World Cyber Games 2005

The World Cyber Games 2005 was held in Singapore at Suntec Singapore International Convention and Exhibition Centre from 16 to 20 November 2005. There were over 800 players from 67 countries. Over 39,000 spectators turned up at the games to cheer for the players. The grand prize for the game is US$435,000.

World Cyber Games Finals in Singapore 2005

Games played at WCG 2005

Official games

PC games

Xbox games

Special tournament game

  • freestyle

Mobile tournament games

Promotional event game

  • Carom 3D

Awards and medals
ClassificationGame Gold Silver BronzeFourth to eighth
Official gamesCounter-Strike: SourceUS$50 000US$25 000US$10 000Prizes (total US$50 000)
Warcraft III: The Frozen ThroneUS$40 000US$10 000US$5 000Prizes (total US$5 000)
StarCraft: Brood WarUS$20 000US$10 000US$5 000Prizes (total US$5 000)
FIFA Football 2005US$20 000US$10 000US$5 000Prizes (total US$5 000)
Need For Speed: Underground 2US$20 000US$10 000US$5 000Prizes (total US$5 000)
Halo 2US$20 000US$10 000US$5 000Prizes (total US$10 000)
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of WarUS$20 000US$10 000US$5 000Prizes (total US$5 000)
Dead or Alive UltimateUS$15 000US$10 000US$5 000Prizes (total US$5 000)
Mobile TournamentChopper RescueUS$3,000US$1,000US ?Prizes (total US$ ?)
Special tournamentfreestyleUS$20 000

Players' village

The Costa Sands Resort (Downtown East) in Singapore served as the WCG 2005 Players' Village. About 800 national representatives who advanced from the WCG 2005 national championships stayed at the Players' Village during the WCG 2005 Grand Final.

Sponsors

Worldwide sponsor

Premier sponsors

Official sponsors

  • Singapore Telecommunications
  • Video Pro

Official suppliers

Host broadcaster

Official media partners

Official gaming magazine

  • Gameaxis
  • Playworks

Official partners

Commentators

Online audio and video coverage was provided by Inside the Game.

Marcus Graham (djWHEAT)

Games covered: Counter-Strike: Source, Dead or Alive Ultimate, Halo 2

Stuart Saw (TosspoT)

Games covered: Counter-Strike: Source, Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne, FIFA Football 2005

Paul Chaloner (ReDeYe)

Games covered: Counter-Strike: Source, Need For Speed: Underground 2, FIFA Football 2005

Jason Hutchison (NiceGuyEd)

Games covered: Counter-Strike: Source, FIFA Football 2005, Need For Speed: Underground 2, Dead or Alive Ultimate, Halo 2

Christopher Iannitti (WaCKSteVeN)

Games covered: StarCraft: Brood War, Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne

Nicolas Plott (Tasteless)

Games covered: StarCraft: Brood War, Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War

Kim Phan (bunny)

Games covered: StarCraft: Brood War, Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne

Results

Official
Event
Counter-Strike: SourceTeam3D
Josh Sievers
(Dominator)		k23
Dauren Kystaubayev
(AdreN)		Team EG
Matt Stevenson
(bl00dsh0t)
Michael So
(method)		 Alexander Yakovlev
(beAst)		 Pasha Lari
(LaRi)
Salvatore Garozzo
(Volcano)		 Asset Sembiev
(Solaar)		 Griffin Benger
(shaGuar)
Kyle Miller
(Ksharp)		 Anvar Nasirov
(anv1k)		 Robert Tyndale
(blackpanther)
Ronald Kim
(Rambo)		 Nurtas Mamytbayev
(Nur1k)		 Jimmy Lin
(Lin)
Need For Speed: Underground 2 Giovani Magri (GearGG) Danilo Barros (N4_Godsmack) Konstantin Vanisov (USSR_MrKot)
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War Ryoo Kyung Hyun (TmG SeleCT) André Zilio (TmG QuanChi) Simon Pletzer (TmG InSAnE)
StarCraft: Brood War Jae-Hoon Lee (fOru) Andrey Kukhianidze (3D Androide) Peter Neate (Legionnaire)
Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne Li Xiaofeng (SKYCN) Dennis Chan (BenQGeiLShort) Manuel Schenkhuizen (Grubby)
FIFA Football 2005 Dennis Schellhase (styla) Gusev Victor (x4Alexx) Moreno Torralbo (eDuYepp)
Halo 2Team3D(OGRES)
Dan Ryan
(OGRE1)		Evil Geniuses
Nelson Triana
(Gspot)		Halo1style
Maxime Billieres
(MaCks_Myers)
Tom Ryan
(OGRE2)		 Jason The
(SadPanda)		 Philemon Kammer
(phiL)
Dead or Alive Ultimate Tomoyuki Inui (Katsuninken) Wilson Chia (Tetra) Dong-Heon Han (Shinobi)

Special
Event
FreeStyleBOXOUT
Chung-Hee KimSAMASAMA
Hyung-Kwon SongNicePlay
Hsieh Chao-I
Song Sang-Yup Jang Ju-Yuk Ma Te-Ru
Yun Bin Jung Yong Chou Ming-Hung

Mobile
Event
Bruce Lee ? Chang Ming-Tsung Kamal Arora
Chopper Rescue Tammy Brook-Smith Paul L. Antonio ?
Goolie ? ? ?
Midtown Madness 3 ? ? ?

Promotional
Event
Bruce Lee ASIA PACIFIC Paul L. Antonio Kamal Arora Chang Ming-Tsung
Results by country
Country Gold Silver Bronze
Philippines 1
US 2 1
South Korea 2 1
Brazil 1 2
Germany 1 1
China 1
Japan 1
Russia 2 1
Canada 1 1
Kazakhstan 1
Singapore 1
Australia 1
France 1
Netherlands 1
Spain 1

Notable participant
  • Verena Vlajo (Austria), the first female participant
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