Electronic Sports World Cup
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The Electronic Sports World Cup is an international professional gaming championship.
Every year winners of national qualifier event around the world earn the right to represent their country in the ESWC Finals. The event has won a lot of praise for its organisation and ability to put on a good show for spectators.
The ESWC was originally created by a French company called Ligarena who previously hosted smaller LAN
events in France under the name of LAN Arena. In 2003 Ligarena decided to do something on a larger scale and the ESWC was born. In 2005, Ligarena became Games-Services.
In 2009, ESWC is bought by another French company called Games-Solution who became the owner of the brand.
The grand finals and masters of ESWC have had a total prize purse of 1,721,000 € from 2003 till 2010.
near Poitiers
in France. The total prize fund for the event was € 156,000.
. The total prize payout was again raised this time to 300,000 euro
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and the total payout this time was around 300,000 euro
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Games featured were Counter-Strike, Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne, Quake 4, Counter-Strike Female, Pro Evolution Soccer 6
and Trackmania Nations.
750 finalists attended from 51 countries which competed for a prize purse of USD 180,000$.
, USA, from August 25 to August 27 during the bigger NVISION 08
event, moving the tournament away from France for the first time. The disciplines announced were Counter-Strike (open and female), Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne, Trackmania Nations Forever, Defense of the Ancients
and Quake 3. Pro Evolution Soccer was not included because the global Konami authority hasn't given its support to the competition. The prize purse was around 200,000 USD.
. The same disciplines took place during this Masters offered additional qualificative slots for ESWC Grand Final in San Jose. All winners won a slot to participate in the ESWC Grand Final and hotel accommodation for San Jose, free of charge.
, France
from October 21 to October 25. The event marked the transitional replacement and additions of several cornerstone tournament titles. This included the replacement of Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne with StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty, as well as the replacement of Defense of the Ancients with Dota 2. Additionally, this marked the first year in which Counter-Strike: Source was present.
Every year winners of national qualifier event around the world earn the right to represent their country in the ESWC Finals. The event has won a lot of praise for its organisation and ability to put on a good show for spectators.
The ESWC was originally created by a French company called Ligarena who previously hosted smaller LAN
Local area network
A local area network is a computer network that interconnects computers in a limited area such as a home, school, computer laboratory, or office building...
events in France under the name of LAN Arena. In 2003 Ligarena decided to do something on a larger scale and the ESWC was born. In 2005, Ligarena became Games-Services.
In 2009, ESWC is bought by another French company called Games-Solution who became the owner of the brand.
The grand finals and masters of ESWC have had a total prize purse of 1,721,000 € from 2003 till 2010.
ESWC 2003
The 2003 ESWC saw around 150,000 players narrowed down to just 358 players from 37 different countries who would attend the finals at the FuturoscopeFuturoscope
Futuroscope, or Parc du Futuroscope is a French theme park based upon multimedia, cinematographic futuroscope and audio-visual techniques...
near Poitiers
Poitiers
Poitiers is a city on the Clain river in west central France. It is a commune and the capital of the Vienne department and of the Poitou-Charentes region. The centre is picturesque and its streets are interesting for predominant remains of historical architecture, especially from the Romanesque...
in France. The total prize fund for the event was € 156,000.
