Electronic Sports World Cup

Electronic Sports World Convention

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.

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.

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.

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

• SK Gaming representing Sweden in the Counter-Strike competition

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				4th
Counter-Strike[19]	Titans	spiXel	Virtus.pro	The Stomping Grounds
Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne[20]	Dae Hui "FoV" Cho	Fredrik "MaDFroG" Johansson	Alborz "HeMaN" Haidarian	Chun "Sweet" Jung Hee
Unreal Tournament 2004[21]	Maurice "BurningDeath" Engelhardt	Christian "GitzZz" Hoeck	Laurens "Lauke" Pluijmakers	Nicola "Forrest" Geretti
Quake 3[22]	Sweden	United States	Russia	Belarus
Counter-Strike Female[23]	Team all 4 one	Ladies.AMD	New4|eibo	Les Seules
Pro Evolution Soccer 3[24]	Samad "Samsam" Baism	Marcel "Xside" Waulke	Chen Zhiliang	Wang Zaoxing
Painkiller[25]	Sander "Vo0" Kaasjager	Alessandro "Stermy" Avallone	Michael "Dr.Moerser" Froese	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				4th
Counter-Strike[26]	compLexity	SK Gaming*	Mousesports	Lunatic-hai
Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne[27]	Manuel "Grubby" Schenkhuizen	Andrey "Deadman" Sobolev	Seo Woo "ReiGn" Kang	Li "Sky" Xiaofeng
Unreal Tournament 2004[28]	Michael "winz" Bignet	Markus "Falcon" Holzer	Laurens "Lauke" Pluijmakers	Michele "DevilMC" Esposito
Quake 3[29]	Anton "Cooller" Singov	Paul "czm" Nelson	Magnus "fojji" Olsson	Jason "socrates" Sylka
Counter-Strike Female[30]	Girls Got Game	Ladies.AMD	x6tence.AMD	Beat off The Best
Pro Evolution Soccer 4[24]	Badr "ArabianJoker" Hakeem	Mike "Mike" Moreton	Raúl "Legre" Alegre	"Zhao_Hang"
Gran Turismo 4[31]	Pierre "Snake" Lenoire	Thibault "Carter" Lacombe	Arnaud "Lucky" Lacombe	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				4th
Counter-Strike[32]	Made in Brazil	fnatic	aTTaX	Team3D
Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne[33]	Jae Wook "Lucifer" Noh	Ivica "Zeus[19]" Markovic	Li "Sky" Xiaofeng	Zdravko "Insomnia" Georgiev
Quake 4[34]	Michael "winz" Bignet	Alexey "Cypher" Yanushevsky	Ivo "Forever" Lindhout	Anton "Cooller" Singov
Counter-Strike Female[35]	Beat off the Best	Les Seules	Hacker Victory	SK Gaming*
Pro Evolution Soccer 5[36]	Bruce "Spank" Grannec	Moustafa "Myto" Menadi	Yasin "Jinxy" Koroglu	Song "Song" Xianzhi
Gran Turismo 4[37]	Pierre "Snake" Lenoire	Thibault "Carter" Lacombe	Arnaud "Lucky" Lacombe	Daniel "Holl01" Holland
Trackmania Nations[38]	Dorian "Carl" Vallet	Manuel "Baiy000r" Baier	Pascal "gaLLo" Jäger	Adrien "Dridrione" Auxent

• SK Gaming representing USA in Counter-Strike female

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				4th
Counter-Strike[32]	PGS.PokerStrategy.com	Team NoA	fnatic *	Made in Brazil
Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne[33]	Lee Sung "SoJu" Duk	Olav "Creolophus" Undheim	Manuel "Grubby" Schenkhuizen	Jun "Lyn" Park
Quake 4[34]	Maciej "av3k" Krzykowski	Anton "Cooller" Singov	Michael "winz" Bignet	Mikael "PURRI" Tarvainen
Counter-Strike Female[35]	SK Gaming **	EHONOR	Be The Best	Unfinished
Pro Evolution Soccer 6[36]	Sven "S-Butcher" Wehmeier	Bruce "Spank" Grannec	Mike "El Matador" Linden	Almeida "Bubaloo" Jorge
Trackmania Nations[38]	Freek "XenoGear" Molema	Dorian "Carl" Vallet	Simon "Lign" Ferreira	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]				4th
Counter-Strike	PGS.MYM (NEO, TaZ)[43]	eSTRO	fnatic	Mousesports
Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne	Du-Seop "WhO" Chang	Li "Sky" Xiaofeng	Zhuo "TeD" Zeng	Seo Woo "ReiGn" Kang
Quake 3	Alexey "Cypher" Yanushevsky	Marcel 'K1llsen' Paul	Shane "Rapha" Hendrixson	Fan "Jibo" Zhibo
Counter-Strike Female	SK Gaming	emuLate	EHonor	MeetYourMakers
Trackmania Nations	Kalle "Frostbeule" Moertlund Videkull	Freek "XenoGear" Molema	Simon "Lign" Ferreira	Dorian "Carl" Vallet
Defense of the Ancients	Zenith	KingSurf	MeetYourMakers	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[44]				4th
Counter-Strike	Mortal Teamwork	fnatic	Mousesports	Roccat
Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne	Jae Ho "Moon" Jang	Li "Sky" Xiaofeng	Yoan "ToD" Merlo	Du-Seop "WhO" Chang
Quake 3	Alexey "Cypher" Yanushevsky	Magnus "fox" Olsson	Maciej "av3k" Krzykowski	Fan "Jibo" Zhibo
Counter-Strike Female	Les Seules	SK Gaming	Emulate	forZe
Trackmania Nations	Simon "Lign" Ferreira	Freek "XenoGear" Molema	Kalle "Frostbeule" Mörtlund Videkull	Pedro "Moriah" Barbosa
Defense of the Ancients	SK Gaming	The Elder Gods	MeetYourMakers	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				4th
Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne	June "Lyn" Park	Jae Ho "Moon" Jang	Yoan "ToD" Merlo	Du-Seop "WhO" Chang
Quake 3	Shane "Rapha" Hendrixson	Sebastian "Spart1e" Siira	Maciej "av3k" Krzykowski	Alexey "Cypher" Yanushevsky

