	Knights Mind Sports Club
Vittorio ‘HotShot’ Puissa	Tekken Tag 2 Tournament	HS DOJO

Prize Money

The prize money at the IeSF in 2012 is:

A.V.A.: total of KRW 20,000,000

• 1st place: KRW 10,000,000
• 2nd place: KRW 6,000,000
• 3rd place: KRW 4,000,000

Tekken: total of KRW 5,000,000

• 1st place: KRW 2,500,000
• 2nd place: KRW 1,500,000
• 3rd place: KRW 1,000,000

Starcraft2: total of KRW 5,000,000

• 1st place: KRW 2,500,000
• 2nd place: KRW 1,500,000
• 3rd place: KRW 1,000,000

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