World Cyber ​​Arena

The World Cyber Arena (WCA) is an E-Sport -Event that annually since 2014 Yinchuan takes place. Host is the Yinchuan International Game Investment Co. Ltd . In 2014 it took place in October, in 2015 and 2016 in December just before Christmas. Similar to the World Cyber ​​Games , which took place until 2013, it is an event in which e-athletes from all over the world compete in several different e-sports disciplines.

To qualify for the main event, regional preliminary decisions will be held in advance. Since 2014 (as of September 2017) the equivalent of more than 6,000,000 US dollars in prize money has been distributed. Despite the high prize money, the event has been criticized for the poor organization of the organizers.

The 2017 edition of the tournament only took place in May 2018 and on a much smaller scale (based on the number of disciplines and the prize money paid out).

Disciplines

Disciplines at the World Cyber ​​Arena
game	genre	mode	developer	2014	2015	2016	2017	total
300 heroes	MOBA / ARTS	Teams of 7	JUMP Company					1
Arena of Valor	MOBA / ARTS	Teams of 5	Tencent					1
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive	First person shooter	Teams of 5	Valve Corporation					2
CQB Online **	unknown ( mobile game )	unknown	unknown					1
Crossfire	First person shooter	Teams of 5	SmileGate / Neowiz					3
Dota 2	MOBA / ARTS	Teams of 5	Valve Corporation					4th
Dota Legend **	MOBA / ARTS ( mobile game )	unknown	unknown					1
Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft	Trading card game	singles	Blizzard Entertainment					3
Heroes of the Storm	MOBA / ARTS	Teams of 5	Blizzard Entertainment					1
League of Legends	MOBA / ARTS	Teams of 5	Riot Games		*	*		2
StarCraft 2	Real time strategy game	singles	Blizzard Entertainment					1
Warcraft 3	Real time strategy game	singles	Blizzard Entertainment					3
World of Tanks	Third-person tactical shooter	Teams of 7	Wargaming.net					2
total :				7th	7th	7th	4th

* In contrast to the other disciplines, only Chinese teams (and no international teams) competed in League of Legends.

** In 2014 the mobile games “Dota Legend” and “CQB Online” were also part of the program, but the results are unknown.

Results

CrossFire

Year, venue	Prize money	1st place	place 2	place 3	4th place
2014, Yinchuan	1,150,000 yen	AG 俱乐部	白 鲨 俱乐部	Energy Pacemaker.DouYuTV	汉宫 .QQ 会员
2015, Yinchuan	1,250,000 yen	Energy Pacemaker Modern	Energy Pacemaker	Super.CTV	RED Lantern
2016, Yinchuan	500,000 yen	Vici Gaming	All gamers	Freedom Gaming / HG Clan

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive

Year, venue	Prize money	1st place	place 2	place 3	4th place
2016, Yinchuan	1,350,000 yen	Epsilon eSports	VG.CyberZen	iGame.com	TyLoo
2017, Zhuhai	400,000 yen	VG.FlashGaming	Team One	Quantum Bellator Fire	Next generation

Dota 2

Year, venue	Prize money	1st place	place 2	place 3	4th place
2014, Yinchuan	2,900,000 yen	Newbee	Cloud 9	Alliance	Vici Gaming
2015, Yinchuan	4,300,000 yen	Alliance	LGD Gaming	Team Liquid	Wings Gaming
2016, Yinchuan	4,100,000 yen	iG.Vitality	Vici Gaming	We are Young	Prodota Gaming
2017, Zhuhai	450,000 yen	Invictus Gaming	For the dream	Planet Dog	FATE eSports

Hearthstone

Year, venue	Prize money	1st place	place 2	place 3	4th place
2014, Yinchuan	1,200,000 yen	Li "LiBo" Bo	Wang "Tiddler Celestial" Xieyu	Petar "Gaara" Stevanovic	Dima "Rdu" Radu
2015, Yinchuan	1,400,000 yen	Jang "Dawn" Hyun Jae	James "Firebat" cost himself	Aaron "Aaron" Koh	Cho "Steelo" Gang Hyeon
2016, Yinchuan	1,000,000 yen	Vladislav "SilverName" Sinotov	Feng "Icefox" Xiao	Yoon "Taesang" Tae Sang	Artem "DrHippi" Kravets

Heroes of the Storm

Year, venue	Prize money	1st place	place 2	place 3	4th place
2015, Yinchuan	2,000,000 yen	MVP Black	eStar Gaming	Team Asia StarDust	Oh my god

League of Legends

Year, venue	Prize money	1st place	place 2	place 3	4th place
2015, Yinchuan	1,500,000 yen	Royal Never Give Up	Energy Pacemaker.All	Legend Dragon	2144 Danmu Gaming
2016, Yinchuan	700,000 yen	Team TY	AES E-Sporting	Star Club	Red Lion

StarCraft 2

Year, venue	Prize money	1st place	place 2	place 3	4th place
2016, Yinchuan	300,000 yen	Byun "Byun" Hyun Woo	Jo "Patience" Ji Hyun	Diego "Kelazhur" swimmer	Hu "Jieshi" Jiajun

Warcraft 3

Year, venue	Prize money	1st place	place 2	place 3	4th place
2014, Yinchuan	650,000 yen	Wang "Infi" Xu Wen	Yu "Yumiko" Jiankai	Lu "Fly100%" Weiliang	Huang "TH000" Xiang
2015, Yinchuan	650,000 yen	Lu "Fly100%" Weiliang	Marc "yAwS" Forester	Jo "LawLiet" Ju Yeon	Huang "TH000" Xiang
2016, Yinchuan	300,000 yen	Park "Lyn" Joon	Jo "LawLiet" Ju Yeon	Huang "TH000" Xiang	Yu "Yumiko" Jiankai

World of Tanks

Year, venue	Prize money	1st place	place 2	place 3	4th place
2014, Yinchuan	1,150,000 yen	ARETE	GRA	Kazna Kru	ELong
2015, Yinchuan	2,000,000 yen	HellRaisers	Natus Vincere	High Woltage Caballers	EL gaming

Web links

• Official website (Chinese) ( Memento from March 17, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
• World Cyber ​​Arena at esportsearnings.com (English)
• Reporting on readmore.de: 2014 , 2015 , 2016

Individual evidence

1. ↑ WCG reborn as WCA in China with $ 3.2 million in prizes on the line (June 25, 2014) techinasia.com
2. ↑ Breakdown show or championship? The World Cyber ​​Arena (does not) get rolling (October 1, 2014) readmore.de
3. ↑ World Cyber ​​Arena: A Total Organizational Failure (December 18, 2015) esport.kicker.de
4. ↑ World Cyber ​​Arena 2017-18: la Gran Finale. itespa.it (Italian)
5. ↑ World Cyber ​​Arena 2014: eSports event endowed with $ 3.2 million (August 7, 2014) faculty.de
6. ↑ World Cyber ​​Arena 2014 Recap (October 7, 2014) mmogames.com