ESWC announces $59,000 tournament

28-9-2017 19:18

The organisers of the eSports World Convention (ESWC) have announced that they will host a tournament later this year with €50,000 (approximately $59,000) up for grabs.

Running from November 2-3 as part of the Paris Games Week fair, the tournament, called ESWC CS:GO OMEN by HP, will see four francophone teams - two invited plus two qualified - duke it out for the lion's share of a €50,000 prize pool.

Envy and LDLC are the first two confirmed teams for the tournament, with the other two being determined by 16-team online qualifiers, which will be held next month.

Only francophone teams will compete at this year's ESWC

This will be one of the smallest CS:GO competitions in ESWC history. Last year, the French company hosted two tournaments, one for male and one for female players, with over 40 teams in attendance and a combined prize pool of $90,000. ALTERNATE aTTaX won the male competition after defeating LDLC in the final, while Team Secret, now known as Dynasty fe came out on top of the female tournament after beating Selfless in the title decider.

French teams can sign up for the online qualifiers by clicking on the links below:

Qualifier #1 (October 5-7) - Register
Qualifier #2 (October 17-19) - Register

2017-09-28 19:18

12 replies

sounds exciting

2017-09-28 19:23

59k in 2k17 lul

2017-09-28 19:27

10 replies

lul in 2k17 lil

2017-09-28 19:35

8 replies

2k17 in 2k17 lel

2017-09-28 19:40

7 replies

in in 2k17 lal

2017-09-28 19:43

6 replies

2017-09-28 19:50

5 replies

+1 in MMXVII

2017-09-28 20:01

4 replies

stfu ruski cringe

2017-09-28 20:03

3 replies

one my call to putin and russian tanks once again will be in prague

2017-09-28 20:07

2 replies

davay blyat i like ruski tank i prague img.mediacentrum.sk/gallery/nwo/maxwidth..

2017-09-28 20:11

this isn't world of tanks

2017-09-28 20:35

2017-09-28 19:19

wow

Fantastic!

LIT

Disgusting...

monkey

2017-09-28 23:02

1 reply

OMG!!! IM SO OFFENDED!!!! reported

2017-09-29 01:55

I wish they'd offer a lot of money so there would actually be many good CS countries with good teams participating sad fucking story

Gives the smaller teams at least a chance to win something which I enjoy watching.

2017-09-28 22:45

nah is some small invite only tourney nowadays

2017-09-28 22:54

Rest in Peace ESWC :(

2017-09-28 19:20

Nice ! Happy to be able to see a competition in paris with team like LDLC and NV!

I'm jealous, only places in america they have tournaments are on the west and east coast

2017-09-28 19:37

Me 2

Happy is going to be playing.

2017-09-28 20:09

fckin ESWC is cancer. Even online is better than fcking PGW .

2017-09-29 00:05

Baguettes only? Ze accent iz real.

2017-09-28 19:24

now french only tournament because attax rekt baguettes last time? lul

2017-09-28 19:28

fake flag fag

2017-09-28 19:29

Thats Good LETS GO BRAZILLLLLLLLLLLL!

2017-09-28 19:34

Let's see if ESWC can payout their prizes for a change...

2017-09-28 19:36

Let's see if you are talking about something you really know because all cashprize have been paid so far.

Not back in the 1.6 days..

2017-09-28 21:02

No...

2017-09-28 22:30

multiple teams were never paid out or took over a year to pay out

2017-09-29 05:08

eswc =/ TWC mate, eswc cash has been paid unlike TWC !

2017-09-28 19:49

fake news

2017-09-28 20:04

Tier 2 confirmed

You can throw for more $$ than this prizepool. FU csgo in 2k17 .

ESWC 2015: Tier 1 teams like NiP, Titan, nV, Keyd (now SK), C9, Liquid and NaVi ESWC 2016: Tier 2 teams like aTTaX,, PENTA, Gambit, Space Soliders, Epsilon, FNC.Academy, GODSENT Academy and LDLC ESWC 2017: 4 French teams [*] ESWC

2017-09-28 19:38

9 replies

They call it the "happy globalization" heil to Macron!