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| Counter-Strike Counter-Strike Counter-Strike is a tactical first-person shooter video game developed by Valve Corporation which originated from a Half-Life modification by Minh "Gooseman" Le and Jess "Cliffe" Cliffe... |
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SK Gaming SK Gaming SK Gaming is a professional German electronic sports organization founded in 1997 by a small group of Quake players living in Oberhausen. SK Gaming retains teams across different genres and are particularly known for their success in Counter-Strike tournaments... * |
 GoodGame |
| Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos is a real time strategy computer game released by Blizzard Entertainment on July 3, 2002 . It is the second sequel to Warcraft: Orcs & Humans, and it is the third game set in the Warcraft Universe... |
Alborz "HeMaN" Haidarian |
Fredrik "MaDFroG" Johansson Madfrog Fredrik Johansson , better known by the pseudonym MaDFroG, is a famous Swedish WarCraft III and StarCraft II player.... |
Antoine "FaTC" Zadri |
Yoan "ToD" Merlo |
| Unreal Tournament 2003 Unreal Tournament 2003 Unreal Tournament 2003 or UT2003 is a first-person shooter video game designed mainly for multiplayer gaming. The game is part of the Unreal franchise's series of games, and is a sequel to Unreal Tournament .... |
 Christian "GitzZz" HoeckChristian Hock Christian Hock is a retired German football player and a football manager who currently managing Hessen Kassel.-External links:... |
Björn "zulg" Sunesson |
Jonathan "Fatal1ty" Wendell |
Aaron "Lotus" Everitt |
| Quake 3 |  Anton "Cooller" Singov |
John "ZeRo4" Hill |
Alexey "LeXeR" Nesterov |
Pelle "fazz" Söderman |
| Counter-Strike Female | SK Gaming SK Gaming SK Gaming is a professional German electronic sports organization founded in 1997 by a small group of Quake players living in Oberhausen. SK Gaming retains teams across different genres and are particularly known for their success in Counter-Strike tournaments... |
Femina Bellica |
 Denmark Girls |
To Hell Angels |
- SK Gaming representing Sweden in the Counter-Strike competition
ESWC 2004
The 2004 finals were once again held at the Futuroscope, roughly 400 finalists from 41 countries attended to compete for a €210,000 prize purse.| 2004 | |
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| Counter-Strike | Titans |
spiXel |
Virtus.pro |
The Stomping Grounds |
| Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne is a real-time strategy computer game developed for Microsoft Windows, Mac OS and Mac OS X by Blizzard Entertainment. It is the official expansion pack to Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos, requiring Reign of Chaos to play... |
 Dae Hui "FoV" Cho |
Fredrik "MaDFroG" Johansson Madfrog Fredrik Johansson , better known by the pseudonym MaDFroG, is a famous Swedish WarCraft III and StarCraft II player.... |
Alborz "HeMaN" Haidarian |
Jung Hee "Sweet" Chun Jung Hee Chun Chun Jung-hee was a South Korean professional player of the real-time strategy game Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne. He used to play for the Chinese professional gaming team Beijing eSport Team.... |
| Unreal Tournament 2004 Unreal Tournament 2004 Unreal Tournament 2004, also known as UT2K4 and UT2004, is a futuristic first-person shooter computer game developed by Epic Games and Digital Extremes... |
Maurice "BurningDeath" Engelhardt |
Christian "GitzZz" Hoeck Christian Hock Christian Hock is a retired German football player and a football manager who currently managing Hessen Kassel.-External links:... |
 Laurens "Lauke" PluijmakersLaurens Pluijmaekers Laurens "Lauke" Pluijmaekers , last name sometimes spelled Pluymaekers, is a Dutch former professional Unreal Tournament player... |
 Nicola "Forrest" Geretti |
| Quake 3 | Sweden |
United States |
Russia |
 Belarus |
| Counter-Strike Female | Team all 4 one |
 Ladies.AMD |
 New4>eibo |
Les Seules |
| Pro Evolution Soccer 3 Pro Evolution Soccer 3 Pro Evolution Soccer 3 is the third installment of Konami's Pro Evolution Soccer football video game series... |
Samad "Samsam" Baism |
Marcel "Xside" Waulke |
Chen Zhiliang |
Wang Zaoxing |
| Painkiller | Sander "Vo0" Kaasjager Sander Kaasjager Sander Kaasjager, who also goes by the pseudonym Vo0, is a former Dutch professional player of the first person shooter game Painkiller, born in Naarden. He was formerly signed on to play for the electronic sports team Fnatic... |
Alessandro "Stermy" Avallone |
Michael "Dr.Moerser" Froese |
Jonathan "Fatal1ty" Wendell |
ESWC 2005
In 2005 the venue was moved to a larger place: The Carrousel du Louvre in ParisParis
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
. The total prize payout was again raised this time to 300,000 euro
Euro
The euro is the official currency of the eurozone: 17 of the 27 member states of the European Union. It is also the currency used by the Institutions of the European Union. The eurozone consists of Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg,...
