World Cyber Games - 2008

[e][h]World Cyber Games - 2008

League Information

Series:

Organizer:

Sponsor:

Game:

Game Version:

Server:

Type:

Offline

Location:

Cologne

Format:

Group stage: round robin
Playoffs: single elimination

Prize pool:

$ 29,500 USD

Start Date:

2008-11-05

End Date:

2008-11-09

Liquipedia Tier:

Tier 1

Winners

Grubby

Moon

Happy

HoT

Participants Breakdown

Number of Players:

51

13

16

8

14

1v1 map pool

Gnoll Wood • Secret Valley • Terenas Stand • Turtle Rock • Twisted Meadows

Chronology

WCG 2007

WCG 2009

The World Cyber Games - 2008 is one of the most important tournament of the year among BlizzCon 2008, Electronic Sports World Cup 2008, World e-Sports Masters 2008 or International e-Sports Festival 2008 and by far the most prestigious. It's played offline in Cologne (Germany).

The Dutch player Grubby won, beating Moon in final.

Format and dates[edit]

Around 40 national qualifiers were held, each offering between one and 3 places.

Qualifiers

Group stage (51 into 16)[edit]

The group stage consists of 8 groups :

round robin (a player faces each others once),
all matches are played as Bo1,
top 2 of each group advance to the playoffs,
in case of tie : tie-breakers are played,
played from November 5th to 7th.

Playoffs[edit]

The 16 players left are seeded in a single elimination bracket :

all matches played as Bo3,
played on November 8th & 9th.

Map pool[edit]

Prize Pool[edit]

$ 29,500 are spread among the players as seen below :

Place	$ USD	Player	Team
1st	$19,000	Grubby	Meet Your Makers
2nd	$7,000	Moon	Meet Your Makers
3rd	$3,500	Happy
4th	-	HoT	Gravitas Gaming
5th-8th	-	SaSe	ALTERNATE aTTaX
		TeD	World Elite
		ToD	Gravitas Gaming
		LucifroN	x6tence
9th-16th	-	Raspot
		Bonecracker	nEophyte
		XlorD	ALTERNATE aTTaX
		S.o.K.o.L	n!faculty
		Like	World Elite
		Nicker	EYESports
		kim
		XyLigan	Gravitas Gaming
17th-24th	-	yAwS	ALTERNATE aTTaX
		GhosT	Crimea ProTeam
		SonKiE	Gravitas Gaming
		p1nke
		mOOnGLaDe
		Kowi
		raZIel
		Aca
25th-32nd	-	Infi	World Elite
		Lose
		HenL
		Stud
		WhO	mortal Teamwork
		NightWOlf	Serious Gaming
		Driftwood
		FoCuS	Fnatic

Participants[edit]

Human (13)	Orc (16)	Undead (8)	Night Elf (14)

Americas
From Canada
	KiWiKaKi
From Ecuador
		Demonbladext
From Mexico
Raspot
From Peru
	odiN
From USA
SonKiE
From Venezuela
alexito

Asia/Oceania
From Armenia
		Devil May Cry
From Australia
			mOOnGLaDe
From Bangladesh
	Jish
From China
Infi	Like	TeD
From India
raZIel
From Malaysia
			Serry
From New Zealand
			Kowi
From Pakistan
			Stud
From Philippines
		fredz
From South Korea
	FoCuS		Moon
	WhO
From Taiwan
			kim
From Uzbekistan
Tatap4yk

Europe
From Belarus
			NightWOlf
From Bulgaria
Yo
From Croatia
	p1nke
From Czech Republic
Bonecracker
From Denmark
			ThomasG
From Finland
		Elfittaja
From France
ToD
From Germany
XlorD	S.o.K.o.L
yAwS
From Hungary
	DNA
From Italy
		Geno
From Lithuania
	Lose
From North Macedonia
			Mickey
From Netherlands
	Grubby
	RotterdaM
From Norway
		HenL
From Poland
			MeS
From Russia
XyLigan		Happy	Nicker
From Serbia
	Aca
From Slovenia
	grtgrt1
From Spain
	LucifroN
From Sweden
			SaSe
From Switzerland
		Dave
From United Kingdom
Driftwood
From Ukraine
	GhosT		HoT

Broadcasting[edit]

Commentators:
- Khaldor
- Reaper

Results[edit]

Here is group stage results only, see group stage detailed results page for more details.

