# 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 combined prize pool for the games was US$435,000.

## Games played at WCG 2005

Official games
PC games
* Counter-Strike: Source
* FIFA Football 2005
* Need For Speed: Underground 2
* StarCraft: Brood War
* Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne
* Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War
Xbox games
* Dead or Alive Ultimate
* Halo 2
Special tournament game
* freestyle
Mobile tournament games
* Bruce Lee
* Chopper Rescue
* Goolie
* Midtown Madness 3
Promotional event game
* Carom 3D

## Awards and medals

| Classification | Game | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Fourth to eighth |
| Official games | Counter-Strike: Source | US$50 000 | US$25 000 | US$10 000 | Prizes (total US$50 000) |
| Official games | Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne | US$40 000 | US$10 000 | US$5 000 | Prizes (total US$5 000) |
| Official games | StarCraft: Brood War | US$20 000 | US$10 000 | US$5 000 | Prizes (total US$5 000) |
| Official games | FIFA Football 2005 | US$20 000 | US$10 000 | US$5 000 | Prizes (total US$5 000) |
| Official games | Need For Speed: Underground 2 | US$20 000 | US$10 000 | US$5 000 | Prizes (total US$5 000) |
| Official games | Halo 2 | US$20 000 | US$10 000 | US$5 000 | Prizes (total US$10 000) |
| Official games | Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War | US$20 000 | US$10 000 | US$5 000 | Prizes (total US$5 000) |
| Official games | Dead or Alive Ultimate | US$15 000 | US$10 000 | US$5 000 | Prizes (total US$5 000) |
| Mobile Tournament | Chopper Rescue | US$3,000 | US$1,000 | US ? | Prizes (total US$ ?) |
| Special tournament | freestyle | US$20 000 | US$20 000 | US$20 000 | US$20 000 |
| Promotional Event | Carom 3D | US$3,000 | US$2,000 | US$1,000 | Prizes (total US$ ?) |

## 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
* Samsung Electronics
Premier sponsors
* Intel
* Razer USA Ltd
Official sponsors
* Singapore Telecommunications
* Video Pro
Official suppliers
* ProCurve
* Kingston Technology
* Ablerex
* Seagate
* ASUS
* Foxconn
* Cooler Master
* VRnet
* DVDrama
* Radioitg
Host broadcaster
* MediaCorp
Official media partners
* Gameaxis
* HardwareZone
* Hardware Magazine
* PHOTO-i
* PC Magazine
Official gaming magazine
* Gameaxis
* Playworks
Official partners
* Blizzard Entertainment
* EA Sports
* EA Games
* Microsoft
* Tecmo
* THQ
* Valve
* Xbox Live

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

### Special

| Event | | | | | | |
| FreeStyle | BOXOUT | Chung-Hee Kim | SAMASAMA | Hyung-Kwon Song | NicePlay | Hsieh Chao-I |
| FreeStyle | BOXOUT | Song Sang-Yup | SAMASAMA | Jang Ju-Yuk | NicePlay | Ma Te-Ru |
| FreeStyle | BOXOUT | Yun Bin | SAMASAMA | Jung Yong | NicePlay | Chou Ming-Hung |

### Mobile

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

### Promotional

| Event | | | | | | |
| Bruce Lee ASIA PACIFIC | ? | ? | Kamal Arora | Kamal Arora | Chang Ming-Tsung | Chang Ming-Tsung |
| Carom 3D | Kaloyan Botev | Kaloyan Botev | Luidy Fraga | Luidy Fraga | Jose Cubero | Jose Cubero |

## Results by table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | United States | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | South Korea | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | Brazil | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | Germany | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | Bulgaria | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | China | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Japan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Russia | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 9 | Canada | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | Kazakhstan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Philippines | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Singapore | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Spain | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 14 | Australia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 14 | France | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 14 | Netherlands | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (16 entries) | Totals (16 entries) | 9 | 10 | 9 | 28 |

## Notable participant

* Verena Vlajo (Austria), the first female participant