World Cyber Games 2009

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The 2009 World Cyber Games (also known as WCG 09 or World Cyber Games 09) took place from November 11 to November 15, 2009, in Chengdu, Sichuan, China. It had over 600 participates from 70 countries taking part. [1] The prize money is estimated at around $500,000.

Contents

Official Games

Warcraft III, StarCraft, Counter Strike, FIFA 09, Carom3D, Red Stone and TrackMania Nations Forever on PC Guitar Hero: World Tour and Virtua Fighter 5 on Xbox 360 Asphalt4 and Wise Star 2 on Mobile

Competition Draw

The Competition Draws took place on October 19, October 20 and October 21. All competition draws took place on one of these three days.

Results

Official

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WarCraft III : The Frozen Throne Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Wang Xuwen (Infi) Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Lu Weiliang (Fly100%) Flag of South Korea.svg Park June (Lyn)
Counter-Strike 1.6AGAiN
Flag of Poland.svg
Jakub Gurczynski
(kuben)
fnatic
Flag of Sweden.svg
Patrik Sättermon
(cArn)
Mortal Teamwork
Flag of Denmark.svg
Alexander Holdt
(ave)
Lukasz Wnek
(LUq)
Patrik Lindberg
(f0rest)
Christoffer Sunde
(Sunde)
Wiktor Wojtas
(Taz)
Rasmus Ståhl
(Gux)
Danny Sørensen
(zonic)
Mariusz Cybulski
(Loord)
Harley Örwall
(dsn)
Oliver Ari Minet
(minet)
Filip Kubski
(neo)
Christopher Alesund
(GeT_RiGhT)
Martin Heldt
(trace)
TrackMania Nations Forever Flag of Sweden.svg Jesper Karjalainen (KarjeN) Flag of Sweden.svg Kalle Mortlund Videkull (FrostBeule) Flag of Norway.svg Fredrik Bergmann (Bergie)
StarCraft: Brood War Flag of South Korea.svg Jae-Dong Lee (Jaedong) Flag of South Korea.svg Byung-Gu Song (Stork) Flag of South Korea.svg Taek-Yong Kim (Bisu)
FIFA 09 Flag of Germany.svg Joshua Begehr (SK_Kr0ne) Flag of Germany.svg Daniel Schellhase (SK_hero) Flag of Poland.svg Piotr Zajkowski (Pio)
Red StoneComeonBaby
Flag of South Korea.svg
Ki-Pyo KangHAPPY_SWEETS
Flag of Japan.svg
Hiroto WatanabeCool_Runnings
Flag of the United States.svg
Jon Lunceford
Seung-Ryul KimShouta UedaMatt Marcou
Sung-Min SongKuniaki KitagawaSean Snack
Tae-Seok KimTomohiro TakamiColin Fogle
Carom3D Flag of South Korea.svg Hee-Chul Kim (MARCJACOBS) Flag of Brazil.svg Jean Monico (jeantek) Flag of Germany.svg Andreas Krieger (Protonski)
Virtua Fighter 5 Flag of Japan.svg Keita Ai (FOOD) Flag of South Korea.svg Eui-Wook Shin (ShinZ_Km) Flag of South Korea.svg Dae-Hwan Kim (Rikojjang)
Guitar Hero World Tour Flag of Brazil.svg Fabio Jardim (caiomenudo13) Flag of the United States.svg Michael Najman (MoB_Shift) Flag of the United States.svg Robert Michaels (vVv smokyprogg)
Wise Star 2 Flag of Italy.svg Enrico Aurora (a.Enrico) Flag of France.svg Christophe Limet (Blackbelt) Flag of the United States.svg Trevor Housten (TorcH)
Asphalt4 : Elite Racing Flag of the Republic of China.svg Liu You-chen (TER_BURBERRYqq) Flag of Singapore.svg Jared Beins (slyfoxlover) Flag of South Korea.svg Won-Joon Lee (KimBuJa)

Promotion

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Dungeon and Fighter Flag of South Korea.svg Jong-Min Jeong (UraniumHwangjaeM) Flag of Japan.svg Shun Ishikawa (CLAY) Flag of South Korea.svg Je-Myung Lee (Marenobba)

Sponsors

Samsung Electronics (Worldwide Partner)

Official theme song

The official theme song of the World Cyber Games is called "Beyond the Game" and the title is also the name of the World Cyber Games Motto.

Videos

The World Cyber Games published the different events on their YouTube account and their site.

References

  1. "WCG 2009 Overview". World Cyber Games. Retrieved 2009-03-15.