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 is hosted by a French company called Games Services (previously called Ligarena) who previously hosted smaller LAN events in France under the name of LAN Arena. In 2003 they decided to do something on a larger scale and the ESWC was born.

The grand finals and masters of ESWC have had a total prize purse of 1,507,500 USD from 2003 till 2008[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8].

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[edit] Past ESWC Finals

[edit] 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 Futuroscope near Poitiers in France. The total prize fund for the event was USD 156,000$.

2003 Gold Silver Bronze 4th
Counter-Strike[9] Sweden team.[9] United States Team zEx Sweden SK Gaming* France GoodGame
WarCraft III: Reign of Chaos[10] Sweden Alborz "HeMaN" Haidarian Sweden Fredrik "MaDFroG" Johansson France Antoine "FaTC" Zadri France Yoan "ToD" Merlo
Unreal Tournament 2003[11] Germany Christian "GitzZz" Hoeck Sweden Björn "zulg" Sunesson United States Aaron "Lotus" Everitt United States Jonathan "Fatal1ty" Wendell
Quake 3[10] Russia Anton "Cooller" Singov United States John "ZeRo4" Hill Russia Alexey "LeXeR" Nesterov Sweden Pelle "fazz" Söderman
Counter-Strike Female[12] Germany SK Gaming Sweden Femina Beliica Denmark Denmark Girls France To Hell Angels
  • SK Gaming representing Sweden in the Counter-Strike competition

[edit] 2004

The 2004 finals were once again held at the Futuroscope, roughly 400 finalists from 41 countries attended to compete for a USD 210,000$ prize purse[13].

2004 Gold Silver Bronze 4th
Counter-Strike[14] Denmark Titans Sweden Spixel Russia Virtus.pro United States The Stomping Ground
WarCraft III: The Frozen Throne[15] South Korea Dae Hui "FoV" Cho Sweden Fredrik "MaDFroG" Johansson Sweden Alborz "HeMaN" Haidarian South Korea Jung Hee "Sweet" Chun
Unreal Tournament 2004[16] Germany Maurice "BurningDeath" Engelhardt Germany Christian "GitzZz" Hoeck Netherlands Laurens "Lauke" Pluijmakers Italy Nicola "Forrest" Geretti
Quake 3[17] Sweden Sweden United States United States Russia Russia Belarus Belarus
Counter-Strike Female[18] Denmark Team all 4 one Brazil Ladies.AMD People's Republic of China New4|eibo Sweden Les Seules
Pro Evolution Soccer 3[19] France Samad "Samsam" Baism Germany Marcel "Xside" Waulke People's Republic of China Chen Zhiliang People's Republic of China Wang Zaoxing
Painkiller[20] Netherlands Sander "Vo0" Kaasjager Italy Alessandro "Stermy" Avallone Germany Michael "Dr.Moerser" Froese United States Jonathan "Fatal1ty" Wendell

[edit] 2005

In 2005 the venue was moved to a larger place: The Carrousel du Louvre in Paris. The total prize payout was again raised this time to 300,000 euros.

2005 Gold Silver Bronze 4th
Counter-Strike[21] United States compLexity Sweden SK Gaming* Germany Mousesports South Korea Lunatic Hai
WarCraft III: The Frozen Throne[22] Netherlands Manuel "Grubby" Schenkhuizen Russia Andrey "Deadman" Sobolev South Korea Seo Woo "ReiGn" Kang People's Republic of China Li "Sky" Xiaofeng
Unreal Tournament 2004[23] France Michael "winz" Bignet Austria Markus "Falcon" Holzer Netherlands Laurens "Lauke" Pluijmakers Italy Michele "DevilMC" Esposito
Quake 3[24] Russia Anton "Cooller" Singov United States Paul "czm" Nelson Sweden Magnus "fojji" Olsson United States Jason "socrates" Sylka
Counter-Strike Female[25] United States Girls Got Game Brazil Ladies.AMD Spain x6tence.AMD France Beat off The Best
Pro Evolution Soccer 4[19] Saudi Arabia Badr "ArabianJoker" Hakeem Martinique Mike "Mike" Moreton Spain Raúl "Legre" Alegre People's Republic of China "Zhao_Hang"
Gran Turismo 4[26] France Pierre "Snake" Lenoire France Thibault "Carter" Lacombe France Arnaud "Lucky" Lacombe France Jean-Philippe "Phenicks" Lacombe
  • SK Gaming representing Denmark

[edit] 2006

The event took place at Palais omnisports de Paris-Bercy and the total payout this time was around 300,000 euros.

