World Cyber Games Finals in Singapore 2005

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.

Games played at WCG 2005

Official games

PC games

Xbox games

Special tournament game

  • freestyle

Mobile tournament games

Promotional event game

  • Carom 3D

Awards and medals

ClassificationGame Gold Silver BronzeFourth to eighth
Official gamesCounter-Strike: SourceUS$50 000US$25 000US$10 000Prizes (total US$50 000)
Warcraft III: The Frozen ThroneUS$40 000US$10 000US$5 000Prizes (total US$5 000)
StarCraft: Brood WarUS$20 000US$10 000US$5 000Prizes (total US$5 000)
FIFA Football 2005US$20 000US$10 000US$5 000Prizes (total US$5 000)
Need For Speed: Underground 2US$20 000US$10 000US$5 000Prizes (total US$5 000)
Halo 2US$20 000US$10 000US$5 000Prizes (total US$10 000)
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of WarUS$20 000US$10 000US$5 000Prizes (total US$5 000)
Dead or Alive UltimateUS$15 000US$10 000US$5 000Prizes (total US$5 000)
Mobile TournamentChopper RescueUS$3,000US$1,000US ?Prizes (total US$ ?)
Special tournamentfreestyleUS$20 000
Promotional Event Carom 3D US$3,000 US$2,000 US$1,000 Prizes (total US$ ?)

Players' village

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

Worldwide sponsor

Premier sponsors

Official sponsors

Official suppliers

Host broadcaster

Official media partners

Official gaming magazine

  • Gameaxis
  • Playworks

Official partners

Commentators

Online audio and video coverage was provided by Inside the Game.

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

Official

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Counter-Strike: SourceTeam3D
United States
Josh Sievers
(Dominator)
k23
Kazakhstan
Dauren Kystaubayev
(AdreN)
Team EG
Canada
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 Brazil Giovani Magri (GearGG) Brazil Danilo Barros (N4_Godsmack) Russia Konstantin Vanisov (USSR_MrKot)
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War South Korea Ryoo Kyung Hyun (TmG SeleCT) Brazil André Zilio (TmG QuanChi) Germany Simon Pletzer (TmG InSAnE)
StarCraft: Brood War South Korea Jae-Hoon Lee (fOru) Russia Andrey Kukhianidze (3D Androide) Australia Peter Neate (Legionnaire)
Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne China Li Xiaofeng (SKYCN) United States Dennis Chan (BenQGeiLShort) Netherlands Manuel Schenkhuizen (Grubby)
FIFA Football 2005 Germany Dennis Schellhase (styla) Russia Gusev Victor (x4Alexx) Spain Moreno Torralbo (eDuYepp)
Halo 2Team3D(OGRES)
United States
Dan Ryan
(OGRE1)
Evil Geniuses
Canada
Nelson Triana
(Gspot)
Halo1style
France
Maxime Billieres
(MaCks_Myers)
Tom Ryan
(OGRE2)
Jason The
(SadPanda)
Philemon Kammer
(phiL)
Dead or Alive Ultimate Japan Tomoyuki Inui (Katsuninken) Singapore Wilson Chia (Tetra) South Korea Dong-Heon Han (Shinobi)

Special

Event Gold Silver Bronze
FreeStyleBOXOUT
South Korea
Chung-Hee KimSAMASAMA
South Korea
Hyung-Kwon SongNicePlay
Taiwan
Hsieh Chao-I
Song Sang-Yup Jang Ju-Yuk Ma Te-Ru
Yun Bin Jung Yong Chou Ming-Hung

Mobile

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Bruce Lee  ? Taiwan Chang Ming-Tsung India Kamal Arora
Chopper Rescue South Africa Tammy Brook-Smith Philippines Paul L. Antonio  ?
Goolie  ?  ?  ?
Midtown Madness 3  ?  ?  ?

Promotional

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Bruce Lee ASIA PACIFIC  ? India Kamal Arora Taiwan Chang Ming-Tsung
Carom 3D Bulgaria Kaloyan Botev Brazil Luidy Fraga Spain Jose Cubero

Results by table

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

  • Verena Vlajo (Austria), the first female participant

References

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