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ESWC Asia Masters 2009 — Counter-Strike

ESWC Asia Masters brought 16 Counter-Strike teams to Cheonan, South Korea, in May 2009. Fnatic won the USD 30,000 game-specific prize pool after defeating SK Gaming in the final.

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ESWC Asia Masters 2009 — Counter-Strike
ESWC stage at Paris Games Week in 2018; used here as the historical series image. · ESWC official archive, ESWC 2018 stage photo (photographer credit embedded in the image metadata).
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Updated October 24, 2026

Competition snapshot

Combined prize pool

USD 30,000[6]

Participant scale

16 teams[1][4]

PTG Database Analysis

The ESWC Asia Masters Counter-Strike event took place at Yu Gwan-sun Gymnasium in Cheonan from May 2–5, 2009. The qualifier began May 2, the main Counter-Strike stage started May 4, and the final was played May 5. The series operated under ESWC, with International E-Sports Group responsible for the Asia event and Chungnam Information & Culture Industry Promotion Agency organizing the larger city festival.[3][5][8]

The 16-team Counter-Strike competition carried a USD 30,000 game-specific prize pool. fnatic beat SK Gaming in the final; mousesports placed third and Alchemists Unleashed fourth. The Liquipedia Participants cards list WeMade FOX, Wicked eSports, Evil Geniuses, TYLOO, Team Immunity, esq.wind, KILLER, NEWFACE, Speeder, TitaNs eSports, and Ultimax Gaming.tw, alongside the top four. IEG’s local reporting mentions Korean sponsor financing without naming those sponsors. A separate ROCCAT-backed contest was run by HLTV around the event; the report does not establish ROCCAT as an official ESWC partner. The source’s separate Group A standings instead name wNv Teamwork; that mismatch remains flagged in the source record.[1][4][5][6][9][10]

References12
  1. [1]ESWC Masters of Cheonan 2009 — Counter-Strike — Liquipedia Counter-Strike Wiki
  2. [2]ESWC historical archive — ESWC
  3. [3]Schedule update from Cheonan — HLTV.org
  4. [4]Preselected teams for ESWC Masters of Cheonan — HLTV.org
  5. [5]fnatic win ESWC Asia Masters — HLTV.org
  6. [6]$30,000 for ESWC Cheonan Masters — HLTV.org
  7. [7]Cheonan to host the International E-Sports Culture Festival and ESWC Masters — Electronic Times
  8. [8]ESWC Asia Masters 2009 event coverage — ESReality
  9. [9]ESWC Asia ROCCAT competition — HLTV.org
  10. [10]IEG takes responsibility for ESWC Asia Masters — Inven
  11. [11]HLTV.org — Relationship evidence
  12. [12]HLTV.org — Relationship evidence

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