2017-09-28 19:57

yeh blame everything on the president ! definitely not the company's fault ! eswc actually lost big time in competition to dreamhack, IEM, faceit, e-league, MLG and PGL. Even ESWC 2015's budget was pretty lackluster... there was no arena, just a projector and some chairs, and a VIP theater with couches...

Lost ? They never seek for that in 2015 or later. You can't host a big tournament in Paris unless you have $$$ like Riot.

2017-09-29 00:07

ESWC lost to dreamhack IEM ELEAGUE FACEIT MGL PGL Pick one. No, ESWC, french org, didn't fought at all, they waved the flag at soon as the fight started. God, I'm proud to be able to have the Swiss nationality today.

2017-09-29 00:33

First reply was 1st degree comment. Second, well, can u understand that globalisation have bad side, like best takes all? Like it will be in org contenders?

2017-09-29 00:36

2017-09-28 20:06

you're actually retarded if you think that way

I would be happy to answer u if it is not a troll.

2017-09-29 00:37

4 Best french team without G2 so seems good

2017-09-28 21:40

why so bad ?

2017-09-28 19:52

EnVy, LDLC, EnVyUs academy, Ares/aAa

2017-09-28 19:54

It was going to be a $60K tournament but the organizers spent 1K on hookers. So $59K tournament is what you get!

2017-09-28 20:02

4Head

2017-09-28 20:36

Do you even know how to read ? Its in euros and 50k € = 59k $

2017-09-28 21:57

I know how to read, I just don't waste my time reading about tier 12 tournaments.

2017-09-29 03:10

But you waist your time commenting on them ? NA logic

2017-09-29 18:37

Yes, exactly.

2017-09-30 02:13

1k in hookers is 3h. And hookers are paid by hour I believe so: -low 3 people org paying hookers -low org working only for cs community with 1k to pay themself . I'd like to believe for second option. Since Mr Hefner shared my beliefs, please, at least for one day, respect Mr. Hefner beliefs.

2017-09-29 00:47

remember when eswc mattered

2017-09-28 20:29

yep, rip.

2017-09-28 21:21

Davs Easy #50

2017-09-28 20:33

ez 4 scream

Lol female CS

2017-09-28 20:46

BACKWARDS TOURNAMENT ONLY "FRANCOPHONE". LUL ITS NOT 18th CENTURY FRANCE!

2017-09-28 20:52

Happy to see this event back at paris games week :D

2017-09-28 21:20

Please, PGW ruined ESWC on a international level.

2017-09-29 00:08

ESWC used to be like the major in 1.6 10 yrs ago now its t2 tournament the gaming has never been so sad

2017-09-28 21:35

more like t3 :/

2017-09-28 21:39

FeelsBadMan

2017-09-28 21:41

so faking much

2017-09-28 21:43

[*] ESWC. I'll never forget the days when your tournaments actually meant something.

2017-09-28 21:44

ESWC in 2017, lul.

2017-09-28 22:01

i like how completly nobody noticed in comments, that we are talking not about ESWC = Electonic Sports World Cup, but about eSports World fucking Convention

2017-09-28 22:05

I mean I can make an assumption on why G2 wasn't invited

2017-09-28 22:15

eswc 2006 = 160k eswc 2107 = 59k LUL

2017-09-28 22:23

2107? holyshit time moves fast

2017-09-29 00:49

160k that they never paid

2017-09-30 09:38

When I used to play CS 1.6 back in 2006, ESWC and WCG used to be like WORLD CUPS. Now its like a local city tournament in terms of prize :( I Still love ESWC though, gave us good memories.

2017-09-28 23:01

Yeah they had some difficulties at the end of 1.6. and they could not get back on their level after.

2017-09-29 00:09