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The 2012 World Cyber Games (also known as WCG 2012) took place from 29 November to 2 December 2012 in Kunshan, Jiangsu, China. It was the second time the World Cyber Games (WCG) was held in China. The event hosted 500 players from 40 countries [1] competing for prize pool over $258,000. [2]
| Event |  |  |  | |||
| Crossfire | Invictus Gaming  | Zhe Ma (MZiN) | Freedom | Hoang Anh Tuan Pham (Free..Sniper) | MSI-EvoGT.tnc | Dale Duque (DHALEE) |
| Feng Yongqiang (n1ce) | Dinh Kien Nguyen (Free..Tanker) | Jupiter Mars Gaboy (ELGEE) | ||||
| Qiang Daiyue (18) | Thien Tri Hoang (Excavator) | Judan Cruz (KART) | ||||
| Xu Depeng (4mE) | Phu Thuan Nghiem (Free..Dancer) | James Michael Doron (Nasmi) | ||||
| Shen Chong (Best) | Tien Son Vu (Free..Kicker) | Royce Bentley Omega (r4mpage) | ||||
| Dota 2 | Invictus Gaming | Luo Feichi (iG.Ferrari_430) | DK | Xu Zhilei (BurNIng) | DevilMice | Barshak Artsiom (fng) |
| Jiang Cen (iG.YYF) | Lei Zengrong (MMY) | Doroschenok Maksim (JACKAL) | ||||
| Chen Yao (iG.zhou) | Yao Yi (QQQ) | Lipai Aliaksei (James) | ||||
| Li Chen (ch) | Bai Fan (rOtK) | Kachynski Kiryl (Sunlight) | ||||
| Zeng Hongda (Faith) | Xie Junhao (Super) | Zinavenka Aleh (wejustzik) | ||||
| FIFA 12 |  Kai Wollin (Acer | deto) |  Bartosz Tritt (Bartas) |  Francisco Sotullo (Patan) | |||
| StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty |  Lee Sak WON (ST_Parting) |  Benoit Strypsteen (Adelscott) | Hu Xiang (iG.MacSed) | |||
| Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne | Zeng Zhuo (WE.GIGABYE.TED) | Lu Weiliang (Steelseries.Fly100%) | Li Xiaofeng (WE.GIGABYTE.Sky) | |||
| Event | | | | |||
| Counter-Strike Online | CIRESHII | Ciresoiu Cires (cireshel) | ZINCTHAI | Ning Wan (Richie) | UMX-Gaming | Tzu-An Chen (cedrik) |
| Ke Liu (MO) | Zheng Hui Liu (z8z) | Szu-Di Yu (dpker) | ||||
| Bin Liu (Savage) | Wei Shen (4357) | Tsung-Kai Chen (Evant) | ||||
| Bing Yuan Li (tb) | Hui Wu (qhz) | Chia-Heng Chen (kandinsky) | ||||
| Xue Feng Lai (XF) | Quan Qing Wu (QZ) | Yen-Jui Liu (nitor) | ||||
| Defense of the Ancients | TongFu | Zhi Hao Chen (Hao) | LGD Gaming | Bin Xie (Sc) | Avengers | Temuujin Khurts (lazycom) |
| Huang Xiang (Longdd) | Jia Jun Liu (Sylar) | Lkhagvadorj Baatar (MoS) | ||||
| Pan Zhang (Mu) | Yu Zhang (xiao8) | Enkh-Od Nergui (Snake) | ||||
| Zhao Hui Wang (SanSheng) | Zheng Zheng Yao (Yao) | Bat-Ulzii Baatar (Tabaa) | ||||
| Zhi Xi Chen (Veronica) | Fa Ming Liang (ddc) | Khangaikhuu Batdorj (Tiffance) | ||||
| QQ Speed | Yan Bin (Xiong Ba Ge) | Peng Jie Lv (zixi) | No Entry | |||
| QQ Speed Team | MUMA | Ya Hao Cheng (Mu war Tangshu Cyh) | Border, Our home | Yang Xu (NAIR) | No Entry | |
| Ren Shang Guan (Guan gaoren) | Bao Lei (Pencil) | |||||
| World of Tanks | The RED: Rush | Dmitry Palashchenko (LeBwa) | WaveKnight | Chen Yu (FireStorm) | Fulcrum Gaming | Alex Spillman (hugomaximus) |
| Dmitry Repin (de1uxe) | Yi Liu (BraveRabbit) | David Williams (Nagatron) | ||||
| Nikolay Bogdanov (Ec1ipse) | Chen Xu (Avenger) | James Starr (Relics) | ||||
| Maxim Mazein (Inspirer) | Yi Jiang (Gggggy) | Kirill Bondar (Sov13t) | ||||
| Dmitry Salomatin (K23IEmelka) | Hua Zhang (PurpleFox) | Emil Muller (CzechMonster) | ||||
| Evgenii Blazhko (Kapp1) | Junxi Wu (SaM) | Kyle Nieset (Friction) | ||||
| Kirill Ponomarev (Kirilloid) | Chao Fan Zhou (Unicorn) | Marco Martinez (Fzerox) | ||||
| Country | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
 China | 3 | 2 | 2 |
 Germany | 1 | ||
 South Korea | 1 | ||
 France | 1 | ||
 Poland | 1 | ||
 Vietnam | 1 | ||
 Argentina | 1 | ||
 Belarus | 1 | ||
 Philippines | 1 |
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