Electronic Sports World Cup

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Electronic Sports World Convention
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Sport eSports
Call of Duty
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
Founded 2003
Country France
Continent Europe

The Electronic Sports World Convention (ESWC) (formerly known as Electronic Sports World Cup) is an international professional gaming championship. Every year, winners of national qualifier events around the world earn the right to represent their country in the ESWC Finals. The event has been praised for its organisation and ability to put on a good show for spectators.[ citation needed ]

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The ESWC was originally created by a French company, Ligarena, that had previously hosted smaller Local Area Network (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 was bought by another French company, Games-Solution, which became the owner of the brand.

In 2012, Oxent, an agency specialising in electronic sports, acquired the ESWC. [1]

The grand finals and masters of ESWC have had a total prize purse of €1,721,000 between 2003 and 2010. [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10]

Overview

The first Electronic Sports World Cup was held in 2003 with a total of 358 participants from 37 countries and a prize purse of €150.000. [11] To participate in the tournament, competitors had to place in their country's national qualifier. [12] By 2006, the event had grown to 547 qualified participants from 53 countries and had a prize purse of $400,000 US. [13] The event also featured the first competition with a game specifically made for it: TrackMania Nations .

TrackMania is a series of racing games for the Windows PC, Nintendo DS, Nintendo Wii, Sony Playstation 4 and the Microsoft Xbox One platforms, developed by the French team Nadeo for the PC. Instead of following the usual trend of choosing a set car and track to play the game, in TrackMania the players can create their own tracks using a "building block" process similar to that of the 1984 game Excitebike, the 1985 game Racing Destruction Set and the 1990 game Stunts.

2003

The 2003 ESWC saw around 150,000 players narrowed down to just 358 players, from 37 different countries, who attended the finals at the Futuroscope near Poitiers in France. The total prize fund for the event was €156,000.

Futuroscope French amusement parc

Futuroscope, or Parc du Futuroscope is a French theme park based upon multimedia, cinematographic futuroscope and audio-visual techniques. It has several 3D cinemas and a few 4D cinemas along with other attractions and shows, some of which are the only examples in the world.

Poitiers Prefecture and commune in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France

Poitiers is a city on the Clain river in west-central France. It is a commune and the capital of the Vienne department and also of the Poitou. Poitiers is a major university centre. The centre of town is picturesque and its streets include predominantly historical architecture, especially religious architecture and especially from the Romanesque period. Two major battles took place near the city: in 732, the Battle of Poitiers, in which the Franks commanded by Charles Martel halted the expansion of the Umayyad Caliphate, and in 1356, the Battle of Poitiers, a key victory for the English forces during the Hundred Years' War. This battle's consequences partly provoked the Jacquerie.

2003 Med 1.png Med 2.png Med 3.png 4th
Counter-Strike [14] Flag of Sweden.svg [9] Flag of the United States.svg zEx Flag of Sweden.svg SK Gaming* Flag of France.svg GoodGame
Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos [15] Flag of Sweden.svg Alborz "HeMaN" Haidarian Flag of Sweden.svg Fredrik "MaDFroG" Johansson Flag of France.svg Antoine "FaTC" Zadri Flag of France.svg Yoan "ToD" Merlo
Unreal Tournament 2003 [16] Flag of Germany.svg Christian "GitzZz" Hoeck Flag of Sweden.svg Björn "zulg" Sunesson Flag of the United States.svg Jonathan "Fatal1ty" Wendell Flag of the Netherlands.svg Marcel "$ol-Blade" Clanbase
Quake 3 [15] Flag of Russia.svg Anton "Cooller" Singov Flag of the United States.svg John "ZeRo4" Hill Flag of Russia.svg Alexey "LeXeR" Nesterov Flag of Sweden.svg Pelle "fazz" Söderman
Counter-Strike Female [17] Flag of Germany.svg SK Gaming Flag of Sweden.svg Femina Bellica Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark Girls Flag of France.svg To Hell Angels

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. [18]