2006 Gold Silver Bronze 4th
Counter-Strike[27] Brazil Made In Brazil Sweden Team fnatic Germany Alternate aTTaX United States Team 3D
WarCraft III: The Frozen Throne[28] South Korea Jae Wook "Lucifer" Noh Croatia Ivica "Zeus[19]" Markovic People's Republic of China Xiaofeng "Sky" Li Bulgaria Zdravko "Insomnia" Georgiev
Quake 4[29] France Michael "winz" Bignet Belarus Alexey "Cypher" Yanusheuski Netherlands Ivo "Forever" Lindhout Russia Anton "Cooller" Singov
Counter-Strike Female[30] France Beat off the Best Sweden Les Seules People's Republic of China Hacker Victory Germany SK Gaming*
Pro Evolution Soccer 5[31] France Bruce "Spank" Grannec France Moustafa "Myto" Menadi Belgium Yasin "Jinxy" Koroglu People's Republic of China Song "Song" Xianzhi
Gran Turismo 4[32] France Pierre "Snake" Lenoire France Thibault "Carter" Lacombe France Arnaud "Lucky" Lacombe Australia Daniel "Holl01" Holland
Trackmania Nations[33] France Dorian "Carl" Vallet Austria Manuel "Baiy000r" Baier Germany Pascal "gaLLo" Jäger France Adrien "Dridrione" Auxent
  • SK Gaming representing USA in Counter-Strike female

[edit] 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 and Trackmania Nations.

750 finalists attended from 51 countries which competed for a prize purse of USD 180,000$[5].

2007 Gold Silver Bronze 4th
Counter-Strike[27] Poland PGS.PokerStrategy.com Denmark Team NoA Sweden fnatic * Brazil Made in Brazil
WarCraft III: The Frozen Throne[28] South Korea Lee Sung "SoJu" Duk Norway Olav "Creolophus" Undheim Netherlands Manuel "Grubby" Schenkhuizen South Korea Jun "Lyn" Park
Quake 4[29] Poland Maciej "av3k" Krzykowski Russia Anton "Cooller" Singov France Michael "winz" Bignet Sweden Mikael "PURRI" Tarvainen
Counter-Strike Female[30] United States SK Gaming ** People's Republic of China EHONOR France Be The Best Sweden Unfinished
Pro Evolution Soccer 6[31] Germany Sven "S-Butcher" Wehmeier France Bruce "Spank" Grannec Germany Mike "El Matador" Linden Portugal Almeida "Bubaloo" Jorge
Trackmania Nations[33] Netherlands Freek "XenoGear" Molema France Dorian "Carl" Vallet France Simon "Lign" Ferreira France Charles "selrahc37" Devillard

[edit] 2008

The 2008 Electronic Sports World Cup took place in San Jose, California, USA[34], 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[35]. Pro Evolution Soccer was not included because the global Konami authority hasn't given its support to the competition[36]. The prize purse was around 200,000 USD.

2008[37] Gold Silver Bronze 4th
Counter-Strike Poland PGS.MYM [38] South Korea eSTRO Sweden fnatic Germany Mousesports
WarCraft III: The Frozen Throne South Korea Du-Seop "WhO" Chang People's Republic of China Li "Sky" Xiaofeng People's Republic of China Zhuo "TeD" Zeng South Korea Seo Woo "ReiGn" Kang
Quake 3 Belarus Alexei "Cypher" Yanyshevsky Germany Marcel 'K1llsen' Paul United States Shane "Rapha" Hendrixson People's Republic of China Fan "Jibo" Zhibo
Counter-Strike Female United States SK Gaming France Emulate People's Republic of China EHonor Sweden MeetYourMakers
Trackmania Nations Sweden Kalle "Frostbeule" Moertlund Videkull Netherlands Freek "XenoGear" Molema France Simon "Lign" Ferreira France Dorian "Carl" Vallet
Defense of the Ancients Singapore Zenith Malaysia KingSurf Denmark MeetYourMakers United States Evil Geniuses

[edit] 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-Bercy. 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.