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| Counter-Strike | compLexity |
SK Gaming SK Gaming SK Gaming is a professional German electronic sports organization founded in 1997 by a small group of Quake players living in Oberhausen. SK Gaming retains teams across different genres and are particularly known for their success in Counter-Strike tournaments... * |
Mousesports |
Lunatic-hai |
| Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne | Manuel "Grubby" Schenkhuizen |
Andrey "Deadman" Sobolev |
Seo Woo "ReiGn" Kang |
Li "Sky" Xiaofeng |
| Unreal Tournament 2004 | Michael "winz" Bignet |
 Markus "Falcon" Holzer |
Laurens "Lauke" Pluijmakers Laurens Pluijmaekers Laurens "Lauke" Pluijmaekers , last name sometimes spelled Pluymaekers, is a Dutch former professional Unreal Tournament player... |
Michele "DevilMC" Esposito |
| Quake 3 | Anton "Cooller" Singov |
Paul "czm" Nelson |
Magnus "fojji" Olsson |
Jason "socrates" Sylka |
| Counter-Strike Female | Girls Got Game |
Ladies.AMD |
 x6tence.AMD |
Beat off The Best |
| Pro Evolution Soccer 4 Pro Evolution Soccer 4 Pro Evolution Soccer 4 is the fourth installment of Konami's Pro Evolution Soccer football video game series... |
 Badr "ArabianJoker" Hakeem |
 Mike "Mike" Moreton |
Raúl "Legre" Alegre |
"Zhao_Hang" |
| Gran Turismo 4 Gran Turismo 4 is a racing simulator for the Sony PlayStation 2 which was developed by Polyphony Digital. It was released on December 28, 2004 in Japan and Hong Kong , February 22, 2005 in North America , and March 9, 2005 in Europe , and has since been re-issued under Sony's 'Greatest Hits' line... |
Pierre "Snake" Lenoire |
Thibault "Carter" Lacombe |
Arnaud "Lucky" Lacombe |
Jean-Philippe "Phenicks" Lacombe |
- SK-Gaming's Danish squad
ESWC 2006
The event took place at Palais omnisports de Paris-BercyPalais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy
Opened in 1984, Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy, often abbreviated as POPB or Bercy, is an indoor sports arena on boulevard de Bercy located in the 12th arrondissement of Paris...
and the total payout this time was around 300,000 euro
Euro
The euro is the official currency of the eurozone: 17 of the 27 member states of the European Union. It is also the currency used by the Institutions of the European Union. The eurozone consists of Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg,...
