World Cyber Games 2005

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The World Cyber Games 2005 was held in Singapore at Suntec Singapore International Convention and Exhibition Centre from 16 to 20 November 2005.[1] There were over 800 players from 67 countries. Over 39,000 spectators turned up at the games to cheer for the players. The combined prize pool for the games was US$435,000.

World Cyber Games Finals in Singapore 2005

Games played at WCG 2005

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Official games

PC games

Xbox games

Special tournament game

  • freestyle

Mobile tournament games

Promotional event game

  • Carom 3D

Awards and medals

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Classification Game Gold Silver Bronze Fourth to eighth
Official games Counter-Strike: Source US$50 000 US$25 000 US$10 000 Prizes (total US$50 000)
Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne US$40 000 US$10 000 US$5 000 Prizes (total US$5 000)
StarCraft: Brood War US$20 000 US$10 000 US$5 000 Prizes (total US$5 000)
FIFA Football 2005 US$20 000 US$10 000 US$5 000 Prizes (total US$5 000)
Need For Speed: Underground 2 US$20 000 US$10 000 US$5 000 Prizes (total US$5 000)
Halo 2 US$20 000 US$10 000 US$5 000 Prizes (total US$10 000)
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War US$20 000 US$10 000 US$5 000 Prizes (total US$5 000)
Dead or Alive Ultimate US$15 000 US$10 000 US$5 000 Prizes (total US$5 000)
Mobile Tournament Chopper Rescue US$3,000 US$1,000 US ? Prizes (total US$ ?)
Special tournament freestyle US$20 000
Promotional Event Carom 3D US$3,000 US$2,000 US$1,000 Prizes (total US$ ?)

Players' village

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The Costa Sands Resort (Downtown East) in Singapore served as the WCG 2005 Players' Village. About 800 national representatives who advanced from the WCG 2005 national championships stayed at the Players' Village during the WCG 2005 Grand Final.

Sponsors

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Worldwide sponsor

Premier sponsors

Official sponsors

Official suppliers

Host broadcaster

Official media partners

Official gaming magazine

  • Gameaxis
  • Playworks

Official partners

Commentators

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Online audio and video coverage was provided by Inside the Game[dead link].

Marcus Graham (djWHEAT)

Games covered: Counter-Strike: Source, Dead or Alive Ultimate, Halo 2

Stuart Saw (TosspoT)

Games covered: Counter-Strike: Source, Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne, FIFA Football 2005

Paul Chaloner (ReDeYe)

Games covered: Counter-Strike: Source, Need For Speed: Underground 2, FIFA Football 2005

Jason Hutchison (NiceGuyEd)

Games covered: Counter-Strike: Source, FIFA Football 2005, Need For Speed: Underground 2, Dead or Alive Ultimate, Halo 2

Christopher Iannitti (WaCKSteVeN)

Games covered: StarCraft: Brood War, Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne

Nicolas Plott (Tasteless)

Games covered: StarCraft: Brood War, Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War

Kim Phan (bunny)

Games covered: StarCraft: Brood War, Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne

Results

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Official

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Event      
Counter-Strike: Source Team3D
 
Josh Sievers
(Dominator)
k23
 
Dauren Kystaubayev
(AdreN)
Team EG
 
Matt Stevenson
(bl00dsh0t)
Michael So
(method)
Alexander Yakovlev
(beAst)
Pasha Lari
(LaRi)
Salvatore Garozzo
(Volcano)
Asset Sembiev
(Solaar)
Griffin Benger
(shaGuar)
Kyle Miller
(Ksharp)
Anvar Nasirov
(anv1k)
Robert Tyndale
(blackpanther)
Ronald Kim
(Rambo)
Nurtas Mamytbayev
(Nur1k)
Jimmy Lin
(Lin)
Need For Speed: Underground 2   Giovani Magri (GearGG)   Danilo Barros (N4_Godsmack)   Konstantin Vanisov (USSR_MrKot)
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War   Ryoo Kyung Hyun (TmG SeleCT)   André Zilio (TmG QuanChi)   Simon Pletzer (TmG InSAnE)
StarCraft: Brood War   Jae-Hoon Lee (fOru)   Andrey Kukhianidze (3D Androide)   Peter Neate (Legionnaire)
Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne   Li Xiaofeng (SKYCN)   Dennis Chan (BenQGeiLShort)   Manuel Schenkhuizen (Grubby)
FIFA Football 2005   Dennis Schellhase (styla)   Gusev Victor (x4Alexx)   Moreno Torralbo (eDuYepp)
Halo 2 Team3D(OGRES)
 
Dan Ryan
(OGRE1)
Evil Geniuses
 
Nelson Triana
(Gspot)
Halo1style
 
Maxime Billieres
(MaCks_Myers)
Tom Ryan
(OGRE2)
Jason The
(SadPanda)
Philemon Kammer
(phiL)
Dead or Alive Ultimate   Tomoyuki Inui (Katsuninken)   Wilson Chia (Tetra)   Dong-Heon Han (Shinobi)

Special

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Event      
FreeStyle BOXOUT
 
Chung-Hee Kim SAMASAMA
 
Hyung-Kwon Song NicePlay
 
Hsieh Chao-I
Song Sang-Yup Jang Ju-Yuk Ma Te-Ru
Yun Bin Jung Yong Chou Ming-Hung

Mobile

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Event      
Bruce Lee ?   Chang Ming-Tsung   Kamal Arora
Chopper Rescue   Tammy Brook-Smith   Paul L. Antonio ?
Goolie ? ? ?
Midtown Madness 3 ? ? ?

Promotional

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Event      
Bruce Lee ASIA PACIFIC ?   Kamal Arora   Chang Ming-Tsung
Carom 3D   Kaloyan Botev   Luidy Fraga   Jose Cubero

Results by table

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  United States2103
2  South Korea2013
3  Brazil1304
4  Germany1012
5  Bulgaria1001
  China1001
  Japan1001
8  Russia0213
9  Canada0112
10  Kazakhstan0101
  Philippines0101
  Singapore0101
13  Spain0022
14  Australia0011
  France0011
  Netherlands0011
Totals (16 entries)910928

Notable participant

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  • Verena Vlajo (Austria), the first female participant

References

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  1. ^ "End of World Cyber Games. Gamers here say it's been losing steam".
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