2004 Med 1.png Med 2.png Med 3.png 4th
Counter-Strike [19] Flag of Denmark.svg Titans Flag of Sweden.svg spiXel Flag of Russia.svg Virtus.pro Flag of the United States.svg The Stomping Grounds
Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne [20] Flag of South Korea.svg Dae Hui "FoV" Cho Flag of Sweden.svg Fredrik "MaDFroG" Johansson Flag of Sweden.svg Alborz "HeMaN" Haidarian Flag of South Korea.svg Chun "Sweet" Jung Hee
Unreal Tournament 2004 [21] Flag of Germany.svg Maurice "BurningDeath" Engelhardt Flag of Germany.svg Christian "GitzZz" Hoeck Flag of the Netherlands.svg Laurens "Lauke" Pluijmakers Flag of Italy.svg Nicola "Forrest" Geretti
Quake 3 [22] Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden Flag of the United States.svg United States Flag of Russia.svg Russia Flag of Belarus.svg Belarus
Counter-Strike Female [23] Flag of Denmark.svg Team all 4 one Flag of Brazil.svg Ladies.AMD Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg New4|eibo Flag of Sweden.svg Les Seules
Pro Evolution Soccer 3 [24] Flag of France.svg Samad "Samsam" Baism Flag of Germany.svg Marcel "Xside" Waulke Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Chen Zhiliang Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Wang Zaoxing
Painkiller [25] Flag of the Netherlands.svg Sander "Vo0" Kaasjager Flag of Italy.svg Alessandro "Stermy" Avallone Flag of Germany.svg Michael "Dr.Moerser" Froese Flag of the United States.svg Jonathan "Fatal1ty" Wendell

2005

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

2005 Med 1.png Med 2.png Med 3.png 4th
Counter-Strike [26] Flag of the United States.svg compLexity Flag of Denmark.svg SK Gaming* Flag of Germany.svg Mousesports Flag of South Korea.svg Lunatic-hai
Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne [27] Flag of the Netherlands.svg Manuel "Grubby" Schenkhuizen Flag of Russia.svg Andrey "Deadman" Sobolev Flag of South Korea.svg Seo Woo "ReiGn" Kang Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Li "Sky" Xiaofeng
Unreal Tournament 2004 [28] Flag of France.svg Michael "winz" Bignet Flag of Austria.svg Markus "Falcon" Holzer Flag of the Netherlands.svg Laurens "Lauke" Pluijmakers Flag of Italy.svg Michele "DevilMC" Esposito
Quake 3 [29] Flag of Russia.svg Anton "Cooller" Singov Flag of the United States.svg Paul "czm" Nelson Flag of Sweden.svg Magnus "fojji" Olsson Flag of the United States.svg Jason "socrates" Sylka
Counter-Strike Female [30] Flag of the United States.svg Girls Got Game Flag of Brazil.svg Ladies.AMD Flag of Spain.svg x6tence.AMD Flag of France.svg Beat off The Best
Pro Evolution Soccer 4 [24] Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Badr "ArabianJoker" Hakeem Flag of France.svg Mike "Mike" Moreton Flag of Spain.svg Raúl "Legre" Alegre Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg "Zhao_Hang"
Gran Turismo 4 [31] Flag of France.svg Pierre "Snake" Lenoire Flag of France.svg Thibault "Carter" Lacombe Flag of France.svg Arnaud "Lucky" Lacombe Flag of France.svg Jean-Philippe "Phenicks" Lacombe

*SK-Gaming's, secondary, Danish squad

2006

The 2006 event took place at the Palais omnisports de Paris-Bercy and the total prize payout was approximately €300,000.

2006 Med 1.png Med 2.png Med 3.png 4th
Counter-Strike [32] Flag of Brazil.svg Made in Brazil Flag of Sweden.svg fnatic Flag of Germany.svg aTTaX Flag of the United States.svg Team3D
Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne [33] Flag of South Korea.svg Jae Wook "Lucifer" Noh Flag of Croatia.svg Ivica "Zeus[19]" Markovic Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Li "Sky" Xiaofeng Flag of Bulgaria.svg Zdravko "Insomnia" Georgiev
Quake 4 [34] Flag of France.svg Michael "winz" Bignet Flag of Belarus.svg Alexey "Cypher" Yanushevsky Flag of the Netherlands.svg Ivo "Forever" Lindhout Flag of Russia.svg Anton "Cooller" Singov
Counter-Strike Female [35] Flag of France.svg Beat off the Best Flag of Sweden.svg Les Seules Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Hacker Victory Flag of Germany.svg SK Gaming*
Pro Evolution Soccer 5 [36] Flag of France.svg Bruce "Spank" Grannec Flag of France.svg Moustafa "Myto" Menadi Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Yasin "Jinxy" Koroglu Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Song "Song" Xianzhi
Gran Turismo 4 [37] Flag of France.svg Pierre "Snake" Lenoire Flag of France.svg Thibault "Carter" Lacombe Flag of France.svg Arnaud "Lucky" Lacombe Flag of Australia.svg Daniel "Holl01" Holland
Trackmania Nations [38] Flag of France.svg Dorian "Carl" Vallet Flag of Austria.svg Manuel "Baiy000r" Baier Flag of Germany.svg Pascal "gaLLo" Jäger Flag of France.svg Adrien "Dridrione" Auxent

