Organizer
Tournament edition
Electronic Sports World Cup 2011
ESWC 2011 hosted separate Counter-Strike 1.6 and Counter-Strike: Source competitions at Paris Games Week. Twenty and 12 teams entered the respective tournaments; SK Gaming and Team VeryGames won the titles.
E
Share this page
Updated October 23, 2026Competition snapshot
Host and dates
Paris Expo Porte de Versailles, Paris, France · Oct 22–24, 2011[1][2]
Champion
SK Gaming Counter-Strike · VeryGames Counter-Strike: Source[2]
Combined prize pool
Games
Participant scale
CategoryPartnerCommercial note
Category
Organizer
Partner
OxentCommercial note
Tournament organizer · Recorded in the 2011 edition.[1]
Category
Official Partner
Partner
Dell TechnologiesCommercial note
Main partner · Recorded in the 2011 edition.[2]
Category
Official Partner
Partner
PlayStationCommercial note
Main partner · Recorded in the 2011 edition.[2]
Category
Official Partner
Partner
PlantronicsCommercial note
Main partner · Recorded in the 2011 edition.[2]
Category
Official Partner
Partner
RazerCommercial note
Main partner · Recorded in the 2011 edition.[2]
Category
Official Partner
Partner
UbisoftCommercial note
Main partner · Recorded in the 2011 edition.[2]
Category
Official Partner
Partner
Blizzard EntertainmentCommercial note
Main partner · Recorded in the 2011 edition.[2]
Category
Official Partner
Partner
Valve CorporationCommercial note
Main partner · Recorded in the 2011 edition.[2]
Category
Official Partner
Partner
DailymotionCommercial note
Main partner · Recorded in the 2011 edition.[2]
PTG Database Analysis
ESWC 2011 hosted distinct Counter-Strike 1.6 and Counter-Strike: Source S-Tier competitions in Hall 3 of Paris Expo Porte de Versailles. Oxent organized the festival finals, with the two tournaments running Oct 22–24 and Oct 24–25 respectively. The 1.6 event had 20 teams and USD 33,000 in prize money; the Source event had 12 teams and USD 22,000, for USD 55,000 combined across the two games. SK Gaming won Counter-Strike 1.6, while Team VeryGames won Counter-Strike: Source. The Counter-Strike 1.6 field comprised 20 teams and the Counter-Strike: Source field comprised 12, for 32 game-specific team entries across the edition. The ESWC archive lists Dell, PlayStation, Plantronics, Razer, Ubisoft, Blizzard, Valve and Dailymotion among the event’s main partners.[1][2][3][4]
References5
- [1]Electronic Sports World Cup 2011 — Counter-Strike 1.6 — Liquipedia
- [2]ESWC Second Decade — ESWC 2011 — ESWC
- [3]Electronic Sports World Cup 2011: CS: Source — Liquipedia
- [4]SK defeat Na´Vi to win ESWC 2011 — HLTV.org
- [5]ESWC reveals invited teams — HLTV.org
Commercial opportunities
Main partner
Main partner
Main partner
Main partner
Main partner
Main partner
Main partner
Main partner
Work with Press The Game
Bring an opportunity to the table
Looking for media reach, industry insight or the right esports partner? Bring us your brief—we’ll help move it forward.