Group stage[edit]

	DemonBladext	Grubby	Infi	odiN	SaSe	Serry	yAwS
DemonBladext		0-1	0-1	0-1	0-1	0-1	0-1
Grubby	1-0		1-0	1-0	0-1	1-0	1-0
Infi	1-0	0-1		1-0	0-1	1-0	0-1
odiN	1-0	0-1	0-1		0-1	0-1	0-1
SaSe	1-0	1-0	1-0	1-0		1-0	0-1
Serry	1-0	0-1	0-1	1-0	0-1		0-1
yAwS	1-0	0-1	1-0	1-0	1-0	1-0

Group A
1st	SaSe	5-1
2nd	Grubby	5-1
3rd	yAwS	5-1
4th	Infi	3-3
5th	Serry	2-4
6th	odiN	1-5
7th	DemonBladext	0-6

	Elfittaja	GhosT	Happy	Lose	Mickey	ToD
Elfittaja		0-1	0-1	0-1	0-1	0-1
GhosT	1-0		0-1	1-0	1-0	1-0
Happy	1-0	1-0		1-0	1-0	0-1
Lose	1-0	0-1	0-1		1-0	0-1
Mickey	1-0	0-1	0-1	0-1		0-1
ToD	1-0	0-1	1-0	1-0	1-0

Group B
1st	ToD	4-1
2nd	Happy	4-1
3rd	GhosT	4-1
4th	Lose	2-3
5th	Mickey	1-4
6th	Elfittaja	0-5

	Devil May Cry	DNA	fredz	HenL	SonKiE	TeD	XyLigan
Devil May Cry		0-1	0-1	0-1	0-1	0-1	0-1
DNA	1-0		1-0	0-1	0-1	0-1	0-1
fredz	1-0	0-1		0-1	0-1	0-1	0-1
HenL	1-0	1-0	1-0		0-1	0-1	0-1
SonKiE	1-0	1-0	1-0	1-0		0-1	0-1
TeD	1-0	1-0	1-0	1-0	1-0		1-0
XyLigan	1-0	1-0	1-0	1-0	1-0	0-1

Group C
1st	TeD	6-0
2nd	XyLigan	5-1
3rd	SonKiE	4-2
4th	HenL	3-3
5th	DNA	2-4
6th	fredz	1-5
7th	Devil May Cry	0-6

	alexito	Geno	Jish	kim	p1nke	Stud	S.o.K.o.L
alexito		1-0	1-0	1-0	0-1	0-1	0-1
Geno	0-1		0-1	0-1	0-1	0-1	0-1
Jish	0-1	1-0		0-1	0-1	0-1	0-1
kim	0-1	1-0	1-0		1-0	1-0	1-0
p1nke	1-0	1-0	1-0	0-1		1-0	0-1
Stud	1-0	1-0	1-0	0-1	0-1		1-0
S.o.K.o.L	1-0	1-0	1-0	0-1	1-0	0-1

Group D
1st	kim	5-1
2nd	S.o.K.o.L	4-2
3rd	p1nke	4-2
3rd	Stud	4-2
5th	alexito	3-3
6th	Jish	1-5
7th	Geno	0-6

	Bonecracker	Like	mOOnGLaDe	Tatap4yk	ThomasG	WhO
Bonecracker		1-0	0-1	1-0	1-0	1-0
Like	0-1		1-0	1-0	1-0	1-0
mOOnGLaDe	1-0	0-1		1-0	0-1	1-0
Tatap4yk	0-1	0-1	0-1		0-1	0-1
ThomasG	0-1	0-1	1-0	1-0		0-1
WhO	0-1	0-1	0-1	1-0	1-0

Group E
1st	Like	4-1
2nd	Bonecracker	4-1
3rd	mOOnGLaDe	3-2
4th	WhO	2-3
4th	ThomasG	2-3
6th	Tatap4yk	0-5

	Dave	grtgrt1	Kowi	Nicker	NightWOlf	Raspot	Yo
Dave		0-1	0-1	0-1	0-1	0-1	0-1
grtgrt1	1-0		0-1	0-1	0-1	0-1	0-1
Kowi	1-0	1-0		1-0	0-1	0-1	1-0
Nicker	1-0	1-0	0-1		1-0	1-0	1-0
NightWOlf	1-0	1-0	1-0	0-1		0-1	1-0
Raspot	1-0	1-0	1-0	0-1	1-0		0-1
Yo	1-0	1-0	0-1	0-1	0-1	1-0