2007

The 2007 ESWC took place at the Paris expo Porte de Versailles, Paris, from July 5 to July 8. There was a complete expo for this event, called "Mondial du Gaming" (World of Gaming).

750 finalists, from 51 countries, competed for a prize purse of $180,000 US. [6]

2007 Med 1.png Med 2.png Med 3.png 4th
Counter-Strike [32] Flag of Poland.svg PGS.PokerStrategy.com Flag of Denmark.svg Team NoA Flag of Sweden.svg fnatic * Flag of Brazil.svg Made in Brazil
Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne [33] Flag of South Korea.svg Lee Sung "SoJu" Duk Flag of Norway.svg Olav "Creolophus" Undheim Flag of the Netherlands.svg Manuel "Grubby" Schenkhuizen Flag of South Korea.svg Jun "Lyn" Park
Quake 4 [34] Flag of Poland.svg Maciej "av3k" Krzykowski Flag of Russia.svg Anton "Cooller" Singov Flag of France.svg Michael "winz" Bignet Flag of Sweden.svg Mikael "PURRI" Tarvainen
Counter-Strike Female [35] Flag of the United States.svg SK Gaming ** Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg EHONOR Flag of France.svg Be The Best Flag of Sweden.svg Unfinished
Pro Evolution Soccer 6 [36] Flag of Germany.svg Sven "S-Butcher" Wehmeier Flag of France.svg Bruce "Spank" Grannec Flag of Germany.svg Mike "El Matador" Linden Flag of Portugal.svg Almeida "Bubaloo" Jorge
Trackmania Nations [38] Flag of the Netherlands.svg Freek "XenoGear" Molema Flag of France.svg Dorian "Carl" Vallet Flag of France.svg Simon "Lign" Ferreira Flag of France.svg Charles "selrahc37" Devillard

2008

Leaving France for the first time, the 2008 Electronic Sports World Cup took place in San Jose, California, USA, [39] from August 25 to August 27 during the bigger "NVISION 08" event. The disciplines announced were: Counter-Strike (open and female), Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne, Trackmania Nations Forever, Defense of the Ancients and, Quake 3 . [40] Pro Evolution Soccer was not included because the global Konami authority had not given its support to the competition. [41] The prize purse was approximately $200,000 US.

2008 [42] Med 1.png Med 2.png Med 3.png 4th
Counter-Strike Flag of Poland.svg PGS.MYM (NEO, TaZ) [43] Flag of South Korea.svg eSTRO Flag of Sweden.svg fnatic Flag of Germany.svg Mousesports
Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne Flag of South Korea.svg Du-Seop "WhO" Chang Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Li "Sky" Xiaofeng Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zhuo "TeD" Zeng Flag of South Korea.svg Seo Woo "ReiGn" Kang
Quake 3 Flag of Belarus.svg Alexey "Cypher" Yanushevsky Flag of Germany.svg Marcel 'K1llsen' Paul Flag of the United States.svg Shane "Rapha" Hendrixson Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Fan "Jibo" Zhibo
Counter-Strike Female Flag of the United States.svg SK Gaming Flag of France.svg emuLate Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg EHonor Flag of Sweden.svg MeetYourMakers
Trackmania Nations Flag of Sweden.svg Kalle "Frostbeule" Moertlund Videkull Flag of the Netherlands.svg Freek "XenoGear" Molema Flag of France.svg Simon "Lign" Ferreira Flag of France.svg Dorian "Carl" Vallet
Defense of the Ancients Flag of Singapore.svg Zenith Flag of Malaysia.svg KingSurf Flag of Denmark.svg MeetYourMakers Flag of the United States.svg Evil Geniuses

Masters of Paris

In place of the ESWC, the "Masters of Paris" was held from July 4 to July 6, during the "Mondial du Gaming", taking place at the Palais omnisports de Paris-Bercy. The same disciplines took place during this Masters and offered additional qualifying slots for ESWC Grand Final in San Jose. All winners won a slot to participate in the ESWC Grand Final, and hotel accommodation in San Jose, free of charge.

