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World Cyber Games 2011 — Counter-Strike

The Counter-Strike 1.6 tournament at WCG 2011 brought 25 national-team representatives to Busan. ESC Gaming defeated SK Gaming in the final.

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Updated October 24, 2026

Competition snapshot

Organizer

World Cyber Games Inc.[2]

Host and dates

BEXCO Exhibition and Convention Center, Busan, South Korea · Dec 8–11, 2011[2][3]

Champion

ESC Gaming Counter-Strike[1]

Combined prize pool

USD 34,000[1]

Games

Counter-Strike

Participant scale

25 national teams[1]

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PTG Database Analysis

The 2011 World Cyber Games Counter-Strike 1.6 tournament was held at BEXCO in Busan from December 8–11. World Cyber Games Inc. organized the Grand Final with Busan Metropolitan City as host. Twenty-five national representatives competed for USD 34,000; Poland’s ESC Gaming defeated SK Gaming 2–1 for the title, and Moscow Five took third place. Samsung Electronics supplied event equipment and ran a spectator experience zone, while NVIDIA was named official sponsor and GPU supplier.[1][2][3][4][5]

References8

[1]World Cyber Games 2011 — Liquipedia Counter-Strike Wiki — Liquipedia
[2]World Cyber Games Announces Busan as the Host City for the WCG 2011 Grand Final — World Cyber Games Inc.
[3]WCG 2011 Grand Final — Busan Metropolitan City — Busan Metropolitan City
[4]Samsung Electronics joins WCG 2011 Grand Final as global sponsor — Samsung Newsroom Korea
[5]NVIDIA selected as official GPU of WCG 2011 Grand Final — Newspim
[6]WCG 2011 Counter-Strike cover reuse audit — World Cyber Games, Busan Metropolitan City, Wikimedia Commons and Unsplash
[7]HLTV.org — Relationship evidence
[8]HLTV.org — Relationship evidence

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Global sponsor

Samsung supplied mobile phones, monitors and laptops for the event and operated a spectator experience zone.[4]

Official sponsor

NVIDIA was named as an official sponsor and the event's official GPU supplier.[5]

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