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2003

July 8-13, 2003

ESWC 2003

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 

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Official Disciplines 2003

Champions

Counter-Strike (5v5)
1 . Drapeau de la Suède Team 9, Sweden
2 . Drapeau des États-Unis Zex, United States
3 . Drapeau de la Suède SK Gaming, Sweden
4 . Drapeau de la France Goodgame, France

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

Unreal Tournament 2003 (1v1)
1 . Drapeau de l'Allemagne Gitzz, Germany
2 . Drapeau de la Suède Zulg, Sweden
3 . Drapeau des États-Unis Fatal1ty, United States
4 . Drapeau des États-Unis Lotus, United States

Counter-Strike Women (5v5)
1 . Drapeau de l'Allemagne SK Ladies, Germany
2 . Drapeau de la Suède Femina Bellica, Sweden
3 . Drapeau du Danemark Dk Girls, Denmark

Quake 3 Arena (1v1)
1 . Drapeau de la Russie Cooller, Russia
2 . Drapeau des États-Unis Zero4, United States
3 . Drapeau de la Russie Lexer, Russia
4 . Drapeau de la Suède Fazz, Sweden

Gallery 2003

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Fun Fact 2003

ESWC First Livestream

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. 

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2004

July 6-11, 2004

ESWC 2004

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 

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Official Disciplines 2004

Champions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Highlight 2004

Nvidia Global Sponsor

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.

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Fun Fact 2004

The Best in the World

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?

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2005

July 5-10, 2005

ESWC 2005

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 

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Official Disciplines 2005

Champions

Counter-Strike (5v5)
1 . Drapeau des États-Unis Complexity, USA
2 . Drapeau du Danemark SK Gaming, Denmark
3 . Drapeau de l'Allemagne Mousesports, Germany
4 . Drapeau de la Corée du Sud Lunatic Hai, South Korea

Warcraft 3 (1v1)
1 . Drapeau des Pays-Bas Grubby, Netherlands
2 . Drapeau de la Russie Deadman, Russia
3 . Drapeau de la Corée du Sud Reign, South Korea
4 . Drapeau de la République populaire de Chine Sky, China

Unreal Tournament 2004 (1v1)
1 . Drapeau de la France Winz, France
2 . Drapeau de l'Autriche Falcon, Austria
3 . Netherlands Lauke, Netherlands

Counter-Strike Women (5v5)
1 . Drapeau des États-Unis Girls Got Game, USA
2 . Drapeau du Brésil Ladies AMD, Brazil
3 . Drapeau de l'Espagne x6tence, Spain
4 . Drapeau de la France Beat of the Best, France

Quake 3 Arena (1v1)
1 . Drapeau de la Russie Cooller, Russia
2 . Drapeau des États-Unis CZM, USA
3 . Drapeau de la Suède Fojji, Sweden

Pro Evolution Soccer 4 (1v1)
1 . Drapeau de l'Arabie saoudite Arabian Joker, Saudi Arabia
2 . Drapeau de la France Mike, French Carrabean
3 . Drapeau de l'Espagne Legre, Spain
4 . Drapeau de la République populaire de Chine Zhao Hang, China

Highlight 2005

First Saudi World Champion

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.

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Highlight 2005

52 ESWC Licenced Countries

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.

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2006

June 28 – July 2, 2006

ESWC 2006

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 

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Official Disciplines 2006

Champions

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

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

Trackmania Nations ESWC (Race)
1 . Drapeau de la France Carl, France
2 . Drapeau de l'Autriche Baiy000r, Austria
3 . Germany Gallo, Germany
4 . France DridriOne, France

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

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

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

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

Fun Fact 2006

10 Years Later…

…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.

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Highlight 2006

First Esports Free-to-play

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. 

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Highlight 2006

First Innovative Hud

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.

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2007

July 5-8, 2007

ESWC 2007

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

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Official Disciplines 2007

Champions

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

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

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

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

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

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

Highlight 2007

The Legendary Final

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.

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2008

July 4-6, 2008

ESWC Masters of Paris

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.

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August 25-27, 2008

ESWC 2008

Grand Final Venue : San Jose Convention Center, USA

Participants : 650 champions from 40 countries

Main Partners : Nvidia, City of San José

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Highlight 2008

Inside the NVISION

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.

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Official Disciplines 2008

Champions

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

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

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

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

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

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

The End of an Era

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.

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2010

June 30 – July 4, 2010

ESWC 2010

Grand Final Venue : Disneyland Paris, France

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

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Official Disciplines 2010

Champions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Super Street Fighter IV (1v1)
1 . Drapeau des États-Unis Justin Wong, USA
2 . Drapeau des États-Unis Marn, USA
3 . Drapeau de la France Luffy, France

Highlight 2010

Start of Na’Vi Supremacy

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.

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