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International video game event in 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. 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

Bruce Lee
Chopper Rescue
Goolie
Midtown Madness 3

Promotional event game

Carom 3D

Awards and medals

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

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.

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
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

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

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

Promotional

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

Results by table


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States	2	1	0	3
2	South Korea	2	0	1	3
3	Brazil	1	3	0	4
4	Germany	1	0	1	2
5	Bulgaria	1	0	0	1
	China	1	0	0	1
	Japan	1	0	0	1
8	Russia	0	2	1	3
9	Canada	0	1	1	2
10	Kazakhstan	0	1	0	1
	Philippines	0	1	0	1
	Singapore	0	1	0	1
13	Spain	0	0	2	2
14	Australia	0	0	1	1
	France	0	0	1	1
	Netherlands	0	0	1	1
Totals (16 entries)		9	10	9	28