2009

Masters of Cheonan

• Venue: Cheonan, South Korea
• Prize: €54.000
• Date: 2–6 May 2009

2009 Masters of Cheonan[45]				4th
Counter-Strike	fnatic	SK-Gaming	Mousesports	Alchemists
Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne	Pedro "LucifroN" Moreno Durán	Park "Lyn" June	Lu "Fly100%" Weiliang	Dmitriy "Happy" Kostin
StarCraft: Brood War	Gregory "IdrA" Fields	Oleksii "White-Ra" Krupnik	Seo "ToSsGirL" Ji-Soo	Zhang"Super" Minglu
Special Force	ITBANK Razer	eSTRO	ITBANK teenager Razer	END
FIFA Online 2	Kim Jung-Min	Lee Woo-Young	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.^[46]

2010				4th
Counter-Strike	Natus Vincere	SK Gaming	mortal Team work	Frag eXecutors
Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne	June "Lyn" Park	Jae Ho "Moon" Jang	Sung sik "ReMinD" Kim	Happy
Quake Live	Rapha	av3k	Anton "Cooller" Singov	Dahang
Counter-Strike Female	SK Gaming	fnatic	Millenium	Mousesports
TrackMania	Bergie	Moria	YoYo	Carl
Defense of the Ancients	EHOME	DTS	MeetYourMakers	Nirvana
FIFA 10	Anas "Astank" Sofi	Pires	Andrei	Francisco "Quinzas" Cruz
Need for Speed: Shift	Steffan	Husky	Sliver	lecho
Super Street Fighter IV	Justin Wong	Marn	Olivier "Luffy" Hay	Sun Woo "Infiltration" Lee
Guitar Hero 5	Banobi	CNB.Luckysonic	vVv Smokyprogg	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,^[47] as well as the replacement of Defense of the Ancients with Dota 2.^[48] 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.^[49]

• Date : From October 20 to October 25, 2011
• Venue : Paris Games Week, Porte de Versailles, Paris, France
• Production : Photos | Videos

2011				4th
StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty	Ilyes "Stephano" Satouri	Grzegorz "MaNa" Komincz	Jung-Hoon "MarineKing" Lee	Manuel "Grubby" Schenkhuizen
Counter-Strike	SK Gaming	Natus Vincere	Mousesports	AGAiN
Counter-Strike Female	UBINITED	Millenium	Moscow Five	Gamerhouse
Counter-Strike: Source	Team VeryGames (Ex6TenZ, NBK, RpK, shox, SmithZz)	CKRAS Gaming (3k2, cajun, FeTiSh, h0lm, wantz)	CheckSix Gaming (DaZeD, frozt, neiL, Steel, tck)	Team Dynamic (adreN, ANGER, AZK, Legend, PEX)
TrackMania Forever	Erik "hakkiJunior" Leštach	Marek "tween" Pacher	Yoann "YoYo" Cook	Tim "Spam" Lunenburg
Dota 2	Natus Vincere	EHOME	GamersLeague	monkeybusiness
FIFA 11	Adrien "Aquino" Viaud	Rafael "Ralfitita" Riobó Sánchez	Francisco "Quinzas" Cruz	Koen "k0entj92" Weijland

2012

• Date : From October 30 to November 4, 2012
• Venue : Paris Games Week, Porte de Versailles, Paris, France
• Official disciplines : Counter-Strike: Global Offensive on PC (5v5), Shootmania Storm on PC (3v3), Call of Duty Black Ops 2 on Xbox 360 (4v4), Dota 2 on PC (5v5), FIFA 14 on Xbox 360 (1v1), Trackmania² Stadium on PC (1v4)
• Production : Photos | Videos