2008 Masters of Paris [42] Med 1.png Med 2.png Med 3.png 4th
Counter-Strike Flag of Denmark.svg Mortal Teamwork Flag of Sweden.svg fnatic Flag of Germany.svg Mousesports Flag of Finland.svg Roccat
Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne Flag of South Korea.svg Jae Ho "Moon" Jang Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Li "Sky" Xiaofeng Flag of France.svg Yoan "ToD" Merlo Flag of South Korea.svg Du-Seop "WhO" Chang
Quake 3 Flag of Belarus.svg Alexey "Cypher" Yanushevsky Flag of Sweden.svg Magnus "fox" Olsson Flag of Poland.svg Maciej "av3k" Krzykowski Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Fan "Jibo" Zhibo
Counter-Strike Female Flag of Sweden.svg Les Seules Flag of the United States.svg SK Gaming Flag of France.svg Emulate Flag of Russia.svg forZe
Trackmania Nations Flag of France.svg Simon "Lign" Ferreira Flag of the Netherlands.svg Freek "XenoGear" Molema Flag of Sweden.svg Kalle "Frostbeule" Mörtlund Videkull Flag of Portugal.svg Pedro "Moriah" Barbosa
Defense of the Ancients Flag of Sweden.svg SK Gaming Flag of Romania.svg The Elder Gods Flag of Denmark.svg MeetYourMakers Flag of the United States.svg Evil Geniuses

Masters of Athens

"Masters of Athens" was held from October 17 to October 18, 2008, during the Athens Digital Week. Disciplines featured were Quake III and Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne. The tournament had a $30.000 prize purse, and the champion qualified for ESWC 2009.

2008 Masters of Athens Med 1.png Med 2.png Med 3.png 4th
Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne Flag of South Korea.svg June "Lyn" Park Flag of South Korea.svg Jae Ho "Moon" Jang Flag of France.svg Yoan "ToD" Merlo Flag of South Korea.svg Du-Seop "WhO" Chang
Quake 3 Flag of the United States.svg Shane "Rapha" Hendrixson Flag of Sweden.svg Sebastian "Spart1e" Siira Flag of Poland.svg Maciej "av3k" Krzykowski Flag of Belarus.svg Alexey "Cypher" Yanushevsky

2009

Masters of Cheonan

2009 Masters of Cheonan [44] Med 1.png Med 2.png Med 3.png 4th
Counter-Strike Flag of Sweden.svg fnatic Flag of Sweden.svg SK-Gaming Flag of Germany.svg Mousesports Flag of Norway.svg Alchemists
Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne Flag of Spain.svg Pedro "LucifroN" Moreno Durán Flag of South Korea.svg Park "Lyn" June Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Lu "Fly100%" Weiliang Flag of Russia.svg Dmitriy "Happy" Kostin
StarCraft: Brood War Flag of the United States.svg Gregory "IdrA" Fields Flag of Ukraine.svg Oleksii "White-Ra" Krupnik Flag of South Korea.svg Seo "ToSsGirL" Ji-Soo Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zhang"Super" Minglu
Special Force Flag of South Korea.svg ITBANK Razer Flag of South Korea.svg eSTRO Flag of South Korea.svg ITBANK teenager Razer Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg END
FIFA Online 2 Flag of South Korea.svg Kim Jung-Min Flag of South Korea.svg Lee Woo-Young Flag of South Korea.svg Yang Jin-Mo

2010

The 2010 "Electronic Sports World Cup", which took place at Disneyland Paris, featured a €213,500 prize purse. Games Solution (or DIP-Organisation) took over the ESWC in 2010. [45]

