Name |
Description |
Location |
Years Active
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Apex |
Super Smash Bros. tournament with side events for Pokemon and fighting games |
New Jersey, United States |
2009–present
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Battle.net World Championship Series |
StarCraft II (SC2), World of Warcraft (WoW), and Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft world championship series run by Blizzard Entertainment |
Worldwide |
2012–present
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BlizzCon |
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Capcom Cup |
Street Fighter tournament sponsored by Capcom |
California, United States |
2013–present
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Dreamhack |
The world's largest computer festival, the event includes major esports competitions. |
Sweden |
1994–present
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eCompete Online |
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Electronic Sports League |
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Electronic Sports World Cup |
An annual international competition based in France, the tournament is the creator of the TrackMania series of racing games. |
France |
2003–present
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ESEA League |
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European Gaming League |
A competition that focuses on the United Kingdom and Europe |
United Kingdom |
2007–present
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Evolution Championship Series |
The largest fighting games competition in the United States, the tournament is very important for competition in the genre. |
United States |
1996–present
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Garena Premier League |
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Intel Extreme Masters |
Organized by Turtle Entertainment, which also runs the Electronic Sports League, the Intel Extreme Masters was created to expand beyond the ESL's mostly European focus. |
International |
2007–present
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Global Starcraft II League |
Originally holding exclusive rights to broadcast Starcraft II in South Korea, the tournament has remained central to the Starcraft II competitions. |
South Korea |
2010–present
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Major League Gaming |
Among the largest competitions in the United States, the MLG has held competitions across the country featuring a variety of games. |
United States |
2002–present
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Halo Championship Series |
343 industries own eSports league for the Halo series. The prize pool for the 2016 series is currently 2 million. . |
International |
2014–present
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Mexican eSports League |
The first eSports League in Mexico, it started officially in October 2015. Has LoL, Hearthstone, World of Tanks and Starcraft Tournaments. |
International to begin in 2017 |
2015–present
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World Cyber Arena |
The successor to the World Cyber Games starting October, 2014 in Yinchuan, China |
China |
2014–present
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SMITE World Championship |
The flagship tournament for SMITE, a third-person MOBA developed by Hi-Rez Studios. The tournament (currently) involves 14 teams from 6 regions and US $1 million in prize money. |
Georgia, United States |
2014–present
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World Cyber Games |
Originally founded in South Korea, The WCG is one of the largest eSports tournaments in existence, and is held annually. |
International |
2000-2013
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UMG Gaming |
UMG Gaming has been holding gaming events mainly for the Call of Duty franchise since 2012, it has become a staple event for teams and events are considered major events where all professional teams compete. |
United States |
2012–present
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The International |
The flagship annual Dota 2 tournament and the only one run by Valve, the developers. Due to the crowdfunding system, it has broken eSports prize money records every year with the most recent two tournaments having around 11 and 18 million USD total prize money respectively. |
United States |
2011–present
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eGames |
Tournament between countries. |
International |
2016–future
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