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| Counter-Strike | Made in Brazil |
fnatic Fnatic Fnatic is a professional electronic sports organization based out of Australia, UK and The Netherlands. Fnatic was founded in July 23, 2004. Fnatic is particularly well-known for its highly successful Counter-Strike team, which is the single most financially-successful Counter-Strike team in... |
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| Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne | Jae Wook "Lucifer" Noh |
 Ivica "Zeus[19]" Markovic |
Xiaofeng "Sky" Li |
 Zdravko "Insomnia" Georgiev |
| Quake 4 Quake 4 Quake 4 is the fourth title in the series of Quake first-person shooter computer games. The game was developed by Raven Software and published by Activision. Raven Software has collaborated with id Software, the creators and historical developers of preceding Quake games... |
Michael "winz" Bignet |
Alexey "Cypher" Yanushevsky |
Ivo "Forever" Lindhout |
Anton "Cooller" Singov Cooler A cooler, cool box, portable ice chest, chilly bin , or esky most commonly is an insulated box used to keep food or drink cool. Ice cubes are most commonly placed in it to help the things inside stay cool... |
| Counter-Strike Female | Beat off the Best |
Les Seules |
Hacker Victory |
SK Gaming SK Gaming SK Gaming is a professional German electronic sports organization founded in 1997 by a small group of Quake players living in Oberhausen. SK Gaming retains teams across different genres and are particularly known for their success in Counter-Strike tournaments... * |
| Pro Evolution Soccer 5 Pro Evolution Soccer 5 Pro Evolution Soccer 5 is an football video game developed and produced by Konami as part of the Pro Evolution Soccer series... |
Bruce "Spank" Grannec |
Moustafa "Myto" Menadi |
 Yasin "Jinxy" Koroglu |
Song "Song" Xianzhi |
| Gran Turismo 4 | Pierre "Snake" Lenoire |
Thibault "Carter" Lacombe |
Arnaud "Lucky" Lacombe |
 Daniel "Holl01" Holland |
| Trackmania Nations | Dorian "Carl" Vallet |
Manuel "Baiy000r" Baier |
Pascal "gaLLo" Jäger |
Adrien "Dridrione" Auxent |
- SK Gaming representing USA in Counter-Strike female
ESWC 2007
The ESWC 2007 took place at Paris Expo Porte de Versailles, Paris, from July 5 to July 8. There was a complete expo for this event, called "Mondial du Gaming".Games featured were Counter-Strike, Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne, Quake 4, Counter-Strike Female, Pro Evolution Soccer 6
Pro Evolution Soccer 6
Pro Evolution Soccer 6 is one of Konami's highly successful Pro Evolution Soccer franchise...
and Trackmania Nations.
750 finalists attended from 51 countries which competed for a prize purse of USD 180,000$.
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| Counter-Strike |  PGS.PokerStrategy.com |
Team NoA Team NoA Team NoAYear founded: 2003Team NoA is a professional Counter-Strike team who are as well known for setting precedents as they are for being a successful team. Founded by Jonas "bsl" Alsaker, the team was several times regarded as the worlds best, taking home many prestigious "trophies"... |
fnatic Fnatic Fnatic is a professional electronic sports organization based out of Australia, UK and The Netherlands. Fnatic was founded in July 23, 2004. Fnatic is particularly well-known for its highly successful Counter-Strike team, which is the single most financially-successful Counter-Strike team in... * |
Made in Brazil |
| Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne | Lee Sung "SoJu" Duk |
 Olav "Creolophus" Undheim |
Manuel "Grubby" Schenkhuizen |
Jun "Lyn" Park |
| Quake 4 | Maciej "av3k" Krzykowski Maciej Krzykowski Maciej Krzykowski , who also goes by the pseudonym av3k, is an active professional player of the first person shooter series Quake. He has Polish nationality and resides in Ostróda. He has been activily competing in international Quake competitions since March 5, 2006 and is signed to Dutch... |
Anton "Cooller" Singov |
Michael "winz" Bignet |
Mikael "PURRI" Tarvainen |
| Counter-Strike Female | SK Gaming SK Gaming SK Gaming is a professional German electronic sports organization founded in 1997 by a small group of Quake players living in Oberhausen. SK Gaming retains teams across different genres and are particularly known for their success in Counter-Strike tournaments... ** |
EHONOR |
Be The Best |
Unfinished |
| Pro Evolution Soccer 6 Pro Evolution Soccer 6 Pro Evolution Soccer 6 is one of Konami's highly successful Pro Evolution Soccer franchise... |
Sven "S-Butcher" Wehmeier |
Bruce "Spank" Grannec |
Mike "El Matador" Linden |
 Almeida "Bubaloo" Jorge |
| Trackmania Nations | Freek "XenoGear" Molema |
Dorian "Carl" Vallet |
Simon "Lign" Ferreira |
Charles "selrahc37" Devillard |
ESWC 2008
The 2008 Electronic Sports World Cup took place in San Jose, CaliforniaSan Jose, California
San Jose is the third-largest city in California, the tenth-largest in the U.S., and the county seat of Santa Clara County which is located at the southern end of San Francisco Bay...
