32,000 Spectators and Tens of Millions of Internet Users View Largest e-Sports Festival
South Korea Named Global World Cyber Games Champions
Samsung Makes 2010 Greenest Grand Final Ever, LA Schools to Receive 360 Monitors

Los Angeles, CA October 4, 2010 – The World Cyber Games (WCG) 2010 Grand Final came to a close at the Los Angeles Convention Center in California overnight. This year marks the tenth anniversary of the World Cyber Games, the world's largest computer and video game festival, celebrating the best in gaming. 

The WCG 2010 Grand Final proved to be one of the organization's most-watched events to date. 32,000 spectators watched the tournament at the Los Angeles Convention Center with tens of millions of viewers watching the games live via the Internet at live.wcg.com, and on official partner IGN's premium gaming site www.ign.com. The WCG 2010 Grand Final was also broadcasted in eight countries, including China, Germany, and Russia. 400 international media representatives attended the event, which saw 450 players from 58 countries battle it out for more than $250,000 in cash and prizes.

After a hard fought WCG 2010 Grand Final tournament, South Korea took home first overall place with 3 gold, 2 silver and 3 bronze medals. Countries Brazil, United Kingdom and Germany tied second with 1 gold and 1 silver each and Teams Australia, Ukraine, Sweden and the United States tied third with 1 gold medal each.

Last night at 7:00PM PT, the WCG 2010 Grand Final came to a spectacular close on the Main Stage of the LA Convention Center, with a Closing Ceremony featuring a medal ceremony for each of the winners that was hosted by entertainment star Cory Almeida.

Thanks to Samsung, the worldwide partner of World Cyber Games, the 2010 Grand Final was the ‘greenest Grand Final ever.' Samsung purchased carbon offsets from Carbonfund.org to offset everything from the electricity used at the tournament to the airline emissions of the players traveling from all over the globe. During the WCG Closing Ceremony, Samsung was presented with the first Corporate Climate Leadership Award by Carbonfund.org in recognition of their environmental programs.

Today, the Los Angeles County Education Foundation will take delivery of more than $120,000 worth of Samsung SyncMaster monitors, a donation from the World Cyber Games, to enhance classrooms and after-school programs, and encourage the use and development of technology in education throughout the state.
The WCG 2010 Grand Final also included the live taping of WCG's Ultimate Gamer Season 2 finale which will air at 11:00PM this Thursday, October 7. Tune in to watch the dramatic climax, and find out who is this year's WCG Ultimate Gamer. The winner will take home the Ultimate Samsung Package and $100,000 in cash.

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

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