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Electronic Sports World Cup 2005
Electronic Sports World Cup 2005 was a Counter-Strike S-Tier event held in Paris from Jul 6 2005 to Jul 10 2005, with 48 teams competing for USD 120,000.
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Organizer
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LigarenaCommercial note
Tournament organizer · Recorded in the 2005 edition.[3]
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Official Partner
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NVIDIACommercial note
Main partner · Recorded in the 2005 edition.[2]
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Official Partner
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IntelCommercial note
Main partner · Recorded in the 2005 edition.[2]
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Official Partner
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FnacCommercial note
Main partner · Recorded in the 2005 edition.[2]
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Official Partner
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Blizzard EntertainmentCommercial note
Main partner · Recorded in the 2005 edition.[2]
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Official Partner
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PlayStationCommercial note
Sony PlayStation brand listed as a main partner · Recorded in the 2005 edition.[2]
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Official Partner
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Main partner · Recorded in the 2005 edition.[2]
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LogitechCommercial note
Main partner · Recorded in the 2005 edition.[2]
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Fun RadioCommercial note
Main partner · Recorded in the 2005 edition.[2]
PTG Database Analysis
Electronic Sports World Cup 2005 was a Counter-Strike S-Tier competition organized by Ligarena, which the contemporary event notice identifies as the organizer. Oxent acquired the ESWC brand in 2012, so it is not credited as the 2005 organizer. Liquipedia lists 48 teams, USD 120,000 in prizes and the event held in Paris from Jul 6 2005 to Jul 10 2005. The official ESWC history lists 13 main partners, including NVIDIA, Intel, Fnac, Blizzard Entertainment, PlayStation, Konami Digital Entertainment, Logitech and Fun Radio. Group stages followed by a playoff bracket; Liquipedia notes conflicting years in some format prose, so this summary retains the 2005 edition date and the format is partial. The champion was Complexity Counter-Strike and the runner-up was SK Gaming Counter-Strike. PTG links all 49 unique team names listed in Liquipedia’s eight Group Stage 1 tables. The event infobox reports 48 teams, so the named group entries and event-level count conflict; participant completeness remains partial pending resolution of that discrepancy.[1][2]
References4
- [1]ESWC 2005 — Counter-Strike — Liquipedia Counter-Strike Wiki
- [2]ESWC 2005 — Official history and main partners — Electronic Sports World Cup
- [3]Electronic Sports World Cup 2005 announcement — ESReality, carrying the Ligarena organizing committee notice
- [4]HLTV.org — Relationship evidence
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Main partners
The official ESWC history names NVIDIA, Intel, Fnac, Blizzard Entertainment, PlayStation, Konami Digital Entertainment, Logitech and Fun Radio among the event's main partners. The source lists 13 partners in total; this tab links the eight with existing canonical PTG records.[2]
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