South Korea retained the title of grand champion for the third straight year at the Olympics of the video game world – the World Cyber Games (WCG) 2010.
Four gold medals were awarded to South Korean gamers on Sunday at the 10th annual WCG Grand Final. Gamers from the United States weren’t far behind South Korea, earning three gold medals.
The four-day contest took place at the Los Angeles Convention Center, and featured more than 400 competitors from 58 countries. 32 000 spectators watched the events live at the convention center, with live streaming Internet video viewers numbering into the tens of millions. The final was also broadcast to televisions in eight countries, including China, Germany and Russia.
Replays of various matches from the tournament can be viewed on the official WCG 2010 replay website.
The full list of winners is below:
World Cyber Games 2010 Grand Final Results
Country Ranking
1st – South Korea: 3 Gold, 2 Silver, 3 Bronze
2nd (Tie) – Brazil, U.K., Germany: 1 Gold, 1 Silver, 0 Bronze
3rd (Tie) – Australia, Ukraine, Sweden, USA: 1 Gold, 0 Silver, 0 Bronze
Medalists of the 10 Official Titles
Carom 3D
Gold: Fernando Rogoski (Pantaneiro), Brazil
Silver: Fabio Fonseca (TheLogaN), Brazil
Bronze: Hee-Chui Kim (MARCJACOBS), South Korea
CounterStrike
Gold: Team NaVi, Ukraine
Silver: Denmark2, Denmark
Bronze: Frag-executors, Poland
Forza Motorsports
Gold: David Kelly (d.Daveyskills), United Kingdom
Silver: Niklas Krellenberg (Johnson), Germany
Bronze: Wouter van Someren (Handewasser), Netherlands
FIFA 10
Gold: Kevin Santer (diamonde), Germany
Silver: Zheng Yang (Zola), China
Bronze: Michael Polivka (bl4ck_p01nt), Slovakia
Guitar Hero 5
Gold: Alec Castillo (Acai28), USA
Silver: George Boothby (ti.Monkey), United Kingdom
Bronze: Boy Kremers (Kaos.Boyke), Netherlands
StarCraft: Brood War
Gold: Young-Ho Lee (South Korea), Flash
Silver: Goo-Hyun Kim (South Korea), Goojila
Bronze: Jae-Dong Lee (South Korea), Jaedong
Track Mania Nations Forever
Gold: Kalle Mortlund (FrostBeule), Sweden
Silver: Peter Strele (PeZi), Austria
Bronze: Dorian Vallet (Carl), France
Tekken 6
Gold: Jae-Min Boo (Knee) South Korea
Silver: Abe Akihiro (AO(ALI)) Japan
Bronze: Kitahara Shutaro (honnda) Japan
Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne
Gold: Sung-Sik Kim (ReMinD), South Korea
Silver: Manuel Schenkhuizen (Grubby), Netherlands
Bronze: June Park (Lyn), South Korea
Medalists of the Mobile Title (Not included in the medal tally)
Asphalt 5
Gold: Charlie Elliot (Tenshii) Australia
Silver: Won-Joo Lee (KimBuJa) South Korea
Bronze: Phillip Mussuri (Mussuri) Russia
Medalists of the 3 Promotion Titles (Not included in the medal tally)
League of Legends
Gold: Counter Logic, USA
Silver: IWEARCAPEIRL, Germany
Bronze: AnotherStory, Singapore
Lost Saga
Gold: Sanarae, South Korea
Silver: TheFootClan, USA
Bronze: GoodLuck, USA
Quake Wars Online
Gold: AmeriMiX, USA
Silver: -ET-, South Korea
Bronze: F0000T, Australia
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