World of WarCraft

Release Date:

2004

Prize Money Awarded:

$3,041,837.61 From 70 Tournaments

Recorded Date Range:

2007-04-28 to 2016-11-05

World of WarCraft is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) by Blizzard Entertainment. It is the fourth released game set in the fantasy WarCraft universe, which was first introduced by WarCraft: Orcs & Humans in 1994. World of WarCraft takes place within the WarCraft world of Azeroth, approximately four years after the events at the conclusion of Blizzard's previous WarCraft release, WarCraft III: The Frozen Throne. Blizzard Entertainment announced World of WarCraft on September 2, 2001. The game was released on November 23, 2004, on the 10th anniversary of the WarCraft franchise.

Largest Prize Pools

	Tournament Name	Prize Money
1.	» BlizzCon 2014 (WoW)	$250,000.00
2.	» BlizzCon 2015 (WoW)	$250,000.00
3.	» BlizzCon 2016 (WoW)	$250,000.00
4.	» BlizzCon 2012 (WoW)	$189,000.00
5.	» BlizzCon 2013 (WoW)	$189,000.00
6.	» BlizzCon 2008 (WoW)	$120,000.00
7.	» BlizzCon 2009 (WoW)	$120,000.00
8.	» BlizzCon 2010 (WoW)	$120,000.00
9.	» BlizzCon 2011 (WoW)	$120,000.00
10.	» American Championship 2015 (WoW)	$100,000.00
11.	» European Championship 2015 (WoW)	$100,000.00
12.	WoW Arena American Regional Championship 2016	$100,000.00
13.	WoW Arena European Regional Championship 2016	$100,000.00
14.	» EM II - DreamHack (WoW)	$75,000.00
15.	» EM III - Global Finals (World of WarCraft)	$75,000.00
16.	» BWI 2008 (WoW)	$63,000.00
17.	» CGS 2008 - WoW Arena Tournament	$50,000.00
18.	» IEM IV - World Championship (WoW)	$50,000.00
19.	» BlizzCon 2007 (WoW)	$40,000.00
20.	» EM III - American Finals (World of WarCraft)	$30,000.00
21.	» EM III - Asian Finals - WoW (World of WarCraft)	$30,000.00
22.	» EM III - European Finals (World of WarCraft)	$30,000.00
23.	» EM III - Games Convention (World of WarCraft)	$30,000.00
24.	» EM III - Los Angeles (World of WarCraft)	$30,000.00
25.	» EM III - Montreal (World of WarCraft)	$30,000.00

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Top Players

	Player ID	Player Name	Total (Game)
1.	Fabss	Fabio Nardelli	$124,204.11
2.	Boetar	Simon Merlin Heinks	$91,741.02
3.	Swapxy	Rene Marcel Philipp Pinkera	$91,741.02
4.	Snutz	Kelvin Nguyen	$89,666.67
5.	Zunniyaki	Mathias Esterlechner	$69,333.33
6.	Venruki	Elliott Venczel	$58,183.34
7.	Sodah	Alex Ringe	$55,516.67
8.	Inflame	Patrick Costales	$46,833.33
9.	Cdew	Charles Dewland	$45,125.00
10.	Chanimal	Adam Chan	$43,920.83
11.	Kollektiv	Timothy Yen	$43,683.33
12.	joefernandes	Joseph Michael Fernandes	$43,536.91
13.	Lagyna	Sergei Gaponov	$41,000.00
14.	Loony	Martin Moazzez	$41,000.00
15.	Lazerchicken	Anton Engström	$40,000.00
16.	Talbadar	Rodney Pare	$39,000.00
17.	Nóliferqt	Youness Dorqoch	$38,333.33
18.	another	Valent Sebastijan	$36,533.33
19.	Raiku	Shaun Andreas Meaney	$35,703.77
20.	healingstat	Adrian Robert Archer-Lock	$34,944.45
21.	Paperkat	Luis Di Centa	$34,500.00
22.	Minpojke	Jonathan Andersson	$33,666.66
23.	Redhot	Mike Tyrrell	$33,650.00
24.	Enigmz	Alexis Martin	$32,333.33
25.	Goochi	Oh, Jeong Min	$31,833.33

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Online/LAN Breakdown

Location	Prize Money	% of Total
Online Only	$17,948.70	0.59%
Offline/LAN	$3,023,888.91	99.41%

Comparisons

» Counter-Strike	-$7,730,098.16
» StarCraft: Brood War	-$3,989,733.60
» WarCraft III	-$1,642,972.27

Top Countries

	Country Name	Prize Money
1.	United States	$928,387.49
2.	Korea, Republic of	$359,133.33
3.	Germany	$311,730.24
4.	Canada	$220,525.01
5.	United Kingdom	$215,571.83
6.	France	$181,016.66
7.	Sweden	$164,614.34
8.	Italy	$124,204.11
9.	Spain	$65,800.00
10.	Russian Federation	$56,803.77