A FIFA 2006 match between Alex Holzhammer and Christian Nustedt at the ESBL-Kick-Off Event in Berlin

The World League eSport Bundesliga is a German professional electronic sports league. It has its own TV-Show, broadcast by the German television channel Deutsches Sportfernsehen. Jana Ina and Giovanni Zarella are the hosts of the show. The only game that is played at the season World League eSport Bundesliga is FIFA 06. The competitors fought for prizemoney of €50,000. From December 2005 until May 2006 there was a postseason, in which prizemoney of €45,825 was paid out for the games Counter-Strike, Counter-Strike:Source and FIFA 06.

[edit] League structure

The structure of the World League eSport Bundesliga is based on the German Bundesliga. Each league consists of 18 players and all games of the first Bundesliga are played at the CineStar IMAX it the Sony Center in Berlin.

Besides the 5 leagues there is the ESBL Trophy which is similar to the DFB-Pokal. All Contesters of the 1. Bundesliga, 2. Bundesliga, 3. Bundesliga and Oberliga take part in this tournament. At the Quarterfinals and above the matches are also played in the so-called eSportstadium at the CineStar IMAX it the Sony Center in Berlin.

[edit] Previous winners

[edit] Season 2005/2006

[edit] Counter-Strike

• ESBL Masters: Team 64 AMD
• 1. Bundesliga: mousesports
• ESBL Trophy: ID Gaming

[edit] Counter-Strike:Source

• 1. Bundesliga: Team Dignitas

[edit] FIFA 2005

• 1. Bundesliga: SK|hero
• ESBL Trophy: SK|sty!a

[edit] External links

• World League eSport Bundesliga
• World League eSport