ESWC with $50,000 for CS:GO

10-9-2014 19:27

The Electronic Sports World Cup (ESWC) organisers have announced that this year's CS:GO male tournament will feature a $50,000 prize purse.

The 11th edition of the prestigious French event with take place from October 29th to November 2 in Paris, with 24 teams from all over the world locking horns in the male CS:GO tournament.

This will be the biggest CS:GO tournament the ESWC has staged, both in terms of the number of teams and in the prize purse that will be up for grabs.

With Dota 2 left out of the tournament list for this year's event, it is no surprise that CS:GO is the game with the biggest slice of the ESWC's $116,000 total prize purse.

ESWC 2014 CS:GO male prize distribution:

1. $20,000
2. $15,000
3. $10,000
4. $5,000

Meanwhile, the ESWC has announced that Bahrain will host its own CS:GO qualifier, meaning that the participants' list for the male tournament currently looks as follows:

iBUYPOWER	Mobility Gaming
Cipangu.GO	Virtus.pro
France	France
India	Algeria
/ Meet uP	Norway
Bahrain	China

There will also be a female CS:GO tournament, featuring eight teams, including last year's champion, Bad Monkey Gaming. This competition will feature a considerably lower prize purse than its male counterpart, as there will be $10,000 at stake, distributed as follows:

1. $5,000
2. $3,000
3. $2,000

nice

2014-09-10 19:28

sick

2014-09-10 19:28

huge

2014-09-10 19:28

ez4EPSILON

2014-09-10 19:28

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LOL

2014-09-10 19:31

not bad

2014-09-10 19:28

great read thx!

2014-09-10 19:28

biceps

2014-09-10 19:28

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always

2014-09-10 19:31

2014-09-10 19:29

good

2014-09-10 19:29

wow what a year

2014-09-10 19:29

nice

2014-09-10 19:29

dh winter next major confirmed xD

2014-09-10 19:30

n1 :DDDDDDD

2014-09-10 19:30

wish it was more

2014-09-10 19:30

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same

2014-09-10 19:31

2014-09-10 19:52

2014-09-10 19:31

the tournaments are getting bigger every year, good to see

2014-09-10 19:31

wowwww . Really nice CSGO ON THE RISE BOYS

2014-09-10 19:31

Cool,but what about BR spots on ESWC?

2014-09-10 19:31

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That depends if any BRA org will organize a qualifier.

2014-09-10 19:33

I don't think it's going to happen any time soon. Brazilian CS:GO scene is still poor.

2014-09-10 19:33

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Teams and players we have a ton,but yeah,need a org to organize it.That BSOG tournament to gave spots to COD and SF,but i'm not sure about CS:GO.

2014-09-10 19:44

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Yeah, I'm not sure about CS:GO too, but would be great. I'm pretty sure we just need an org to take the first step then the others may do the same. But still... Lack of interest, I think.

2014-09-10 19:54

I've heard Kabum is getting invited for this event

2014-09-10 19:46

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Looks possible,it'll have "...24 teams all over the world...",SA could be on this right?

2014-09-10 19:50

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According to this tweet twitter.com/Teco_Brazil/status/509276189..

2014-09-10 19:58

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Sorry but. CARALHO QUE FODA I'm really excited about this,let's see.

2014-09-10 20:08

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But, English only please. Thank you.

2014-09-11 06:18

FalleN said KaBuM is waiting for the confirmation, something like this

2014-09-10 19:51

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Really?Thats awesome.Lets cheer for it.

2014-09-10 19:55

It's official now, according with Fallen KabuM will be at ESWC!

2014-09-11 17:32

ez cash 4 fnatic

2014-09-10 19:31

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yeah. by the end of 2015 everyone in fnatic will be millionaires if they stick together.

2014-09-10 19:47

nice :D

2014-09-10 19:31

1st FNATiC

2014-09-10 19:32

wow

2014-09-10 19:32

nice ca$h

2014-09-10 19:32

was it an increase?

2014-09-10 19:33

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25k was last years ESWC purse, so it's been doubled

2014-09-10 19:34

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nice

2014-09-10 19:36

I love how these news never gives you an idea of when the LAN is taking place... Also I expected a bigger prize pool from ESWC, like 100k

2014-09-10 19:33

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"The 11th edition of the prestigious French event with take place from October 29th to November 2 in Paris, with 24 teams from all over the world locking horns in the male CS:GO tournament."

