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BREAST ENLARGEMENT FROM A B CUP TO A 32 D CUP/ 34C CUP perlmanmd.com | Austin Sports Center - Team Cup austinsportscenter.com |
The Electronic Sports World Cup is an international professional gaming championship. Every year winners of national qualifier event around the world earn the right to represent their country in the ESWC Finals. The event has won a lot of praise for its organisation and ability to put on a good show for spectators. The ESWC is hosted by a French company called Games Services (previously called Ligarena) who previously hosted smaller LAN events in France under the name of LAN Arena. In 2003 they decided to do something on a larger scale and the ESWC was born. The grand finals and masters of ESWC have had a total prize purse of 1,507,500 USD from 2003 till 2008[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8].
[edit] Past ESWC Finals[edit] 2003The 2003 ESWC saw around 150,000 players narrowed down to just 358 players from 37 different countries who would attend the finals at the Futuroscope near Poitiers in France. The total prize fund for the event was USD 156,000$.
[edit] 2004The 2004 finals were once again held at the Futuroscope, roughly 400 finalists from 41 countries attended to compete for a USD 210,000$ prize purse[13].
[edit] 2005In 2005 the venue was moved to a larger place: The Carrousel du Louvre in Paris. The total prize payout was again raised this time to 300,000 euros.
[edit] 2006The event took place at Palais omnisports de Paris-Bercy and the total payout this time was around 300,000 euros.
[edit] 2007The ESWC 2007 took place at Paris Expo Porte de Versailles, Paris, from July 5 to July 8. There was a complete expo for this event, called "Mondial du Gaming". Games featured were Counter-Strike, WarCraft III: The Frozen Throne, Quake 4, Counter-Strike Female, Pro Evolution Soccer 6 and Trackmania Nations. 750 finalists attended from 51 countries which competed for a prize purse of USD 180,000$[5].
[edit] 2008The 2008 Electronic Sports World Cup took place in San Jose, California, USA[34], from August 25 to August 27 during the bigger NVISION 08 event, moving the tournament away from France for the first time. The disciplines announced were Counter-Strike (open and female), Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne, Trackmania Nations Forever, Defense of the Ancients and Quake 3[35]. Pro Evolution Soccer was not included because the global Konami authority hasn't given its support to the competition[36]. The prize purse was around 200,000 USD.
[edit] Masters of ParisParis wasn't abandoned for the ESWC. In place of the ESWC, there was the Masters of Paris, during the Mondial du Gaming from July 4 to July 6 and took place at the Palais omnisports de Paris-Bercy. The same disciplines took place during this Masters offered additional qualificative slots for ESWC Grand Final in San Jose. All winners won a slot to participate in the ESWC Grand Final and hotel accommodation for San Jose, free of charge.
[edit] Masters of AthensMasters of Athens have been announced as well from October 17 to October 18 during the Athens Digital Week. Disciplines featured will be Quake III and WarCraft III: The Frozen Throne, the tournament will have a $30.000 prize purse and the champions will qualify for ESWC 2009.
[edit] 2009[edit] Masters of Cheonan
[edit] Medal TallyThroughout the ESWC finals the medal tally looks as followed (as of ESWC 2008):
[edit] External links[edit] Official Media Partners[edit] Notes
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