2010 Med 1.png Med 2.png Med 3.png 4th
Counter-Strike Flag of Ukraine.svg Natus Vincere Flag of Sweden.svg SK Gaming Flag of Denmark.svg mortal Team work Flag of Poland.svg Frag eXecutors
Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne Flag of South Korea.svg June "Lyn" Park Flag of South Korea.svg Jae Ho "Moon" Jang Flag of South Korea.svg Sung sik "ReMinD" Kim Flag of Russia.svg Happy
Quake Live Flag of the United States.svg Rapha Flag of Poland.svg av3k Flag of Russia.svg Anton "Cooller" Singov Flag of the United States.svg Dahang
Counter-Strike Female Flag of the United States.svg SK Gaming Flag of Sweden.svg fnatic Flag of France.svg Millenium Flag of Germany.svg Mousesports
TrackMania Flag of Norway.svg Bergie Flag of Portugal.svg Moria Flag of France.svg YoYo Flag of France.svg Carl
Defense of the Ancients Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg EHOME Flag of Russia.svg DTS Flag of Denmark.svg MeetYourMakers Flag of the United States.svg Nirvana
FIFA 10 Flag of France.svg Anas "Astank" Sofi Flag of Brazil.svg Pires Flag of Mexico.svg Andrei Flag of Portugal.svg Francisco "Quinzas" Cruz
Need for Speed: Shift Flag of the Netherlands.svg Steffan Flag of Germany.svg Husky Flag of Germany.svg Sliver Flag of Poland.svg lecho
Super Street Fighter IV Flag of the United States.svg Justin Wong Flag of the United States.svg Marn Flag of France.svg Olivier "Luffy" Hay Flag of South Korea.svg Sun Woo "Infiltration" Lee
Guitar Hero 5 Flag of France.svg Banobi Flag of Brazil.svg CNB.Luckysonic Flag of the United States.svg vVv Smokyprogg Flag of South Korea.svg kyu hwan "TeamTest" Han

2011

This 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 , [46] as well as the replacement of Defense of the Ancients with Dota 2 . [47] Additionally, this event marked the first and only year in which Counter-Strike: Source was present. It was also the last year that would include Counter-Strike 1.6, which was the main attraction of the tournament for many years, and the last remaining game that had been featured in the inaugural ESWC event. [48]

2011 Med 1.png Med 2.png Med 3.png 4th
StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty Flag of France.svg Ilyes "Stephano" Satouri Flag of Poland.svg Grzegorz "MaNa" Komincz Flag of South Korea.svg Jung-Hoon "MarineKing" Lee Flag of the Netherlands.svg Manuel "Grubby" Schenkhuizen
Counter-Strike Flag of Sweden.svg SK Gaming Flag of Ukraine.svg Natus Vincere Flag of Germany.svg Mousesports Flag of Poland.svg AGAiN
Counter-Strike Female Flag of the United States.svg UBINITED Flag of France.svg Millenium Flag of Russia.svg Moscow Five Flag of Brazil.svg Gamerhouse
Counter-Strike: Source Flag of France.svg Team VeryGames (Ex6TenZ, NBK, RpK, shox, SmithZz) Flag of Denmark.svg CKRAS Gaming (3k2, cajun, FeTiSh, h0lm, wantz) Flag of the United States.svg CheckSix Gaming (DaZeD, frozt, neiL, Steel, tck) Flag of Canada.svg Team Dynamic (adreN, ANGER, AZK, Legend, PEX)
TrackMania Forever Flag of Slovakia.svg Erik "hakkiJunior" Leštach Flag of Slovakia.svg Marek "tween" Pacher Flag of France.svg Yoann "YoYo" Cook Flag of the Netherlands.svg Tim "Spam" Lunenburg
Dota 2 Flag of Ukraine.svg Natus Vincere Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg EHOME Flag of Serbia.svg GamersLeague Flag of Denmark.svg monkeybusiness
FIFA 11 Flag of France.svg Adrien "Aquino" Viaud Flag of Spain.svg Rafael "Ralfitita" Riobó Sánchez Flag of Portugal.svg Francisco "Quinzas" Cruz Flag of the Netherlands.svg Koen "k0entj92" Weijland

