The Worldwide Invitational will be home to an invite-only StarCraft tournament as well as the Warcraft III Season Three Finals.
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BlizzCon Invitational
Location: Anaheim, California
Dates: October 28-29, 2005
Blizzard Games: StarCraft, Warcraft III
Sixteen of the world's best professional StarCraft and Warcraft III gamers will be flown to BlizzCon, where they will compete in invitational tournaments for large cash prizes. The StarCraft and Warcraft III tournaments will each feature the top eight players in the world, respectively, in a world-class competition of gaming skill open to public viewing for show attendees.
The matches will be commentated by experienced announcers who will both explain and highlight the action as the matches unfold. Southern California's largest ever e-sport event should not be missed!
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Warcraft III Ladder Season Three
Location: Battle.net
Dates: October 7th, 2005 - February 8th, 2006 
Blizzard Games: Warcraft III
Ladder Season Three is underway! The Ladder Seasons integrate players' daily gaming experience on Battle.net with an exciting season-ending tournament that will take place live in Seoul, Korea. Keep an eye on the official Season Three website for contests open to all players we'll run throughout the entire season. Players earn qualifying spots to the final tournament by gaining a high level on the Battle.net solo ladder.
Visit the official web site for more information
View the Season Two archives
View the Season One archive
WCG 2005 USA Online Preliminary
Location: WCG website
Dates: April 15 - July 10, 2005
Blizzard Games: StarCraft, Warcraft III
WCG is the world's largest computer & video game festival. The annual WCG tournament includes national championships (70 countries in 2005) and Grand Final. The qualifiers from the national championship will represent their country at the Grand Final. This year's Grand Final will be held in Singapore. WCG 2005 online preliminaries will begin to qualify USA representatives for WCG 2005.. Any U.S. citizen can participate in the online preliminaries and qualify for the USA National Final in New York, where the total prize money is $34,000. The top ranked players at the USA National Final will win a ticket to Grand Final in Singapore. All participants have a chance at winning lucky prizes at special events. Sign up now and start enjoying the exciting world of WCG tournaments!
Visit the official web site for more information
Battle.net WCG Coverage
WCG 2005 Tournament Report
Electronic Sports World Cup
Location: Paris, France
Dates: July 6-10, 2005
Blizzard Games: Warcraft III
Electronic Sports World Cup is a sporting project conceived and produced by Ligarena. 2005 worldwide preliminaries gather together champions in 52 countries. During the ESWC Grand Final, designed as a traditional sport event and produced as a show for television, 60 major matches will be played on 3 stages C including a main hall with 2000 seats for spectators.
Visit the official web site for more information
Read our report of the ESWC finals
ACON5
Location: to be determined
Dates: June, 2005
Blizzard Games: Warcraft III
This is it -- the final event where the true champions are determined. 16 Warcraft III players and 16 Counter Strike teams will travel thousands of miles to the ACON5 Finals where the ACON5 champions will emerge. Will one be you? Details on the ACON5 Global Finals coming soon.
Visit the official web site for more information
Read our report of the ACON5 finals
WC3L
Location: Cologne, Germany
Dates: May 21 - 22, 2005
Blizzard Games: Warcraft III
The Warcraft 3 Champions League is the most prestigious online-clan league worldwide. Only the top-notch teams and players from all five continents participate in it. Every season is separated into a qualification tournament with up to 32 teams, a regular season with twelve clans and the playoffs for the top six. The finish of every season is the offline-final in which only the four best teams compete for the WC3L championship.
Visit the official web site for more information
Read our report of the WC3L finals
