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ESWC 2003
ESWC 2003 brought 35 Counter-Strike teams to the Futuroscope Congress Center in France from July 9 to 13. Team9 won the USD 100,000 competition.
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Updated October 24, 2026Competition snapshot
Host and dates
Palais des Congrès du Futuroscope, Chasseneuil-du-Poitou, France · Jul 9–13, 2003[1][2]
Champion
Combined prize pool
USD 100,000[1]
Games
Participant scale
35 teams[1]
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OxentCommercial note
ESWC organizer; historical account identifies Ligarena as the founding operator · Recorded in the 2003 edition.[1]
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NVIDIACommercial note
ESWC main partner · Recorded in the 2003 edition.[2]
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AtariCommercial note
ESWC main partner · Recorded in the 2003 edition.[2]
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Official Partner
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FnacCommercial note
ESWC main partner · Recorded in the 2003 edition.[2]
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OlidataCommercial note
ESWC main partner · Recorded in the 2003 edition.[2]
PTG Database Analysis
ESWC’s Counter-Strike final took place at the Futuroscope Congress Center in July 2003. Liquipedia records July 9–13 for the 35-team, USD 100,000 competition, while the ESWC history page gives July 8–13 for the wider finals. The official history lists NVIDIA, Fnac, Atari and Olidata among the event’s main partners. Historical reporting identifies Ligarena as the competition’s founding operator; PTG links its current Oxent organization profile. Team9 defeated zEx in the Counter-Strike final.[1][2][3]
PTG links all 16 teams named in Liquipedia’s final placement table. The event page lists 35 Counter-Strike teams, so the other 19 are not linked and participant coverage remains partial.[1]
References3
- [1]Electronic Sports World Cup 2003 — Counter-Strike — Liquipedia Counter-Strike Wiki
- [2]ESWC 2003 — Electronic Sports World Cup
- [3]ESWC: une décennie à la loupe — Team-aAa
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