The seedings for the 20,000€ Counter-Strike 1.6 tournament at Copenhagen Games have been announced.

With annual Copenhagen Games closing in, the organizers have announced the seedings for the tournament. The teams have been divided into three layers: high, medium and low seeds. Check out the three categories below.

High seeds

ESC Gaming - Neo, kuben, TaZ, Loord, pasha
SK Gaming - GeT_RiGhT, f0rest, face, RobbaN, trace
fnatic - Xizt, Gux, MODDII, Friis, karrigan
Natus Vincere - markeloff, Edward, starix, Zeus, ceh9
Lemondogs - threat, niko, FYRR73, kHRYSTAL, zneel
Alternate - approx, Troubley, Kapio, Tixo, Roman R.
Xapso - ArcadioN, turkizh, coloN, zanoj, Xyp9x
WinFakt - allu, aslak, H^N, BASiC, dRiim

Medium seeds

duttdutt - pronax, keiz, huggan, dennis, manne
Anexis - BERRY, Snappi, SFM, Nuggi, zE-
PTT - aneee, REASTEN, bJERKE, chrisJ, luosrevo
zNation - AERO, plutohd, payneb, wAke, liTTle
SharkGaming - zeeth, pzyclone, telli, EXR, suraNga
alchemists - DaY, prb, tacky, zEn, hellzERk
BOOOM - emilio, maxaki, skytten, relIk, dalito
MoD-eSport - jonkkis, mkzz, Metaphor, tomsku, zehN

Low seeds

semXorah - dmz, atx, LuL4, lkn, felippe
Last Kings - lomax, raalz, homaz, zirg, krischjo
Mojo Amsterdam - guidson, xilo, lex0r, tazzie, ufear
team decerto - evon, DiamanT, maKazio, marwin, xknight
Gamestyle.dk - Homuz, domax, 2bl, Dash, DetlevSnitzEl
TRiCKSTerS - JQGGE, xgN, daksch, skaut, GYLDE
StarteR - Paddy, KK, MJE, whimp, MoRf4r
teamKR - emlikz, montrey, quiN, faizen, dominikkk

The groups will be drawn on Wednesday next week. There will be a total of eight groups, each with four teams. Groups will be drawn with one high, one medium and one low seed, as well as a team from the on-site qualifier.

The tournament will begin Friday, playing the group stage and one round of the playoffs. The remainder of the tournament will be played Saturday. 

All teams will advance from the group stage, top two placed in each group will advance to the upper-bracket, while third and fourth place in the groups drop into round one of the lower-bracket. Group stage, as well as the upper-bracket will be played best-of-three maps, while the lower-bracket in the playoffs will be best-of-one map.

HLTV.org will be on site in Copenhagen to provide you with full coverage of the event. Stay tuned for more coverage leading up to the event, including a lengthy preview about the big names attending Copenhagen Games 2012.