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ESWC Masters of Paris 2008 — Counter-Strike

ESWC Masters of Paris was a 20-team Counter-Strike tournament held at Paris-Bercy from July 4–6, 2008. mTw won the USD 25,000 event.

ESWC Masters of Paris 2008 — Counter-Strike
ESWC stage at Paris Games Week in 2018; a later series image, not a photograph of the 2008 Masters. · 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 25,000 for Counter-Strike[1][5]

Participant scale

20 teams[1][3]

Category

Organizer

Commercial note

ESWC operating company in 2008 · Recorded in the 2008 edition.[6]

Category

Official Partner

Partner

NVIDIA

Commercial note

Main partner · Recorded in the 2008 edition.[2]

Category

Official Partner

Partner

Intel

Commercial note

Main partner · Recorded in the 2008 edition.[2]

Category

Official Partner

Commercial note

Main partner · Recorded in the 2008 edition.[2]

Category

Official Partner

Commercial note

Main partner · Recorded in the 2008 edition.[2]

PTG Database Analysis

The ESWC Masters of Paris was a qualifying event for the ESWC 2008 Grand Final. Games-Services organized the ESWC property; the event took place at Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy, now represented by PTG’s Accor Arena venue page. The official archive lists nine main partners. Four currently resolve to canonical PTG Brand pages and appear in the Partnerships tab; the remaining partner entities are retained in the source record for follow-up, so commercial relationship coverage is partial. The 20-team Counter-Strike bracket carried a USD 25,000 prize pool. mTw won ahead of fnatic, with mousesports third and Team ROCCAT fourth. Liquipedia’s Participants section lists 20 teams, matching the overview. All 20 entrants now resolve to canonical Counter-Strike Team pages, including Dutch Criminal Clan Counter-Strike, Get2Gev Counter-Strike and hellway Counter-Strike. HLTV’s final-team report independently confirms the 20-team field.[1][3]

References6
  1. [1]Electronic Sports World Cup Masters of Paris — Liquipedia Counter-Strike Wiki
  2. [2]ESWC — 20 Years of Esports History — Electronic Sports World Cup
  3. [3]Final team-list for ESWC Masters — HLTV.org
  4. [4]ESWC Masters 2008 — HLTV.org
  5. [5]ESWC Masters $25.000 & 3 autoberths — HLTV.org
  6. [6]HLTV.org — Relationship evidence

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