List of eSports leagues and tournaments
The following is a list of recurring electronic sports tournaments.
| Name | Description | Location | Years Active |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apex | Super Smash Bros. tournament with side events for Pokemon and fighting games | New Jersey, United States | 2009–present |
| Battle.net World Championship Series | StarCraft II (SC2), World of Warcraft (WoW), and Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft world championship series run by Blizzard Entertainment | Worldwide | 2012–present |
| BlizzCon | |||
| Capcom Cup | Street Fighter tournament sponsored by Capcom | California, United States | 2013–present |
| Dreamhack | The world's largest computer festival, the event includes major esports competitions. | Sweden | 1994–present |
| eCompete Online | |||
| Electronic Sports League | |||
| Electronic Sports World Cup | An annual international competition based in France, the tournament is the creator of the TrackMania series of racing games. | France | 2003–present |
| ESEA League | |||
| European Gaming League | A competition that focuses on the United Kingdom and Europe | United Kingdom | 2007–present |
| Evolution Championship Series | The largest fighting games competition in the United States, the tournament is very important for competition in the genre. | United States | 1996–present |
| Garena Premier League | |||
| Intel Extreme Masters | Organized by Turtle Entertainment, which also runs the Electronic Sports League, the Intel Extreme Masters was created to expand beyond the ESL's mostly European focus. | International | 2007–present |
| Global Starcraft II League | Originally holding exclusive rights to broadcast Starcraft II in South Korea, the tournament has remained central to the Starcraft II competitions. | South Korea | 2010–present |
| Major League Gaming | Among the largest competitions in the United States, the MLG has held competitions across the country featuring a variety of games. | United States | 2002–present |
| Halo Championship Series | 343 industries own eSports league for the Halo series. The prize pool for the 2016 series is currently 2 million. . | International | 2014–present |
| Mexican eSports League | The first eSports League in Mexico, it started oficially in october 2015. Has LoL, Hearthstone, World of Tanks and Starcraft Tournaments. | International to begin in 2017 | 2015–present |
| World Cyber Arena | The successor to the World Cyber Games starting October, 2014 in Yinchuan, China | China | 2014–present |
| SMITE World Championship | The flagship tournament for SMITE, a third-person MOBA developed by Hi-Rez Studios. The tournament (currently) involves 14 teams from 6 regions and US $1 million in prize money. | Georgia, United States | 2014–present |
| World Cyber Games | Originally founded in South Korea, The WCG is one of the largest eSports tournaments in existence, and is held annually. | International | 2000-2013 |
| UMG Gaming | UMG Gaming has been holding gaming events mainly for the Call of Duty franchise since 2012, it has become a staple event for teams and events are considered major events where all professional teams compete. | United States | 2012–present |
| The International | The flagship annual Dota 2 tournament and the only one run by Valve, the developers. Due to the crowdfunding system, it has broken eSports prize money records every year with the most recent two tournaments having around 11 and 18 million USD total prize money respectively. | United States | 2011-present |
| eGames | Tournament between countries. | International | 2016–future |
Defunct
| Name | Description | Location | Years Active |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cyberathlete Professional League | Originally running events in the United States, the CPL has been shut down and then reinstated as an competition in Shenyang, China | China | 1997–present |
| World Series of Video Games | The tournament held events around the world featuring a variety of games until its cancellation. | International | 2006-2007 |
| Professional Gamers League | The PGL was early professional gamers league based in the United States formed in Nov 1997.[1][2] The first world finals were hosted in Seattle in Jan 1998.[3] Though short lived, they held one of the earliest professional Starcraft tournaments in Nov 1998.[4] | United States | 1997-1998 |
| Pro Gaming League | Modeled after the Major League Gaming tournament, the league shut down after a few years due to lack of popularity. | Canada | 2007-2009 |
| Tougeki – Super Battle Opera | Based in Japan, the competition is among the most important fighting game tournaments. | Japan | 2003–2012 |
| World e-Sports Masters | Originally known as the World e-Sports games and based in Seoul, the competition has since moved to China and been renamed the World e-Sports Masters. | China | 2005–2010 |
References
- ↑ Greg Miller (3 Nov 1997). "Out of the Arcade". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2 Jul 2013.
- ↑ Ed Brown (3 Aug 1998). "Can Online Gaming Be The Next Pro Sport? Believe it or not, game geeks have adoring fans.". CNN. Retrieved 2 Jul 2013.
- ↑ Neal Ulen (3 Feb 1998). "PGL Finals Impressions: All the truth . . . Without the Hype". Retrieved 2 Jul 2013.
- ↑ "ADVISORY/Professional Gamers' League Season 3 Championship in San Francisco.". Business Wire. 13 Nov 1998. Retrieved 7 Jul 2013.
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