Top 3 Esports International Tournament: WCG, ESWC and WEG
With the development of Esports, investors are trying to share this big cake and players are paying a lot of attention to improve their skills and reputations. In this way, a large number of professional competitions have arisen. Among all these, the most famous ones are WCG, ESWC and WEG. Being the champion of any of these tournaments has become a dream for all players. But what are WCG, ESWC and WEG?
First, WCG is an abbreviation for World Cyber Games, which has been canceled since 2014. This competition organized by Internation Cyber Marketing, ICM and sponsored by Samsung and Microsoft since 2006. The official song of WCG is Beyond the Game. , which is also the name of an official catchphrase and a WCG documentary.
WCG created in 2000 and hosted in 2001 for the first time. Under the impact of the Olympics, WCG also built a player’s village and changed the host city every year just like the Olympics. It is the largest electronic competition held annually and attracts millions of viewers. The best players met, competed and communicated with each other. The preliminaries are held independently in each country or region. All the excellent selected competitors finally attended this great party.
Secondly, ESWC is a short form of Electronic Sport World Cup. It was created by Mattieu Dallon in 2003, who was CEO of the companies Ligarena SA and later of Games-Services until 2009. The first two events were held at Futuroscope in France. The unique and innovative display of game matches, which took place on stage in front of a live audience, with live commentary broadcasts in multiple languages, quickly made ESWC a pioneering and leading competition in the Esports communities.
2009 is a turning point for the development of ESWC. Due to the global economic crisis and the fragility of Esports economic models, which were based almost entirely on private sponsorship, ESWC has been faced with a major dilemma this year. In 2010, Jean-Marie Coutant took over ESWC, with a relaunch at Disneyland Paris. In 2011, ESWC was co-produced by Oxent, and as of 2012 by Oxent alone, following the acquisition of all rights to the event.
Third, WEG, World E-sports Games, is another top-tier international esports competition hosted by Korea after WCG. It was founded in 2004 by Paul Chong based in Seoul. The first three games were held in South Korea in 2005. A year later, the event was held in Hangzhou, where its name was changed to the World e-Sports Games Masters. In 2007, WEG returned to Seoul again, hosting the World e-Sports Games e-Stars, but returned to China for the 2008 season of what is now the World-eSports Masters. Since then, it has been held every year and OnGameNet is the current rights holder to the World e-Sports Masters franchise.
The three international competitions witnessed the developments and changes of Esports. With their stocks, players have a wide platform to broaden their horizons and reach higher goals!
