Esports World Convention

The Electronic Sports World Convention (ESWC) (formerly known as Electronic Sports World Cup) was an international professional gaming championship. Every year, winners of national qualifier events around the world earned the right to represent their country in the ESWC Finals.

Electronic Sports World Convention
GameCall of Duty
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
Founded2003
Ceased2016
CountryFrance
ContinentEurope
Official websitewww.eswc.com

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]

In October 2023, the ESWC brand was acquired by the Esports World Cup Foundation.[11]

Overview

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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.[12] To participate in the tournament, competitors had to place in their country's national qualifier.[13] By 2006, the event had grown to 547 qualified participants from 53 countries and had a prize purse of $400,000 US.[14] The event also featured the first competition with a game specifically made for it: TrackMania Nations.

2003

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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[15]   team9   zEx   SK Gaming*   GoodGame
Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos[16]   Alborz "HeMaN" Haidarian   Fredrik "MaDFroG" Johansson   Antoine "FaTC" Zadri   Yoan "ToD" Merlo
Unreal Tournament 2003[17]   Christian "GitzZz" Hoeck   Björn "zulg" Sunesson   Jonathan "Fatal1ty" Wendell   Aaron "Lotus" Everitt
Quake 3[16]   Anton "Cooller" Singov   John "ZeRo4" Hill   Alexey "LeXeR" Nesterov   Pelle "fazz" Söderman
Counter-Strike Female[citation needed]   SK Gaming   Femina Bellica   Denmark Girls   To Hell Angels
  • SK Gaming representing Sweden in the Counter-Strike competition

2004

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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[42]       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" Benjamin
Defense of the Ancients   SK Gaming   The Elder Gods   MeetYourMakers   Evil Geniuses

Masters of Athens

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"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

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Masters of Cheonan

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2009 Masters of Cheonan[44]       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

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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.[45]

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

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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,[46] as well as the replacement of Defense of the Ancients with Dota 2.[47] 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.[48]

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

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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

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  • 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)
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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   Pyro|Gen   Fnatic
TrackMania 2: Stadium   Carl Jr.   TaLa   Koenz   Bergie

2014

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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

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ESWC 2015 COD

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

ESWC 2015 CSGO

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

2015 PGW

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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

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  • 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

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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   Saudi Arabia 1 0 0 1
19   Singapore 1 0 0 1
20   Finland 1 0 0 1
21   Iran 1 0 0 1
22   United Kingdom 0 2 2 4
23   Austria 0 2 0 2
24   Romania 0 2 0 2
25   Portugal 0 1 2 3
26   Italy 0 1 0 1
27   Croatia 0 1 0 1
28   Malaysia 0 1 0 1
29   Indonesia 0 0 2 2
30   Serbia 0 0 2 2
31   Belgium 0 0 1 1
32   Mexico 0 0 1 1
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Official Media Partners

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