2014-09-10 19:39

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They updated the article my friend, but thanks anyways.

2014-09-10 19:49

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It was the first paragraph to be written.

2014-09-10 20:25

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I am 100% sure it wasn't on my screen. It just said "more information is coming shortly" or something like that.

2014-09-10 20:37

it would've been 60k if they didnt throw 10k on a .fe tournament

2014-09-10 21:16

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Yeah, wtf is that shit..

2014-09-10 21:25

+1 .fe final = random master first class game

2014-09-11 10:59

oh cmon volvo should have added atleast 50k more to this dafuq is this ESL and Dreamhack monopoly bullshit in cs community eswc deserves more,cph games deserve more ,g3 ,starseries and many more

2014-09-10 19:34

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But that's not how it works currently. Eventually Valve will open that up to other companies who invest a lot into CS, for now it's just make do. I prefer it this way, as the game has natural growth instead of inflated growth from prize pools that are unrealistic from the games actual growth.

2014-09-10 19:41

nice .. so many tournaments with decent prize pools coming up

2014-09-10 19:34

2014-09-10 19:36

nice prizepool guys

2014-09-10 19:37

2014-09-10 19:39

ESWC can be more interesting than DH and ESL if they got more bigger prizes. CPL(rip), WCG(rip) and ESWC with all the best teams in every country > ESL with only 16 teams. PS In 1.6 we also have Bulgarian/Balkan quals for ESWC and WCG. Its interesting to see how teams like ex-GamePub/ination and HSBG can compete in forums like this.

2014-09-10 19:43

sweet

2014-09-10 19:40

So many tournaments :3 CSGO will die in 2012 they said.

2014-09-10 19:40

noice

2014-09-10 19:41

aaaaand 20000$ award goes tooooo FNATIC!

2014-09-10 19:41

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aaaaand 20000$ award goes tooooo french team! fixed

2014-09-10 19:45

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fnatic will either win or come second in every event they attend this year. the bigger the price pool, the higher the chances are of fnatic winning it. so they'll take this one.

2014-09-10 19:49

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nvm

2014-09-10 20:04

teams will copy and antistrat them soooooooo hard right now...

2014-09-10 19:48

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too bad for them that's it more about individual skill and being unpredictable than set strats that can be antistratted.

2014-09-10 19:50

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well they are based on that for sure, but their setups, their tendencies will for sure get looked at

2014-09-10 19:53

Great news.

2014-09-10 19:42

naice

2014-09-10 19:43

nice

2014-09-10 19:46

Csgo will die 2012 they said

2014-09-10 19:47

bahrain team top4

2014-09-10 19:48

ez 4 algeria

2014-09-10 19:48

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HAHAHAHAHA Nice one bro xD

2014-09-10 21:04

France has 2 spots

2014-09-10 19:49

Bahrain ez

2014-09-10 19:50

frenchies to win or not :(

2014-09-10 19:50

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not. fnatic will win and ldlc come second. there's only 5k difference between first and second place, anyway. all the more reason for french teams to be happy with second place :D

2014-09-10 19:52

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LDLC would have had a legitimate chance to win if they didnt fuck up their roster.. frenchies wont have enough time to practice properly as a team. we lose again :( but im happy with fnatic winning aslong its not nip

2014-09-10 19:56

Moar lans ~~~

2014-09-10 19:50

bahrain??+ HAHAH lmao

2014-09-10 19:51

Tittle must stay in France. Big chance for LDLC. I hope so.

2014-09-10 19:52

I almost hoped that Valve would help to fund a part of this tournament(with our cash), but nope. :/ Although 50k is still really good.

2014-09-10 19:52

No Sweden or is that combined with Norway?

2014-09-10 19:57

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There are 4 TBA slots for pro teams eswc.com/en/2014/game/csgo Probably 2 of them are for nip and fnatic

2014-09-10 20:00

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+1 Thanks I'm curious as to what the last 6 slots on the page are for though.

2014-09-11 01:20

KEWL

2014-09-10 19:59

no sweden?

2014-09-10 19:59

Pretty disappointed that there isn't a UK qualifier, that new team could have done some good damage.

2014-09-10 20:04

how can first place be 20 and 2nd be fucking 15 wtf, almost the same ass winning haha.