2012

2012 Med 1.png Med 2.png Med 3.png 4th
StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty Flag of Poland.svg Grzegorz "MaNa" Komincz Flag of South Korea.svg Park "fOrGG" Ji Soo Flag of France.svg Ilyes "Stephano" Satouri Flag of France.svg Grégory "NeOAnGeL" Ferte
Dota 2 Flag of Ukraine.svg Natus Vincere Flag of the United States.svg Team Dignitas Flag of France.svg Shiba Gaming Flag of France.svg Imaginary Gaming
ShootMania Storm Flag of France.svg Colwn Flag of the Netherlands.svg Eclypsia Flag of Germany.svg GamersLeague Flag of France.svg 287
TrackMania Nations Forever Flag of the Netherlands.svg Tim "Spam" Lunenburg Flag of Slovakia.svg Marek "Tween" Pacher Flag of Canada.svg Carl-Antoni "CarlJr" Cloutier Flag of France.svg Adrien "Ned" Le Berre
FIFA 13 Flag of France.svg Bruce "Spank" Grannec Flag of Romania.svg Ovidiu "Ovvy" Patrascu Flag of France.svg Julien "Juliianooo" Dassonville Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Abdulaziz "Alshehri" Alshehri
Tekken Tag Tournament 2 Flag of South Korea.svg Bae "Knee" Jae Min Flag of South Korea.svg Park "Nin" Hyun Kyu Flag of Indonesia.svg Leonard "lion art" Y.H Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Eze "StarScream" Izundu
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Flag of Sweden.svg Ninjas in Pyjamas (Get_Right, f0rest, Xizt, friberg, Fiflaren) Flag of France.svg Team VeryGames (Ex6TenZ, NBK, RpK, SmithZz, kennyS) Flag of the United States.svg Area 51 (DaZeD, sgares, semphis, PineKone, tck) Flag of Germany.svg n!faculty (asmo, kirby, smn, disruptor, qk-mantis)
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Girls Flag of the United States.svg UBINITED (Ali, jso, potter, missharvey, sapphiRe) Flag of Germany.svg Team ALTERNATE (beyoNd, n i c i, kathi, iReNe, zAAz) Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Reason Gaming (Abiii, Kaat, aNi-, Sephi, Salah) Flag of France.svg Imaginary Gaming (AmandiiNe, Cla, Kly, PrincesS, TuEuSee'e)
TrackMania 2: Canyon Flag of Finland.svg Kasperi "klovni" Aaltonen Flag of Germany.svg Florian "oNio" Roschu Flag of France.svg Ludovic "Ludo" Marquet Flag of France.svg Côme "Cocow" Marquet

2013

Results
Med 1.png Med 2.png Med 3.png 4th
Call of Duty: Black Ops II Flag of the United States.svg compLexity Flag of France.svg Millenium Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Epsilon eSports Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Infused
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Flag of France.svg Clan-Mystik Flag of France.svg VeryGames Flag of Ukraine.svg Astana Dragons Flag of Sweden.svg Ninjas in Pyjamas
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (women) Flag of Sweden.svg Druidz Flag of Germany.svg Alternate Flag of France.svg Mistral Gaming Flag of the United States.svg Ubinited
Dota 2 Flag of Russia.svg Team Empire Flag of the United States.svg Evil Geniuses Flag of France.svg Sigma.int Flag of Sweden.svg 4FC
FIFA 14 Flag of France.svg Vincent "Vinch" Hoffmann Flag of Russia.svg Robert "Ufenok77" Fakhretdinov Flag of Sweden.svg Ivan 'Boraslegend' Lapanje Flag of the Netherlands.svg Alban "azzurra" Xhemajli
ShootMania Storm Flag of France.svg aAa Flag of Sweden.svg LemondogsGen Flag of Sweden.svg Fnatic
TrackMania 2: Stadium Flag of Canada.svg Carl Jr. Flag of Germany.svg TaLa Flag of the Netherlands.svg Koenz Flag of Norway.svg Bergie

2014

Results
Med 1.png Med 2.png Med 3.png 4th
Call of Duty:Ghosts Flag of the United States.svg Evil Geniuses Flag of the United Kingdom.svg TCM Gaming Flag of France.svg Ascentia Gaming Flag of France.svg Team Vitality
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Flag of Sweden.svg Fnatic Flag of France.svg Team LDLC Flag of Poland.svg Virtus.Pro Flag of Ukraine.svg Natus Vincere
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (women) Flag of France.svg 3DMAX Flag of the United States.svg Team Karma Flag of Sweden.svg Bad Monkey gaming Flag of France.svg Reason Gaming
FIFA 15 Flag of Iran.svg Navid "AdamanT" Borhani Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Sean "Dragonn" Allen Flag of France.svg Benfreha "neyo67" Hicham Flag of Sweden.svg Ivan 'Boraslegend' Lapanje
Just Dance Flag of Brazil.svg Diego "Diegho.san" Dos Santos Flag of Brazil.svg Tulio "Tulioakar96" Furst Akar Flag of France.svg Amandine "Dina" Morisset Flag of Brazil.svg elvin "Jaeder" Da Rocha Santos
ShootMania Storm Flag of France.svg Aera eSport Flag of France.svg aAa Flag of Sweden.svg Awsomniac Flag of the United Kingdom.svg FM eSports
TrackMania 2: Stadium Flag of Canada.svg Carl Jr. Flag of Slovakia.svg tween Flag of France.svg YoYo Flag of the Netherlands.svg Spam

