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The 2013 World Cyber Games (also known as WCG 2013) took place from 28 November to 1 December 2013 in Kunshan, Jiangsu, China. It was the third time the World Cyber Games was held in China. The event hosted 500 players from 40 countries [1]
| Event |  |  |  | |||
| Crossfire | QCES.QQVIP | Liu Zhiyang (ROYALSoLoLzy) | MSI EVOLUTION GAMING | Royce Bentley Omaga (MSI.RPGE) | HG.QQVIP | Zhao Lumin (HGQQVIP/Mino) |
| Lang Shu'ai (ROYAL70KGBLL) | Jupiter Mars Gaboy (MSI.ELGEE) | Ha Lun (HGQQVIP/Harlen) | ||||
| Song Hongqi (ROYALBAOBAO3) | Judan Cruz (MSI.KART) | Nian-Peng Sun (HGQQVIP/Enpi) | ||||
| Xie Xibin (ROYALYAYAWoW) | James Michael Doron (MSI.NASMI) | He Yong (HGQQVIP/2xing) | ||||
| Xu Honggu (ROYALLINKIN9) | Dale Duque (MSI.DHALEE) | Li Shuoliu (HGQQVIP/Aplo) | ||||
| FIFA 14 |  Keivan Javadi Elyaderani (FG|TNII) |  Tim Schiewe (Schiewe) |  Juan Francisco Sotullo (PATAN) | |||
| League of Legends | CJ Entus Blaze  | Lee Ho-Jong (Flame) | OMG | Li Haoyu (Sicca) | Team WE | Wei Handong (WE.GIGABYTE.CaoMei) |
| Kang Gyeong-Min (DayDream) | Yin Le (LoveLin) | Yu Jingxi (WE.GIGABYTE.Misaya) | ||||
| Kang Chan-Yong (Ambition) | Yu Jiajun (Cool) | Feng Zhuojun (WE.GIGABYTE.Fzzf) | ||||
| Kim Jin Hyun (Emperor) | Zhu Jiawen (NaMei) | Ming Kai (WE.GIGABYTE.Mann) | ||||
| Jang-Sik Ham (Lustboy) | Gao Diping (Gogoing) | Gao Xuecheng (WE.GIGABYTE.WeiXiao) | ||||
| StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm | Kim Min-cheol (Soulkey) | Kim Jeong-hun (Sora) | Won Lee-sak (PartinG) | |||
| Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition Ver. 2012 |  Keita Ai (Fuudo) |  Kevin Landon (EMP Dieminion) |  Cheng Jonny Lai (Humanbomb) | |||
| Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne | Huang Xiang (TH000) | Jang Jae Ho (Moon) | Eom Hyo-Seop (FoCuS) | |||
| World of Tanks | Team Dignitas | Dmytro Frishman (NaVi_SL1DE) | Team WUSA | Pascal Griebsch (Dr_Tuer) | Fulcrum Gaming | Marco Martinez (Fzerox) |
| Ruslan Iermakov (Luciquell) | Can Pintul (LDNexus) | Kyle Nieset (Friction) | ||||
| Andrii Les (Rinoll) | Jan Brammer (Lauralanthalasa) | Kolby Brooks (Junior_g99p) | ||||
| Roman Pavlenko (povel) | Johannes Najjar (Fkkschnitzel) | Kirill Bondar (Sov13t) | ||||
| Oleksii Nogin (Arclit) | Michael Kelbg (Comandante) | James Starr (Relics) | ||||
| Artem Rozenko (Stalker_ua) | Roman Podhorny (pSychoaa) | David Williams (Nagatron) | ||||
| Sergey Pisotsky (Diver233) | Karim Turdikulov (OstapBender) | Alex Spillman (hugomaximus) | ||||
| Event | | | | |||
| Assault Fire (NiZhan) | SteelSeries*Class302 | Jun Tian (Junjun*) | EP | Wei Yuan (Robert) | Game7 e-sports | Gabriel Vinicius Correia Martins (modera-KOMBOZ4) |
| Yaoru Yu (RURU*) | Wei Zhang (Unique) | Walney Alves Reis (Jonn-MAVERICK) | ||||
| Zihuan Zhang (z1an*) | Yu Chao Zhang (Prince) | Jonathan Da Gloria Costa (Jhow-CAMARO) | ||||
| Chenyang Zhao (Zhaozhao*) | Yu Zhou (Match) | Rogerio Lopez Aranha (RoY-MUSTANG) | ||||
| Xinglong Feng (longlong*) | Yu-Jian Wang (XiaoHei) | Caio Jorge Penha da Silva Lazzaro (400 kg) | ||||
| QQ Speed | Wei-Yi Tan (TAN Weiyi) | Xu-Dong Li (Li Xudong) | No Entry | |||
| QQ Speed (Team) | The Lunatic asylum | YuJiang Shi (Shi YuJiang) | Telecom female Athletics | Wei Luo (Luo Wei) | No Entry | |
| Tian-Tai Kang (Kang TianTai) | Min Liu (Liu Min) | |||||
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