2014-09-10 20:08

Cipangu? :D

2014-09-10 20:12

No Sweden? haha XD

2014-09-10 20:14

nice, csgo strong

2014-09-10 20:16

take out mobility, invite c9!

2014-09-10 20:20

Hope see oG!! :D

2014-09-10 20:22

EZ FOR MOBILITY

2014-09-10 20:23

Does mobility gaming even have the funding to attend?

2014-09-10 20:27

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play.esea.net/teams/73533

2014-09-10 21:10

Bahrain... At least a team from South America or even Morocco is far more superior than Bahrain and rest of Middle East lol.

2014-09-10 20:29

GO c9!

2014-09-10 20:29

no swe no funny

2014-09-10 20:33

easy for Cipangu.GO ^^

2014-09-10 20:35

gl India!!!

2014-09-10 20:41

Why is sweden not participating?

2014-09-10 20:55

Bahrain? What the hell are those dimwits at France smoking?

2014-09-10 20:57

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pure money thing

2014-09-10 21:05

Japan? What the hell are those dimwits at France smoking?

2014-09-10 21:08

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The good stuff we've sent them of course :3

2014-09-10 21:08

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you mean octopus poop?

2014-09-11 12:32

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Nope, beef steaks with a sauce made of dead bodies found in Ganges, sprinkled with tears of mass rape victims. Too harsh?

2014-09-11 12:40

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lel xD shits gonna get you higher than the moon

2014-09-11 12:44

it is a shame that there is only 1 spot for spain and portugal... K1ck, ftw, overGaming, OutBreak, Hybrid...

2014-09-10 21:05

For some reason I thought this might be a bigger event than ESL , considering G3 was a qualifier in some sense , honestly for this prize pool it's overhyped but still worthwhile.

2014-09-10 21:09

play.esea.net/teams/73533 Mobility is now Aware Gaming.

2014-09-10 21:10

Nice increase from last year, but still so much less compared to the early days of ESWC. Hopefully prizes continue to increase every year.

2014-09-10 21:23

needs more swedes

2014-09-10 21:27

What a waste of $10,000

2014-09-10 21:28

Denmark??? Or atleast a Scandinavia qual

2014-09-10 21:36

Denmark, Sweden, UK, Germany, Brazil...? I expect there will be qualifier for these countries (or at least regions)since it says 24 teams for the male tournament...

2014-09-10 21:45

I'm looking forward to seeing Asian and other lesser known teams play!

2014-09-10 21:59

2014 bestest year of csgo

2014-09-10 22:05

the diff between 1st and 2nd should be bigger

2014-09-10 22:12

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It should be 24 14 8 4 imo

2014-09-10 22:51

worse than sltv & esea

2014-09-10 22:17

TOP 1 TEAM CS:GO APEX SHOX HAPPY KQLY NBK

2014-09-10 22:24

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titanic

2014-09-11 12:32

Go Indiyeahhh!!! :)

2014-09-10 22:36

This year is turning out to be fantastic!

2014-09-11 02:02

expected

2014-09-11 02:24

Come on c9.. please go to this..

2014-09-11 02:27

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+1 new sponsor, no excuses

2014-09-11 03:29

This is sad. 8 years ago mibr was cashing in 56k USD for first place on ESWC.

2014-09-11 02:36

Lower game, lower prize

2014-09-11 03:34

one more slot to india... cry brazilian ppl cry...you dnt deserve to play cs

2014-09-11 06:12

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facebook.com/video.php?v=745735012160034 suck this :)

2014-09-11 17:34

GG kabum in eswc

2014-09-12 00:26

an Algeria team ? T side for them Kappa (i'm not racist)

2014-09-11 11:01

n1 :)

2014-09-11 11:16

No Sweden, Denmark or Na'Vi / Ukraine. I've lost a lot of interest in this one, still gonna watch the matches with the French and iBUYPOWER teams.

2014-09-11 12:45

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Just wait this is coming...

2014-09-11 13:10

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Yeah, but there is no competition in this one. VP, LDLC, iBP, Titan top 4 confirmed, and I'm gonna bet VP will win that, especially if on lan. iBP might have a chance online.

2014-09-11 16:37

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Like I said, wait for the full teams list.

2014-09-12 18:46