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

2013

• Date : From October 30 to November 3, 2013
• Venue : Paris Games Week, Porte de Versailles, Paris, France
• Official disciplines : Counter-Strike: Global Offensive on PC (5v5), ShootMania Storm on PC (3v3), Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 on Xbox 360 (4v4), Dota 2 on PC (5v5), FIFA 14 on Xbox 360 (1v1), Trackmania Stadium on PC (1v4)
• Production : Archives | Photos | Videos

Results

				4th
Call of Duty: Black Ops II	compLexity	Millenium	Epsilon eSports	Infused
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive	Clan-Mystik	VeryGames	Astana Dragons	Ninjas in Pyjamas
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (women)	Druidz	Alternate	Mistral Gaming	Ubinited
Dota 2	Team Empire	Evil Geniuses	Sigma.int	4FC
FIFA 14	Vincent "Vinch" Hoffmann	Robert "Ufenok77" Fakhretdinov	Ivan 'Boraslegend' Lapanje	Alban "azzurra" Xhemajli
ShootMania Storm	aAa	Lemondogs	Gen	Fnatic
TrackMania 2: Stadium	Carl Jr.	TaLa	Koenz	Bergie

2014

• Date : From October 29 to November 2, 2014
• Venue : Paris Games Week, Porte de Versailles, Paris, France
• Official disciplines : Counter-Strike: Global Offensive on PC (5v5), Call of Duty:Ghosts on Xbox One (4v4), Just Dance (video game) on Xbox One (1v1), FIFA 15 on Xbox One (1v1), Trackmania² Stadium on PC (1v4), ShootMania Storm on PC (3v3)
• Production : Archives | Photos | Videos

Results

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

2015

ESWC 2015 COD

• Date : May 2–3, 2015
• Venue : Zenith-Paris, Paris, France
• Official disciplines : Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare on Xbox One (4v4)

Results

			T3rd	T3rd
Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare	OpTic Gaming	Denial eSports	Revenge Gaming	Vitality Storm

ESWC 2015 CSGO

• Date : From July 9 to July 12, 2015
• Venue : Mondial des Jeux Loto Québec, Montreal, Quebec^[50]
• Official disciplines : Counter-Strike: Global Offensive on PC (5v5)

Results

			T3rd	T3rd
Counter Strike: Global Offensive	Natus Vincere	Cloud9	EnVyUs	FlipSid3 Tactics
Counter Strike: Global Offensive (female)	Counter Logic Gaming Red	Games4u.se Female	Team Karma	Team Acer.fe

2015 PGW

• Date : From October 28 to November 1, 2015
• Venue : Paris Games Week, Porte de Versailles, Paris, France
• Official disciplines : Counter Strike: Global Offensive on PC (5vs5), FIFA 16, League of legends on PC (5vs5), Just Dance, Trackmania² Stadium on PC (1v4), ShootMania Storm on PC (3v3)

Results

			T3rd	T3rd
FIFA 16	August "Agge" Rosenmeier	Spencer "HugeGorilla" Ealing	Erhan "DrErhano" Kayman	Kiarash "Immortal" Shokouhisolgi
League of Legends (female)	unKnights Ladies	GG Call Nash	BX3 EK	Lamasticrew
Trackmania 2 Stadium	Carl-Antoni "Carl-Jr" Cloutier	Thomas "Pac" Cole	Marek "Tween" Pacher	Tim "Spam" Lunenburg
Just Dance	Diegho	Dina	Kelvin	Lucktose
Trackmania VR	Hans "Racehans" Pausch	Yoann "YoYo" Cook	Yoann "YoYo" Cook	Koen "Koenz" Schobbers

2016

• 1st $20,000 2,500 OpTic Gaming
• 2nd $10,000 1,500 Splyce
• 3rd $6,000 1,100 Rise Nation
• 4th $4,000 900 Millenium

Medal Tally

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

#	Countries				Total
1	France	23	14	25	62
2	United States	13	9	8	30
3	Sweden	12	14	9	35
4	South Korea	10	8	4	22
5	Poland	5	3	3	11
6	Netherlands	5	2	5	12
7	Germany	4	8	10	22
8	Ukraine	4	3	1	8
9	Russia	3	4	6	13
10	Denmark	3	4	5	12
11	Brazil	2	5	0	7
12	Slovakia	2	5	0	7
13	Belarus	2	1	0	3
14	Canada	2	0	1	3
15	China	1	5	7	13
16	Spain	1	2	2	5
17	Norway	1	1	0	2
18	Singapore	1	0	0	1
19	Finland	1	0	0	1
20	Iran	1	0	0	1
21	United Kingdom	0	2	2	4
22	Austria	0	2	0	2
23	Romania	0	2	0	2
24	Portugal	0	1	2	3
25	Italy	0	1	0	1
26	Croatia	0	1	0	1
27	Malaysia	0	1	0	1
28	Indonesia	0	0	2	2
29	Serbia	0	0	2	2
30	Belgium	0	0	1	1
31	Mexico	0	0	1	1

External links

• Electronic Sports World Cup

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