E-Sport World Championship kicks off in Baku

/AzerNews/

By Nigar Orujova

Baku is hosting the 6th e-Sport World Championship on November 12-16.

The championship, being conducted in accordance with a decree of the Azerbaijani president, is co-organized by the Youth and Sports Ministry, eSports Federation of Azerbaijan and the International eSports Federation.

The championship is attended by over 250 gamers from 33 countries. The total prize fund is 90,000 manats, which is the largest prize pool in the history of the world championship on computer games.

“I am sure that Azerbaijan will successfully organize 6th World Championship in e-Sports”, IeSF president, Byung Hun Jun said at a meeting with Youth and Sport Minister Azad Rahimov in Baku.

The president highly appreciated the works carried out on development of various spheres of sport, including e-Sport in Azerbaijan.

The 6-th e-Sport World Championship Baku 2014 is the greatest IeSF event so far.

At a meeting, Azad Rahimov noted that in Azerbaijan, the national e-Sport championship is held annually.

“More than 2,500 people took part in the 8th E-Sport championship of the country last year,” he stressed.

The championship is taking place in one of the country's central halls, Baku Crystal Hall.

The program of the championship, which is open for both men and women, include the following categories: DOTA 2; StarCraftII: Heart of the Swarm; Super Street Fighter 4; Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft; Tekken Tag Tournament 2.

In addition, women will have a possibility to fight in StarCraftII: Heart of the Swarm; Tekken Tag Tournament 2.

Electronic sport is a well-developing activity in Azerbaijan. The Cyber Sport Federation of the country was established in June 2011. IeSF, established in 2008, is an International Federation, which manages all e-Sports activity in sports society. The Federation aims to make e-Sports recognized as an official sport discipline.

The World Championship on computer games is held regularly since 2009 on the initiative of the International Federation of e-sports and brings together 48 countries.