The group stage for StarCraft II, League of Legends and Counter-Strike begins.

[18:41] The first day of the group stage at the World Championship is over. Here are all those who advanced to the play-offs today:

StarCraft Group A
MMA
viOLet
JYP

StarCraft Group B
MC
elfittaja
HasuObs

League of Legends Group A
Team Dignitas
CLG
aAa

Counter-Strike Group A
SK Gaming
Na'Vi
ESC Gaming

[17:30] Not long ago CLG ended aAa winning streak and brought them their first loss. Now they just won against fnatic and secured their spot in the play-offs, next to Team Dignitas and aAa.

[16:08] Check out all the interviews and videos that ESL TV has done so far at the World Championship.

Intel Extreme Masters YouTube Playlist

[15:47] StarCraft Group A has finished. Koreans MMA, viOLet and JYP advance to the play-offs. German player Socke, who looked very strong in the beginning, just missed the play-offs by a bit.

StarCraft II Groupstage

[15:00] The first pictures of the World Championship are online.

World Championship Gallery - Day 1

[14:50] The first big upset of the Counter-Strike tournament just occured. Chinese team TyLoo won over defending champion Natus Vincere with 16-6. A big hit to the Ukrainian quest for the third straight title.

[13:30] German players Socke and HasuObs remain in the top 3 of their respective groups which means they are on play-off course so far. In League of Legends aAa and fnatic are leading the group with 2-0 at the moment while American teams Diginitas and TSM sit on 1-1. Millenium and ALTERNATE sit at the bottom of Group A with 0-2.

[12:30] We released a statement regarding the player housing situation at the World Championship: Official Statement

[12:20] MMA, JYP and HasuObs are the group leaders in SC2 right now. Both won their first matches and so stay on the save spot for the semi finals for now. Tune in to see who will remain on the playoffs spots by the end of the day. Next match will be Socke VS. MMA.

[12:00] So far the first matches in LoL are all played and beside Dignitas, aAa and fnatic took the first 3 points on stake. fnatic and dignitas are playing on ESL TV right now to determine the first winner keeping the white vest.

[11:15] Next CS match on ESL TV will be Na'Vi VS. mousesports. For the German record champion this would be very welcome and important three points for reaching the playoffs.

[11:07] So far some of the first matches have been finished. In LoL CLG lost to Dignitas and now ALTERNATE is facing aAa. In SC2 HasuObs is facing Grubby, with the better start for HasuObs on this first day of the tournament. In CS ESC took over the lead in Group A as they won 16:9 over mousesports while Na'Vi and SK Gaming played draw. Get your favorite game live on ESL TV now!

[10:35] The CeBIT is slowly starting getting louder and louder while the first matches are on air right now. Check out all the streams in our stream overview news or on ESL TV.

[08:58] Good morning and welcome to the first day of the Intel Extreme Masters World Championship, live from CeBIT in Hanover, Germany. Today the first day of group stage will be played with Counter-Strike and League of Legends Group A and StarCraft II Group A and B.

Go over to ESL TV and check out all of our live streams. You may also try the new ESL TV Beta website. Keep in mind it is beta, so not all the functionality is there yet.