Group F
1st	Nicker	5-1
2nd	Raspot	4-2
3rd	Kowi	4-2
3rd	NightWOlf	4-2
5th	Yo	3-3
6th	grtgrt1	1-5
7th	Dave	0-6

	Driftwood	HoT_	Moon	zaZIel
Driftwood		0-1	0-1	0-1
HoT_	1-0		0-1	1-0
Moon	1-0	1-0		1-0
zaZIel	1-0	0-1	0-1

Group G
1st	Moon	3-0
2nd	HoT	2-1
3rd	raZIel	1-2
4th	Driftwood	0-3

	Aca	FoCuS	KiWiKaKi	LucifroN	MeS	RotterdaM	XlorD
Aca		1-0	1-0	0-1	0-1	0-1	1-0
FoCuS	0-1		1-0	0-1	1-0	0-1	1-0
KiWiKaKi	0-1	0-1		0-1	1-0	0-1	0-1
LucifroN	1-0	1-0	1-0		1-0	1-0	0-1
MeS	1-0	0-1	0-1	0-1		1-0	0-1
RotterdaM	1-0	1-0	1-0	0-1	0-1		0-1
XlorD	0-1	0-1	1-0	1-0	1-0	1-0

Group H
1st	LucifroN	5-1
2nd	XlorD	4-2
3rd	Aca	3-3
3rd	FoCuS	3-3
3rd	RotterdaM	3-3
6th	MeS	2-4
7th	KiWiKaKi	1-5

Tie-breakers[edit]

Tie-breaker (Group A)
1st	SaSe	2-0
2nd	Grubby	1-1
3rd	yAwS	0-2

Tie-breaker (Group B)
1st	ToD	2-0
2nd	Happy	1-1
3rd	GhosT	0-1

Tie-breaker (Group D)
2nd	S.o.K.o.L	2-0
3rd	p1nke	1-1
4th	Stud	0-2

Tie-breaker (Group F)
2nd	Raspot	3-1
3rd	Kowi	1-2
4th	NightWOlf	1-2

Playoffs[edit]

Round of 16

SaSe

2

Raspot

1

Happy

2

Bonecracker

1

TeD

2

XlorD

0

Moon

2

S.o.K.o.L

0

ToD

2

Like

1

Nicker

0

Grubby

2

kim

0

HoT

2

LucifroN

2

XyLigan

0

Quarterfinals

SaSe

1

Happy

2

TeD

1

Moon

2

ToD

1

Grubby

2

HoT

2

LucifroN

0

Semifinals

Happy

1

Moon

2

Grubby

2

HoT

0

Finals

Moon

1

Grubby

2

3rd Place Match

Happy

2

HoT

0

Statistics[edit]

Maps (playoffs only)[edit]

		vs.				vs.				vs.				vs.				vs.				vs.				Mirrors
Map	#	Σ			%	Σ			%	Σ			%	Σ			%	Σ			%	Σ			%
Gnoll Wood	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	0	100.0 %	2	1	1	50.0 %	-	-	-	-
Secret Valley	12	1	0	1	0.0 %	4	1	3	25.0 %	-	-	-	-	2	1	1	50.0 %	1	1	0	100.0 %	3	1	2	33.3 %	-	1	-	-
Terenas Stand	3	1	0	1	0.0 %	1	1	0	100.0 %	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	0	100.0 %	-	-	-	-
Turtle Rock	8	-	-	-	-	2	2	0	100.0 %	-	-	-	-	1	1	0	100.0 %	2	0	2	0.0 %	3	1	2	33.3 %	-	-	-	-
Twisted Meadows	13	1	1	0	100.0 %	4	1	3	25.0 %	-	-	-	-	2	2	0	100.0 %	3	2	1	66.7 %	2	1	1	50.0 %	-	1	-	-
Total Sum (Σ)	40	3	1	2	33.3 %	11	5	6	45.5 %	-	-	-	-	5	4	1	80.0 %	8	5	3	62.5 %	11	5	6	45.5 %	-	2	-	-

Distributions (race & region)[edit]

External links[edit]

Webarchive links :

official WCG coverage.

VODs[edit]

Playlist with WCG VODs.

World Cyber Games - 2008

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