World Cyber Games 2009

Upcoming Wednesday, on the 11th of November, the 2009 edition of the World Cyber Games will be kicking off with the official opening ceremony at 17:00 local time, followed by the opening game of the tournament between three time Warcraft III finalist (and two time winner - 2005 & 2006) Xiaofeng "Sky" Li and the German WCG representative Marc "yAwS" Förster.

Most of the actual groupmatches will kick off the day after, on Thursday the 12th of November and end Friday the 13th of November. In total, the World Cyber Games 2009 edition will feature a prizepot of $283,000 USD (approx €190,300), distributed over 12 games on a variety of platforms, including the XBOX 360, PC and mobile phone.

Live streamed coverage of the event in Chengdu, China will be done by none other than Quadv, who will be live on site to provide you with streamed footage of the various competitions when the event goes live.

The official disciplines of the World Cyber Games 2009:

Carom 3D (PC) 1. $ 7,000 (+$ 400 VIK) 2. $ 3,000 (+$ 300 VIK) 3. $ 2,000 (+$ 300 VIK)	Counterstrike 1.6 (PC) 1. $ 35,000 (+$ 2,000 VIK) 2. $ 18,000 (+$ 1,500 VIK) 3. $ 10,000 (+1,500 VIK) 4-8th. $ 12,500 VIK	FIFA 2009 (PC) 1. $ 10,000 (+$ 400 VIK) 2. $ 4,000 ($ 300 VIK) 3. $ 2,000 ($ 300 VIK) 4-8th. $ 2,500 VIK
Starcraft: Brood War (PC) 1. $ 10,000 (+$ 400 VIK) 2. $ 4,000 (+$ 300 VIK) 3. $ 2,000 ($ 300 VIK) 4-8th. $ 2,500 VIK	Trackmania Nations Forever (PC) 1. $ 7,000 (+$ 400 VIK) 2. $ 3,000 (+$ 300 VIK) 3. $ 2,000 (+$ 300 VIK) 4-8th. $ 2,500 VIK	Warcraft III: TFT (PC) 1. $ 14,000 (+$ 1,400 VIK) 2. $ 6,000 (+$ 1,300 VIK) 3. $ 3,000 (+$ 1,300 VIK) 4-8th. $ 2,500 VIK
Guitar Hero: WT (XBOX 360) 1. $ 7,000 (+$ 400 VIK) 2. $ 3,000 (+$ 300 VIK) 3. $ 2,000 (+$ 300 VIK) 4-8th. $ 2,500 VIK	Virtua Fighter 5 (XBOX 360) 1. $ 7,000 (+$ 400 VIK) 2. $ 3,000 (+$ 300 VIK) 3. $ 2,000 (+$ 300 VIK)	Red Stone (PC) 1. $ 14,000 (+$ 1,600 VIK) 2. $ 6,000 (+$ 1,200 VIK) 3. $ 3,000 (+$ 300 VIK)
Asphalt 4 (Mobile) 1. $ 6,000 (+$ 400 VIK) 2. $ 3,000 (+$ 300 VIK) 3. $ 2,000 (+$ 300 VIK)	Wise Star 2 (Mobile) 1. $ 6,000 (+$ 400 VIK) 2. $ 3,000 (+$ 300 VIK) 3. $ 2,000 (+$ 300 VIK)	Dungeon & Fighter (PC) 1. $ 7,000 (+$ 400 VIK) 2. $ 3,000 (+$ 300 VIK) 3. $ 2,000 (+$ 300 VIK)

VIK: Value In Kind (The value of the additional prizes handed out, such as sponsor products).

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