2008 Masters of Paris[39] Gold Silver Bronze 4th
Counter-Strike Denmark Mortal Teamwork Sweden fnatic Germany Mousesports Finland Roccat
WarCraft III: The Frozen Throne South Korea Jae Ho "Moon" Jang People's Republic of China Li "Sky" Xiaofeng France Yoan "ToD" Merlo South Korea Du-Seop "WhO" Chang
Quake 3 Belarus Alexei "Cypher" Yanyshevsky Sweden Magnus "fox" Olsson Poland Maciej "av3k" Krzykowski People's Republic of China Fan "Jibo" Zhibo
Counter-Strike Female Sweden Les Seules United States SK Gaming France Emulate Russia forZe
Trackmania Nations France Simon "Lign" Ferreira Netherlands Freek "XenoGear" Molema Sweden Kalle "Frostbeule" Mörtlund Videkull Portugal Pedro "Moriah" Barbosa
Defense of the Ancients Sweden SK Gaming Romania The Elder Gods Denmark MeetYourMakers United States Evil Geniuses

[edit] 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 Gold Silver Bronze 4th
WarCraft III: The Frozen Throne South Korea June "Lyn" Park South Korea Jae Ho "Moon" Jang France Yoan "ToD" Merlo South Korea Du-Seop "WhO" Chang
Quake 3 United States Shane "Rapha" Hendrixson Sweden Sebastian "Spart1e" Siira Poland Maciej "av3k" Krzykowski Belarus Alexei "Cypher" Yanyshevsky

[edit] 2009

[edit] Masters of Cheonan

2009 Masters of Cheonan[40] Gold Silver Bronze 4th
Counter-Strike Sweden fnatic Sweden SK-Gaming Germany Mousesports Norway Alchemists
WarCraft III: The Frozen Throne Spain Pedro "LucifroN" Moreno Durán South Korea June "Lyn" Park People's Republic of China Weiliang "Fly100%" Lu Russia Dmitriy "Happy" Kostin
Starcraft United States Gregory "IdrA" Fields Ukraine Oleksii "White-Ra" Krupnik South Korea Ji-Soo "ToSsGirL" Seo People's Republic of China Luming "Super" Zhang

[edit] Medal Tally

Throughout the ESWC finals the medal tally looks as followed (as of ESWC 2008):

# Country Gold Silver Bronze All
1 France France 8 7 7 22
2 Sweden Sweden 4 6 5 15
3 Germany Germany 4 4 6 14
4 United States USA 4 4 2 10
5 South Korea South Korea 6 1 1 8
6 Netherlands Netherlands 3 1 4 8
7 Poland Poland 3 0 0 3
8 Russia Russia 2 2 3 7
9 Denmark Denmark 2 2 2 6
10 Brazil Brazil 1 2 0 3
11 Belarus Belarus 1 1 0 2
12 Singapore Singapore 1 0 0 1
12 Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia 1 0 0 1
14 People's Republic of China China 0 2 6 8
15 Austria Austria 0 2 0 2
16 Norway Norway 0 1 0 1
16 Italy Italy 0 1 0 1
16 Croatia Croatia 0 1 0 1
16 Malaysia Malaysia 0 1 0 1
20 Spain Spain 0 0 2 2
21 Belgium Belgium 0 0 1 1
22 Canada Canada 0 0 1 1

[edit] External links

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[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Electronic Sports World Cup
  2. ^ [ESWC] Electronic Sports World Cup
  3. ^ Electronic Sports World Cup (ESWC 2005) Official Website
  4. ^ Electronic Sports World Cup (ESWC 2006) Official Website
  5. ^ a b Eswc.Com
  6. ^ MYM - Moon 'revival' in ESWC Masters - Beta
  7. ^ http://www.eswc.com/document/23.html
  8. ^ http://www.esreality.com/?a=post&id=1611222
  9. ^ Electronic Sports World Cup
  10. ^ a b Electronic Sports World Cup
  11. ^ Electronic Sports World Cup
  12. ^ Portail d'informations Ce site est en vente!
  13. ^ [ESWC] Electronic Sports World Cup
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  19. ^ a b [ESWC] Electronic Sports World Cup
  20. ^ [ESWC] Electronic Sports World Cup
  21. ^ Electronic Sports World Cup (ESWC 2005) Official Website
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  27. ^ a b Electronic Sports World Cup (ESWC.COM)
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  32. ^ Electronic Sports World Cup (ESWC 2006) Official Website
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  36. ^ Eswc.Com
  37. ^ SK Gaming - Esport, Counter-Strike, Warcraft III, World of Warcraft, FIFA, DotA, Call of Duty, Starcraft
  38. ^ http://www.sk-gaming.com/content/18271-ESWC_trophy_belongs_to_PGS_not_MYM
  39. ^ SK Gaming - Esport, Counter-Strike, Warcraft III, World of Warcraft, FIFA, DotA, Call of Duty, Starcraft
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