List of esports leagues and tournaments

Columns: Name | Description | Location | Years active
Apex | Super Smash Bros. tournament with side events for Pokémon , fighting games , etc | United States | 2009-2016 | ClanBase | Online & Offline event , known for its ladders and cups . With the EuroCup being the most prominent | Europe | 1998-2013 | Cyberathlete Professional League | Originally running events in the United States , the CPL has been shut down and then reinstated as a competition in Shenyang , China | China | 1997-2008 | GameArena | Original esports competition leader for Oceania before supplanted by Cybergamer in 2007 | Oceania | 2002-2014 | Pro Gaming League | Modeled after the Major League Gaming tournament , the league shut down after a few years due to lack of popularity | Canada | 2007-2009 | Professional Gamers League | The PGL was early professional gamers league based in the United States formed in Nov 1997 . The first world finals were hosted in Seattle in Jan 1998 . Though short lived , they held one of the earliest professional Starcraft tournaments in Nov 1998 | United States | 1997-1998 | Tougeki - Super Battle Opera | Based in Japan , the competition is among the most important fighting game tournaments | Japan | 2003-2012 | World e-Sports Masters | Originally known as the World e-Sports games and based in Seoul , the competition has since moved to China and been renamed the World e-Sports Masters | China | 2005-2010 | World Series of Video Games | The tournament held events around the world featuring a variety of games until its cancellation | Worldwide | 2006-2007

Example questions:
What is the area of this country where the international esports competitive gaming event founded by Paul Chong takes place ? | How many participants entered into this annual esports tournament ocurring in the the third most populous country in the world ? | Who first won the annual esports tournament that focuses on the series of crossover fighting video games created by Masahiro Sakurai ? | Who founded this sports tournament organization that holds esports competitions in the world 's most populous country ?

Answers:
9,600,000 square kilometers | 629 entrants | Jesus Jman Fernandez | Angel Munoz