USA Dominates WCG 2007 Finals

The United States of America overpowers some tough competition as they come out on top of the medal tally for the 2007 Grand Finals of the World Cyber Games or WCG.

The WCG 2007 Grand Finals was held at Qwest Field in Seattle, Washington from October 3 to 7.

With over 700 players from over 74 countries competing for the “Olympics of Video Games”, the Americans held on to home-court advantage as they captured gold medals over strong competition, most notably the from WCG powerhouse Korea. Team USA got 3 Golds, 2 Silver and 1 Bronze while Brazil and Korea came close with identical medal tallies of 2-0-1.

Highlighting play for the Americans on Saturday was Jeremy “Black Mamba” Florence who captured gold in Dead or Alive 4. Florence rolled through the competition and dominated the gold medal match against Sweden, 2-0. The Americans third medal came in Project Gotham Racing 3 as Wes “Chompr” Cwiklo took home the silver medal. The defending world champion, Cwiklo was upset in the gold medal match by his rival from The Netherlands.

More after the jump…

Here’s the official list of games

PC – 8 games

  • WarCraft III : The Frozen Throne (1v1)
  • StarCraft : Brood War (1v1)
  • Half-Life : Counter-Strike (5v5)
  • FIFA Soccer 2007 (1v1)
  • Need for Speed Carbon (1v1)
  • Command & Conquer 3 Tiberium Wars (1v1)
  • Age of Empires III: The WarChiefs (1v1)
  • Carom3D (1v1)

Console – 4 games

  • Gears of War (4v4)
  • Dead or Alive 4 (1v1)
  • Project Gotham Racing 3 (1v1)
  • Tony Hawk’s Project 8 (1v1)

Via WCG official website

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