, USA, from August 25 to August 27 during the bigger NVISION 08
Nvision
Nvision, stylized as NVISION, is a stand alone event organized by NVIDIA to promote visual computing amongst enthusiasts and journalists....
event, moving the tournament away from France for the first time. The disciplines announced were Counter-Strike (open and female), Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne, Trackmania Nations Forever, Defense of the Ancients
Defense of the Ancients
Defense of the Ancients is a custom scenario for the real-time strategy game Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos and its expansion, Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne, based on the "Aeon of Strife" map for StarCraft...
and Quake 3. Pro Evolution Soccer was not included because the global Konami authority hasn't given its support to the competition. The prize purse was around 200,000 USD.
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| Counter-Strike | PGS.MYM |
eSTRO |
fnatic Fnatic Fnatic is a professional electronic sports organization based out of Australia, UK and The Netherlands. Fnatic was founded in July 23, 2004. Fnatic is particularly well-known for its highly successful Counter-Strike team, which is the single most financially-successful Counter-Strike team in... |
Mousesports Mousesports Mousesports, , is a professional gaming organization based out of Germany. Mousesports fields teams in many different games and are particularly known for the company's successful Counter-Strike team... |
| Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne | Du-Seop "WhO" Chang |
Li "Sky" Xiaofeng |
Zhuo "TeD" Zeng |
Seo Woo "ReiGn" Kang |
| Quake 3 | Alexey "Cypher" Yanushevsky |
Marcel 'K1llsen' Paul |
Shane "Rapha" Hendrixson |
Fan "Jibo" Zhibo |
| Counter-Strike Female | SK Gaming SK Gaming SK Gaming is a professional German electronic sports organization founded in 1997 by a small group of Quake players living in Oberhausen. SK Gaming retains teams across different genres and are particularly known for their success in Counter-Strike tournaments... |
emuLate |
EHonor |
MeetYourMakers |
| Trackmania Nations | Kalle "Frostbeule" Moertlund Videkull |
Freek "XenoGear" Molema |
Simon "Lign" Ferreira |
Dorian "Carl" Vallet |
| Defense of the Ancients Defense of the Ancients Defense of the Ancients is a custom scenario for the real-time strategy game Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos and its expansion, Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne, based on the "Aeon of Strife" map for StarCraft... |
 Zenith |
 KingSurf |
MeetYourMakers |
Evil Geniuses Evil Geniuses Evil Geniuses is a professional gaming organization based out of the United States. Founded in 1999, the organization is known as being the premier North American electronic sports organization, boasting highly successful players across each competitive genre... |
Masters of Paris
Paris wasn't abandoned for the ESWC. In place of the ESWC, there was the Masters of Paris, during the Mondial du Gaming from July 4 to July 6 and took place at the Palais omnisports de Paris-BercyPalais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy
Opened in 1984, Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy, often abbreviated as POPB or Bercy, is an indoor sports arena on boulevard de Bercy located in the 12th arrondissement of Paris...
. The same disciplines took place during this Masters offered additional qualificative slots for ESWC Grand Final in San Jose. All winners won a slot to participate in the ESWC Grand Final and hotel accommodation for San Jose, free of charge.
