The European Nations Championship 2009 LAN Finals will take place from 19 to 23 of August at gamescom trade fair in Cologne, Germany, featuring ten teams from different nations to compete for €15,000 in four different games.

The prize money has been sharply reduced from last years €55,000 which means only the top2 teams from each game will receive their prize money. The ever current financial climate is largely seen as the reason for this move. This means that the CS 1.6 tournament will have a total prize money of €6,000, with CS:S, Warcraft 3 and FIFA 2009 all on €3,000

Prize Money Breakdown:

Counter-Strike 1.6 (€27,000 in 2008)

Counter-Strike: Source (€10,000 in 2008)

Warcraft 3 (€10,000in 2008)

FIFA 2009 (€7,500 in 2008)

(ESL Website)