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Electronic sports
Electronic sports comprises the competitive play of video games. Other terms include competitive gaming, professional gaming and cybersports...
league. It has its own TV-show, broadcast by the German television channel Deutsches Sportfernsehen
Deutsches Sportfernsehen
SPORT1 is a privately owned commercial German television channel. Until April 11, 2010, it was called DSF . It was founded on January 1, 1993 out of the television channel Tele 5 which had become the successor of the music video channel musicbox on January 11, 1988...
. Jana Ina
Jana Ina
Jana Ina Zarrella, , is a television presenter and model.-Life:Jana Ina grew up in Rio de Janeiro, where she began a number of training courses and Latin dances, Ballet, Jazz Dance and Samba. In addition, she took vocals sunterricht for eleven years and sang in a choir', in which they participated...
and Giovanni Zarella are the hosts of the show. The only game that is played at the season World League eSport Bundesliga is FIFA 06
FIFA 06
FIFA 06, also known as FIFA Soccer 06, is a video game developed by EA Canada and published by Electronic Arts based around the game of football. It was released in the United States on 4 October 2005 for the PlayStation 2, Xbox, GameCube, Windows, PlayStation Portable, Game Boy Advance, and...
. The competitors fought for prizemoney of €50,000. From December 2005 until May 2006 there was a postseason, in which prizemoney of €45,825 was paid out for the games 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...
, Counter-Strike:Source and FIFA 06
FIFA 06
FIFA 06, also known as FIFA Soccer 06, is a video game developed by EA Canada and published by Electronic Arts based around the game of football. It was released in the United States on 4 October 2005 for the PlayStation 2, Xbox, GameCube, Windows, PlayStation Portable, Game Boy Advance, and...
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League structure
The structure of the World League eSport Bundesliga is based on the German Bundesliga. Each league consists of 18 players and all games of the first Bundesliga are played at the CineStar IMAX it the Sony CenterSony Center
The Sony Center is a Sony-sponsored building complex located at the Potsdamer Platz in Berlin, Germany. It opened in 2000.-History:The site was originally a bustling city centre in the early 20th century. Most of the buildings were destroyed or damaged during World War II...
in Berlin
Berlin
Berlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union...
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| Class | League/Division | |||||||||||
| 1 | 1. Bundesliga (3 relegations) (Offline) |
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| 2 | 2. Bundesliga (3 relegations, 3 promotions) (Online) |
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| 3 | 3. Bundesliga (6 relegations, 3 promotions) (Online) |
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| 4 | Oberliga (6 relegations, 6 promotions) (4-tracked / Online) |
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| 5 | Kreisklasse (3 promotions) (8-tracked / Online) |
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Besides the 5 leagues there is the ESBL Trophy which is similar to the DFB-Pokal
DFB-Pokal
The DFB-Pokal or DFB Cup is a German knockout football cup competition held annually. 64 teams participate in the competition, including all clubs from the Bundesliga and the 2nd Bundesliga. It is considered the second most important national title in German football after the Bundesliga...
. All Contesters of the
1. Bundesliga, 2. Bundesliga, 3. Bundesliga and Oberliga take part in this tournament. At the Quarterfinals and above the matches are also played in the so-called eSportstadium at the CineStar IMAX it the Sony Center in Berlin.
Counter-Strike
- ESBL Masters: Team 64 AMD
- 1. Bundesliga: mousesportsMousesportsMousesports, , 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...
- ESBL Trophy: ID Gaming