2015

ESWC 2015 COD

Results
Med 1.png Med 2.png T3rdT3rd
Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare Flag of the United States.svg OpTic Gaming Flag of the United States.svg Denial eSports Flag of the United States.svg Revenge Gaming Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Vitality Storm

ESWC 2015 CSGO

Results
Med 1.png Med 2.png T3rdT3rd
Counter Strike: Global Offensive Flag of Ukraine.svg Natus Vincere Flag of the United States.svg Cloud9 Flag of France.svg Team EnVyUs Flag of Ukraine.svg FlipSid3 Tactics
Counter Strike: Global Offensive (female) Flag of the United States.svg Counter Logic Gaming Red Flag of Sweden.svg Games4u.se Female Flag of the United States.svg Team Karma Flag of France.svg Team Acer.fe

2015 PGW

Results
Med 1.png Med 2.png T3rdT3rd
FIFA 16 Flag of Denmark.svg August "Agge" Rosenmeier Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Spencer "HugeGorilla" Ealing Flag of Germany.svg Erhan "DrErhano" Kayman Flag of Iran.svg Kiarash "Immortal" Shokouhisolgi
League of Legends (female) Flag of France.svg unKnights Ladies Flag of France.svg GG Call Nash Flag of Norway.svg BX3 EK Flag of France.svg Lamasticrew
Trackmania 2 Stadium Flag of Canada.svg Carl-Antoni "Carl-Jr" Cloutier Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Thomas "Pac" Cole Flag of Slovakia.svg Marek "Tween" Pacher Flag of the Netherlands.svg Tim "Spam" Lunenburg
Just Dance Flag of Brazil.svg Diegho Flag of France.svg Dina Flag of Brazil.svg Kelvin Flag of Germany.svg Lucktose
Trackmania VR Flag of Germany.svg Hans "Racehans" Pausch Flag of France.svg Yoann "YoYo" Cook Flag of France.svg Yoann "YoYo" Cook Flag of the Netherlands.svg Koen "Koenz" Schobbers

2016


Medal Tally

Throughout the ESWC finals the medal tally is as follows (as of ESWC 2014):

#Countries Med 1.png Med 2.png Med 3.png Total
1 Flag of France.svg France23142562
2Flag of the United States.svg  United States 139830
3Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 1214935
4Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 108422
5Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 53311
6Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 52512
7Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 481022
8Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 4318
9Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 34613
10Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 34512
11Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 2507
12Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 2507
13Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus 2103
14Flag of Canada.svg  Canada 2013
15Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 15713
16Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 1225
17Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 1102
18Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore 1001
19Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 1001
20Flag of Iran.svg  Iran 1001
21Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 0224
22Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 0202
23Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 0202
24Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 0123
25Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 0101
26Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 0101
27Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia 0101
28Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia 0022
29Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia 0022
30Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 0011
31Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 0011

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Manuel "Grubby" Schenkhuizen is a Dutch professional eSports player. He competes in the real-time strategy games Warcraft III (WC3), Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne and Starcraft 2. As an Orc player, Schenkhuizen has won more than 38 LAN tournaments, of which six are World Championships. His command over the Horde placed him early enough among the elite of the WC3 players, while his clash with Jang "Spirit Moon" Jae-ho rewarded him with a legendary status among the fans of the game. Grubby has been known for being part of one of the most successful WC3 teams in history, namely the British 4Kings. Later teams include the Danish MeetYourMakers and the North American Evil Geniuses. Grubby is now a popular full time streamer on Twitch.

SK Gaming company

SK Gaming is a professional esports organization based in Germany that has teams across the world competing in different titles. SK is particularly known for their success in Counter-Strike (CS) tournaments. SK's Brazilian CS team won the ESL One Cologne 2016 Major. SK currently has players and teams competing in League of Legends and Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft. SK Gaming was founded in 1997 by a small group of Quake players in Oberhausen.

