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ESWC 2004

ESWC 2004 brought 41 Counter-Strike teams to Futuroscope in France from July 7–11. The Titans won the USD 100,000 competition.

Tournament editionCOMPLETEDSeries: Electronic Sports World Cup
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Updated October 24, 2026

Competition snapshot

Combined prize pool

USD 100,000[1]

Participant scale

41 teams[2][1]

Category

Organizer

Partner

Oxent

Commercial note

ESWC organizer; historical reporting identifies its predecessor Ligarena · Recorded in the 2004 edition.[1]

Category

Official Partner

Commercial note

ESWC main partner · Recorded in the 2004 edition.[3]

Category

Official Partner

Partner

NVIDIA

Commercial note

ESWC main partner · Recorded in the 2004 edition.[3]

Category

Official Partner

Partner

Intel

Commercial note

ESWC main partner · Recorded in the 2004 edition.[3]

Category

Official Partner

Partner

Orange

Commercial note

France Télécom listed as ESWC main partner; Orange is its successor brand · Recorded in the 2004 edition.[3]

Category

Official Partner

Partner

Fnac

Commercial note

ESWC main partner · Recorded in the 2004 edition.[3]

Category

Official Partner

Partner

Olidata

Commercial note

ESWC main partner · Recorded in the 2004 edition.[3]

PTG Database Analysis

ESWC 2004’s Counter-Strike competition ran at Futuroscope Park from July 7 to 11. The official ESWC history identifies the park as the Grand Final venue and main partner; the park’s current address locates its public entrance in Chasseneuil-du-Poitou. Liquipedia uses Poitiers as the wider location label. Liquipedia records Oxent as organizer, while contemporary reporting identifies Ligarena, the predecessor associated with today’s Oxent profile. The event source records conflict on team count: the CS infobox says 32, while Liquipedia’s parent overview and detailed Group Stage 1 tables support 41 teams. It carried USD 100,000 in prizes. The official ESWC history lists Futuroscope Park, NVIDIA, Région Poitou-Charentes, France Télécom, Intel, Fnac, and Olidata as its main partners. Orange is the canonical successor entity for France Télécom, which adopted that name in 2013.[7] The Titans beat SpiXel in the final.[1][3][4][8]

PTG links all 41 unique team names listed in Liquipedia’s Group Stage 1 tables. The CS infobox separately reports 32 teams, while the parent Liquipedia overview and the detailed group tables report 41. Liquipedia also lists SP-Team as qualified without a group result; PTG records that qualification separately. Participant coverage remains partial because Liquipedia’s event-level team counts conflict.[1][2]

References7
  1. [1]Electronic Sports World Cup 2004 — Counter-Strike — Liquipedia Counter-Strike Wiki
  2. [2]Electronic Sports World Cup 2004 — Esports overview — Liquipedia Esports Wiki
  3. [3]ESWC 2004 — Electronic Sports World Cup
  4. [4]Nvidia to sponsor Electronic Sports World Cup — GameSpot
  5. [5]Venir au Palais des Congrès — Palais des Congrès du Futuroscope
  6. [6]Our history — Orange
  7. [7]Miscellaneous FAQ — location of Futuroscope — Futuroscope Xperiences

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