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| Counter-Strike | Mortal Teamwork |
fnatic Fnatic Fnatic is a professional electronic sports organization based out of Australia, UK and The Netherlands. Fnatic was founded in July 23, 2004. Fnatic is particularly well-known for its highly successful Counter-Strike team, which is the single most financially-successful Counter-Strike team in... |
Mousesports Mousesports Mousesports, , is a professional gaming organization based out of Germany. Mousesports fields teams in many different games and are particularly known for the company's successful Counter-Strike team... |
 Roccat |
| Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne | Jae Ho "Moon" Jang |
Li "Sky" Xiaofeng |
Yoan "ToD" Merlo Yoan Merlo Yoan "ToD" Merlo is a French professional player of the real-time strategy games Warcraft III, playing as the race Human, and Starcraft II playing as Protoss; he was signed to the top electronic sports team in the United Kingdom: Four Kings, until November 7, 2007 when he decided not to renew his... |
Du-Seop "WhO" Chang |
| Quake 3 | Alexey "Cypher" Yanushevsky |
Magnus "fox" Olsson |
Maciej "av3k" Krzykowski Maciej Krzykowski Maciej Krzykowski , who also goes by the pseudonym av3k, is an active professional player of the first person shooter series Quake. He has Polish nationality and resides in Ostróda. He has been activily competing in international Quake competitions since March 5, 2006 and is signed to Dutch... |
Fan "Jibo" Zhibo |
| Counter-Strike Female | Les Seules |
SK Gaming SK Gaming SK Gaming is a professional German electronic sports organization founded in 1997 by a small group of Quake players living in Oberhausen. SK Gaming retains teams across different genres and are particularly known for their success in Counter-Strike tournaments... |
Emulate |
forZe |
| Trackmania Nations | Simon "Lign" Ferreira |
Freek "XenoGear" Molema |
Kalle "Frostbeule" Mörtlund Videkull |
Pedro "Moriah" Barbosa |
| Defense of the Ancients | SK Gaming SK Gaming SK Gaming is a professional German electronic sports organization founded in 1997 by a small group of Quake players living in Oberhausen. SK Gaming retains teams across different genres and are particularly known for their success in Counter-Strike tournaments... |
 The Elder Gods |
MeetYourMakers |
Evil Geniuses Evil Geniuses Evil Geniuses is a professional gaming organization based out of the United States. Founded in 1999, the organization is known as being the premier North American electronic sports organization, boasting highly successful players across each competitive genre... |
Masters of Athens
Masters of Athens have been announced as well from October 17 to October 18 during the Athens Digital Week. Disciplines featured will be Quake III and Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne, the tournament will have a $30.000 prize purse and the champions will qualify for ESWC 2009.| 2008 Masters of Athens | |
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| Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne | June "Lyn" Park |
Jae Ho "Moon" Jang |
Yoan "ToD" Merlo Yoan Merlo Yoan "ToD" Merlo is a French professional player of the real-time strategy games Warcraft III, playing as the race Human, and Starcraft II playing as Protoss; he was signed to the top electronic sports team in the United Kingdom: Four Kings, until November 7, 2007 when he decided not to renew his... |
Du-Seop "WhO" Chang |
| Quake 3 | Shane "Rapha" Hendrixson |
Sebastian "Spart1e" Siira |
Maciej "av3k" Krzykowski Maciej Krzykowski Maciej Krzykowski , who also goes by the pseudonym av3k, is an active professional player of the first person shooter series Quake. He has Polish nationality and resides in Ostróda. He has been activily competing in international Quake competitions since March 5, 2006 and is signed to Dutch... |
Alexey "Cypher" Yanushevsky |
Masters of Cheonan
- Venue: CheonanCheonanCheonan is a city located in the northeast corner of South Chungcheong, a province of South Korea, and is 83.6 km south of the capital, Seoul...
