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| USA emerges as overall champion of WCG 2005 It is curtains down as the World Cyber Games 2005 Grand Final drew to a thrilling finale. USA emerged as the top cyber gaming nation with a grand total of two gold medals and a silver medal after five days of intense tournaments, entertaining cultural events and exciting fringe activities. USA bagged gold medals in CounterStrike and Halo 2, and a silver medal in WarCraft. They are closely trailed by Korea with two gold medals in StarCraft and Warhammer, and a bronze medal in Dead or Alive Ultimate, and Brazil with one gold and one silver medal for the same game - Need for Speed. Last year's top cyber game nation, Netherlands, will be heading home with a solitary bronze medal. This year's WCG Grand Final, the first to be held in Asia outside Korea, was a success, attracting a record total of 55,000 spectators who experienced the magic of e-Sports and how it brings the young generations of the world together in peace and unity. WCG sponsor Samsung named Brazil's Danilo Barros as the first Samsung Fair Play recipient. He was chosen by games' referees among 700 players from 67 countries who converged in Singapore. This year WCG held the first mobile championship, which drew a total of 33 players competing for total prize money of $24,000 in four official games including Midtown Madness 3, Bruce Lee, Goolie, and Chopper Rescue. The winners were Taiwan's Wu Jian Hong in Goolie, South Africa's Tammy Brooke-Smith in Chopper Rescue, Malaysia's Nik Zl Azmi in Bruce Lee and Malaysia's Rishilan A/L Chandran in Midtown Madness. World Cyber Games 2006 will be held in Monza, Italy, which is best known for hosting the Italian Grand Prix. It will mark the first time that World Cyber Games is being held in Europe. World Cyber Games 2005 Grand Final Medalists StarCraft: Brood War Gold: Jaehoon Lee (fOru) - Korea Andrey Kukhianidze ([3D]Androide) - Russia Peter Neate (Legionnaire) ? Australia WarCraft III: The Frozen Throne Gold: Xiaofeng Lee (SKYCN) ? China Silver: Dennis Chan (BenQGeiLShort) ? USA Bronze: Manuel Schenkhuizen (4k_Grubby) - Netherlands CounterStrike: Source Gold: Team 3D ? USA Silver: Team k23 ? Kazakhstan Bronze: Team_EG ? Canada FIFA Soccer 2005 Gold: Dennis Schellhase (styla) - Germany Silver: Gusev Victor (x4Alexx) ? Russia Bronze: Eduardo Moreno Torralbo (eDuYepp) ? Spain Dead or Alive Ultimate Gold: Katsuninken (Tomoyuki Inui) ? Japan Silver: Tetra (Wilson Chia) - Singapore Bronze: shinobi (Dongheon Han) ? Korea Halo 2 Gold: Team3D (OGRES) - USA Silver: Team_EG - Canada Bronze: Halo1style - France Need for Speed : Underground 2 Gold: GearGG (Giovani Magri) ? Brazil Silver: N4_Godsmack (Danilo Barros) - Brazil Bronze: USSR_MrKot (Konstantin Vanisov) - Russia WarHammer Gold: Kyung Hyun Ryoo (Select) - Korea Silver: Andre Zilio (TmG_QuanChi) ? Brazil Bronze: Simon Pletzer (TmG)InSAnE) - Germany World Cyber Games 2005 National Ranking 1ST: USA Gold: 2 Silver: 1 2ND: Korea Gold: 2 Bronze: 1 3RD: Brazil Gold: 1 Silver 2 write your comments about the article :: © 2005 Game News :: home page |