Yet another year has come and gone, and while the CS scene in North America saw some stark changes, the rest of the world seemed almost unaffected by the start of the CGS.

While last year we saw the four top teams end up with more than $100k in prize money, all of the top 25 finishers this year ended up with over $10k.

Below you can find the list of the top 25 prize money earners for the year. All prize money is represented in US Dollars, and has been converted where necessary using the current exchange rates.

Actual prize money may differ depending on the state of exchange rates at the time of the event. Also, only prize money from 1.6 tournaments were included in the calculations, so teams who participated in both 1.6 and Source tournaments will only have the totals from their 1.6 winnings represented here. In addition, only money awarded as prizes were used. Money from sponsorships or weekly payments from leauges such as NGL One and CEVO Pro were also not included.

Table of Contents:
1st Page - Prize Money per Month (January-June)
2nd Page - Prize Money per Month (July-December)
3rd Page - Prize Money by Country (Tournaments); Prize Money by Country (Teams); Prize Money by Teams
4th Page - Overview of Best Teams
5th Page - Full Events and Winners List

Prize Money by Month

January - $7,745

February - $90,211.32

CEG Xi'an - $7,745 (China)

shgOpen 2007 - $71,411.32 (Denmark)
Asus Winter Cup 2007 - $18,800 (Russia)

CEG Xi'an - January 7

1. Hacker.Gaming
2. SP
3. Star.ex
4. popcity

shgOpen 2007 - February 17

1. Made in Brazil
2. Pentagram G-Shock
3. NoA
4. Begrip Gaming

Asus Winter Cup - February 27

1. pro100
2. forZe
3. Virtus.pro
4. sEven.pro

March - $230,544.40

April - $55,675.77

Comcast 5K - $5,000 (Online)
SEC 2007 - $35,282.60 (Germany)
Extreme Masters - $134,862.80 (Germany)
PNY March Madness - $5,500 (Online)
Buy.com LAN - $20,000 (United States)

Gamers Assembly 2007 - $20,837.77 (France)
CEVO Professional Season 5 - $10,000 (Online)
Assembly 2007 Winter - $4,838 (Finland)
WSVG China 2007 - $20,000 (China)

SEC 2007 - March 16

1. SK Gaming
2. Pentagram G-Shock
3. Meet Your Makers
4. 69°N-28°E

Extreme Masters - March 17

1. Pentagram G-Shock
2. H2k Gaming
3. fnatic
4. SK Gaming

Buy.com LAN - March 30

1. Pandemic
2. x3o
3. Check-Six

Gamers Assembly 2007 - April 8

1. dimension4
2. proGamers
3. GoodGame
4. aAa

CEVO Pro Season 5 - April 13

1. Turmoil
2. Jax Money Crew
3. Revoltados eSports
4. Evil Geniuses

WSVG China 2007 - April 29

1. wNv.cn
2. fnatic
3. TR
4. TR|united5

May - $35,670

June - $104,002.65

Asus Spring Cup 2007 - $20,000 (Russia)
SpiXelania 2007 - $15,470 (Sweden)

EPS Germany X Finals - $43,244.05 (Germany)
ESWC 2007 Brazil Qualifier - 7,850 (Brazil)
IEF 2007 China - $17,045 (China)
WSVG Louisville - $30,000 (United States
EPS France III - $5,863.60 (France)

Asus Spring Cup 2007 - May 25

1. 69°N-28°E
2. forZe
3. pro100
4. Virtus.Pro

SpiXelania 2007 - May 25

1. Ninjas in Pyjamas
2. Begrip
3. Logitech.fi

EPS Germany X - June 14

1. ALTERNATE aTTaX
2. mousesports
3. pod.hama
4. 360esports

IEF 2007 China - June 22

1. wNv.cn
2. wNv.gm
3. X7-Hacker

WSVG Louisville - June 22

1. 69N-28E
2. SK Gaming
3. Ninjas in Pyjamas
4. mousesports

User Comments

Not entirely enthused or enjoying this current format of presentation; although that this information is finally being recorded and displayed is a welcomed addition.

Very thorough.

I thought the format was fine...Good Compilation xD

#1
kinda has it.
good idea indeed.
but this is roughly half of the valuable information...
an insane amount of tournaments and leagues are missing.

maybe that could be done monthly this year instead ?

[b] http://csp.zpliskin.com [/b]

now do one for source and compare :)

If only the major tournaments had some sort of collective business plan and management group maybe we could see a real competitive televised series. Think PGA/WTA but for video games.

Can I keep you?

#5 nobody cares though :<

Germany baby.

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#4 not sure what u mean by insane amount, looks to me like they hit all of the major tournaments and even some of the smaller ones.

maybe you should jot down this insane list that they missed so they can fix it

#5: What big events would they include outside of the CGS World Finals tournament? A slew of worthless, $5,000 (TOTAL) prize-pot events? Newegg LANfest, Digital Life? "RyuLAN" (lol)? J O K E.