Sander Kaasjager, who plays under the pseudonym Vo0, is a Dutch professional player of the first person shooter games Painkiller, Quake II, Quake III , Quake 4, Quake Live and Quake Champions, and also World of Warcraft. He has won more titles and prize money—over US$250,000—at professional Painkiller tournaments than any other player.

Paul Chaloner sports commentator

Paul "Redeye" Chaloner is a professional esports and video game broadcast host from Shoreham-by-Sea, England.

World Series of Video Games

The World Series of Video Games (WSVG) was an international professional electronic sports competition. It held its first season in 2006, with competitions in six different games and six events held around the world including the finals of the event. The total prize purse of the season was US$750,000 which includes the $240,000 prize purse that was winnable at the finals. The WSVG was operated by Games Media Properties, an American gaming company founded in 2002 with the BYOC Lan section subcontracted out to Lanwar Inc.

This is an overview of all televised competitions and offline qualifiers for major international competitions that have taken place in South Korea and were mainly aimed at Korean competitors for Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos and Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne.

Dignitas (esports) British esports organisation

Dignitas is a professional esports team based in the United Kingdom, founded by Michael "ODEE" O'Dell on 9 September 2003 when Battlefield 1942 clans Legion Condor and Sweden Kompanix merged. Team Dignitas was acquired by the Philadelphia 76ers in September 2016. The team has a rich history across many different esports, but is best known for its former League of Legends and Counter-Strike: Global Offensive squads.

Mousesports German esports organisation

Mousesports is a professional eSports organization based in Germany. Mousesports fields teams in many different games, and are particularly known for its Counter-Strike team. Mousesports was one of the founding members of the G7 Teams. mouz's League team currently competes in the ESL Pro Series, having formerly competed in the League of Legends Championship Series Europe.

Av3k Polish electronic sports player

Maciej Krzykowski, who goes by the pseudonym Av3k, is a professional Quake and ShootMania player. He has Polish nationality and resides in Ostróda. He actively competes in international Quake competitions and was signed to Razer and Dutch electronic sports team Serious Gaming but is now a part of French organization Millenium. On July 8, 2007 at age 16, he became the youngest Quake champion ever after winning the Electronic Sports World Cup 2007 in Paris without losing a single map.

The 2009 World Cyber Games took place from November 11 to November 15, 2009 in Chengdu, Sichuan, China. It had over 600 participates from 70 countries taking part. The prize money is estimated at around $500,000.

Serious Gaming Dutch E-sport team

Serious Gaming is a professional gaming team based in Amsterdam, Netherlands. It was founded in 2004 by entrepreneur Bas Peeperkorn. Serious Gaming is known for their achievements in first-person shooter Deathmatch tournaments, most notably those by Quake series players Maciej "av3k" Krzykowski and Alexey "cypher" Yanushevsky.

Natus Vincere multi-gaming eSports organisation

Natus Vincere (Na'Vi) is an esports organisation based in Ukraine. Founded in 2009, the organisation has teams and players competing in various games, such as Counter Strike: Global Offensive, Dota 2, FIFA, World of Tanks, Paladins, League of Legends, PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds and Rainbow Six Siege.

GameCom is the gaming sub-brand of Plantronics, officially trademarked as Plantronics GameCom. Though Plantronics produced gaming headsets as far back as 1999, in 2004 the GameCom brand was created to encompass their gaming headset family. Since then, GameCom has released headsets compatible with both console and PC gaming platforms, hosted gaming tournaments, and sponsored professional gaming teams.

ESL, formerly known as Electronic Sports League, is an esports organizer and production company that produces video game competitions worldwide. ESL is the world's largest esports company, and the oldest that is still operational. Based in Cologne, Germany, ESL has eleven offices and multiple international TV studios globally. ESL is the largest esports company to broadcast on Twitch.tv.

Lu Weiliang, who also goes by the pseudonym Fly100%, is a Chinese professional esports player of the real-time strategy game Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne. He previously been a member of Team Hacker, EHOME and Mousesports. He is considered one of the best Orc players. He had one of the longest playing careers of professional players of Warcraft III.

MeetYourMakers

MeetYourMakers is an esports organization based in Sweden. It competes in League of Legends (LoL), Dota 2, StarCraft II, and Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft. MYM was founded in 2001.

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