, South KoreaSouth KoreaThe Republic of Korea , , is a sovereign state in East Asia, located on the southern portion of the Korean Peninsula. It is neighbored by the People's Republic of China to the west, Japan to the east, North Korea to the north, and the East China Sea and Republic of China to the south... - Prize: 54.000 €
- Date: 2–6 May 2009
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| Counter-Strike | fnatic Fnatic Fnatic is a professional electronic sports organization based out of Australia, UK and The Netherlands. Fnatic was founded in July 23, 2004. Fnatic is particularly well-known for its highly successful Counter-Strike team, which is the single most financially-successful Counter-Strike team in... |
SK-Gaming |
Mousesports Mousesports Mousesports, , is a professional gaming organization based out of Germany. Mousesports fields teams in many different games and are particularly known for the company's successful Counter-Strike team... |
Alchemists |
| Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne | Pedro "LucifroN" Moreno Durán |
June "Lyn" Park |
Weiliang "Fly100%" Lu |
Dmitriy "Happy" Kostin |
| StarCraft: Brood War StarCraft: Brood War StarCraft: Brood War is the expansion pack for the award winning military science fiction, real-time strategy video game StarCraft. Released in 1998 for Windows and Mac OS, it was co-developed by Saffire and Blizzard Entertainment. The expansion pack introduced new campaigns, map tilesets, music,... |
Gregory "IdrA" Fields |
 Oleksii "White-Ra" Krupnik |
Ji-Soo "ToSsGirL" Seo Seo Ji-Soo Seo Ji-Soo is a year old female professional StarCraft player from South Korea who plays under the alias ToSsGirL.Tossgirl was first introduced to Starcraft by her father in 1999. ToSsGirl and her sister Seo Ji Seung "ZergGirl" both started to play avidly. At first, her sister, ZergGirl, was able... |
Minglu "Super" Zhang |
| Special Force Special Force Special Force is a first-person shooter military video game, published by Hezbollah, created using the Genesis 3D engine. The game is set in a 3D environment, in which the player takes the role of a Hezbollah combatant fighting the IDF... |
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Kim Jung-Min |
Lee Woo-Young |
Yang Jin-Mo |
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ESWC 2010
The results of the 2010 Electronic Sports World Cup which took place at Disneyland Paris featuring a €213,500 prize purse {Game Solution(or DIP-Organisation) took over the ESWC At 2010}.| 2010 | |
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| Counter-Strike | Natus Vincere Natus Vincere Natus Vincere is a Ukrainian multigaming e-Sports organization. It is the first team in Counter-Strike history to win three major tournaments in one calendar year - Intel Extreme Masters, Electronic Sports World Cup and World Cyber Games 2010... |
SK Gaming SK Gaming SK Gaming is a professional German electronic sports organization founded in 1997 by a small group of Quake players living in Oberhausen. SK Gaming retains teams across different genres and are particularly known for their success in Counter-Strike tournaments... |
Dadi |
Frag eXecutors |
| Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne | June "Lyn" Park |
Jae Ho "Moon" Jang |
Sung sik "ReMinD" Kim |
Happy |
| Quake Live Quake Live Quake Live is a first-person shooter video game by id Software designed to run on x86-based computers running Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X or Linux that is downloaded and launched via a web browser plugin. It is a variant of its predecessor, Quake III Arena .Quake Live is free to download and play... |
Rapha |
av3k |
Anton "Cooller" Singov |
Dahang |
| Counter-Strike Female | SK Gaming SK Gaming SK Gaming is a professional German electronic sports organization founded in 1997 by a small group of Quake players living in Oberhausen. SK Gaming retains teams across different genres and are particularly known for their success in Counter-Strike tournaments... |
fnatic Fnatic Fnatic is a professional electronic sports organization based out of Australia, UK and The Netherlands. Fnatic was founded in July 23, 2004. Fnatic is particularly well-known for its highly successful Counter-Strike team, which is the single most financially-successful Counter-Strike team in... |
Millenium |
Mousesports |
| TrackMania TrackMania TrackMania is a series of racing games for the Windows PC, Nintendo DS and Wii platforms, originally developed by the French team Nadéo for the PC... |
Bergie |
Moria |
YoYo |
Carl |
| Defense of the Ancients | EHOME |
DTS |
MeetYourMakers |
Nirvana |
| FIFA 2010 | Astank |
Pires |
 Andrei |
Quinzas |
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Husky |
Sliver |
lecho |
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Sun Woo "Infiltration" Lee |
| Guitar Hero 5 Guitar Hero 5 Guitar Hero 5 is a music video game and the fifth main entry in the Guitar Hero series. The game was developed by Neversoft and published by RedOctane and Activision, and released internationally in September 2009 for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 2, 3 and Wii consoles... |
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kyu hwan "TeamTest" Han |
ESWC 2011
The finals for the 2011 season took place in ParisParis
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
, France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
from October 21 to October 25. The event marked the transitional replacement and additions of several cornerstone tournament titles. This included the replacement of Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne with StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty, as well as the replacement of Defense of the Ancients with Dota 2. Additionally, this marked the first year in which Counter-Strike: Source was present.