Where's VicaN now to tell us how dead 1.6 is?

This comment was edited at 01/05/2008 12:58 AM

you can't really include the american teams since a lot of their money is from american only lans.

~ Y ~ o ~ U ~ r ~ E ~ ~ t ~ H ~ e ~ ~ S ~ h ~ E ~ p ~ H ~ e ~ R ~ d ~

remember that one time ppl thought coL wouldve made more money staying in 1.6 i do.

lol ? Mibr is just one, they only changed the line up

"A dream is true and real, as long as you believe"

fnatic is sick

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#11 is ocean.

Good list, and #agree @ #12

2008: CAL-I for a week.

Was WCG prize money $95,000? I think it was around $50,000. -_-

"Yet, another headshot..."

wow interesting article very well done

#16

you think it's only 1st prize.

following the 1.6 scene is like following around a goat with poop dangling from its butt

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Didn't think the summary regarding American teams, still being competitive was accurate at all. Bar two tournaments, in quick succession, which eMazing Gaming didn't make any money from, they were the only American team to place inside the top four when an international team attended in an entire year.

I mean, by your own admission - is was a guarantee that a top 13 team, irrespective of form or who actually turned up; finished above the best American team - every single time. How is that competitive at all? But the fact you included a disproportionate amount of American only tournaments, even online ones, proves what you were trying to achieve here.

This comment was edited at 01/05/2008 2:02 AM

Very good job Jeff, interesting

coffee & cigarettes

sorry double

This comment was edited at 01/05/2008 2:01 AM

fully agree with #20, seems like a cheap way to try and sweeten the NA scene.

very informative, nice job

hey
3d wasnt up there once
great job guys
let me down again

Have some fun and win.

absolutely good job

amazing compilation

2007 another great year for 1.6 :)

Good writeup and summary

This comment was edited at 01/05/2008 2:50 AM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Osru4ojkSw8

#20 has it. American teams won ZERO DOLLARS in international tournaments. The only places US teams won was in AMERICAN ONLY tournaments. (Canada is included when I say that). eMg and x3o can't hold a torch to the European powerhouses. CS is dead in America, CAL-I is a joke, CEVO-P isn't much better...
Glory days are over in America guys, face it... =(

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Not a world about emuLate but a paragraph about eMg F4GS ? nice !

#29 that was because you said "Not a world."

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AINC 08 , GONNA BE BIG

nice to know, 08 going to be even bigger for 1.6

that's it? lol

ED-dA-KiNG

nice fnatic!

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Yeah, seriously. I read the american summary and then looked at the prize lists... A simply analysis of those reveals that american teams only took top places in tournaments that did not have any other teams competing. Does Gotfrag even check these articles and compare to other information? If they did, it seems obvious that the information is incorrect.

good read

jg4i - just go for it

well if you add two polish LANs where PGS won, they're 1st.

w a f f l e s.

there are enormous amounts of small lans in many other countries as well.

ur all retarded

they included chinese based, swedish based, and german based lans as well

the small lans with crappy payouts were not included

stop flaming because they included the usa lans morons that only american teams won money at..

[b]once again, america is a country, europe and asia are continents, big difference when you wanna say europe > america cs.....[/b]

do it by country and im sure america > europe by majority

and you wanna say American 1.6 is dead? we are the only country that sends MULTIPLE teams to major lans

poland sends 1
sweden sends 1 or 2 depending on rosters
norway sends 1
germany sends 2
etc..........

theres only 1 top team from each

id analyze and destroy all you nubs but i dont have time for that

and im pretty sure any top american team owns everyone in the european countries who is not on top at the moment....

This comment was edited at 01/05/2008 5:15 AM

neo is the best cs player ever, if you disagree, you are a scrub.

#38 is right... where's JihadLAN 2007? "DEATH TO USA" won that event, they took home like 5 camels.

who says there isnt money in games lulz

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Great job Jeff Suckow. nice work...

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Russia Virtus.pro $34,880.00

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Add 2 Poland lans if you are adding such na event's where there is award for first place like 2,000 or 3,000 Mym won in Poland 2 lan event's when they got over 5.000 for both

if there is two mibr you can also put two SK, with snajdan fisker, and another with walle tentpole...

nice read... sweden ownz.... ;]

One life one chance!

#39 haha can't understand half of the crap you write but it's easy to see that you're a lonely sad person, just spare us your bs.

What's interesting is that Swedish players took home roughly 21% of the total earnings haha. Was it bsl who stated that Swedish cs was on it's way out? :>

CSS is bad

#45 God, you must be acting, no way you can be that stupid. Tell me you aren't. Please.
Just btw, author didn't include the 2nd ngl one season where fnatic placed second and won 10000$.

SNEEAKY LIKE SNAKE

PGS also won:
- Heyah Logitech CyberSport #3 - ~4100USD
- Poznań Game Arena 2007 - ~2050 USD

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