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World Cyber Games 2001

World Cyber Games 2001 brought 27 national Counter-Strike teams to Seoul from December 5 to 9. Legends never Die won the USD 70,000 competition.

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Updated October 24, 2026

Competition snapshot

Combined prize pool

USD 70,000 Counter-Strike prize pool[1]

Participant scale

27 national teams[1]

Category

Sponsor

Partner

Samsung

Commercial note

Global sponsor · Recorded in the 2001 edition.[2]

PTG Database Analysis

The Counter-Strike competition at the first WCG Grand Final ran in Seoul from Dec 5–9, 2001, at the COEX Convention Center. Liquipedia records 27 national teams, a USD 70,000 Counter-Strike prize pool and Samsung and Wide Info in its sponsor field. Samsung’s 2001 annual report confirms Samsung’s sponsorship of the first Grand Final and reports USD 300,000 in prize money across all games.[1][2]

Legends never Die Counter-Strike won the tournament; mTw Counter-Strike was runner-up, All Stars Counter-Strike placed third and Kompaniet Counter-Strike placed fourth. The other teams were CTF Counter-Strike, SYNERGY Counter-Strike, M19 Counter-Strike, G3nerationX Counter-Strike, Against All authority Counter-Strike, Team United States Counter-Strike, EVIL Counter-Strike, Thai Counter-Strike, SSForce Counter-Strike, FMJ Counter-Strike, AH Counter-Strike, CSGL Counter-Strike, HUNTER Counter-Strike, Nocturne Counter-Strike, eXtremely bad Counter-Strike, TUA Counter-Strike, AZTEC Taya Counter-Strike, TRCC Counter-Strike, 1vs1 Counter-Strike, FishHeads Counter-Strike, NgC-KO Counter-Strike, Xperts@Total.Chaos Counter-Strike and GOG Counter-Strike.[1]

References4
  1. [1]World Cyber Games 2001 — Counter-Strike — Liquipedia Counter-Strike Wiki
  2. [2]Samsung Electronics 2001 Annual Report — Samsung Electronics
  3. [3]WCG history 2000–2005 — HLTV.org
  4. [4]World Cyber Games 2001 Counter-Strike image reuse audit — World Cyber Games and Wikimedia Commons

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Global sponsor

Samsung sponsored the first WCG Grand Final in 2001.[1][2]

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