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| StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty | Ilyes "Stephano" Satouri |
Grzegorz "MaNa" Komincz |
Jung-Hoon "MarineKing" Lee |
Manuel "Grubby" Schenkhuizen |
| Counter-Strike | SK Gaming SK Gaming SK Gaming is a professional German electronic sports organization founded in 1997 by a small group of Quake players living in Oberhausen. SK Gaming retains teams across different genres and are particularly known for their success in Counter-Strike tournaments... |
Natus Vincere Natus Vincere Natus Vincere is a Ukrainian multigaming e-Sports organization. It is the first team in Counter-Strike history to win three major tournaments in one calendar year - Intel Extreme Masters, Electronic Sports World Cup and World Cyber Games 2010... |
Mousesports Mousesports Mousesports, , is a professional gaming organization based out of Germany. Mousesports fields teams in many different games and are particularly known for the company's successful Counter-Strike team... |
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Millenium |
Moscow Five |
Gamerhouse |
| Counter-Strike: Source Counter-Strike: Source Counter-Strike: Source is an FPS video game developed by Valve Corporation. It is a complete remake of Counter-Strike using the Source game engine. As in the original, Counter-Strike: Source pits a team of counter-terrorists against a team of terrorists in a series of rounds... |
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| TrackMania Forever |  Erik 'hakkiJunior' Leštach |
Marek 'tween' Pacher |
Yoann 'YoYo' Cook |
Tim 'Spam' Lunenburg |
| Dota 2 Dota 2 Dota 2 is an upcoming action fantasy strategy video game being developed by Valve Corporation. The stand-alone sequel to the popular Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos and The Frozen Throne mod Defense of the Ancients, it was formally announced on October 13, 2010 via the website of magazine Game Informer... |
Natus Vincere Natus Vincere Natus Vincere is a Ukrainian multigaming e-Sports organization. It is the first team in Counter-Strike history to win three major tournaments in one calendar year - Intel Extreme Masters, Electronic Sports World Cup and World Cyber Games 2010... |
EHOME |
GamersLeague | monkeybusiness |
| FIFA 11 FIFA 11 FIFA 11 is the 18th title in Electronic Arts' FIFA series of football video games. Developed by EA Canada, it was published by Electronic Arts worldwide under the EA Sports label... |
Adrien "Aquino" Viaud |
Rafael "Ralfitita" Riobó Sánchez |
Francisco "Quinzas" Cruz |
Koen "k0entj92" Weijland |
Medal Tally
Throughout the ESWC finals the medal tally looks as followed (as of ESWC 2010):| # | Countries | |
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| 1 | France |
13 | 8 | 13 | 34 |
| 2 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 21 | |
| 3 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 18 | |
| 4 | 8 | 13 | 6 | 27 | |
| 5 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 16 | |
| 6 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 9 | |
| 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 | |
| 8 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | |
| 9 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | |
| 10 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | |
| 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |
| 12 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 | |
| 13 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 12 | |
| 14 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |
| 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 19 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| 20 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 23 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 24 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 25 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 26 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 27 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |