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20 Years

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Grand Final Venue : Futuroscope Congress Center, France

Participants : 450 champions from 37 countries

Main Partners : The Futuroscope Park, Nvidia, Fnac, Atari, Olidata, Nortel Networks, Cable & Wireless, PNY, Xbox, France Info, Gameone TV

Counter-Strike (5v5)
1 . Team 9, Sweden
2 . Zex, United States
3 . SK Gaming, Sweden
4 . Goodgame, France

Warcraft 3 (1v1)
1 . Heman, Sweden
2 . Madfrog, Sweden
3 . FatC, France
4 . Tod, France

Unreal Tournament 2003 (1v1)
1 . Gitzz, Germany
2 . Zulg, Sweden
3 . Fatal1ty, United States
4 . Lotus, United States

Counter-Strike Women (5v5)
1 . SK Ladies, Germany
2 . Femina Bellica, Sweden
3 . Dk Girls, Denmark

Quake 3 Arena (1v1)
1 . Cooller, Russia
2 . Zero4, United States
3 . Lexer, Russia
4 . Fazz, Sweden

The Real technology was fantastic, long before Twitch TV came along. The first edition of the ESWC was broadcast on video to 95,238 fans, and via HLTV and GTV to a further 65,240. Players on stage in front of a live audience, multilingual commentaries, giant screens, cameras on players, timer, live scores, live heartbeats, double pov for duels: modern esports was invented on that day.

Grand Final Venue : Futuroscope Park, France

Participants : 500 champions from 43 countries

Main Partners : Nvidia, The Futuroscope Park, Région Poitou-Charentes, France Télécom, Intel, Fnac, Olidata

Counter-Strike (5v5)
1 . Titans, Denmark
2 . Spixel, Sweden
3 . Virtus Pro, Russia

Warcraft 3 (1v1)
1 . FoV, South Korea
2 . Madfrog, Sweden
3 . Heman, Sweden

Unreal Tournament 2004 (1v1)
1 . BurningDeath, Germany
2 . Gitzzz, Germany
3 . Lauke, Netherlands

Counter-Strike Women (5v5)
1 . All 4 One, Denmark
2 . Ladies AMD, Brazil
3 . New4|eibo, China
4 . Les Seules, Sweden

Quake 3 Arena (Nations Kumite)
1 . Sweden (Fazz, Fox, Fooki, Z4muz)
2 . USA (Zero4, Socrates, CZM, Cha0tics)
3 . Russia (Cooller, Unkind, Evil, Morfez)
4 . Belarus (Immortal, Keep3r, Enemy, Cherya)

Painkiller (1v1)
1 . Voo, Netherland
2 . Stermy, Italia
3 . DrMoerser, Germany
4 . Fatal1ty, USA

Pro Evolution Soccer 3 (1v1)
1 . SamSam, France
2 . Xside, Germany
3 . Chen Zhiliang, China

Nvidia, designer of the legendary GeForce, decided in 2004 to support the ESWC from its preliminaries to the Grand Final. This association will give birth to a joint logo that will define the common ambition for years: to institutionalize a World Cup for Esports.

Will you find in this photo the Legends of Esports present that year at ESWC? Heaton, Potti, Spawn, elemeNt, XeqtR, Cogu, djWHEAT, BDS, Carmac, Stermy, Fatal1ty and all the others?

Grand Final Venue : Louvre of Paris, France

Participants : 650 champions from 52 countries

Main Partners : Nvidia, La Région Ile-de-France, Intel, BNP Paribas, Fnac, Medion, Blizzard, Sony Playstation, Konami, Logitech, Fun Radio, Gameone TV, Métro

Counter-Strike (5v5)
1 . Complexity, USA
2 . SK Gaming, Denmark
3 . Mousesports, Germany
4 . Lunatic Hai, South Korea

Warcraft 3 (1v1)
1 . Grubby, Netherlands
2 . Deadman, Russia
3 . Reign, South Korea
4 . Sky, China

Unreal Tournament 2004 (1v1)
1 . Winz, France
2 . Falcon, Austria
3 . Lauke, Netherlands

Counter-Strike Women (5v5)
1 . Girls Got Game, USA
2 . Ladies AMD, Brazil
3 . x6tence, Spain
4 . Beat of the Best, France

Quake 3 Arena (1v1)
1 . Cooller, Russia
2 . CZM, USA
3 . Fojji, Sweden

Pro Evolution Soccer 4 (1v1)
1 . Arabian Joker, Saudi Arabia
2 . Mike, French Carrabean
3 . Legre, Spain
4 . Zhao Hang, China

Badr Hakeem aka “Arabian Joker” won the Pro Evolution Soccer World Cup title in 2005, a first for Saudi Arabia in Esports. Back in his country, the champion will make the front page of many newspapers as a hero.

The ESWC was built on a model of a federation of licensed organizers worldwide in charge of national qualifiers. 52 countries in 2005 were affiliated to ESWC: Australia, Autria, Belgium, Belarus, Bosnia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Caribbean, China, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, South Korea, Croatia, Denmark, Égypt, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Indonesia, Iran, Israël, Italia, Japan, Lebanon, Lithuania, Macédonia, Malaysia, Maroco, Martinique, Mexico, Mongolia, Norway, New Zealand, Netherlands, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Serbia Montenegro, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey, United Kingdom, USA, Venezuela.

Grand Final Venue : Bercy – Accor Arena, Paris France

Participants : 750 champions from 53 countries

Main Partners : Nvidia, Intel, Orange, La Région Ile-de-France, Fnac, Sony Playstation, Konami, Logitech, Nokia, Sega, Asus, Blizzard, LG, Fun Radio, Gameone TV, Métro

Counter-Strike (5v5)
1 . Mibr, Brazil
2 . Fnatic, Sweden
3 . Attax, Germany
4 . Team 3D, USA

Warcraft 3 (1v1)
1 . Lucifer, South Korea
2 . Zeus, Croatia
3 . Sky, China
4 . Insomnia, Bulgaria

Trackmania Nations ESWC (Race)
1 . Carl, France
2 . Baiy000r, Austria
3 . Gallo, Germany
4 . DridriOne, France

Counter-Strike Women (5v5)
1 . Beat of the Best, France
2 . Les Seules, Sweden
3 . Hacker Victory, China
4 . SK Gaming, Germany

Quake 4 (1v1)
1 . Winz, France
2 . Cypher, Belarus
3 . Forever, Netherlands
4 . Cooller, Russia

Pro Evolution Soccer 5 (1v1)
1 . Spank, France
2 . Myto, France
3 . Jinxy, Belgium
4 . Song, China

Gran Turismo 4 (Race)
1 . Snake, France
2 . Carter, France
3 . Lucky, France
4 . Holl01, Australia

…in the Madison Square Garden of New York, Riot Games will reproduce the ESWC staging for the League of Legends Worlds final: a central ring with the two teams facing each other, overlooked by a cube of giant screens for a 360° broadcast.

In 2006, ESWC and Nadeo became partners to give birth to Trackmania Nations ESWC. This first Esports F2P, with a revenue model based on in-game ads, will be played by 6 million people in 2006, and more than 30 million until 2008.

In 2006, the ESWC developed the first HUD for Counter-Strike allowing to see, in real-time overlay, all the players, their weapons, their level of life, as the scores, rounds, and time left on the broadcast. An exclusive first, because we had to wait until 2012 and the release of CS:GO for this data and graphics to be integrated natively in the observer mode – just like ESWC designed it.

Grand Final Venue : Paris Expo Center, France

Participants : 652 champions from 52 countries

Main Partners : Orange, Intel, La Région Ile-de-France, Fnac, Packard Bell, Plantronics, Steelseries, Logitech, Xbox 360, Playstation, Konami, Blizzard, Gameloft, La Fraise, Nadeo, France Info, XFire, MTV

Counter-Strike (5v5)
1 . PGS Gaming, Poland
2 . Team NoA, Denmark
3 . Fnatic, Sweden
4 . Mibr, Brazil

Warcraft 3 (1v1)
1 . Soju, South Korea
2 . Creolophus, Norway
3 . Grubby, Netherlands
4 . Lyn, South Korea

Trackmania Nations ESWC (Race)
1 . Xenogear, Netherlands
2 . Carl, France
3 . Lign, France

Counter-Strike Women (5v5)
1 . SK Gaming, Germany
2 . E-Honor, China
3 . Be The Best, France
4 . Unfinished, Sweden

Quake 4 (1v1)
1 . Avek, Poland
2 . Cooller, Russia
3 . Winz, France
4 . Purri, Sweden

Pro Evolution Soccer 6 (1v1)
1 . S-Butcher, Germany
2 . Spank, France
3 . El Matador, Germany
4 . Bubaloo, Portugal

Those who were present that day know it, Counter-Strike literally took off as the Esports “show game”. PGS, led by Luq, Taz, Neo, faced in 3 rounds NoA, led by Zonic and Sunde in a crazy CS 1.6 match, illustrated by the unforgettable second map on de_nuke won by NoA.

Masters Venue : Bercy – Accor Arena, Paris France

Main Partners : Nvidia, Intel, Packard Bell, Mondial Assistance, Région Ile-de-France, Plantronics, MTV, Gameone TV, jeuxvideo.com

For the first time, a new format of international competitions, called ESWC Masters, is organized and brings together hundreds of players in a special qualifier for the World Cup final. Other ESWC Masters will then be organized in Athens, Greece in October 2008 and in Cheonan, South Korea in May 2009.

Grand Final Venue : San Jose Convention Center, USA

Participants : 650 champions from 40 countries

Main Partners : Nvidia, City of San José

Leaving France for the first time, the Electronic Sports World Cup 2008 Finals took place in San Jose, California, in the heart of the Silicon Valley, during the NVISION event organized by its global sponsor Nvidia. Thanks to Team San José and its Mayor, all the national champions have been welcome and celebrated as true international athletes.

Counter-Strike (5v5)
1 . Meet Your Makers, Poland
2 . Estro, South Korea
3 . Fnatic, Sweden
4 . Mousesports, Germany

Warcraft 3 (1v1)
1 . Who, South Korea
2 . Sky, China
3 . TeD, China
4 . Reign, South Korea

Trackmania Nations Forever (Race)
1 . Frostbeule, Sweden
2 . Xenogear, Netherlands
3 . Lign, France
4 . Carl, France

Counter-Strike Women (5v5)
1 . SK Gaming, Germany
2 . Emulate, France
3 . E-Honor, China
4 . Meet Your Makers, Sweden

Quake 3 (1v1)
1 . Cypher, Belarus
2 . K1llsen, Germany
3 . Rapha, USA
4 . Jibo, China

Defense of The Ancients (5v5)
1 . Zenith, Singapore
2 . Kingsurf, Malaysia
3 . Meet Your Makers, Denmark
4 . Evil Geniuses, USA

15 days after the ESWC 2008 Finals, the Lehman Brother bank went bankrupt revealing a global economic crisis, which will be fatal to thousands of companies and events around the world, due to the reduction and sometimes the cancellation of sponsorship commitments. The ESWC did not manage to get through this crisis, and will sadly have to close its doors in 2009.

Grand Final Venue : Disneyland Paris, France

Main Partners : Peugeot, Saturn, Plantronics, Qpad, Verygames, Priceminister.com, Dailymotion, Milk, Virgin Radio, Jeuxvideo.com, MCM, Métro

Counter-Strike (5v5)
1 . Na’Vi, Ukraine
2 . Sk Gaming, Sweden
3 . Mortal Team Work, Denmark

Warcraft 3 (1v1)
1 . Lyn, South Korea
2 . Moon, South Korea
3 . Remind, South Korea

Trackmania Nations Forever (Race)
1 . Bergie, Norway
2 . Moriah,Portugal
3 . YoYo, France

Counter-Strike Women (5v5)
1 . SK Gaming, USA
2 . Fnatic, Sweden
3 . Millenium, France

Quake Live (1v1)
1 . Rapha, USA
2 . Avek, Poland
3 . Cooller, Russia

FIFA 10 (1v1)
1 . Astank, France
2 . Pires, Brazil
3 . Andrei, Mexico

Defense of the Ancients (5v5)
1 . EHome, China
2 . DTS Gaming, Russia
3 . Meet Your Makers, Denmark

Super Street Fighter IV (1v1)
1 . Justin Wong, USA
2 . Marn, USA
3 . Luffy, France

After winning the ESWC 2010, the Ukraine team Natus Vincere, created a few months earlier, will successively win the other most prestigious international titles: the World Cyber Games 2010, the Dreamhack Winter 2010 and the Intel Extrem Masters V. Then for nearly ten years, Na’Vi will be one of the most successful Counter-Strike teams.