Losing only one match against suHo, Lucifer has won ESWC 2006. Defeating Zeus in the Grand Final, Lucifer is the proud winner of $13,000 USD and a title not many are holding.
PARIS, FRANCE. After three days of hard battling, the Electronic Sports World Cup is over. First, a groupstage with 7 players in each group, where Top 3 of each qualifies to another group stage. The second group stage held four groups with six players in each. Eight players - top 2 from each group moved on to the quarter finals. For the Korean
Lucifer from MeetYourMakers, he only lost one match, the one in the second groupstage against 
suHo. Other than that he went undefeated through the tournament. WE.IGE.Sky| > |  u5.Nilknarf2-0 | MYM]Lucifer> |  4K^ToD2-0 |  4K^Grubby< |  4K^Zeus1-2 |  SK.fire< |  SK.Insomnia0-2 | WE.IGE.Sky< | MYM]Lucifer1-2 | 4K^Zeus> | SK.Insomnia2-1 | MYM]Lucifer> | 4K^Zeus2-0 | WE.IGE.Sky> | SK.Insomnia2-1 | | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1. MYM]Lucifer13,000$ 2. 4K^Zeus9,000$3. WE.IGE.Sky6,000$4. SK.Insomnia4,000$5-8. 4K^ToD2,000$5-8. 4K^Grubby2,000$5-8. u5.Nilknarf2,000$5-8. SK.Insomnia2,000$ |
Lucifer, is now in a nice league. He has done what three others have done before; 
SK.HeMaN (2003), 4K^FoV (2004) and 4K^Grubby (2005) have done - winning the World Cup of Electronic Sports. Apart from the great honor, Lucifer is also the proud winner of $13,000 USD, the highest amount of money in the ESWC history.Second place went to
4K^Zeus, who had a great run in the tournament. In the quarter finals, he surprised many by defeating his clanmate and ESWC title-holder 4K^Grubby. He then defeated SK.Insomnia, but against Lucifer his winning spree ended.Third place went to
WE.IGE.Sky, after winning against Insomnia in the consolation final with 2-1.  MYM]Lucifer |
For more information, results, bettings and much more, go to the links below!
Links
GosuGamers.net - Event Coverage
ESWC-Live.com - ESWC 2006 WarCraft 3
ESWorldCup.com - Official site of ESWC 2006